Wise Honest, North Korean cargo ship seized by U.S., arrives in American Samoa
PAGO PAGO, American Samoa — A North Korean cargo ship seized by the U.S. because of suspicion it was used to violate international sanctions arrived Saturday at the capital of this American territory,...
View ArticleReviving the Monroe Doctrine in the Indo-Pacific
Chinese aggression in the Indo-Pacific is hardly a new development.But what was once confined to the construction of artificial islands in the hotly contested waters of the South China Sea near the...
View ArticleAmerican Samoa declares measles outbreak, closes schools
PAGO PAGO, American Samoa (AP) - The government of American Samoa declared that the U.S. territory has an outbreak of measles, a move that will lead to the closure of public schools starting Monday and...
View ArticleAmerican Samoa to begin mass measles vaccination this week
PAGO PAGO, American Samoa (AP) - Health officials in the U.S. territory of American Samoa say they will begin mass measles vaccinations later this week. At a meeting Sunday, officials said the...
View ArticleNot all born in American Samoa want US citizenship
HONOLULU (AP) - Growing up in American Samoa, Filipo Ilaoa’s neighbors were his cousins on a plot of land full of banana and breadfruit trees shared by his extended family and overseen by a chief...
View ArticleBloomberg's hope for Super Tuesday splash lands in Pacific
PAGO PAGO, American Samoa (AP) - What does more than $500 million get you? For Mike Bloomberg, it was 175 winning votes in this U.S. territory - a group of Pacific islands with lush vegetation and...
View ArticleIsolated by oceans: Hawaii, other islands tamp down virus
HONOLULU (AP) - Flying to a faraway beach might seem like the perfect way to escape a pandemic, but for isolated Pacific islands, controlling the coronavirus means cutting off tourism. Hawaii has among...
View ArticleSoldiers in uniform appear during American Samoa DNC roll call vote
Two soldiers appeared in uniform for the Democratic National Convention's Tuesday evening nomination of Joe Biden as its presidential nominee.Their presence during American Samoa's turn in the official...
View ArticleUS appeals court in Denver eyes American Samoa citizenship
DENVER (AP) - Whether people who live in territories controlled by the U.S. automatically become citizens under a constitutional amendment that secured citizenship for freed slaves was a major focus of...
View ArticlePandemic leaves American Samoa residents stranded, homesick
PAGO PAGO, American Samoa (AP) - Makerita Iosefo Vaʻa hasn't been home for nearly eight months - the longest she's ever been away from American Samoa. She longs for the breezes that cool island...
View ArticleAmerican Samoa residents stranded by virus to stop in Hawaii
HONOLULU (AP) - Hawaii is assisting about 800 residents of American Samoa traveling through Oahu to their island home, which was cut off by the coronavirus.The U.S. territory in the Pacific, located...
View ArticlePain, gratitude mix for American Samoans stuck in U.S.
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) - Lorimay Fuimaono-Ki will not always have complicated feelings about Jan. 7.But in 2021, it was a day of intense gratitude and searing pain, the Deseret News reported. The young...
View ArticleAmerican Samoa repatriation program detects 5 virus cases
HONOLULU (AP) - A program to repatriate residents of American Samoa who were stranded by the COVID-19 pandemic has detected five cases of the virus among travelers trying to return home.The infections...
View ArticleAgency cancels Hawaii tsunami watch after huge Pacific quake
HONOLULU (AP) - The U.S. Pacific Tsunami Warning Center cancelled a tsunami watch Thursday for Hawaii that was issued after a huge earthquake occurred in a remote area between New Zealand and Tonga.The...
View ArticleSupreme Court declines invitation to broaden birthright citizenship
The Supreme Court declined Monday to hear a case that would have expanded the country's birthright citizenship policy to American Samoa.The justices did not give reasons for refusing to hear the case,...
View ArticleNational Park of American Samoa the nation's least visited in 2022
New recreational visitation data from the National Park Service shows that the National Park of American Samoa was by far the least-visited site in 2022.Only 1,887 recreational visitors graced the...
View ArticleBiden loses in American Samoa to Jason Palmer
President Biden has suffered his first 2024 loss.Democrats caucusing in American Samoa instead backed entrepreneur Jason Palmer by just more than 10 percentage points on Super Tuesday.Mr. Palmer...
View ArticleJason Palmer beats Biden in American Samoa's Democratic caucus
WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden was sweeping every Democratic contest on Super Tuesday - except for American Samoa.He fell short there to a previously unknown candidate named Jason Palmer. Out of 91...
View ArticleJoe Biden's Super Tuesday wins start in Virginia, Vermont
President Biden swept the support of 15 states during Super Tuesday, but not American Samoa.In most of the country, he was up against longshot candidates Rep. Dean Phillips of Minnesota and author...
View ArticleJoe Biden is first incumbent president to lose a primary in 44 years
President Biden experienced a surprising defeat in the Democratic primary of American Samoa, marking the first time an incumbent president has lost a primary since Jimmy Carter in 1980.The loss in the...
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