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Justice Department appeals judge's decision in Trump defamation case

By Larry Neumeister, Associated Press

A judge concluded last month in a written decision that President Donald Trump’s June 19 statements about columnist E. Jean Carroll didn’t constitute an official act of the presidency and were outside the scope of his employment as president.

Will there be a monument to the COVID-19 pandemic?

By Emily Godbey, The Conversation

Although memorials to past pandemics are not as prolific as war memorials, they do exist. A scholar of visual culture provides a brief history of monuments around the world.

How deteriorating schools fuel the inequality crisis amid COVID-19

By Meredith Kolodner and Bracey Harris, Neal Morton, The Hechinger Report

The rampant spread of the coronavirus has exposed a crisis of crumbling and dilapidated school buildings brought on by decades of underfunding and neglect.

WATCH: Biden appeals for unity in Thanksgiving-eve address

By Alexandra Jaffe, Associated Press

But even as Biden implored Americans to join in healing and common purpose, President Donald Trump asserted that the election should be overturned, a futile call but one that stokes the divisions Biden is trying to overcome.

Defying warnings, millions in the U.S. travel for Thanksgiving

By Lisa Marie Pane, Associated Press

Millions of Americans are taking to the skies and hitting the road ahead of Thanksgiving at the risk of pouring gasoline on the coronavirus fire.

WATCH: Indiana Gov. Eric Holcomb gives coronavirus update

By Candice Norwood

The state has seen more than 312,000 positive coronavirus cases since March.

Money promised to combat U.S. overdose crisis sits unused

By Geoff Mulvihill, Associated Press

A $200 million account set aside as part of Purdue Pharma's bankruptcy case is going unused because attorneys involved in lawsuits against the OxyContin maker can't agree how to spend it.

WATCH: New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo gives coronavirus update

By Associated Press

Cuomo will hold a news conference ahead of Thanksgiving to give an update on the COVID-19 pandemic.

27 coronavirus deaths at Illinois veterans nursing home prompts probe

By Associated Press

State officials have launched investigations into a coronavirus outbreak at a veterans nursing home in Illinois that has infected nearly 200 residents and staff members, and killed 27 veterans.