American Samoa

Robert Ballard, the underwater explorer who found the wreck of the Titanic, will launch a new search for the plane of famed aviator Amelia Earhart next week.

Many residents of American Samoa will have to purchase new phones if they want to benefit from the impending launch of the territory's LTE or 4G network.

There's been an angry reaction from members of the public regarding American Samoa's donation of $US100,000 for the Manu Samoa campaign for the Rugby World Cup.

The American Samoa Governor has created a Land Assessment Task Force to review all government lands and leases.

American Samoa has donated $US100,000 towards the Samoan National Rugby team's World Cup campaign in Japan.

The US government has approved an American Samoa application for $US100,000 worth of grant funding for the territory's broadband strategy or TBS.

The United States Government says it could cost up to $US900 million for a new hospital in American Samoa.

An American Samoa judge has told a man who pleaded guilty to sexually assaulting two 14 year old girls, the territory is not a place where you can 'rape and run.'

A senior public servant in Samoa has been arrested for verbally abusing hotel workers on Savai'i.

Police in American Samoa have captured a man who escaped from the territory's prison two weeks ago.