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President-elect Donald Trump picked former Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi to be his nominee for U.S. attorney general after former Florida Rep. Matt Gaetz, Trump's first pick, dropped out of consideration on Thursday amid allegations he had sex with a minor and paid other women for sex and drugs.
Trump noted Bondi was Florida's first female attorney general and served on a commission on opioids and drug abuse during his first term. She campaigned for him this year and has been a chair at the America First Policy Institute, a think tank set up by former Trump administration staffers.

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In the mountains, expect snow showers overnight into the morning, and areas above 4,000 to 5,000 feet in elevation could see over 5 to 6 inches of snow.

Some mountain snow showers could linger Friday, then a final push of snow shower activity looks likely Friday night into early Saturday morning.

Expect a warming trend by Sunday into the workweek.

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Around North Carolina

1. Cooper, Stein lobby for Helene aid in Washington

North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper and Gov.-elect Josh Stein are in Washington this week meeting with members of Congress to push for billions of dollars in aid following Helene’s devastation in western North Carolina.

2. N.C. official overseeing hurricane rebuilding efforts is no longer in role

The chief operating officer for the North Carolina Office of Recovery and Resiliency is no longer working in the position. Laura Hogshead, who led disaster recovery efforts for the state agency, faced scathing criticism from GOP lawmakers this week.

3. ‘Our hearts are broken’: Family talks about man killed in daytime Charlotte shooting

The family of a man shot and killed earlier this week describes him as a someone with a “loving spirit" who "prided himself in working hard to provide for his family.” Anthony Zellars Jr., 29, was shot and killed Tuesday morning around 10:45, according to Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police detectives.

Around The Nation

1. Gaetz withdraws from consideration to be Trump's attorney general

2. Trump has promised again to release the last JFK files. But experts say don’t expect big revelations

3. Putin says Russia has tested new intermediate range missile in strike on Ukraine

Editor's Pick - Search for Madalina Cojocari continues 2 years after disappearance

The Cornelius Police Department hasn’t given up the search for Madalina Cojocari. She has been missing for two years. The now 13-year-old girl was reported missing by her mother, Diana Cojocari, in 2022, after school officials began investigating why she wasn’t at school following Thanksgiving break. Diana Cojocari pleaded guilty this year to failing to report a child missing to police. Madalina's stepfather, Christopher Palmiter, was found guilty of the same charge.