Job applicants will have to agree to be screened for nicotine use, as moving giant promotes “culture of wellness” Source

The Pentagon is bolstering its presence in the Middle East after pro-Iranian protesters tried to storm the embassy compound in Baghdad. Defense Secretary Mark Esper said there are indications Shiite militias in Iraq are planning additional attacks. CBS News correspondent Natalie Brand reports from the Pentagon, and Renad Mansour, a Middle East analyst with the foreign policy think tank Chatham House and research fellow for the Cambridge Security Initiative at the University of Cambridge, joined CBSN to explain the significance of the protests and the trouble in the region. Source

Authorities have called off the search for those working in one of the most dangerous industries in the U.S. Source

Three Wisconsin voters and a conservative law firm want a state court to fine the Wisconsin Elections Commission and five of its commissioners $2,000 per day each until it removes 234,000 voters from state rolls. Source

Former Housing and Urban Development Secretary Julián Castro has dropped out of the Democratic presidential primary. Castro was the only Latino candidate in the field and focused on issues like immigration and poverty. CBSN political reporter Caitlin Huey-Burns and Joel Payne, a CBSN political contributor and a Democratic strategist, joined CBSN for the latest on the race with just a month to go until the Iowa caucuses. Source

“I could feel the pain in his soul and it was breaking my heart,” she said in a video Source

Attorney Anton Valukas’ investigation reveals the how and why of the spectacular financial collapse of Lehman Brothers; Then, the exodus from the Holy Land of Palestinian Christians could eventually leave holy cities without a local Christian population; Also, An amateur diver says he’s discovered tens of thousands of raw emeralds at the bottom of the ocean. Source

207 members of Congress signed an amicus brief to the Supreme Court arguing that the landmark abortion case Roe v. Wade is unworkable. Source

It’s officially 2020, and the early voting contests are around the corner in the presidential race Source

Ban excludes menthol and tobacco flavors, as well as vaping products that must be manually filled with liquid. Source