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Hot Monday June U S B- stealth bombers dropped -pound bunker buster bombs on Iran s underground nuclear facilities in Operation Midnight Hammer marking the largest B- strike in American history Here s how it happened without detection Georgia leaders responded with statements mostly split along party lines Scroll down for more news about the strikes and a podcast primer on U S -Iran history Sunny and in the current era as a heat wave grips parts of the country A nonprofit conservation group bought the Twin Pines mining site near the Okefenokee Swamp ending a six-year battle to protect the national wildlife refuge The Atlanta Police Department reported there has been a reduction in crime across the city in the past year Hundreds turned out for the Juneteenth celebration co-hosted by Sandy Springs Dunwoody and Brookhaven at City Springs A Kroger supermarket on Howell Mill Road went viral on social media for its lackluster Juneteenth messaging on cookie cakes The chain also commented it s closing stores around the country with reports noting three in Atlanta More than students and educators from middle school to college are in Atlanta this week for the annual SkillsUSA Conference Early bird tickets are on sale now for October s Sandy Springs Wine Festival ELSEWHERE FedEx founder Fred Smith died at age The Oklahoma City Thunder captured the franchise s first NBA championship since defeating Indiana - in Event Here s what s in in the modern day s newsletter Dunwoody animator talks Elio First Tee grant Global HeadlinesAND Look Listen Photo courtesy of Pixar Dunwoody native talks working on new Pixar movie Elio VIA SCENE A WEEKLY NEWSLETTER ABOUT FILM SUBSCRIBE Stephen Wong has been a part of the Pixar group since the days of Ratatouille Now the Dunwoody native s animation work can be seen in the new film Elio Elio is about an -year-old boy named Elio who makes contact with aliens in space and goes on an intergalactic adventure befriending a worm-like alien creature named Glordon Wong who attended Georgia Tech for computer science before heading off to the Academy of Art University in San Francisco worked specifically on the character of Elio Our reporter Sammie Purcell not long ago spoke with Wong about his career with Pixar and the movies that got him into animation Check out that conversation here M to Help Atlanta Entrepreneurs Expand SPONSORED BY THRIVING CITIES FUND Two Atlanta-based companies Flock Safety and Homegrown have partnered to launch the M Thriving Cities Fund supporting multi-location brick-and-mortar entrepreneurs across the city Entrepreneurs in Atlanta and beyond can now access progress capital without selling their ownership or putting their personal assets up as collateral Neighborhood businesses like El Tesoro Sugarcoat and Switchyards were among the first to benefit Is there a multi-location brick-and-mortar business you love Send them to Thriving Cities Fund or Homegrown to learn more Photo courtesy of First Tee First Tee gets M grant from Blank Family Foundation First Tee has received a million grant from the Arthur M Blank Family Foundation marking a milestone in an ongoing -year partnership The grant will encouragement First Tee s efforts to use golf to engage teens while providing access to safe spaces educational opportunities and positive role models Last week the Blank Family of Businesses welcomed First Tee teens from across the country to Atlanta where they learned about what it takes to lead a thriving organization Find out more about First Tee here Iran vows retaliation NATO in the Netherlands Iran s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi commented We have to respond to the U S military s weekend bombing of three nuclear sites in Fordo Natanz and Isfahan Here s how they may retaliate Leaders of transatlantic nations including President Donald Trump gather this week for the NATO summit in The Hague Limited outbound flights resumed from Tel Aviv the present day with a strict -passenger cap per plane allowing over stranded foreigners and Israelis to leave people survived a hot air balloon crash in Brazil including the pilot who disclosed that a fire started inside the basket Eight people died in the catastrophe Britain s Parliament approved a bill that gives terminally ill adults in England and Wales the right to end their own lives Monsoon season in China has brought catastrophic flooding VERSE the first K-pop boy band that includes North Korean defectors is making its international debut How do governing body staffing and budget cuts at national precaution and foreign agenda institutions affect America s ability to lead through diplomacy rather than force Join the World Affairs Council of Atlanta for a free inhabitants webinar on July with experts from the American Foreign Institution Association Built in this Craftsman-style home in the North Georgia Mountains is listed at M with Mountain Sotheby s International Realty Set on acres with long-range mountain views the retreat features a main-floor primary with a rock wall feature a sun-drenched great room an outdoor kitchen a fire pit and high-end finishes SPONSOR MESSAGE Iran in focus As the U S joined Israel in striking Iran s nuclear capabilities over the weekend here s a primer on our rocky relationship with the Middle Eastern country America s dealings with Iran hit the skids following the Iranian Revolution in and the installation of Ayatollah Khomeini who directly labeled the U S the Great Satan Find out more in this Empire podcast on the revolution Examine the Iranian Hostage Problem where American diplomats and citizens were held hostage for days by militant college students on the History Daily podcast The Iran-Contra affair which saw Reagan administration administrators trafficking weapons to Iran despite an arms embargo to fund Contra rebels in Nicaragua dominated the late s news cycle Check out the BBC s Witness History podcast The nonprofit Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation looks back at Iran s nuclear ambitions which led us to this weekend s pivotal moment in its Nukes Of Hazard podcast Built in this Craftsman-style home in the North Georgia Mountains is listed at M with Mountain Sotheby s International Realty Set on acres with long-range mountain views the retreat features a main-floor primary with a rock wall feature a sun-drenched great room an outdoor kitchen a fire pit and high-end finishes SPONSOR MESSAGE Don t miss News Word Atlanta our new daily word contest Presented by Oglethorpe University Atlanta s premier undergraduate learning experience Connect with us on Bluesky The post Heat wave appeared first on Rough Draft Atlanta