A blinding light like thousands of strobe lights — that's how Toshiko Tanaka described the morning, 80 years ago today, the United States dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima. On Aug. 6, 1945, the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (WWLP) – Communities all across western Massachusetts will observe the 79th anniversary of the atomic bombings ...

Janet Nakakihara, 91, tells her Hiroshima bombing story in a flat, matter-of-fact voice, a restraint that forces her listener to fill in the emotional blanks, feeling ...

The United States dropped an atomic bomb called "Little Boy" on the Japanese city of Hiroshima on August 6, 1945, killing approximately 70,000 to 140,000 people instantly. Many died in the following ...

Within four months after the atomic bomb attacks against Hiroshima and Nagasaki, 31-year-old war correspondent John Hersey went to Hiroshima, interviewed survivors and wrote a series of stunning ...

The only man to have survived Hiroshima and Nagasaki atomic bombs dies at 93. TOKYO, Jan. 6, 2010 -- The only person officially recognized as having been twice in the bull's eye of atomic bombs in ...

Hiroshima is marking the 80th anniversary of the U.S. atomic bombing of the western Japanese city. The bombing on Aug. 6, 1945, killed 140,000 people and a second bomb on Nagasaki (Aug. 9) killed ...

As Japan marks the 80th anniversary of the atomic bomb attacks, a new generation of storytellers is stepping up to preserve the memories of survivors and ensure the world never forgets the human cost ...

COMMENTARY: The intentional taking of an innocent life is always gravely wrong — in war or in peace — and Hiroshima forces us ...

SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (WWLP) – Communities all across western Massachusetts will observe the 79th anniversary of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki on Tuesday. National Night Out: What is it ...