Samoa outclass Tonga 34-6 in wild Pacific Championships match with 90-minute lightning delay

BRISBANE, Australia -- Samoa have outclassed Pacific neighbors Tonga 34-6 in a wild and highly-physical Pacific Championships rugby league international that also featured a 90 minute lightning delay ...

In Japan’s Okinawa, You’ll Find Few American Tourists—but Plenty of Americana

A fascinating blend of cultural and historical influences, the Japanese archipelago feels a world apart from Tokyo, Kyoto and ...
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Harvard student, inspired by her native American Samoa, creates biofuel with natural resources

As Massachusetts celebrates STEM Week, one Harvard freshman is standing out for her creative approach to renewable energy, using resources from the island where she grew up, oceans away. WBZ-TV's ...
IFLScience

We Now Know How The First People Reached America – And It Wasn’t On Foot

Until now, researchers had only uncovered a few tantalizing hints that humans had reached the American continent by this time ...

Easter Island’s Moai Statues May Have Walked to Where They Now Stand

Easter Island statues, traditionally known as moai on the remote island of Rapa Nui in the South Pacific, are some of the ...
AZ Animals

Creatures That Roam American Samoa National Park

The American Samoa National Park is filled with unique wildlife. Sea turtles, skinks, and flying foxes are some of the ...
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Why So Many People on This Island Live Past 100

Off the coast of Japan lies a place where time seems to slow — an island where hundreds of residents live past 100, defying everything science thought it knew about aging. Hurricane Melissa upgraded ...
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16 people died in a blast at a Tennessee explosives factory early Friday, sheriff says

McEWEN, Tenn. — A blast in rural Tennessee that leveled an explosives plant and was felt for miles around killed 16 people and left no survivors, authorities said. The explosion left a smoldering ...
Newsday

Episcopal Diocese of Long Island turns to 'We the People' to select its next bishop

The Episcopal Diocese of Long Island is selecting a new bishop, but instead of a top-down decision, it will be an exercise in democracy, complete with candidates, town halls where they will be grilled ...
The Santa Fe New Mexican

City clears up confusion over use of data tracking system for Santa Fe's homeless

Editor’s note: Politics Check is an occasional series that shines a light on public officials or public policy news in New Mexico. After San Francisco-based Urban Alchemy came under scrutiny last ...
People

200 Animals — Including Geese and Flying Squirrels — Were 'Living in Squalor' in Home. 2 Humans Were Arrested

Authorities arrested the owner, who certified her suburban residence as a wildlife sanctuary but allegedly neglected hundreds of animals she took into her home Sean Neumann is a reporter at PEOPLE. He ...
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Man swims from Portland ICE facility to Ross Island to evade police

PORTLAND, Ore. — A man accused of being involved in an altercation Tuesday night outside the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in Portland’s South Waterfront swam across the Willamette ...