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Can improv theater reduce violent crime? Comedians and police captains team up.The University of Chicago Crime Lab鈥檚 Policing Leadership Academy is using improv theater techniques to teach listening skills to police captains. The academy hopes the approach will increase community engagement and improve officer morale.
Tourists to Europe face another summer of crowds, annoyed locals, and day trip taxesEvery year, Europe is among the top vacation spots. While tourists flood in for the summer, locals have taken to the streets. Protesters are unhappy with the pressure that overtourism has put聽on infrastructure and resources such as water and energy.
Frozen clues: What hailstones say about a warming worldResearchers are chasing storms across multiple states to collect and study hailstones to better understand storm behavior. Their findings could reveal how climate change may impact future hail damage and storm intensity.
Joining Israel鈥檚 war, Trump says US 鈥榦bliterated鈥� Iranian nuclear sitesIt was not clear whether the United States would continue attacking Iran alongside Israel. President Donald Trump warned Iran that any reprisals against the U.S. would be met with additional strikes.听鈥淭here will either be peace or there will be tragedy for Iran,鈥� he said.
鈥榃e have completed our very successful attack鈥�: US bombs three Iranian nuclear sitesPresident Donald Trump says the U.S. military struck three sites in Iran, directly joining Israel鈥檚 effort to decapitate the country鈥檚 nuclear program. Mr. Trump will address the nation at 10:00 p.m. Eastern time.
Belarus frees 14 political prisoners after rare visit by US envoy. Many more remain.Key dissendent figure Siarhei Tsikhanouski, longtime radio correspondent Ihar Karnei, and 12 others walked free after聽authoritarian President Alexander Lukashenko met with a top U.S. official in Minsk.
