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For years, a car accident has been blamed in the 1976 death of former Brazilian President Juscelino Kubitschek. But a new inquiry has found the politician was murdered by the military dictatorship that ruled Brazil for 21 years.

In Rio de Janeiro, more than 100,000 people filled the streets calling on the government to concentrate on them and not on international events.

Protesters are dressing up as superheroes to demonstrate in Rio de Janeiro, but that's not the only place caped crusaders have taken to Latin American streets.

Federal law enforcement agencies are still investigating the recent cyberattack on Oʻahu Transit Services, which operates TheBus and TheHandi-Van. Matthew Chapman, a professor at the University of Hawaiʻi - West Oʻahu, said the intent or motivation behind the attack was not clear. The Conversation's Savannah Harriman-Pote has more.

Steve Inskeep talks to Stephen Cohen, senior fellow of foreign policy studies at the Brookings Institution, about the political impact of the massive earthquake that shook Pakistan over the weekend.

It’s been about a day since Honolulu Mayor Rick Blangiardi announced a plan to pause rail two stops short of Ala Moana Shopping Center. To better understand how that might work for bus riders, The Conversation spoke with Roger Morton, the director of the Honolulu Department of Transportation Services.

The Oʻahu Transit Services network is slowly coming back online after a cyberattack forced it to shut down its mobile system a week ago. Honolulu Transportation Services Director Roger Morton says full services, such as the DaBus tracking phone app and the HandiVan’s mobile data terminal, should be back up in a matter of days.

Those killed in the head-on crash in West Texas included six students and a coach from the University of the Southwest who were returning home from a golf tournament, authorities said.

A devastating number of the city's young people have lost their lives to gun violence over the past few years. Diane Latiker has built a program in order to make these children's lives safer.

More than 2,000 refugees have crossed into Iraq since Turkey began its assault on northeastern Syria last week. Aid groups are bracing for as many as 50,000 refugee arrivals.