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In some cases, bachelor’s degree-holders are obtaining supplementary skills — computer science majors adding certificates in cloud technology, for example.

MORE PEOPLE WITH BACHELOR’S DEGREES GO BACK TO SCHOOL TO LEARN SKILLED TRADESJON MARCUSNOVEMBER 20, 2020WASHINGTON POST

Under British law at the time, they had to obtain a divorce because same-sex couples were not permitted to marry.

JAN MORRIS, ARTFUL TRAVEL WRITER WHO BROKE MANY BOUNDARIES, DIES AT 94MATT SCHUDELNOVEMBER 20, 2020WASHINGTON POST

The email, obtained this month through a Public Information Act request, said required steps were given in a different order.

HOGAN’S FIRST BATCH OF CORONAVIRUS TESTS FROM SOUTH KOREA WERE FLAWED, NEVER USEDSTEVE THOMPSONNOVEMBER 20, 2020WASHINGTON POST

However, these results were obtained with a health care provider conducting the test, so the accuracy will likely go down when used at home.

THE FDA JUST OKAYED A RAPID AT-HOME COVID TEST—BUT IT WON’T WORK FOR EVERYONETARA SANTORANOVEMBER 20, 2020POPULAR-SCIENCE

In early June, the Daily News and ProPublica obtained a copy of an anonymous whistleblower letter describing Clarkson’s interactions with the state employee.

JUNIOR STAFFER SAYS TOP ALASKA OFFICIAL TOLD HER TO KEEP ALLEGATIONS OF MISCONDUCT SECRETBY KYLE HOPKINS, ANCHORAGE DAILY NEWSNOVEMBER 18, 2020PROPUBLICA

She urged planning officials to require the owners to go back and obtain the environmental permit they had skirted.

OCEANFRONT PROPERTY TIED TO OBAMA GRANTED EXEMPTION FROM HAWAII’S ENVIRONMENTAL LAWSBY SOPHIE COCKE, HONOLULU STAR-ADVERTISERNOVEMBER 18, 2020PROPUBLICA

Records previously obtained by the Tribune and ProPublica Illinois showed the district has used seclusion and restraint when students were physically aggressive, disruptive or disengaged.

NEW DATA SHOWS THE USE OF SECLUSION AND RESTRAINT INCREASED IN ILLINOIS SCHOOLS DURING THE 2017–18 SCHOOL YEARBY JENNIFER SMITH RICHARDS, CHICAGO TRIBUNE, AND JODI S. COHEN, PROPUBLICANOVEMBER 17, 2020PROPUBLICA

In an excerpt obtained by CNN, Barack reveals that his marriage was somewhat strained by the demands of his job.

BARACK OBAMA EXPLAINS HOW PRESIDENCY BRIEFLY TOOK A TOLL ON HIS MARRIAGE TO MICHELLE OBAMAJOE COLUCCINOVEMBER 12, 2020ESSENCE.COM

Health officials haven’t figured out how to get the ultracold doses to critical populations living far from cities, according to a ProPublica review of distribution plans obtained through open records laws in every state.

MOST STATES AREN’T READY TO DISTRIBUTE THE LEADING COVID-19 VACCINEBY ISAAC ARNSDORF, RYAN GABRIELSON AND CAROLINE CHENNOVEMBER 10, 2020PROPUBLICA

More than 100 billion doses of two opioids — oxycodone and hydrocodone — flooded the country between 2006 and 2014, according to data obtained by The Washington Post in a lawsuit.

JOHNSON & JOHNSON, THREE OTHER COMPANIES CLOSE IN ON $26 BILLION DEAL ON OPIOID LITIGATIONJOEL ACHENBACH, CHRISTOPHER ROWLAND, KATIE ZEZIMA, AARON DAVISNOVEMBER 6, 2020WASHINGTON POST

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