Elizabeth Vargas

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(NewsNation) — A police officer’s gut instinct to check on a lawmaker may have prevented additional deaths during a deadly shooting spree that left a Minnesota legislator and a spouse dead, authorities said Monday. Vance Boelter, 57, faces federal and state charges in the Saturday attacks that killed state Rep. Melissa Hortman and her husband in Brooklyn Park. State Sen. John Hoffman and his wife survived critical injuries after being shot at their Champlin home earlier that morning.

2 weeks ago | newsnationnow.com | Elizabeth Vargas

(NewsNation) — Could the most popular weight loss drug double as a treatment for alcoholism? People using Ozempic say they are losing their desire to drink. It’s anecdotal evidence right now, but this would be a game-changer for those who are trying to break free from addiction. Drugs like Ozempic and Wegovy are used to treat Type 2 diabetes and obesity. The medicine mimics the behaviors of the natural hormone GLP-1, which controls appetite and regulates blood sugar.

3 weeks ago | newsnationnow.com | Elizabeth Vargas

(NewsNation) — Brothers of Guy Gilboa Dalal and Evyatar David — best friends abducted by Hamas on Oct. 7, 2023 — made a renewed push Thursday for their release. The emotional comments from Gal Gilboa Dalal and Ilay David come on the heels of the Israeli government’s announcement that its forces had recovered the bodies of Judith Weinstein-Haggai and Gad Haggai, an Israeli-American couple whose remains had been held in Gaza. Guy Gilboa Dalal and Evyatar David are believed to be alive.

3 weeks ago | newsnationnow.com | Elizabeth Vargas

(NewsNation) — An alleged plot by two Chinese researchers to smuggle a crop-destroying fungus into the United States could have wide-ranging implications for America’s agriculture industry, according to an expert on homeland security and weapons of mass destruction. Federal authorities say Yunqing Jian and Zunyong Liu conspired to bring Fusarium graminearum into the U.S. last year.

1 month ago | newsnationnow.com | Elizabeth Vargas

2 Israeli Embassy staffers were killed Wednesday evening in DC Suspected shooter yelled 'Free Palestine' following his arrest Huckabee: Incumbent on all to 'push back' against antisemitism( NewsNation) - Mike Huckabee, the U.S. ambassador to Israel, said Thursday that the fatal shooting of two Israeli Embassy staffers Wednesday evening in Washington, D.C., has been a "gut-punch" to the people of the Middle Eastern nation.