Michael Pese, with daughter Cataleya on his shoulders, and his wife, Tupe Smith, with their son Maximus exit a pedestrian tunnel underneath Whittier, Alaska, May 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Mark Thiessen) ...

Dozens of people rallied outside the Anchorage courthouse Friday in support of a family of Whittier residents from American Samoa being arraigned on charges of illegal voting, in a case that may have ...

Illegal voting cases against 10 Whittier residents from American Samoa moved forward this week, despite what defense attorneys and advocates say are compelling reasons for the state to halt the ...

HONOLULU (AP) — In a decision citing American Samoa cultural traditions, those born in the U.S. territory shouldn't have citizenship automatically forced on them, a federal appeals court ruled Tuesday ...

A proposal to expand fishing restrictions in the U.S. Pacific Remote Islands Area, referred to as PRIA, has sparked debate about conservation of Pacific fish populations, as well as an unlikely ...

PAGO PAGO, American Samoa — “Se mea lava a faigata o le tautua e moe i le pologa o le loto ala i le tiga.” The sound of a traditional Samoan song of service filled the air, sung by 33 young men and ...

In early August, in the village of Utulei on the eastern shore of Tatuila, the largest of seven islands that make up American Samoa, more than two dozen local residents gathered in an auditorium. They ...

PAGO PAGO, American Samoa — A powerful Pacific Ocean earthquake generated towering tsunami waves that swept ashore on Samoa and American Samoa early Tuesday, flattening villages, killing at least 82 ...

A small but shocking upset in the race for the Democratic presidential nominee threw the eyes of the nation on an island territory on Super Tuesday. Palmer posted on X, formerly Twitter, that ...