Most children in the city of Kokura, Japan, know what the weather was like 80 years ago. It was foggy on August 9, 1945 - a day that changed history forever. Without the fog, a plane would have ...

Leaflets dropped on cities in Japan warning civilians about the atomic bomb, dropped c. August 6, 1945. Aftermath of the August 6, 1945 Atomic Bomb blast in Hiroshima, 1946. Library of Congress ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In May 1945, near the end of World War II, Germany surrendered to the Allies but Japan refused. To end the war quickly, President ...

The number of survivors of the U.S. atomic attacks on Hiroshima and Nagasaki is dwindling 80 years later, but they are increasingly speaking out against nuclear weapons. HIROSHIMA, Japan (AP) — Eighty ...

On August 6, 1945, an atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima, Japan. Three days later, a second bomb fell on nearby Nagasaki. 140,000 died, but many of those who survived went on to lead extraordinary ...

The documentary “Atomic People” will premiere at 10 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 5, on New Mexico PBS, channel 5.1. It will also be available to stream on the PBS app. Aug. 6, 1945 — the day the United States ...

Barbara Scollin, grandniece of Major General Kenneth D. Nichols, continues her series on his life. Ample reasons, most notably leadership skills, personality traits and qualifications, led to choosing ...

The New START treaty ended after U.S. President Donald Trump did not follow up on a Russian proposal to extend warhead limits ...