Today's News: Nov. 18, 2016

—President-elect Donald Trump agreed to pay $25 million Friday to settle three lawsuits against Trump University, which was accused of bilking students out of $40 million. More here

—The continued five-year drought in California has killed more than 102 million trees, the U.S. Forest Service announced Friday, increasing the threat of wildfires. More here

—The Obama administration declares parts of the Arctic off-limits to offshore oil and gas drilling. More here

—We’re live-blogging the news stories of the day below. All updates are in Eastern Standard Time (GMT -5).

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This article was originally published on The Atlantic.