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Several people killed in explosion at Moscow restaurant, Russian officials say

An improvised explosive device detonated at a restaurant Saturday in central Moscow killing two people, Russian state media said, citing local officials. The suspected bomber was also killed, officials said.  At least 21 people were also injured when the IED detonated at the restaurant on Kudrinskaya Square in Moscow, the National Anti-Terrorism Committee said, quoted…

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DOJ’s top prosecutor in LA hires law enforcement liaison with pending battery charge, string of DUIs

The new liaison to local law enforcement for the top federal prosecutor in Los Angeles is facing state criminal charges himself, and has a string of prior convictions for driving under the influence, public records show. Shawn Christopher Lewis, who previously served as First Assistant U.S. Attorney Bill Essayli’s chief of staff when he was…

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Woman suspected in Monaco bomb attack on Ukrainian magnate found dead in Kyiv

A Ukrainian woman suspected of planting a bomb that targeted a wealthy Ukrainian-born businessman in the tiny principality of Monaco has been found shot dead in Ukraine’s capital, Ukraine’s prosecutor general’s office said Tuesday. Authorities detained an employee of Ukraine’s military intelligence service (HUR), who allegedly admitted to killing the woman together with another suspect…

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This week on “Sunday Morning” (July 12)

The Emmy Award-winning “CBS News Sunday Morning” is broadcast on CBS Sundays beginning at 9:00 a.m. ET.  “Sunday Morning” also streams on the CBS News app beginning at 11:00 a.m. ET. (Download it here.)  Guest host: Tracy Smith COVER STORY: How white supremacists staged the only successful coup in U.S. historyIn 1898, Wilmington, N.C., was a prosperous…

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Rahm Emanuel expected to say Israel needs “need significant changes and a new direction” in Tel Aviv speech

Rahm Emanuel, a potential Democratic presidential candidate and longtime defender of Israel, will denounce Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Tel Aviv this week and deliver a bracing message that the country’s relationship with the United States is “at a crossroads.” “It cannot stand or survive as it has been,” Emanuel will say at Tel Aviv…

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