HONOLULU (AP) — Hawaii's Micronesian community has experienced a diplomatic leadership void throughout the coronavirus pandemic because of an ongoing vacancy at the nation's Honolulu...

EVERETT, Wash. (AP) — A four-time Olympic weightlifter from Micronesia must serve 20 months in prison for sexually abusing a girl in Everett.

SIOUX CITY, Iowa (AP) — An Iowa pork processing plant is working to address Micronesia’s concerns about the treatment of some of its citizens who work at the plant.

SIOUX CITY, Iowa (AP) — The island nation of Micronesia is raising concerns about how some of its citizens working at an Iowa pork processing plant are being treated.

HONOLULU (AP) — A Micronesia government official has pleaded guilty to a federal bribery charge in Hawaii.

Master Halbert, 44, pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court in Honolulu Tuesday to...

HAGATNA, Guam (AP) — An intensifying tropical storm in the Pacific is bearing down on Micronesia and could threaten the U.S. territory of Guam in the coming days.

POHNPEI STATE, Micronesia (AP) — I'm panicked and soaked as smiling locals fish me out of the bay on the island of Pohnpei in Micronesia. "Trip of a lifetime," I sarcastically thought as we made our way back to land with an upside-down kayak, our cameras and cellphone ruined.

How did I end up drenched, emotionally drained and out a few thousand dollars in electronics in this remote island nation, one might ask? More importantly, here's why it was totally worth it.

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — The U.S. Navy said it rescued three fishermen Tuesday who were adrift on a boat in the Pacific Ocean for eight days.

The men were reported missing Feb. 12 after failing to return from a fishing trip in Micronesia, the Navy said. The men had food and water aboard their 19-foot skiff but no safety equipment or radios.

HAGATNA, Guam (AP) — The U.S. Coast Guard is searching for two of four people who were on a boat that didn't show up on schedule to the Federated States of Micronesia.

The Pacific Daily News reports that two people were found on Sunday floating in a debris field. The Coast Guard states one of those two people was still alive.

The survivor told rescuers that the two people still missing used gas cans as flotation devices to swim away from the boat.

ST. JOSEPH, Mo. (AP) — Authorities have identified the victims of a triple shooting at a St. Joseph apartment complex that left one victim dead.

The St. Joseph News-Press (http://bit.ly/2tyY7OB ) reports that last week's shooting killed 42-year-old Kias Bernard. Police say 37-year-old Fasios Bernard and 31-year-old Jass Walter were wounded. All three men are Micronesian, and police said earlier that a language barrier was creating communication issues.

ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — When Robert Riley graduated from Key School in 1973 he had no idea he would end up as a career Foreign Service officer.

Last month, he was named U.S. Ambassador to the Pacific island nation of Micronesia, islands previously known as the Caroline Islands, located southeast of the Philippines. All the islands together make up a land mass equal to four times the size of Washington, D.C.