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Support for this podcast and the following message come from Autograph Collection Hotels, with over 300 independent hotels around the world, each exactly like nothing else. Autograph Collection is part of the Marriott Bonvoy portfolio of hotel brands. Find the unforgettable at autographcollection.com. Live from NPR News, I'm Cora Vakulman. President-elect Donald Trump will nominate former Florida Attorney General, Pam Bondi, to be U.S. Attorney General. This comes after former Congressman Matt Gaetz withdrew.

He had been investigated on sexual misconduct allegations that he denies. Trump has been moving quickly to name people for his incoming administration, but NPR's Tamara Keith reports he's been slow to deal with other aspects of his presidential transition. The Trump transition has failed to sign at least three required formal agreements with the Biden administration, needed to gain access to agencies and classified briefings. It's incredibly important for national security purposes.

Danielle Caputo is legal counsel for ethics at the Campaign Legal Center. Instead, they're going to be spending the initial periods in the administration, trying to play catch up on a lot of information that they didn't have access to because they failed to sign these memorandas. The Trump transition team says it is still constructively engaged with the Biden administration about the documents, but no decision has been made. Tamara Keith, NPR News. The UN agency UNICEF says the Israeli military struck schools sheltering displaced people

in Gaza 64 times last month. The Israeli military says the schools are being used by Hamas, the group Israel is battling. NPR's Ea Batraoui reports. UNICEF in a statement said the attacks on schools in October killed around 130 people, many of them children. Earlier this week, NPR producer Anas Babo went to a school in central Gaza that had just been bombed by an Israeli fighter jet and saw children's body parts strewn in the aftermath. Meanwhile, in northern Gaza, director of the Kamal Adwan Hospital, Dr. Hussam Abu Safia tells NPR Israeli drones targeted medical staff twice and bombed the hospital's generator, forcing nurses to pump oxygen manually to a baby in an incubator.

Six people were wounded, including a doctor now in critical condition. Gaza's health ministry says more than 2,000 people have been killed in Israel's assault on the north that began last month. Israel says it's targeting Hamas militants trying to regroup. Ayah Batraoui, NPR News. Big tech company Google is calling the Justice Department's push to break up the company government overreach. NPR's Bobby Allen reports justice lawyers are asking a federal court to force Google to sell its popular web browser, Chrome. After being declared an illegal monopoly earlier this year, the Justice Department is pushing for

drastic changes at Google. Among them, sell off the popular Chrome browser to another company. George Hay is a former Justice Department lawyer. Be one of the few divestitures that have occurred in antitrust cases. It seems to fit a supposed crime. It does seem as though this may be necessary to introduce effective competition search. Google says the proposals represent unprecedented government overreach that would break Google products that, quote, people love and find helpful in their everyday lives. Bobby Allen, NPR News. This is NPR.

This is the last scheduled day of the World Climate Summit being held in Azerbaijan. Delegates have differences over a proposed agreement to have rich countries pay developing nations to deal with climate change effects. Some observers think the delegates will continue working into the weekend. A group that lobbied to reintroduce wolves into Colorado has announced its offering a $50,000 reward to stop wolf poaching. Aspen Public Radio's Hallie Zender reports there's been tension over the wolves in the state. Several wolves were reintroduced in Colorado last December, and it's illegal to kill them unless they're actively attacking livestock or a threat to human safety.

So for information on wolf poachers, the state awards between $500 and $1000, as long as it leads to formal charges. But the new Colorado wolf reward will offer 50 times more. The announcement comes less than a week after a coalition of 26 rural organizations urged wildlife officials to delay further wolf reintroductions as several ranchers struggle to adapt. The agency is scheduled to release additional wolves between December and March. For NPR News, I'm Hallie Zander in Aspen. Federal prosecutors accuse oil company Phillips 66 of violating the Clean Water Act. Prosecutors allege the company dumped hundreds of thousands of gallons of industrial wastewater from an oil refinery

directly into the Los Angeles sewer system. That included oil and grease. Prosecutors allege Phillips 66 failed to report this. The company says it will continue cooperating with federal prosecutors. This is NPR.