The Trump administration is taking a step toward potentially allowing companies to trawl for minerals under the ocean floor ...

Commercial mining on the miles-deep Pacific Ocean floor came one step closer to reality with an announcement late Tuesday by ...

Nearly 4 million people live in the five inhabited U.S. territories of American Samoa, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, ...

The Trump administration is considering leasing seabed areas off American Samoa for mineral extraction, sparking ...

Bob Richmond, a coral scientist and head of the University of Hawaiʻi Kewalo Marine Laboratory, spoke to HPR about the ...

After nearly a year of shutting down to flights due to the pandemic, American Samoa is beginning to repatriate its residents on flights back home under a strict quarantine protocol. NewsHour ...

The Trump administration has taken the first step toward opening waters near American Samoa to deep-sea mining. According to ...

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 ...