Makerita Iosefo Vaʻa hasn't been home for nearly eight months — the longest she's ever been away from American Samoa. Vaʻa left the U.S. territory in the Pacific in February with her husband ...

PAGO PAGO, American Samoa — 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 ...

Pandemic leaves American Samoa residents stranded, homesick An estimated 600 residents of the U.S. territory of American Samoa were away when the governor closed its borders in March to keep the ...

Keona Grace Masuno, 17, was one of 24 students who left their homes in American Samoa last month to attend the Hawaii Youth Challenge Academy.

More than 250 Vietnamese garment workers are stranded in American Samoa, lacking money, jobs and fearful of punishment if they return home. They became castaways in the South Pacific through a ...