On July 16, 1945, the U.S. detonated the world’s first nuclear bomb in the New Mexico desert—without warning the thousands living nearby. Radiation blanketed the land. Newborn babies died. Cancer ...

If anything, the widespread lack of comprehension (and so protest) is one big reason nuclear war remains so chillingly ...

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Twenty years after Garmon’s death, Idahoans are getting that recognition. This year’s congressional budget includes a one-time payment of $100,000 for downwinders who lived in the states affected by ...

Each year, CBS News Chicago remembers some of the many people who made the city tick through a variety of talents and achievements. Here are 62 people whose memories Chicago is honoring in 2025.

Today in History for Dec. 19: In 1813, fur trader James McGill died in Montreal, leaving 10,000 pounds to establish the university that would bear his name.

A look at news events in January 2025: 1 - Nearly all of Puerto Rico started 2025 in the dark after a blackout hit the U.S.

In a move his team calls historic, President Donald J. Trump has signed an executive order that classifies illicit fentanyl ...

Chief Pamela A. Smith will resign effective 31. Her exit comes days after a House Oversight Committee report said she led a ...

The company’s roadmap begins with the Aalo-0 prototype and the 10-MW sodium-cooled Aalo-X pilot, eventually scaling to the ...

VIENNA (AP) — In the wake of U.S. President Donald Trump’s suggestion earlier this year that the U.S. would resume nuclear ...