A thousand feet beneath the desert, the United States conducts experiments to verify that its weapons work. But some fear a ...

The U.S. hasn't tested a nuclear weapon in decades, and since the 1990s has used simulations and experiments to verify they're working properly. NPR was granted a rare look at how they do it.

Seconds before wildfires gutted a huge swathe of Los Angeles ... year of that test, the world’s first nuclear weapon test. It is also the 80th year of the first use of the bomb that had ...

LOS ALAMOS, N.M. (KRQE) – The Los Alamos Ice Rink is bringing back the Nuclear Shootout College Hockey Tournament this weekend. It will start on Friday and end on Sunday with competitive teams ...

Chinese researchers have allegedly developed a new high-power microwave (HPM) weapon with power equivalent to electromagnetic energy released by a nuclear explosion. Reportedly also relatively compact ...

Premium LA California Fire LIVE: Residents look through their burned home for mementos at Pacific Palisades Bowl Mobile Estates during the Palisades fire in the Pacific Palisades area of Los ...

The FBI searched the home of a Los Angeles deputy mayor as part of an investigation into a bomb threat made against City Hall, officials said Wednesday. Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass' office said ...

Multiple wildfires fueled by fierce Santa Ana winds, have killed 10 and burned more than 35,000 acres near Los Angeles. The winds, which occur most often in the fall and winter, push dry air from ...

Then there’s audio of the Yakuza boss discussing nuclear weapons-grade material ... the first US thermonuclear bomb test. Although initially estimated in 1959 to generate a blast equivalent ...