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Adam Silverman: LACMA’s Seeds and Weeds are Ceramic Art
Forbes
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LACMA Seeds and Weeds, Installation view, Los Angeles, 2025, Photo: Evan Walsh Courtesy of the artist and BLUM Gallery Ceramics has long oscillated between the functional and the artistic. California has a long tradition of makers who span the...
Samoa Police Commissioner says meth is coming from Am Samoa
Talanei
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July 21, 2025
Samoa’s Police Commissioner Auapa’au Logoitino Filipo says American Samoa is the most common route for methamphetamine coming into the country but he did not give details to substantiate his claims. Samoa Observer reports the commissioner also...
Mamdani for NYC Mayor: The Fight We’ve Been Waiting for
Common Dreams
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July 27, 2025
I have no doubt that Zohran Mamdani, upset winner over the heavily favored former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo in the New York City Democratic mayoral primary, would have greatly preferred that his much better financed opponent would graciously...
Ill-fated around-the-world flight of Plainfield father-son duo inspires a documentary
The Statehouse File - Indiana
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When Plainfield residents Babar and Haris Suleman set off to fly around the world in 2014, their story could have ended when their plane crashed into the ocean off American Samoa, just three days short of arriving at their destination. But it...
Senate president raises pressing challenges facing the Territory
Samoa News
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July 18, 2025
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — During Tuesday’s session, Senate President Tuaolo Manaia Fruean highlighted several pressing challenges facing the Territory. He urged senators to give each issue thoughtful consideration, conduct thorough...
62-year-old athlete encourages people to exercise
Samoa Observer
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Sixty-two-year-old Matthew Bracken competed in the 2019 Pacific Games triathlon event last week representing American Samoa. The father of six and grandfather to eight children was putting up quite a competition for the other athletes, as nine...
What about the ’spikes’ in ASGERF operating expenses?
Samoa News
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July 18, 2025
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — In his final letter to the editor about the status of the American Samoa Government Employees Retirement Fund (ASGERF), “Encore: Proof of Decay at ASGERF”, Fuiavailili Keniseli Lafaele in part writes: “At the May 2022...
PNG Governor-General denied VIP access
Islands Business
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July 21, 2025
SAMOAN police have started a crackdown on drug trafficking as methamphetamine use increases into what has been described as a pandemic. Units have been deployed to monitor activity between Samoa and its closest neighbour, American Samoa, which is...
Groundbreaking ceremony held for new Port facility
Samoa News
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July 17, 2025
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — On July 11th, The American Samoa Government held a formal groundbreaking ceremony for construction of the new Port Facility at the Fagatogo Wharf. In his address, Governor Pulaali’i N. Pula expressed his gratitude to...
Queen’s HS pupil ‘excited’ to be representing NZ
Otago Daily Times
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July 23, 2025
You can chase your dreams from anywhere. Charlotte Summers is proof of that. The gun footballer is the only player from the South Island to be selected in the New Zealand team to compete at the OFC under-16 women’s championship in Samoa next...
My Jotwell Review of Michael Ramsey's "The Originalist Case Against the Insular Cases"
Reason Magazine
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July 25, 2025
In the Insular Cases of the early twentieth century, the Supreme Court ruled that much of the Constitution does not apply to America's "unincorporated" overseas territories, such as Puerto Rico and other territories acquired as a result of the...
A Terrorist Tidal Wave of Dirty Tricks Struck Oceania 40 Years Ago
CovertAction Magazine
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July 25, 2025
Four decades ago, in the middle of political turmoil fanned by the U.S., Palau President Haruo Remeliik (far right), leader of the world’s first nuclear-free nation, was assassinated. [Source: earthisland.org] From Tahiti to New Zealand to New...
Protesters Shed Light on Deep-Sea Mining and Its Hazards
Santa Barbara Independent - California
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July 23, 2025
Peggy Oki — a renowned Carpinteria artist, surfer, skateboarder, and environmental activist — led an protest on Sunday at Rincon Beach to raise awareness about the consequences of deep-sea mining. The event, organized by environmental group Defend...
University of Hawaii secures $1.5M grant to improve healthcare access across the Pacific
KITV - Hawaii
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The University of Hawaii received a $1.5 million grant from the Helmsley Charitable Trust to help close critical healthcare gaps across the islands and in American Samoa and the Northern Mariana Islands. UH researchers will use this funding to...
Pacific Nations Cup 2025 closes with champions crowned
Samoa News
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July 14, 2025
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The American Samoa Tennis Association (ASTA) proudly announces the successful conclusion of the 2025 Pacific Nations Cup, hosted from June 30 to July 5, with final matches played on July 6 after weather-related delays....
Situation report highlights Samoa’s dengue fever outbreak
Samoa News
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July 15, 2025
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Samoa News is publishing the latest highlights of the Dengue Fever Outbreak Situation Report in Samoa due to the high frequency of travel between American Samoa and Samoa by residents. Governor Pulaali‘i N. Pula issued...
Shriners doctors on island
Samoa News
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July 15, 2025
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A medical team from the Honolulu Shriners Hospital is holding free clinics for children under 18. They are checking on children with bone problems, cleft palates, club feet and/or burn conditions. The clinic began this...
America’s national parks ranked — from crowd magnets to hidden gems
AOL
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National parks in America offer every kind of escape; some overflow with eager visitors, while others stay under the radar. We've ranked them all and shown where the crowds gather and where solitude reigns as of 2024. Great Smoky Mountains...
HIRE A VETERAN DAY
Samoa News
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July 25, 2025
Washington, D.C. — Congresswoman Uifa’atali Aumua Amata is calling attention to National Hire A Veteran Day, which is today, Friday, July 25th, 2025, to show appreciation to Veterans and their ongoing and important role in their communities after...
A Hawaiian Volcano Observatory Made Climate History, But Trump Wants It Gone
CleanTechnica
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July 25, 2025
The greenhouse effect was discovered more than 150 years ago, and the first scientific paper linking carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere with climate change was published in 1896. By the mid-20th century, scientists definitively connected the...