Twin Cities community warns of fishing line strung on playground equipment

July 22, 2026 | 12:48 PM

MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — A southern Twin Cities community is urging park visitors to be on the lookout for fishing line that may be hung on playground equipment.

Officials with the city of Empire said Tuesday fishing line was found on equipment in Sach’s Park, and the Dakota County Sheriff’s Office will “increase patrols in the area.”

“Fishing line may create a serious safety hazard for children using the playground. Please use caution and inspect the area before allowing children to play,” city officials said.

The city has also posted a warning sign at the playground, and asks anyone who sees fishing line on equipment to leave it be and immediately call 911.

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Suspect in Berlin ramming attack shot and killed by police, authorities say

July 26, 2026 | 3:28 PM

The 21-year-old man convicted in 2025 of trying to join ISIS and accused of ramming his rented vehicle into the Berlin LGBTQ+ Pride parade was killed by police on Sunday, a senior police official in Germany told CBS News.The official said the suspect charged towards police with a knife and officers opened fire, shooting the suspect. Police later said that the confrontation happened at a garden colony in the suburb of Spandau. He died at the scene.Germany's interior minister identified the suspect as 21-year-old Abdul Ballout, a German citizen with Lebanese roots. Police described him as being part of Berlin's "Islamist scene" and someone who was known to authorities.Earlier Sunday, Interior Minister Alexander Dobrindt said that "everything we see here points to us dealing with an Islamic terror attack." Dobrindt said Ballout was born in Germany and that his mother was naturalized in 2002, three years before he was born. He said the suspect had been convicted in Berlin in the past.Berlin prosecutors said Ballout shared ISIS propaganda on Instagram in 2024 and the following year traveled to Lebanon "with the intention of proceeding from there to Syria to join ISIS." However, he was arrested and sentenced to three months in prison. He returned to Germany in November 2025 and he was arrested in May for "preparing a serious act of subversive violence," prosecutors said.He was sentenced to a year and ten months in jail, but this was suspended, partially in recognition of the time he had spent in jail in Lebanon and pre-trial detention, and partially because he admitted to the crimes and distanced himself from ISIS, prosecutors said. In a separate investigation in July 2026, police launched a search at Ballout's home in Berlin-Schöneberg prompted by an initial suspicion of a violation of Germany's Weapons Act. However, only a toy gun was found during the search and the case was subsequently dismissed.Police said they believe Ballout rented the vehicle used in the attack, but it remains unclear if he was the driver. He was described as being of slim build, about 6 feet 3 inches tall, with black hair and wearing a black hoodie with white pants.Police officers stand near a vehicle crashed into a tree after driving into a crowd near Berlin's annual Pride event, in Berlin, Germany, Sunday, July 26, 2026. Markus Schreiber via AP Authorities are also working to determine if Ballout acted alone. Investigators believe that one or more people may have left the vehicle after it came to a stop. Some victims also suffered stab wounds, raising the possibility that others were involved in the attack, but authorities have not confirmed that. Dobrindt said the suspect is believed to have injured people with a machete.A man with Iranian citizenship was arrested after the attack, but police have not confirmed any involvement in the attack, the AP reported earlier Sunday.Chancellor Friedrich Merz had vowed that law enforcement would find the suspect."I would like to say this to Christopher Street Day participants here in Berlin but also across Germany: Don't let yourselves, let us not let ourselves, be intimidated," he said Sunday. "These acts have only one purpose: They aim to divide our society. They want to take away from us the most important thing we have: Namely our openness and our freedom."Berlin's fire service said that of the injured, three have life-threatening injuries, eight were seriously injured, and five had slight injuries. Police have not identified the victim who was killed. Bouquets, candles and Berlin bears are placed in front of the landmark Brandenburg Gate one day after the car ramming attack on people on the outskirts of Berlin's Christopher Street Day (CSD) parade on late July 25, 2026.

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Full transcript of 'Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan,' July 26, 2026