NBC News · Top Story with Tom Llamas - May 18 | NBC News NOW

1. 1. A deadly shooting rampage at an Islamic Center in San Diego is being investigated as a hate crime after two teenage suspects opened fire, killing at least five people, including a security guard.
2. 2. Extreme weather, including wildfires and destructive tornadoes, is impacting millions across the United States, stretching from California to the Midwest.
3. 3. A US citizen has tested positive for Ebola in Africa, while health officials are also tracking a Hanta virus outbreak, prompting criticism of the CDC's slow response.
4. 4. The Trump administration has controversially created a $1.776 billion "anti-weaponization fund" using taxpayer money to compensate its allies who claim to have been unfairly prosecuted.
5. 5. In the Luigi Manion murder trial, a New York judge ruled some evidence found in the accused killer's backpack, including his passport, cell phone, and a loaded magazine, cannot be used due to an improper warrantless search.
6. 6. The long-delayed Trump Mobile phone has finally launched, but its marketing claims of being "made in the USA" have been changed to "assembled in the USA," and the phone appears to be a rebranded Taiwanese model.
7. 7. Tensions are escalating between the US and Cuba following an Axios report that Cuba acquired over 300 military drones and is allegedly considering attacks on US targets like Guantanamo Bay and Key West.
8. 8. Two Americans were detained in Japan for breaking into a zoo enclosure housing "Punch the Monkey," a viral primate internet sensation.