This Morning from CBS News, Nov. 12, 2015
Operation Free Sinjar
CBS News is embedded with Kurdish Peshmerga fighters as they launch an offensive to retake the key northwest Iraqi city of Sinjar from ISIS. The militants' siege of the town in 2014 saw them massacre thousands of minority Yazidi men and rape and kidnap thousands of women, and drew the first U.S. airstrikes against the group. Since then Sinjar has become a midpoint along a crucial supply route between two ISIS strongholds, and the Kurds want it back.
Gun proposal
CBS News has learned that a gun control group tied to former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg is sending President Obama a proposal to narrow the gun show loophole, and it would not require congressional approval. After the Roseburg, Oregon mass shooting, the president told White House lawyers to find unused executive powers at his disposal to increase gun safety. The deliberations continue and the review is still to come, but gun control groups aren't waiting.
Pole position
Just days before the Democratic candidates face off in their second debate, a CBS News and New York Times poll shows Hillary Clinton enjoying a wide lead in the race for the nomination nationally. Fifty-two percent of Democratic primary voters support her, followed by Bernie Sanders with 33 percent, showing little change from last month.
Taser video
Disturbing videos are sparking allegations of police brutality in rural Virginia. They show police in South Boston using a taser multiple times on a man in May 2013. Less than two hours later, 46-year-old Linwood Lambert Jr. was dead. Now the victim's family is responding..
Birth control
More than 100 women are suing Qualitest Pharmaceuticals, a subsidiary of Endo Pharmaceuticals, for a birth control packaging error they say resulted in unplanned pregnancies. Some want the company to cover the entire cost of raising the children.
Artificial ingredients
The Food and Drug Administration is asking for your thoughts on how to define the term "natural" on food labels. The government opened a 90-day comment period amid demand for more transparency about what we're eating. Some major food companies say they're already listening, but food experts warn there's still a long way to go in regulating what goes into our food.
Healthy bribery
Getting people to take their medicine, quit smoking or lose weight can be an uphill battle. But new research suggests paying people financial incentives to improve their health habits could actually be a cost-effective way to get better results.
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