Japan and the world commemorated the 80th anniversary of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima, inaugurating a new era of human history. At 8:15 a.m. on Aug. 6, 1945, the American B-29 bomber known as the ...

Dozens of people — including peace activists, members of faith groups, and musicians — gathered on Wednesday to raise alarm ...

Eighty years after the world witnessed the first atomic bombs dropped in Japan, survivors of the bombing gathered at a ceremony in San Francisco's Golden Gate Park Japanese Tea Garden to commemorate ...

August 6, 1945, marked a significant milestone in world history — on this day, the U.S. detonated the first atomic bomb over the city of Hiroshima, Japan.

It started in secrecy and ended with a mushroom cloud. The daughter of Manhattan Project technician shares what it meant to be raised in the long shadow of the Manhattan Project.

People in a southern US city that was home to facilities linked to the development of the atomic bomb prayed for peace on the ...