By FILI SAGAPOLUTELE and JENNIFER SINCO KELLEHER Associated Press
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PAGO PAGO, American Samoa — Makerita Iosefo Vaʻa hasn’t been home for nearly eight months — the longest she’s ever been away from American Samoa.

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