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HONOLULU (AP) — Two Native Hawaiian men wouldn’t have brutally beat a man if he wasn’t white, a federal judge said Thursday in sentencing them to yearslong prison terms for a hate crime in a case that reflects Hawaii’s nuanced and complicated relationship with race.
A jury convicted Kaulana Alo-...
VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis used his Christmas message Sunday to lament the “icy winds of war” buffeting humanity and to make an impassioned plea for an immediate end to the fighting in Ukraine, a 10-month-old conflict he decried as “senseless.”
At noon in Rome, Francis delivered the...
HONOLULU (AP) — A flight from Phoenix to Honolulu carrying many people traveling for the holidays encountered severe turbulence shortly before landing, sending some unrestrained people and objects flying about the cabin and seriously injuring 11, officials and passengers said.
In all, 36 people...
WASHINGTON (AP) — Razor-thin margins around the country left control of Congress still undetermined Wednesday, but Democrats showed surprising strength in the midterm election, topping Republicans in a series of competitive races and defying expectations that high inflation and President Joe Biden’...
Apia, SAMOA (AP) — When and if an island nation fully submerges due to rising seas, what happens to the nationalities of its citizens?
This and other related questions are being considered by island nations advocating for changes to international law as climate change threatens their existence.
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LONDON (AP) — Queen Elizabeth II, Britain’s longest-reigning monarch and a rock of stability across much of a turbulent century, died Thursday after 70 years on the throne. She was 96.
The palace announced she died at Balmoral Castle, her summer residence in Scotland, where members of the royal...
WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House announced Friday that President Joe Biden will host Pacific Island leaders in Washington later this month amid growing worries by the United States and Western allies about China’s activity in the region.
Press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said in a statement the...
BANGKOK — A U.S. Coast Guard cutter conducting patrols as part of an international mission to prevent illegal fishing was recently unable to get clearance for a scheduled port call in Solomon Islands, an incident that comes amid growing concerns of Chinese influence on the Pacific nation.
The...
BISBEE, Ariz. (AP) — MJ was a tiny, black-haired girl, just 5 years old, when her father admitted to his bishop that he was sexually abusing her.
The father, a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and an admitted pornography addict, was in counseling with his bishop when he...
NEW YORK (AP) — The U.S. on Saturday opened COVID-19 vaccines to infants, toddlers and preschoolers.
The shots will become available this week, expanding the nation’s vaccination campaign to children as young as 6 months.
Advisers to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommended the...

![This photo provided by Kawena Alo-Kaonohi shows a view looking down into Kahakuloa village in Wailuku, Hawaii, Jan. 18, 2020. Kaulana Alo-Kaonohi and Levi Aki Jr. were sentenced Thursday for a federal hate crime in the 2014 brutal beating of a white man who tried to move into their remote, traditional fishing village. [Courtesy of Kawena Alo-Kaonohi via AP] Kahakuloa village](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/kahakuloa_village_web_0.jpg?itok=CYn3t9b0)
![Pope Francis delivers the Urbi et Orbi (Latin for 'to the city and to the world' ) Christmas' day blessing from the main balcony of St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican, Sunday, Dec. 25, 2022. [AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia] Pope Francis delivers the Urbi et Orbi](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/pope_francis_xmas_2022.jpg?itok=6zTPPplZ)


![Eseta Vusamu sits near the water, on Sept. 29, 2022, in the village of Faleasiu on the island of Upolu in Samoa. [AP Photo/Lagipoiva Cherelle Jackson] Eseta Vusamu sits near the water](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/faleasiu_samoa.jpg?itok=DRS0V_iK)
![Queen Elizabeth II waves to the crowd during the Platinum Jubilee Pageant at the Buckingham Palace in London, Sunday, June 5, 2022, on the last of four days of celebrations to mark the Platinum Jubilee. Queen Elizabeth II, Britain’s longest-reigning monarch and a rock of stability across much of a turbulent century, has died. She was 96. Buckingham Palace made the announcement in a statement on Thursday Sept. 8, 2022. [AP Photo/Frank Augstein, File] Queen Elizabeth II](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/queen_elizabeth_ii.jpeg?itok=Wr-EqyfR)
![The USNS Mercy hospital ship enters the Port of Los Angeles, March 27, 2020. The Solomon Islands government on Wednesday, Aug. 31, 2022, asked countries to not send naval vessels to the South Pacific nation until approval processes are overhauled. The U.S. Navy hospital ship USNS Mercy is currently in Honiara. [AP Photo / Mark J. Terrill - file]](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/usns_mercy_hospital_ship.jpg?itok=XgPsJoBb)
![In this photo released by Xinhua News Agency, Solomon Islands Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare, right, locks arms with visiting Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi in Honiara, Solomon Islands on May 26. A U.S. coast guard cutter conducting patrols as part of an international mission to prevent illegal fishing was recently unable to get clearance for a scheduled port call in the Solomon Islands, according to reports, an incident that comes amid growing concerns of Chinese influence on the Pacific nation. [AP photo] PM Manasseh Sogavare and Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/ap_web.jpg?itok=DlpGjenI)

