White Sunday is star of 3-day weekend ending with Indigenous Peoples Day
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Today and tomorrow will be very busy in American Samoa as residents gear up for White Sunday, dedicated to our precious children, leading off a 3-day holiday th









![A rarely-seen whiplash squid (Mastigoteuthis) documented at (3,625 feet depth. One of the ‘weird’ lifeforms spotted on deepsea volcano near American Samoa in the latest video captured on camera by scientists exploring the depths of the ocean. The beautiful footage comes from the E Mamana Ou Gataifale II expedition by the Ocean Exploration Trust, NOAA Ocean Exploration, the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, and the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution. [photo: Schmidt Ocean Institute] A rarely-seen whiplash squid](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/rare_whiplash_squid.jpeg?itok=Dhie-x_m)
![Two of American Samoa's top junior tennis players, Joella Ioane and Hermann Thomsen (holding team signs), have been selected to be part of the Pacific Oceania region team competing in the Asian Tennis Federation (ATF) 12 & Under Intercontinental Team Competition in Hong Kong. [courtesy photo] Joella Ioane and Hermann Thomsen](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/4624.jpg.jpg?itok=O4_Yxx5a)