Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Oct. 14—In the shadow of a federal government shutdown, the site where the first atomic bomb was tested will not be open to the ...

The tally for the year that ended Tuesday was up 14% from the previous year, the Hiroshima Peace Culture Foundation said.

The Gazette offers audio versions of articles using Instaread. Some words may be mispronounced. The first atomic bomb test in New Mexico on July 16, 1945 opened the door to the dangerous nuclear arms ...

After the first Soviet nuclear detonation in 1949, Moscow pushed hard to create a more practical and efficient weapon. The ...

IOWA (KTIV) - He was a poor farm boy from Iowa who went on to change the world by refining the elusive ingredient needed to make the atomic bomb. This edition of “We The People” focuses on Iowan ...

Museums don't just preserve history; they frame how it's told. In Hiroshima, where that responsibility carries unusual weight ...

On Wednesday, residents of Hiroshima will pause to remember the day — exactly 80 years ago — that changed the course of history. The device that exploded over Hiroshima destroyed about two-thirds of ...

Nuclear weapons drastically changed warfare. Learn about the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in WWII the only ...

Shortly after dawn on Aug. 6, 1945, Capt. Robert A. Lewis, co-pilot of the Enola Gay, wrote in his notebook that the clouds below him were dispersing and the weather looked good for the rest of the ...

In the shadow of a federal government shutdown, the site where the first atomic bomb was tested will not be open to the public this year. Located on White Sands Missile Range, the Trinity Site is ...