CNN Top Stories

Atomic bombs were dropped on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in August 1945. The devastation led to Japan's surrender and brought an end to World War II.

CNN's Kelly Wallace and Paul Callan discuss how to effectively discipline kids with Attention Deficit Hyperactive Disorder in light of a video that surfaced showing two kids with the disorder being handcuffed by a school resource officer.

Wal-Mart CEO Doug McMillon reportedly raked in $19.4 million in compensation in 2014. The typical Walmart associate, in contrast, starts at $9 an hour. This means that even with the modest pay increase won by Walmart workers earlier this year, McMillon still makes over 800 times more than this typical employee. Something is terribly wrong here.

Jacqueline and John F. Kennedy were one of history's power couples, a dashing Democrat and an elegant wife. Take a look at photos of the couple's love story.

Ralph Steadman likes to swim first thing in the morning, but it leaves him feeling dizzy.

Dr. Auma Obama, the half-sister of President Obama, speaks with CNN's Brooke Baldwin.

It should have been a waterlogged disaster.

Exciting news for Disney lovers, especially those based in China.

Everybody got wet and cold taking the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge. A year later, Elizabeth Cohen reports on where the $115 million raised by donors is going.

CNN's Polo Sandoval explains the brutal, dangerous and bloody inner workings of the drug cartels in Mexico.

From family picnics to camping trips, summer is the time when we invade insect territory. And the bugs are ready for us: fleas, ticks and mosquitoes all thrive in warmer months.

It's the only place in the country where you can join anarchists for breakfast bought with Bitcoin, sit in on counseling sessions on polyamorous marriages, hear a lecture about Ludwig von Mises' economic theory, drop the little ones off at a "Kids Rave," learn the Cha-cha-cha and wind down by the campfire after sunset with a balloon full of nitrous oxide.

More than 14,000 people have been executed in the United States since 1800.

Julia Cybularz's niece, Hannah, was only 9 when her body started turning against her.

There's nothing like high drama on a beach.

There's nothing like high drama on a beach.

The man accused of shooting and killing a San Francisco woman had previously been deported five times. CNN's Sara Sidner reports.

What was once the gleaming pride and joy of the Soviet space program now lies covered in dirt and bird droppings in a disused hangar in Kazakhstan.