The waters off American Samoa could come up for lease for mineral exploration under a process the Trump administration will ...

The U.S. Interior Department said on Thursday it was publishing a request for information and interest to explore the ...

The South Pacific island nation of Samoa will hold a snap election on Aug. 29 after Prime Minister Fiamē Naomi Mata’afa’s government collapsed following a budget defeat. The vote sets up ...

The Trump administration is taking a step toward potentially allowing companies to trawl for minerals under the ocean floor off the coast of American Samoa. The Interior Department announced late ...

“Washington D.C. is long overdue for a president who will be an advocate for American Samoa. The Meet & Greet in Malaeimi was a perfect way to learn more about what locals need the mos ...

From late July to October 2022, residents of the Manu'a Islands in American Samoa felt the earth shake several times a day, raising concerns of an imminent volcanic eruption or tsunami. An ...

DETROIT — On a first-quarter play on Thanksgiving, Penei Sewell lined up at tight end instead of his usual right tackle position. At the snap of the ball, the 6-foot-5, 335-pound Sewell turned ...

Fitisemanu, a native of the U.S. territory of American Samoa, sued the U.S. in an effort to gain birthright citizenship. Photo by Christopher Lomahquahu/News21 John Fitisemanu distinctly remembers ...

Noah Sewell spent the first nine years of his life in the small village of Malaeimi on the island of American Samoa with his parents, three brothers and one sister. When he was growing up on the ...

Born in Malaeimi, American Samoa, a young Sewell moved to Utah with his family and prepped at Desert Hills in St. George, where he grew into a 6-foot-4 All-American two-way lineman by the U.S ...

Apr. 14—In a letter to the U.S. Office of National Marine Sanctuaries in September, American Samoa's Gov. Lemanu Mauga wrote that "fishing prohibitions not only weaken U.S. fisheries but also ...