The Miss Pacific Islands pageant is supposed to celebrate culture and togetherness. But this week it has been defined by allegations of fraud, bullying and lies.

Multiple outbreaks of the measles have been reported so far this year, with one outbreak in Texas ballooning from six cases to 48 in just over a week.

Samoan beauty pageant judge Leiataualesa Jerry Brunt speaks out on the Miss Pacific Islands controversy after being held in ...

Tie-break vote in contest leads to claims of rigging, death threats and judges being prevented from leaving the Solomon ...

Pageant judges stopped from leaving the host nation, Solomon Islands, as police investigate fraudulent activities at the ...

The Miss Pacific Islands Pageant faced controversy when judges were temporarily stopped from leaving Solomon Islands over fraud allegations following Miss Samoa's win. The exit ban was later lifted, ...

The organisers of the Miss Pacific Islands Pageant on Thursday called for unity after judges were stopped from leaving the Solomon Islands amid claims of fraudulent activities after Miss Samoa won the ...

Samoa has two main islands—Savaii and Upolu—and several smaller ones totaling 2,934 square kilometers of land. The country depends on fisheries and agriculture for exports while importing most of its ...

On Monday, first responders arrived to find heavy fire at a multi-family residential property in the 2500 Block of Chestnut Place in Arcata just after 11 p.m. Crews immediately secured a water supply ...

WELLINGTON, New Zealand — (AP) — Samoa's top health official on Monday denounced as "a complete lie" remarks that Robert F. Kennedy Jr. made during his bid to become U.S. health secretary ...