While today the flower is mostly appreciated for its unique beauty by wildflower field spotters and home gardeners with a ...

An outpouring of community support has emerged for the family of Arthur Folasa Ah Loo, the 39-year-old Samoan fashion designer and former “Project Runway” contestant who was fatally shot while ...

American Samoa’s colonial history emerges in state disputes over voting and citizenship Alaska isn’t the only state where confusion over voting by American Samoans has surfaced in recent years.

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 ...

American Samoa votes for a representative for Congress every two years. The representative participates in House functions, including voting on committess, but cannot vote on the floor.

And then there was the tale of two pines. American Samoa’s Screw pine and Maine’s white pine cone and tassel. As the largest conifer in Northeast America, the white pine can live for 500 years.

President Trump, after signing an executive order to boost American Samoa's fishing industry, inquired about being "royalty" upon receiving a traditional garland. The executive order, titled ...

In 2016, the American Samoa Renewable Energy Committee (ASREC) set a goal to meet 100% of American Samoa’s energy from renewable energy resources by 2040, primarily with solar energy.

U.S. Congresswoman Amata Radewagen, who represents American Samoa, has urged the Trump administration to reopen most of an enormous marine protected area in the Central Pacific Ocean to industrial ...

From Acadia to Zion, the U.S. has some pretty majestic national parks. Here’s one fun fact about every single one—plus a map so you can see where they all are.

Aumua Amata — American Samoa’s delegate to the U.S. House — and government officials on the islands oppose birthright citizenship because of potential impacts on the culture.

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 ...