Fwd: NYT Now: Your Thursday Evening Briefing

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Date: Fri, Nov 13, 2015 at 12:30 AM
Subject: NYT Now: Your Thursday Evening Briefing
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Your nightly rundown of the day's top stories delivered straight to your inbox. View in Browser | Add nytdirect@nytimes.com to your address book. Thursday, November 12, 2015 NYTimes.com/NYTNow » Thursday, November 12, 2015 Enjoy this newsletter? The NYT Now app for iPhone is now completely free. It's the fastest way to catch up with the news throughout the day. Download now. Bryan Denton for The New York Times Your Thursday Evening Briefing By ANDREA KANNAPELL AND SANDRA STEVENSON Good evening. Here's the start of tonight's briefing.  1. Kurdish-led forces began a major assault on the Islamic State near the town of Sinjar in Iraq, rapidly capturing a highway that served as a crucial jihadi supply line. But internal frictions divided the attacking forces, with government pesh merga units fighting separately from Syrian Kurdish fighters and the two groups likely to vie for control of the area if it is liberated. 2. A Cleveland surgical team expects to be the first in the United States to transplant a uterus, aiming to help women who were born without or whose organs were damaged or removed. Despite the risks of surgery and anti-rejection drugs, eight women have already volunteered for screening. "I want the morning sickness, the backaches, the feet swelling," one said. "I want to feel the baby move." Read the full briefing » ADVERTISEMENT FOLLOW NYTimes FACEBOOK @NYTNOW Get more NYTimes.com newsletters »  | Sign Up for the Morning Briefing newsletter » ABOUT THIS EMAIL You received this message because you signed up for NYTimes.com's The NYT Now Evening Briefing newsletter.  Contact | Advertise Copyright 2015 The New York Times Company | 620 Eighth Avenue New York, NY 10018