Officials at the University of Chicago Crime Lab's Policing Leadership Academy brought in members of storied improv theater The Second City to teach police leaders the skills found in improv.

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Syria's Interior Ministry says the sleeper cell behind a deadly church explosion near Damascus belonged to the Islamic State group. It also said Tuesday the group had plans to target a Shiite ...

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