Unlike scores of people who scrambled for the blockbuster drugs Ozempic and Wegovy to lose weight in recent years, Danielle Griffin had no trouble getting them. The 38-year-old information technology worker from New Mexico had a prescription. Her pharmacy had the drugs in stock. And her health insurance covered all but $25 to $50 of the monthly cost. For Griffin, the hardest part of using the new drugs wasn’t access. It was finding out that the much-hyped medications didn’t really work for her. “I have been on Wegovy for a year and a half and have only lost 13 pounds,” said Griffin, who watches her diet, drinks plenty of water and exercises regularly. “I’ve done everything right with no success.

Sens. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.), Marco Rubio (R-Fla.), Bill Hagerty (R-Tenn.), Thom Tillis (R-N.C.), Ted Cruz (R-Texas) and John Boozman (R-Ark.) reintroduced the Anti-BDS Labeling Act, which would require all goods made in the Jewish state to continue to be labeled “made in Israel,” including if they were produced in Judea and Samaria.

The U.S. was reeling from snow and rain on Saturday with a second round of bad weather threatening to disrupt holiday travel ahead of Thanksgiving. A person was found dead in a vehicle submerged in floodwaters in California, which braced for more precipitation while still grappling with flooding and small landslides from a previous storm. And thousands in the Pacific Northwest remained without power after multiple days in the dark. A winter storm warning in California’s Sierra Nevada on Saturday was in effect through Tuesday, according to the National Weather Service’s Sacramento office, with heavy snow expected at higher elevations and wind gusts potentially reaching 55 mph (88 kph).

President-elect Donald Trump has selected former White House aide Brooke Rollins to lead the Department of Agriculture in his second administration. Here are some things to know about Trump’s choice and the agency that Rollins would lead if she is confirmed by the Senate. She is a lawyer with agriculture ties — and a strong relationship with Trump Rollins, 52, graduated from Texas A&M University with an undergraduate degree in agricultural development before completing law school at the University of Texas. She served as domestic policy chief during Trump’s first term, a portfolio that included agricultural policy.

Rabbi Zvi Kogan, a Chabad shliach stationed in Abu Dhabi, has been unaccounted for since Thursday, raising concerns among Israeli security agencies that he may have been kidnapped or killed.
In a statement, the Prime Minister’s Office confirmed Rabbi Kogan’s disappearance and revealed that authorities are treating the situation as a potential terrorist act.
The statement also noted that the Mossad has launched an “extensive” investigation into the incident, working in collaboration with security officials in the UAE.
Concurrently, the National Security Council reiterated its long-standing recommendation against non-essential travel to the United Arab Emirates due to security concerns.

The Israel Defense Forces addressed a video released by Hamas this evening, claiming it depicts a living hostage who was previously reported as deceased.
“This evening, the Hamas terrorist organization released footage allegedly showing a hostage who had been killed. We are examining the information, and at this stage, we cannot confirm or refute it,” the IDF stated. “IDF representatives are in contact with her family and are keeping them updated with all available information.”
The statement further condemned Hamas for its continued tactics of psychological warfare, adding, “Hamas continues to engage in psychological terror and act with extreme brutality.”

NEW YORK (AP) — Prosecutors in New York dropped charges Friday against a kaffiyeh-wearing, pro-Palestinian protester who was among

Hamas’s armed wing spokesman, Abu Obeida, claims that a female Israeli hostage was killed during an IDF strike in northern Gaza. In the same statement, Obeida claimed that another female hostage was injured in the attack, though her condition remains unclear. Reports said that the female hostage that was killed, according to Hamas, is Daniella Gilboa. The IDF responded to the claims, stating that it is “currently reviewing the information” but cannot “confirm or refute its authenticity” at this time. “IDF representatives are in contact with her family and are updating them with any information available to us,” the military added.

The Hamas terror spokesman,  Abu Obeida, claimed over Shabbos that a female hostage was killed in an Israeli strike in northern Gaza, and a second was wounded.
In the message, Obeida claimed: “The danger still threatens the life of another female (prisoner) who was with her,” implying a second hostage was wounded.
The IDF said in a statement: “This evening, the Hamas terrorist organization released footage allegedly showing a hostage who had been killed. We are examining the information, and at this stage, we cannot confirm or refute it.  IDF representatives are in contact with her family and are keeping them updated with all available information.”