Corrections

Correction, July 22, 2020: This story incorrectly stated that Christy McCormick had worked at the Department of Justice under former Attorney General John Ashcroft. While she worked on cases that originated during his tenure, she began after he left.

Correction, July 17, 2020: This story originally misstated the Department of Justice’s actions in an investigation. The DOJ has not taken action to date on a Cadence Bank redlining investigation referred by the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency; it is not the case that it sent the matter back to the OCC.

Correction, July 15, 2020: A photo caption with this story misstated the year of a march in Memphis. It was in 2008, not 2009.

Correction, July 6, 2020: This story originally misidentified the Chicago roadway renamed for Black journalist and anti-lynching activist Ida B. Wells. It was a portion of Congress Parkway, not Balbo Drive.

Correction, July 3, 2020: This story originally misstated the number of members on New York’s Civilian Complaint Review Board. There are 15 members, not 13.

Correction, June 25, 2020: This story originally mischaracterized the use of Phthalimidopropionaldehyde. It is used to make Lipitor, rather than being an active ingredient.

Correction, June 13, 2020: This story originally misstated the CDC’s amended guidance on quarantining. It should have said that asymptomatic workers with a potential exposure could go back to work immediately but should monitor their symptoms, not that asymptomatic workers could go back to work immediately.

Correction, June 9, 2020: This story originally misstated the last name of Indiana’s health commissioner. She is Dr. Kristina Box, not Boxin.

Correction, May 12, 2020: This story originally misstated where the Bering Strait School District is based. It’s based in Unalakleet, not Nome.

Correction, May 12, 2020: This story originally said Bethel police did not believe they had enough evidence to charge Carmichael with a crime in 2018. Acting Police Chief Amy Davis says that while the case was not very provable based on available evidence, police did refer it for prosecution.

Correction, May 12, 2020: This story originally misstated the political party of Ben Hovland. He is a Democrat, not a Republican.

Correction, May 5, 2020: This story originally misspelled the first name of the president of the California Nurses Association/National Nurses United. She is Zenei Cortez, not Zeine.

Correction, April 30, 2020: A caption with this story originally misstated where David Aguirre’s mother, Estela, died. She became ill at The Waterford at College Station, she did not die there.

Correction, April 22, 2020: This story originally misstated the title of Susan Shin. She is the legal director of the New Economy Project, not the director.

Correction, April 19, 2020: This story originally misquoted Dr. Ansgar Lohse. He said, “Even in a country like Germany, we will have to regionally and locally and also probably seasonally adapt the strategy,” not “seasonally adapt to this tragedy.”

Correction, April 14, 2020: This story originally misspelled the first name of a professor of public policy and law at Texas Tech University. She is Katharine Hayhoe, not Katherine.

Correction, April 10, 2020: This story originally said incorrectly that Kendra Boroff was admitted to an intensive care unit.

Correction, April 6, 2020: This story originally misstated the Massachusetts governor’s political party. He is a Republican, not a Democrat.

Correction, April 2, 2020: This story originally misstated the status of a caregiver’s job. The caregiver, who was working with John Estrada at a day program housed by Southern Arizona Family Services, was transferred to a different job with another group home. The caregiver was not transferred to the group home where Estrada lives. (Estrada is receiving full-time care from staff at his group home, which is quarantined.) This story also misstated the name of an advocacy group for the intellectually and developmentally disabled. It is The Arc of the United States, not The Arc of America.

Correction, March 30, 2020: This story originally misstated the job of the person who saw Jason Liddle at a respiratory clinic. It was a nurse practitioner, not a doctor.

Correction, March 27, 2020: This story originally cited a CDC recommendation as contradicting a memo issued by Andrew M. Welch, medical center director for the New Mexico VA Health Care System. That particular recommendation did not contradict Welch’s memo and has been removed from the story.

Correction, March 22, 2020: This story originally misstated the date John Gavin received his coronavirus diagnosis. It was March 12, not March 9.

Correction, March 19, 2020: This story about Sen. Richard Burr’s stock sales originally misstated the amount and the number of transactions. Burr sold between $628,000 and $1.72 million in 33 separate transactions, not between $582,029 and $1.56 million of his holdings in 29 separate transactions.

Correction, March 19, 2020: This story originally misstated Catherine Monk’s profession. She is a perinatal psychologist at Columbia University, not psychiatrist.

Correction, March 16, 2020: This story originally misstated the number of customers Bellevue’s water department typically disconnects. It is 30 to 40 a month, not a week.

Correction, March 12, 2020: This story originally misidentified the university whose students attended the AIPAC conference. It is George Washington University, not Georgetown University.

Correction, March 11, 2020: This story originally described incorrectly the legislation that Illinois state Sen. Celina Villanueva had sponsored. It would only end driver’s license suspensions over red-light camera ticket debt, not speed camera ticket debt.

Correction, Feb. 28, 2020: This story originally misstated the number of positive COVID-19 cases found via surveillance testing in the Chinese province of Guangdong. The testing found 420 positive cases, not 1,000.

Correction, Feb. 27, 2020: This story originally misidentified where Erick Turner’s Oct. 31 article published. It is The Lancet Psychiatry, not The Lancet.

Correction, Feb. 20, 2020: This story originally stated, incorrectly, that the “IRS launched its own online ad campaign last month to promote the agency’s Free File website, according to data from SEMRush and Ahrefs.” The article also originally noted that “An IRS spokesperson said that the agency doesn’t comment on ad campaigns …” After this article was published, Intuit told ProPublica that the IRS does not currently advertise Free File — a point subsequently confirmed by the IRS — and that an organization funded by Intuit, Tax Time Allies, does advertise the Free File program.

Correction, Feb. 5, 2020: This story originally stated that America First corrected its filings to indicate that the donation listed as coming from Global Energy Producers had actually come from a shell company controlled by Lev Parnas and his wife. America First did not update its filings.

Correction, Feb. 5, 2020: This story originally credited one staffer at the Campaign Legal Center with doing most of the investigation of the donation by Global Energy Producers. In fact, the investigation was jointly conducted by two staffers.

Correction, Jan. 10, 2020: This story originally stated, incorrectly, that the city’s Department of Finance can pursue back property taxes. It does not pursue property taxes from previous years once the Tax Commission has taken up an appeal.

Correction, Jan. 3, 2020: This story originally misstated the founding year for the Partnership for Conservation. It was 2016, not 2017.

Correction, Dec. 27, 2019: This story originally misstated the composition of the jail population in Contra Costa County in 2016. At the time, the county’s largest facility housed three dozen realignment inmates, not three dozen inmates in all. Also, roughly 200 federal immigration detainees made up a part of the jail’s population, not the rest of the jail’s population.

Correction, Dec. 20, 2019: This story originally misstated the amount of a tax break related to a luxury apartment building in Camden. The project received an $18.1 million award, not a $20.4 million award. The New Jersey Economic Development Authority initially approved $20.4 million in tax credits, but it ultimately reduced the award after the size of the development shrunk.

Correction, Dec. 19, 2019: This story originally misstated the last name of a talent acquisition expert with with the Society for Human Resources Management. He is Steven Lindner, not Linder.

Correction, Dec. 14, 2019: This story originally misstated the last name of an associate research scientist at Northeastern. It is Piotr Sapiezynski, not Sapiensinski.

Correction, Dec. 12, 2019: This story incorrectly described the board on which his guide’s company served. It is a hunting and wildlife association, not just a hunting association.

Correction, Nov. 29, 2019: A photo caption with this story misstated the date of a protest at a Portland, Oregon, hotel. It was Oct. 13, not Nov. 19. Also, the hotel is managed, not owned, by the company Sondland founded, Provenance Hotel Group.

Correction, Nov. 26, 2019: This story originally misidentified Citizens for Election Integrity. It is not based in Minnesota.

Correction, Nov. 20, 2019: This story originally misstated Michael Junge’s military status. He is active duty, not retired.

Correction, Nov. 4, 2019: This story originally misstated the academic title of Craig Colten. He is a professor of geography and anthropology at Louisiana State University, not a history professor.

Correction, Nov. 1, 2019: This story originally misspelled the first name of the deputy director of forensic investigations at the Office of Chief Medical Examiner in New York City. She is Aden Naka, not Eden.

Correction, Oct. 30, 2019: A photo caption with this story originally misstated which project required a mule team and about five years to complete. It is a Peoples Rural Telephone Cooperative project, not a KentuckyWired one.

Correction, Oct. 24, 2019: This story originally misidentified the Detroit Economic Growth Corporation as the Detroit Economic Development Corporation.

Correction, Oct. 16, 2019: This story originally misstated the type of cancer Tres Biggs’ son, Lane, had. It was leukemia, not lymphoma.

Correction, Sept. 11, 2019: This story originally misidentified where the firefighting team that is the subject of the movie “Only the Brave” is from. The team is from Arizona, not California.

Correction, Aug. 20, 2019: This story originally misstated the type of weapon Conor Climo was carrying in his Las Vegas neighborhood. The gun, identified in a federal criminal complaint as an AR-15 assault rifle, is a semiautomatic weapon, not fully automatic.

Correction, Aug. 16, 2019: This story originally misidentified the agency that employs an inspector who helped Tiffany Ralph. The inspector works for Baltimore City, not the Housing Authority of Baltimore City.