Corrections

Correction, July 3, 2018: An earlier version of the interactive map incorrectly stated that a Rising Ground facility in Bronx, New York housed immigrant children. In fact, that facility does not hold immigrant children, and we have removed it. Separately, a previous version of the interactive map incorrectly stated that Cayuga Centers was located at 1767 Park Ave., Harlem, New York. In fact, it is located at 1916 Park Ave., Harlem, New York.

Correction, June 29, 2018: An earlier version of this article incorrectly stated that the Lutheran Services Carolinas Transitional Foster Care program was located in Salisbury, North Carolina. In fact, the program is located in Columbia, South Carolina.

Correction, June 28, 2018: An earlier version of the interactive map incorrectly stated that Northern Virginia Juvenile Detention Center and Shenandoah Valley Juvenile Center were operated by General Dynamics. In fact, the facilities are operated by the Commonwealth of Virginia and the Shenandoah Valley Juvenile Center Commission, respectively.

Correction, June 19, 2018: An earlier version of this article incorrectly stated that Stephen Ansolabehere signed a letter criticizing Jesse Richman’s work. In fact, Ansolabehere wrote a peer-reviewed article criticizing Richman’s work. It also misstated the name of the federal courthouse in Kansas City, Kansas.

Correction, June 18, 2018: This story previously referred to the American Association of Pediatricians. In fact, it’s the American Academy of Pediatrics.

Correction, June 15, 2018: An earlier version of this story misspelled the name of a news organization that had an ad rejected as political by Facebook. It’s inewsource, not inewssource.

Correction, June 15, 2018: A prior version of this article identified Ray Shain as a convicted racketeer. He is a convicted felon. His conviction and agreement to make restitution resolved a federal civil racketeering lawsuit.

Correction, June 11, 2018: An earlier version of Alison Clarke’s audio story incorrectly stated the amount of time that passed after Debra Clayton’s death before Alison Clarke asked to be put on light duty. It was more than one year, not one month. The audio file above has been updated.

Correction, June 11, 2018: An earlier version of this story incorrectly said that Los Alamos National Laboratory would share the same primary managers as Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in California. Livermore’s management team includes Bechtel, the University of California, BWX Technologies and AECOM. Texas A&M University and Battelle Memorial Institute also play key roles.

Correction, June 8, 2018: An earlier version of this article included an outdated affiliation for Toby Wolson. He is no longer a criminalist in the Miami-Dade Police Department; he retired from that position in 2015.

Correction, May 17, 2018: This article originally misspelled Coretta Roddey’s name.

Correction, May 8, 2018: Due to an editing error an earlier version of this article misspelled the first name of the current governor of Connecticut. It is Dannel, not Daniel.

Correction, April 11, 2018: This story has been corrected to reflect that lawsuits were filed against the Cook County treasurer’s office, not the assessor’s office. It has also been updated to clarify the source of the Sun-Times’ estimation of tax refunds.

Correction, March 29, 2018: An earlier version of this story incorrectly said the Federal Advisory Council on Occupational Safety and Health’s last meeting was on Feb. 18, 2016. It was on Sept. 8, 2016.

Correction, March 24, 2018: Eileen Maroney lives in Aiken, South Carolina. The name of her city was incorrect in the original version of this story.

Correction, March 15, 2018: On Feb. 22, 2017, ProPublica published a story that inaccurately described Gina Haspel’s role in the treatment of Abu Zubaydah, a suspected al-Qaida leader who was imprisoned by the CIA at a secret “black site” in Thailand in 2002. [Read the retraction.(https://www.propublica.org/article/cia-cables-detail-its-new-deputy-directors-role-in-torture)

Correction, March 15, 2018: This story originally reported that Gina Haspel was “chief of base” at the CIA facility in Thailand at the time Abu Zubaydah was tortured there. That assertion was incorrect, as we explain here.

Correction, March 13, 2018: An earlier version of this story incorrectly referred to East Tennessee State University as Eastern Tennessee State University.

Correction, Feb. 27, 2018: An earlier version of this story misspelled the name of Tracy Occomy Crowder.

Correction, Feb. 26. 2018: Because of an error by researchers, this story previously misstated the number of reproductive-age women in rural America. The correct number is 18 million, not 28 million.

Correction, El catorce de marzo: Este reportaje indicó erróneamente la fecha en que el Departamento de Estado ordenó a 24 diplomáticos estadounidenses que salieran de Cuba. Fue el 29 de septiembre, no el 30 de septiembre.

Correction, Feb. 14, 2018: This article originally misstated the date that the State Department ordered 24 U.S. diplomats to leave Cuba. It was on Sept. 29, not Sept. 30.

Correction, Feb. 1, 2018: This story originally misstated Rep. Mark Takano’s first name.

Correction, Jan. 4, 2018: An earlier version of this article referred incorrectly to a boy’s stay in a facility overseen by Mississippi’s Department of Mental Health. The son of Robert Landrum, chair of the state board of mental health, stayed at the facility years ago, and is not a resident there now.

Correction, Dec. 30, 2017: An earlier version of this story said that the census hasn’t included questions about citizenship since the early 19th century. In fact, the census last included one in 1950.

Correction, Dec. 14, 2017: An earlier version of this article misstated the nature of the widely differing criminal sentences for possessing crack or powder cocaine that Congress implemented in the 1980s. The punishment for crack cocaine was not 100 times greater than the powder form. Rather, the drug quantity threshold for imposing a mandatory prison sentence was 100 times greater. For example, a conviction for possession of powder cocaine had to involve 500 grams of the drug to trigger a mandatory sentence of five years in prison; but for crack cocaine, possession of just five grams required the same sentence.

Correction, Dec. 8, 2017: An earlier version of this story said that black women are 300 percent more likely to die of pregnancy- or childbirth-related causes than black women. In fact, according to CDC data from 2011-2013, black women nationally are 243 percent more likely to die than white women.

Correction, Dec. 5, 2017: An earlier version of this article mistakenly attributed city councilman Reggie Brown’s description of his meeting with Sheriff Mike Williams and state Rep. Kim Daniels to a news release issued by a group of local civil rights organizations. However Brown said the article accurately reflected the meeting.

Correction, Dec. 4, 2017: A caption on the original story misidentified the image Christina Arenas was looking at on her computer screen. The caption said it was a mammogram, but it is an ultrasound.

Correction, Dec. 4, 2017: An earlier version of this article omitted the Medicare tax in calculating the top tax rate on earned income.

Correction, Nov. 16, 2017: An editing error resulted in an earlier version of this article misstating the name of the federal judge in New York who ruled the police department’s stop-and-frisk practices unconstitutional. She is Shira A. Scheindlin.

Correction, Nov. 13, 2017: This article has been updated to correct the description of how the email sender GetResponse learned about the email attacks on ProPublica. GetResponse noticed the attacks without using the industry’s new technical header.

Correction, June 19, 2014: An illustration on this story previously stated that Minnesota does not allow prone restraints on disabled children and that the state will ban the tactics in August 2015. In fact, Minnesota allows the use of prone restraints in an emergency, on disabled children aged five or older. Minnesota is currently enacting regulations to limit prone restraints, and it is uncertain changes in prone restraint regulations will occur by August 2015.

Correction, Oct. 16, 2017: A previous version of this story mistakenly referred to the Center for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington. The nonprofit organization is called Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington.

Correction, Oct. 6, 2017: The court that blocked Texas’s release of voter data was a state court, not a federal court as we originally reported. In addition, we originally identified the plaintiff in the lawsuit that resulted in the release of email metadata as the Campaign Legal Center. It is the Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights Under Law.

Correction, Oct. 5, 2017: We originally identified the plaintiff in the lawsuit as the Campaign Legal Center. It is the Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights Under Law. We regret the error.

Correction, Sept. 22, 2017: This story originally said Daniel Martinez is an associate professor. He is an assistant professor.

Correction, Sept. 19, 2017: An earlier version of this story incorrectly described Turning Point USA. It is a nonprofit group that promotes conservative politics, not a political action committee, or PAC.

Correction, Sept. 18, 2017: A prior version of this story misstated the source of research done on opioid use. The study was conducted by researchers at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences and published by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; it was not done by the CDC.

Correction, Sept. 13, 2017: A previous version of this story listed U.S. Sen. John Cornyn as one of the officials who signed a letter to President Trump urging federal funding of the coastal spine. Cornyn supports the project but did not sign that letter.

Correction, Feb. 23, 2017: This article previously gave the incorrect name for the CEO of Amgen. His name is Robert Bradway, not Richard Bradway.

Correction, Feb. 15, 2017: On Feb. 8, the Trump administration announced the position of Chair of the White House Council of Economic Advisers was being demoted, and would no longer be a Cabinet-level position. We have updated our cards to reflect this change.

Correction, Jan. 19, 2017: We originally reported Larry Kudlow had been picked by President-elect Trump to head the White House Council of Economic Advisors. He has not been officially named, and the card has been removed.

Correction, Jan. 31, 2017: This article incorrectly said that Google and DropBox files are unencrypted. The post has been updated to clarify that those services are encrypted, but that those companies have the ability to unlock users’ files.

Correction, Aug. 25, 2017: An earlier version of this article mischaracterized the composition of the 600 accounts tracked by the Alliance for Securing Democracy. The sample includes openly pro-Russian accounts that push content from RT and Sputnik, but RT and Sputnik are not themselves in the sample.

Correction, August 16, 2017: An earlier version of this article mistakenly described the acetone detected in air samples in Radford as cancer-causing. Acetone is not believed to be a human carcinogen.

Correction, August 4, 2017: This article incorrectly attributed a quote to Kristy Kummer-Pred. It has been deleted.

Correction, July 18, 2017: We have updated this piece to reflect a more specific characterization of the treatment of the 3.4 million people impacted by World Bank projects.

Correction, July 12, 2017: This story previously said former senator Joseph Lieberman grew up in New Haven, Connecticut. In fact, he grew up in Stamford, Connecticut.

Correction, July 10, 2017: An earlier version of this article referred incorrectly to deals between drugmakers and health plans for coverage of drugs like Repatha. The deals made it easier for patients to gain access to Repatha through their insurer; they did not ease restrictions on which patients were prescribed the drug.