Hannah Lei (left) and Jirleen Nyel cheer for their team during a Samoan cricket game in Anchorage on July 5, 2025. Jirleen Nyel and her friends hollered encouragement from their chairs nestled in a ...

FILE - This July 2002 file photo shows a sailing ship in the harbor at Pago Pago, American Samoa. A federal appeals court ruling says U.S. citizenship shouldn't be imposed on those born in American ...

Faith Taifalioaana Ale performs the Taualuga, a traditional Samoan dance, while wearing cultural attire at the Harry E. Lang Stadium in Lakewood, Washington, during the 7th Annual Samoa Cultural Week ...

Towering, yet soft-spoken, Samoan Father Pale Schmidt is gently calling Samoans in Anchorage back to their spiritual homeland — the Catholic Church. Using the native language of the tiny Pacific ...

Hi! I'm Morgan, and I'm a 30-year-old Samoan woman. Morgan Sloss / BuzzFeed Even if you don't know much about Samoan culture, you've likely seen or heard about our tattoos. Fun fact: the English word ...

Frankie Luvu, WSU's Boa from Samoa, is now with the New York Jets (Photo: Raj Mehta, USA TODAY Sports) PULLMAN — A Samoan male is 56 times more likely to play in the NFL than non-Samoan Americans, ...

Looking at a map, it’s easy to understand why the National Park of American Samoa gets relatively few visitors, but seeing images, it no longer makes sense. How could this breathtaking place not top ...

HONOLULU – 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. The ...

Read full article: One man killed, another in critical condition after shooting in Houston’s South Side HONOLULU – In a decision citing American Samoa cultural traditions, those born in the U.S.

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. HONOLULU (AP) — In a decision citing ...

Honolulu — 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 Wednesday.