Islamic Center marks somber Eid al-Adha following shooting that claimed three lives

CNN Newsource on May 28, 2026

By Ryan Hill

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    SAN DIEGO (KGTV) — Eid al-Adha is a day of celebration in the Islamic faith and falls on the end of the pilgrimage to Mecca.

“Today, for many Muslims all over the world, is a day of celebration. We call it Eid al-Adha, which is the day of sacrifice,” Imam Taha Hassane of the Islamic Center of San Diego said.

Plenty of people attended daily prayer on the Muslim holy day at the Islamic Center of San Diego.

But the rows of flowers, signs and police presence at the mosque are hard to miss, given what happened a week ago to Imam Taha Hassane and his community.

“This day of celebration is different than all the days of celebration that we have observed in the past,” Hassane said.

Hassane told ABC 10News it’s also a day of sorrow following such a tragic loss.

“Myself and my community members still carry in their minds and hearts what happened here and the memories of our brothers who were murdered right here in this place,” Hassane said.

Last Monday, two gunmen rushed into the Islamic Center, shooting and killing three men, a security guard, and two community members, at the mosque. They’re hailed as heroes for stopping the gunmen from getting further access to the center and the school, which was filled with children.

“Our community is coming back stronger than before. And the number of worshippers that we have seen after the attack is more than before. So, we are seeing more people coming to worship, and this is part of the resilience of my community,” Hassane said.

This community and the rest of San Diego are learning more about the shooters and whether what happened could have been prevented.

Hassane told ABC 10News that while he doesn’t want to talk about the shooters, he says it’s up to lawmakers to take what happened here as a lesson.

“Try to step in and take actions that can prevent such crimes, such attacks from happening in the future, not only in a mosque, but at any house of worship, at any educational institutions, schools wherever,” Hassane said.

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SDPOA demands immediate action on patrol staffing shortages after deadly Islamic Center attack

CNN Newsource on May 28, 2026

By Karina Vargas

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    SAN DIEGO (KGTV) — The San Diego Police Officers Association says last week’s deadly shooting at the Islamic Center highlighted a critical staffing problem inside the department, with officers stretched too thin and response times suffering as a result.

The union says Northern Division was staffed with only seven patrol officers the day of the shooting, even though the minimum staffing level should be 14.

Lt. Jared Wilson, president of the SDPOA, said the problem has been building for more than a year.

“The staffing shortages on the San Diego Police Department have gotten extremely worse over the last year. Under Chief Wahl, he cut $12 million in patrol overtime last year. We told him that that was gonna skyrocket our response times. We have less officers in the street. Calls are holding longer. That means our community is unsafe. Our officers are unsafe, and they’re burnt out.”

Wilson said half-staffed patrol divisions are leaving calls unanswered for dangerous stretches of time.

“When we’re half-staffing our patrol divisions, and we’re leaving calls holding like the call that preceded this at the mother’s house, that’s not acceptable, and it’s putting our community in danger. It’s putting our officers in danger, and it’s really a disservice when we cannot get there in time,” he added.

The city’s timeline reveals there was more than an hour delay between the initial runaway juvenile call and officers beginning to search for the suspects. Wilson said that kind of delay has become routine.

“We’re at the point where simple runaway juvenile calls, even if they have a report of two kids who are potentially armed in camouflage. Leaving their mom’s house in the morning, it was priority 2; the runaway juvenile call was entered, and it took over one hour for a dispatch. Those calls are, on average, in the city of San Diego, holding for over two hours,” said Wilson.

The association said it is not questioning how officers responded once gunfire erupted, saying they moved quickly. The union’s criticism is directed at department leadership.

“The patrol officers in San Diego are not being given the backup they need to help protect our community,” Wilson said.

In a statement, the San Diego Police Department acknowledged staffing challenges, saying that, like many law enforcement agencies nationwide, they have spoken openly about those challenges. The department added that it will be reviewing whether staffing levels played a role in the shooting.

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Man killed in LMPD standoff may have been ‘hunting’ homeless people

CNN Newsource on May 28, 2026

By Alex Suckow

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    LOUISVILLE, Kentucky (WLKY) — WARNING: The contents of this article are disturbing. Reader discretion is advised.

Louisville Metro police released grisly new details about a man who may have been “hunting” homeless people before he was killed by officers.

Michael Hristov, 21, was killed by police earlier this month at his home on W. Whitney Avenue, just south of Churchill Downs, where he lived with his mother.

According to LMPD, he brutally murdered a homeless person and injured another in December of last year.

On Wednesday, police released gruesome details about the condition in which the victim, Michael Howard, was found, as well as what they know about Hristov’s past.

Police said Hristov had a history of torturing animals, as well as idolizing serial killers and mass shooters. He also made quotes about a desire to “hunt homeless people.”

Howard, the man he’s accused of killing, was found on the side of Interstate 65. Some of his toes and another body part were cut off, and there were “various symbols” carved in his body.

Police said Hristov also stabbed another homeless person around the same time, but that person survived.

LMPD said a Reddit post helped different departments connect some dots. Someone had posted days prior to the stabbings that said, “possible serial killer in Louisville.”

Ultimately, investigators were able to connect that post to Hristov’s IP address. In other words, it appears he made that post himself.

Another important connector for police: Hristov’s scooter and tactical gear. Police recognized them from a time he crashed and it resembled what was seen near a stabbing scene. They said the video from that crash was important, a reminder that every little detail matters.

On Wednesday, LMPD also released police camera footage of the day they tried to serve his arrest warrant, and ultimately, fatally shot him.

At one point, you see a police drone go into the home, and Hristov takes aim and fires at it.

Hristov also made his own 911 call when police were surrounding him.

“I am not here to shoot at SWAT officers, I am here to be shot by them,” he tells the 911 operator.

He told her he had one gun and 150 rounds of ammunition.

LMPD said they had surveillance on his home for weeks prior to serving the warrant. The day they served the warrant, the police waited until his mother left.

Police say they may have saved more homeless people by solving this case and they say it’s possible Hristov committed other crimes against them that may not have been reported.

They are encouraging people to speak up.

“This is scary to know that there are people in our community, or there was somebody in our community, that was walking around daily with us and and had these intense… ideas you know, if you looked at him and saw him riding the scooter…you wouldn’t think that he was out to commit murder or to attack homeless individuals,” Deputy Chief Emily McKinley said.

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Pennsylvania families want more testing after tank farm gas leak: “I just want to be able to sleep at night”

CNN Newsource on May 28, 2026

By Joe Holden

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    DELAWARE COUNTY, Pennsylvania (KYW) — Carriage Lane in Aston Township, Delaware County, is lined with single-family homes. It’s quiet and tight-knit.

“We’ve been here since 2003,” Ashley Hoy said. “We all grew up together. We stick together like family.”

The homes and the many families like the Hoys and Kathy Culp’s came years after the Chelsea Tank Farm across the street.

It’s the Bethel Township neighborhood on the other side of the tanks that’s received most of the attention.

Earlier this month, gasoline vapors were detected in two homes. Both Hoy and Culp want help for their neighborhood.

“Just come back and tell us that our neighborhood is fine,” Culp said.

“I’m just asking for testing to be done,” Hoy said. “I’m not asking for the whole road to be tested, this whole community, I’m one house, one house. [It] doesn’t have to be ours.”

Hoy believes testing should happen due to their close proximity to the tank that leaked more than 300,000 gallons of gasoline underground.

CBS News Philadelphia has followed the environmental catastrophe that is the subject of state and federal investigations. Sources say they expect the federal agency overseeing the tank farm to issue a report in the near future about what went wrong. Nothing criminal is suspected, according to multiple law enforcement sources. The leak was discovered in mid-December — an estimated 9,000 gallons of gas leaked. It’s believed it started and remained undetected since August.

For Culp, testing would be a better start toward getting some relief.

“If one house gets tested, comes back negative, we’re all going to be like, OK, you know what, we’re OK, we’re good,” she said.

A spokesperson for MIPC LLC provided CBS News Philadelphia with information showing the Carriage Lane area is in what they consider a safe zone that’s not impacted by the gasoline leak. Sources said testing would likely be invasive.

Of the many monitors around the company’s property, none has shown petroleum-related contamination, according to MIPC.

In a statement, MIPC said:

We’ve been in communication with residents living to the north of tank 708, and we certainly acknowledge and understand their concerns. After nearly five months of work, the data and evidence from over 100 monitoring points have shown, and the PA Department of Environmental Protection agrees with the following:

There is no impact to residents who live beyond the Eastern, Southern, or Northern perimeters of our property The gasoline is located along the western border of our fenceline, and offsite on a handful of properties in that area at this time “The response I get from the company is that we are in the safe zone. I’m not sure if we’re in the same zone,” Hoy said.

Meanwhile, the company says mitigation systems were installed in the homes where gasoline vapors were detected and those families have returned.

The cleanup of the gasoline continues in the areas affected.

Ashley Hoy says she’ll continue her persistence.

“I don’t believe I’m asking for too much at all,” she said. “I just want to be able to sleep at night knowing that my family is safe.”

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Metro Atlanta short-term rental hosts hopeful for Men’s World Cup boom to bookings

CNN Newsource on May 28, 2026

By Leondra Head

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    ATLANTA, Georgia (WUPA) — It’s about two weeks away from the 2026 FIFA Men’s World Cup, and there has been high demand for short-term rentals across Atlanta.

Airbnb says the World Cup is turning out to be its biggest event.

Atlanta is hosting eight Men’s World Cup matches this summer at the Mercedes-Benz Stadium. Some local Airbnb hosts are banking on big bucks during the matches.

“It’s been going extremely well. We are probably about 85% booked to capacity,” Airbnb host Tarshema Harris said.

She said large groups are booking her Airbnbs in Atlanta and Marietta.

“We’re doing three, three separate full entity houses,” Harris said.

She said the demand has made her list the units higher than they usually cost in June and July.

“It’s $400 a night for the entire house. Normally, we do about $175 a night,” Harris said. In total, Harris said she expects to bring in around $37,000 in a short period of time.

“What we’re already forecasting on the books in just a short window for FIFA would normally take us six to eight months to bring in that revenue,” she said.

In Atlanta, about three miles from the stadium, Myles Maxey recently listed his three-bedroom home on Airbnb.

“We listed it for $1,500 a night,” Maxey said.

He hopes to get his first booking soon.

“I think that when we get into the round of 32 or the semifinal, we’re going to start to see a lot more action in Atlanta as people get excited for their home team,” Maxey said. “If we could rent out this house for 10 of the 30 days, I think that would be great. For 10 days, it would be $15,000. That would help the mortgage.”

Airbnb is offering a $750 incentive to new hosts in the 11 host cities to meet the surging demand.

Hosts must have their first guest by July 31 to be eligible.

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Apalachee High School shooting: Colt Gray returning to court for hearing after father’s conviction

CNN Newsource on May 28, 2026

By Dan Raby

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    WINDER, Georgia (WUPA) — Colt Gray, the suspected gunman in the shooting at Apalachee High School that left four dead and nine others injured, is scheduled to return to court on Thursday morning for a status hearing.

The hearing comes months after a jury found Colt’s father, Colin Gray, guilty on 27 counts, including second-degree murder, involuntary manslaughter, and cruelty to children in connection with the shooting at the Barrow County school.

Investigators claim the then-14-year-old carefully planned the Sept. 4, 2024, shooting, boarding his school bus with a semiautomatic, assault-style rifle in his book bag. He left his second-period class and emerged from a bathroom with the gun and shot people in a classroom and hallways, investigators say.

Gray surrendered to school resource officers within minutes after a report of shots fired went out, and was taken into custody, where he has remained ever since.

The last hearing in the case was in December, where Gray’s attorney told the judge they were waiting on the results of a medical evaluation to determine whether they would file additional motions.

The teen is facing a total of 55 counts, including malice murder, aggravated battery, and aggravated assault. He faces up to 30 years in prison for the second-degree murder charges and up to 180 years in total.

Colt Gray has previously pleaded not guilty to all charges. In late 2025, Gray’s attorneys indicated he was negotiating a plea deal. It is unclear if those talks are still ongoing.

Colin Gray’s sentencing hearing is scheduled for July 28 and 29. A judge has banned media outlets from recording or broadcasting any of the victim testimony during the hearings.

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ISU student describes harrowing fight to save his house in Mountain Home fire

KIFI on May 28, 2026

David Pace

MOUNTAIN HOME, Idaho (KIFI) – As a fast-moving inferno quickly engulfed 300 acres Tuesday near Mountain Home, one Idaho State University student rolled up his sleeves in a volunteer effort to repel the fire.

“It’s like 40 mile-an-hour winds and that fire is moving fast,” said Cody Rhatigan, a senior at ISU who was born and rasied in Mountain Home. “So we’ve seen that fire get really close to our house. The property right behind us, the barn started burning. So we thought it was going to creep over. We definitely thought it was going to get our house, but, thankfully it didn’t.”

Firefighters were busy tackling flames on the other side of the highway, leaving Rhatigan, his father and their neighbors on their own to battle the fire.

“My dad actually on a tractor, drove down on the property right next to us and started just drawing a line with the tractor, and it stopped the fire from reaching our property. The fire unfortunately reached the property behind us,” Rhatigan said. “It burned down a cabin and a couple other structures – didn’t burn down his house, thankfully.”

The fight against the flames was a team effort.

“I went down the road to our other neighbor, our other neighbor’s house, and got sprinklers and stuff and started helping them out, trying to keep the fire down, because down the road they were really getting close.”

One law enforcement deputy remains hospitalized Wednesday night, and five others were treated and released.

“I am pleased to announce that the deputy is recovering nicely and expects to be released from the hospital in the next few days,” said Elmore County Sheriff Mike Hollinshead.

Idaho State Police Captain Michael Winans did not elaborate on her injuries but shared that she was injured after becoming trapped by flames while evacuating residents.

“The wind had shifted, and the fire came incredibly close to where she got trapped, basically – was unable to get out [from] where she was,” he said.

No casualties have been reported from the fire.

The fire is 100 percent contained with crews continuing to put out hot spots.

“I gotta give big props to Mountain Home PD and, and everyone – all the first responders, BLM, Mountain Home Fire Department, all of them,” Rhatigan said. “They they definitely came in clutch and saved a lot of our houses.”

While he didn’t place himself in that list of heroes, Rhatigan, his Dad and his neighbors’ efforts against the blaze also saved multiple residences from devastation.

Rhatigan will return to Pocatello this fall to finish his final semester studying journalism at Idaho State University.

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Local Bishop reacts to Pope’s stance on Artifical Intelligence

KTVZ on May 28, 2026

Tyson Beauchemin

BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — The pope recently released a large announcement regarding artificial intelligence, clarifying the church’s position on the emerging technology. But what does it mean to us, living here in Central Oregon?

We spoke to our local Bishop Thomas Hennen, about the pronouncement and asked him about its impact on Catholics and non-Catholics alike.

The letter is called an “Encyclical”. While it’s something every Pope does, they are not something that happens every year. Popes sometimes write these when there’s a transition of power, or a dramatic change in church doctrine. They are often rather lengthy and take a great deal of effort to create. Encyclicals are declarations that cement the church’s official stance on a topic.

And Pope Leo’s stance on AI is less than favorable.

It is the pontiff’s opinion that AI is not simply a morally neutral tool, but rather something that needs to be used with caution and vigilance.

Pope Leo frequently states AI needs to be “disarmed” – not just in a military way, but also in a way that removes its influence from our economy and minds.

The Pope even went on to compare the short-sighted race for profit for AI to the construction of the Tower of Babel.

Here in Central Oregon, Bishop Hennen said this message to his congregation was to reduce reliance on AI for information. He called on people to “…Not to short-circuit the process of life experience and real learning, by just relying or over-relying on AI.”

Bishop Hennen understands that AI has become a part of many people’s daily lives, saying, “And already a lot of us do this right? When we want a quick answer to something, we Google it, or we put something in our phone. For a simple question: fine. You know: ‘What are the store hours of this particular store that I want to go to?’ Okay, great. That’s fantastic. But asking life’s deeper questions? That won’t work. That will not work. ”

Bishop Hennen was excited by the Pope’s Encyclical and was in the process of crafting his own message for his diocese. He says they’ll be making decisions about how AI is used in the parish offices and in Catholic schools.

The Pope’s message is filled with references to Catholic doctrine, but also cites many secular philosophical works, even including ‘The Lord of the Rings.’

It also touches on the vast scope of AI’s impact on our society, from social media to automated weapons of war.

It ends on a message for all humanity: “Cultivate hearts that love the truth,” … “Rather than immediate results.”

The full Encyclical, called “Magnifica Humanitas” can be viewed on the Vatican’s website

Bishop Hennen’s full interview is available on our streaming service, KTVZ+.

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CPD data shows juveniles make up 22% of violent crime arrests; ages 10-17 make up largest age group of sex crime victims

KMIZ on May 28, 2026

Mitchell Kaminski

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) 

Despite the Columbia Police Department’s 2025  annual report showing violent crime trending downward for a fourth year in a row, Police Chief Jill Schlude said she isn’t taking a victory lap. 

CPD recently rolled out a new data dashboard, which forced the department to go back and clean up some of its 2024 data. According to Schlude, after cleaning up the 2024 data, CPD found that some categories of crime reported in previous years were not classified properly.  

“In my mind, anything prior to 2024, I don’t have a high degree of certainty about that data. So while it’s great and I’d love to celebrate that violent crime is down, I’m not saying that it’s not, but I think based on the cleanup we did to 2024, there is the possibility that there are crimes that are overreported, ” Schlude said. “We had to go back and fix all that data. I think it’s great to look at. I think once we have 26 under our belt, we’ll have a good, solid three years of data, and that will give us a better idea about trends.” 

CPD reported 470 violent crimes in 2025, six fewer than in 2024. 

CPD defined violent crime as a criminal act that involves a force or threat of force against a person. It may consist of murder or manslaughter, robbery, aggravated assault or rape. The department counts one crime for each victim.

Of the 853 people arrested for violent crimes, 197 were younger than 17. Juveniles between the ages of 10-17 accounted for 22% of all violent crime arrests, the second-highest total of any age group behind those ages 25 to 34, who accounted for 156 arrests.

Schlude says the numbers represent a growing nationwide trend. 

“Every police chief group that I’m in is talking about this exact problem.  Where that stems from, I think if someone knew or could solve that problem, they’d probably be very profitable. But I think trying to focus on what the causes are of that and then, frankly, how do we hold younger offenders accountable,” Schulde said. “There have been some changes in the state law this year that the governor signed off on in the public safety omnibus bill that will change how some juvenile cases are handled, how they can get adjudicated as adults.”

Cole County Prosecutor Locke Thompson told ABC 17 News in a statement that while his office hasn’t noticed more juvenile referrals, his office has seen “a lot of violent crime being committed in the younger than-25 years old age demographic. 

Thompson added the public safety bill Schlude referenced would allow county prosecutors to become involved in juvenile crime cases earlier in the process, giving them more opportunity to provide input.

In 2024, there were 52 reported victims of sexual assault. In 2025, that number dropped to 48, the lowest of the last four years. 

However, CPD’s 2025 annual report also showed that children ages 10-17 were the most commonly reported victims of sexual assault. Of the 44 reported sexual assault victims, 12 were between the ages of 10-17. 

“It’s always important to frame when you look at these numbers that this is reported crime. So that’s why I’m always cautious about over celebrating what looks like success or under celebrating because that’s a really hard thing,” Schlude said. “In my mind, with sexual assault crimes and domestic violence crimes, if we’re doing our job, more people, more victims are going to come forward. There’s no doubt in both of those categories those crimes are underreported. So when we get increases in them, I do attribute some of that to a great partnership with True North, Rainbow House Places like that who support  those investigations.” 

Reports of domestic violence in Columbia were higher than average in 2025. True North of Columbia Executive Director Michele Snodderley said the organization has already seen a rapid increase in services provided this year. However, like Schlude, Snodderley believes part of that increase may be tied to victims feeling less afraid to come forward and seek help.

“I don’t know if we’re seeing an increase in domestic violence or if we’re seeing an increase in our services because we’re removing that stigma,” Snodderly said. “We’ve been increasing our prevention and education, we’ve been increasing community outreach and awareness, so I’m hoping some of that is just because we are seeing people reaching out and they’re not scared to do so anymore.”

One area that Schlude praised was CPD’s homicide clearance rate. In 2025, the Criminal Investigations division held a 100% clearance rate for homicides. As of 2024, the national average for homicide clearance rates is 61%. In 2025, there were four murders involving guns. 

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HVAC issues force closure of Rexburg Idaho Temple

KIFI on May 28, 2026

Dylan Carder

REXBURG, Idaho (KIFI)- The Rexburg Idaho Temple for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is closed due to HVAC issues. The doors were shut at 5pm Wednesday night because the air conditioning stopped working.

The temple may also be closed on Thursday while repairs are made. The current status of the temple can be found here.

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