Law enforcement agents in American Samoa have raided the U.S. territory's Office of Immigration seeking evidence of human trafficking in a case that could involve victims from China, the Philippines and South Korea, authorities said. The agency is suspected of helping to illegally bring Asians into the South ...

The NFL and the NFL Players Association are contributing $50,000 to help victims of the tsunami that struck American Samoa in September. The league said Monday that two former players of Samoan descent, Eagles running back Reno Mahe and Bears tight end Gabe Reid, will ...

A strong earthquake with a magnitude of 7.2 hit off the Pacific island nation of Fiji late Monday but it was too deep to generate a destructive tsunami, US geologists said. The quake struck at 10:44 pm (1044 GMT) at a depth of 585 kilometres (366 miles) with its epicentre 102 kilometres north of the capital Suva, the ...

The number of confirmed cases of dengue fever doubled in the month following the deadly Sept. 29 tsunami that inundated this U.S. territory in the South Pacific. Dr. Aloiamoa Anesi, chief medical officer at LBJ Tropical Medical Center, said American Samoa's only hospital in October confirmed 62 cases and the territory's first two deaths of 2009 from ...