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Congo’s Ebola Outbreak Passes 10,000 Confirmed Cases
This article was revised to replace figures that could not be confirmed: an October 6 CDC count of 8,750 cases and 4,208 deaths and a separate tally of 9,964 cases were removed, the current totals and the cases in Kenya and Nigeria are now attributed to the CDC rather than the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control, and a Washington Times figure of about 4,800 deaths was removed.
Count Every Lawful Ballot
This editorial was revised to say the president, not the White House, did not specify a funding source for the reward, as NBC News reported, and to attribute the point that there is no evidence of widespread voter fraud to NBC News alone.
Egyptian Court Orders Independent Site Mada Masr Closed and Fines Its Editor
This article was revised: the defense’s denied requests are now described as CPJ reported them (to submit documents and call witnesses, not for more time), Reporters Without Borders was removed from the groups said to have urged that the case be dropped, the account of Mada Masr’s licensing history was corrected to say the regulator described its application as incomplete in a 2022 court case, and an unconfirmed report that her lawyers plan to appeal was removed.
Fed Expected to Hold Rates Days Before the Midterms as Inflation Climbs
Corrected the press conference time to 2:30 p.m. Eastern, with the decision itself at 2 p.m.
Fed Expected to Hold Rates Days Before the Midterms as Inflation Climbs
This article was revised to replace an unconfirmed gasoline comparison ($4.29 a gallon now against $2.98 before the Iran war) with AAA’s national average of about $4.25 on Wednesday and about $3.04 a year earlier.
DeepMind Unveils Genie 4, Adding Sound and Live Steering to Simulated Worlds
This article was revised to remove an unconfirmed statement that Runway’s recent world model included audio; the headline was also shortened.
The Fossil Sold for $47 Million Sits at the Center of a Dinosaur Argument
This article was revised to attribute the skeleton’s completeness to the Associated Press (almost 70 percent) and to note Popular Science’s lower estimate of about 55 percent, rather than presenting 70 percent as Sotheby’s figure.
CDC’s Chief Medical Officer Is Leaving After a Few Months in the Job
An earlier version said KFF Health News had highlighted turnover in CDC leadership; only NBC News reported that pattern, and the sentence now credits NBC News alone.
Court Dismisses Justice Department Appeal to Set Aside 20,000 California Ballots
Replaced the invented Newsom “attacks on democracy” remark with the actual “welcome speed bump” quote, noting that CBS attributes it to Newsom and NBC to Bonta, changed the Los Angeles County point to its Oct. 15 letter, and dropped the unconfirmed no-comment line.
Court Dismisses Justice Department Appeal to Set Aside 20,000 California Ballots
The headline was changed from saying the Justice Department sought to halt counting of some California votes to saying it sought to have about 20,000 ballots set aside, and that the appeals panel dismissed its appeal.
Anthropic Files for What Could Be the Largest Stock Offering Ever
An earlier version described the roughly $72 billion charge as a single one-time charge reported by the AP, said the founders’ control came through a special class of shares, and cited the AP on AI bubble fears; the article now attributes the charge to the Wall Street Journal via Al Jazeera, describes the Founder LLC structure reported by TechCrunch, and cites Reuters on investor concerns.
Career Prosecutors Are Not the President’s Personal Staff
An earlier version said the court did not need to decide whether the firing was retaliation against her father; the sentence now says only that the ruling, as reported, rested on civil service law and the separation of powers.
Taylor Swift and Lyle Lovett Join the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame
An earlier version paraphrased remarks by Taylor Swift about a ‘sacred club’ that the paper could not confirm; the article now reports her remarks as published by MusicRow, and no longer cites TODAY for her status as the youngest inductee.
Appeals Judges Sound Doubtful in Rare Sunday Hearing on California Mail Ballots
An earlier version said Judge Bennett questioned the appeals court’s jurisdiction and that federal prosecutors had sent letters to California counties; the article now reports, per Reuters, that Bennett objected on Elections Clause and constitutional grounds and that the department warned state election officials of federal scrutiny.
Clayface Opens at No. 1 as A24 Documentary Grows in Its Second Weekend
An earlier version said You Can See Everything’s second weekend was up about 25 percent from its opening; TheWrap put the increase at 23 percent.
Trump Predicts a Quick End to the Canada Tariff Fight After Easing Some Duties
An earlier version said Mr. Trump made his prediction to supporters at a Michigan rally; the remarks came during his Sunday campaign trip to Port Huron, Michigan, including an interview with FOX 2 Detroit.
AI Stocks Stumble as Investors Weigh the Cost of the Data Center Boom
This article no longer says Thursday was the S&P 500’s worst day since July, describes market breadth and the Dow’s gain in general terms instead of as two of every three stocks and 11 points, and no longer says Meta’s new class of shares is meant to pay for AI investments.
Brazil Votes Sunday in a Near-Tie Between Lula and Flávio Bolsonaro
This article no longer calls the first-round margin the narrowest in Brazilian history or says no candidate has ever come back after losing the first round; it now describes the 21 percent abstention as the highest for a first round since 1998 rather than a record, and narrows the account of the Bolsonaro party’s congressional gains and of Minas Gerais’s bellwether record.
How Data Centers Became an Issue in This Year’s Midterm Campaigns
This article now gives MultiState’s count of gubernatorial candidates in 16 states calling for moratoriums instead of at least 20 candidates, describes Ken Paxton as hardening his stance on data centers rather than calling for slower AI development, and replaces the hyperscale capacity figure with Synergy Research Group’s statement that the United States accounts for well over half of global data center capacity.
Early Voting Surges Past 20 Million, but Experts Caution Against Overreading It
This article no longer gives Michigan, Ohio, Texas and Florida early-vote totals or the shares of 2022 turnout, now names Kansas, Maine, Iowa and Nebraska as the states where Democratic and unaffiliated early voters were outpacing Republicans, and correctly describes the Supreme Court’s September action as refusing to let new mail-ballot rules take effect rather than striking down executive orders.
The Justice Department Has No Business Holding Alaska’s Election Hostage
Derek Muller’s view is now given as The Associated Press reported it (that the law does not let the department block certification and the suit likely would not last long), in place of a remark credited to him by CNN that could not be confirmed.
BTS Star RM’s Korean Art Collection Draws Crowds to San Francisco Museum
Corrected the oldest works from the 13th century to the fifth or sixth century and the work count to nearly 180 (nearly 150 from RM), per SFMOMA, and attributed the 66,000-ticket figure to The Guardian in the deck while softening the headline’s “record” claim.
BTS Star RM’s Korean Art Collection Draws Crowds to San Francisco Museum
This article no longer says exhibition merchandise sold out within three hours, instead reporting the museum’s statement that opening-day merchandise sales more than doubled its previous record, and it now describes Yun Hyong-keun’s paintings as sharing a gallery with a Mark Rothko rather than naming a specific side-by-side pairing.
Study Estimates Summer Heat Killed About 50,000 People in Europe’s Cities
Corrected the timing of the finding that western Europe had its hottest summer on record: Euronews reported it in September, not this month.
The Search for the Next James Bond Reaches Screen Tests in London
Removed an unconfirmed report of three to five finalists and an Amazon MGM statement that could not be confirmed, and noted that the studio did not respond to Variety’s request for comment.
Jet Fuel Hits a Record as Oil Nears a Five-Month High, Lifting Holiday Airfares
Corrected the wartime oil peak from near $126 in April to about $119.50 in early March, per Euronews, and dropped the unconfirmed “one-time” label on the farm subsidy.
Jet Fuel Hits a Record as Oil Nears a Five-Month High, Lifting Holiday Airfares
Corrected Brent’s Thursday price to nearly $113, restated the Houthi and Iranian incidents as Maritime Executive reported them, corrected American Airlines’ share drop to 3.5 percent in premarket trading, and replaced an unconfirmed Kpler export claim.
Justice Department Sues to Delay Alaska Senate Certification if Sullivan Loses
Narrowed a statement that Republicans across the country had echoed the spoiler argument to President Trump, the only one the paper could confirm.
Personalized mRNA Vaccine Cuts Melanoma Recurrence in Large Trial
Removed an unconfirmed count of 157 trial sites and corrected Georgina Long’s remark, which concerned the treatment of earlier-stage melanoma rather than cancer generally.
Nearly All Shallow Coral Reefs Face High Risk of Collapse by 2075, Review Finds
An earlier version said the Australian part of the assessment was led by researchers at the University of Western Australia; that could not be confirmed, and the IUCN names the University of Melbourne and CORDIO East Africa as the assessment’s coordinators, so the reference has been removed.
Measles Cases Pass 4,400 as Experts Question How the CDC Reports Deaths
An earlier version said the CDC added the third measles death to its dashboard on Wednesday; it was added on Tuesday.
Governments Pull Websites Offline After Serious Flaw Found in Web Language PHP
This article was updated to attribute the National Security Agency’s warning accurately, to give the British minister’s House of Lords figures of 32 services unavailable and four partly unavailable, and to replace an unconfirmed claim that the patch would not work on outdated setups with the cyber agency’s published advice to move to a supported version.
Tom Skerritt, Steady Presence of Alien, Top Gun and Picket Fences, Dies at 93
Corrected the spelling of Kathy Baker, who played his wife on Picket Fences.
Tom Skerritt, Steady Presence of Alien, Top Gun and Picket Fences, Dies at 93
An earlier version paraphrased a tribute from Kathy Baker that could not be confirmed; it now reflects her published statement.
Trump Reportedly Asked Musk to Ease Limits on Ukraine’s Starshield Service
An earlier version said Ukrainian units began reporting problems around October 14; reports place the start in mid-October, and the Journal’s account of improved service after the call is now attributed as unconfirmed.
Meta Hit With $25 Billion Penalty in New Mexico as It Reports Strong Sales
An earlier version said the judge ruled in the morning and Meta reported results in the afternoon; the paper could not confirm the timing, and the article now says only that both happened on the same day.
Farmers Need Diesel Relief. They Also Need Washington to Stop Raising Costs
Corrected the announcement to Monday night, October 19 (not Tuesday), and dropped the unconfirmed “one-time” description of the payment.
Japan Launches a Mission to Bring Home a Piece of the Martian Moon Phobos
Corrected the Phobos landing from 2030 to late 2028 or 2029 (with departure from Mars orbit in 2030), per AP and NASA, and dropped the unconfirmed rover release date.
Nearly Half of Parents Wrongly Think Spacing Out Shots Is Healthier, Poll Finds
An earlier version said 76 percent of Republican-leaning parents see more benefit than risk in the MMR vaccine; KFF did not report that figure, and the article now gives KFF’s finding that 24 percent of those parents say the risks outweigh the benefits, and it describes the August executive order in KFF’s terms.
Netflix Shares Slide as Solid Profits Fail to Ease Worries About Viewing Growth
An earlier version said Ted Sarandos made his remarks about Netflix’s growth earlier this month; he spoke at a Bloomberg conference on Sept. 30, and the article now credits Bloomberg for the remarks and its figures on live programming.
Trump Announces $8 Billion in Aid to Help Farmers Cover Soaring Diesel Costs
Corrected the announcement day to Monday night, October 19 (not Tuesday), dropped the unconfirmed “one-time” description, and quoted Trump’s funding line directly.
Rubio Says Delay in Allied-Funded Patriot Missiles for Ukraine Was Not Political
An earlier version said Ukraine had nearly exhausted its supply of Patriot interceptors; the Kyiv Independent described a severe shortage, and the article now says that.
Nathan Fielder’s Holmes Documentary Posts a Record Opening for Its Genre
The article no longer says the film opens in Australia in November, which its source did not report, and the list of Holmes’s claims that Matthew Herper says the film treats as debatable now matches his essay, citing drug company endorsements rather than statements about regulators.
Why Circular Deals in the Artificial Intelligence Boom Make Investors Nervous
The analysis by Ruipeng Liu and Sagarika Mishra was published in The Conversation on Oct. 13, not over the weekend, and the report on CoreWeave’s share drop is now credited to Trefis, which the paper confirmed, rather than Yahoo Finance.
Condemn the Riots in France, Then Answer the Anger Behind Them
Removed the misuse of Lecornu’s vandal-damage remark as the case against relief, rested the fiscal-restraint argument on France’s debt and austerity budget, and added a fair sentence stating what Lecornu actually said about making rioters pay for damage.
Pope Leo XIV Returns to Public View After Surgery for a Lung Tumor
Cardinal Pietro Parolin’s comment on the pope’s travel now reflects what he was reported to have said, that plans for the trip might have to be adjusted to the pope’s health, rather than that it was too early to make predictions.
Diesel Above $6 a Gallon Weighs on Farms, Freight and Washington’s Russia Policy
Corrected the diesel record from $6.44 in mid-September to $6.52 on September 22, per AP citing AAA. Deck corrected: the waiver’s stated reasons were peace talks and the national interest, not energy costs.
Diesel Above $6 a Gallon Weighs on Farms, Freight and Washington’s Russia Policy
Brent’s Friday settlement is now given as $109.86 a barrel, per the AP, and an unconfirmed report that it topped $110 during the session was removed.
Vote Early, and Make Washington Prove Its Case Before Any Ballot Is Set Aside
The editorial no longer lists Los Angeles among the cities with No Kings rallies, which could not be confirmed; Atlanta, where the AP reported a rally, is named instead.
Cost-of-Living Protests Sweep France as Demonstrations Spread Across Europe
Corrected Lecornu’s remark to its actual subject (public money for repairing vandal damage) instead of a fiscal reply to protesters, changed “Paris and Lyon” to “Paris and other cities” for tear gas, and attributed the election note to Euronews.
Cost-of-Living Protests Sweep France as Demonstrations Spread Across Europe
The article no longer reports a police turnout estimate of about 200,000, including 40,000 in Paris, or a Bloomberg estimate of more than half a million, which could not be confirmed, and now credits Lecornu’s arrest and injury figures to Reuters.
No Kings Rallies Turn Toward Early Voting Two Weeks Before the Midterms
The article no longer says AP images showed protesters in Los Angeles or that hundreds attended the Brooklyn rally, one of dozens in New York City, details that could not be confirmed; it now credits the Memorial Bridge march to a Getty Images caption.
Tesla Shows a Thruster-Equipped Roadster Nine Years After Its First Preview
The article now says only Quilter Cheviot’s analyst, not both analysts, judged flying features unlikely to suit higher-volume cars, and restates the European Union Aviation Safety Agency’s comment as Euronews reported it.
Cheaper Diesel Is Not Worth Letting Russia Off the Hook
Replaced the claim that national interest was the only explanation with the White House’s stated peace-negotiations reason, added a fair sentence on that rationale and rebuilt the argument around leverage, and noted that China, India and Turkey are inferred from trade data rather than named in the law.
Sally Rooney’s Novels Pulled From Sale in Britain Over Support for Banned Group
An earlier version said Rooney had canceled a planned trip to Britain over arrest fears and credited several details to Agence France-Presse; the article now reports, per ABC News in Australia, that she skipped an award ceremony there because she said she could not safely enter the country, and credits ABC and Euronews.
Chip Stocks Lead a Tech Selloff as the Nasdaq Posts Its Worst Week Since June
This article no longer says gasoline was $4.37 a gallon a month earlier or that Brent briefly topped $110, details that could not be confirmed, and now gives Chevron’s gain as 2.6 percent, per the AP.
Trump Waives New Russia Sanctions and Tariffs Days Before They Were to Begin
Replaced “no detailed explanation beyond the national interest” with the White House’s stated peace-negotiations rationale, and noted that China, India and Turkey are inferred from trade data rather than named in the law.
Al Pacino to Receive the Actors Union’s Highest Honor at February’s Actor Awards
An earlier version said Pacino had received a career Golden Lion at Venice, took part in a 2012 Hurricane Sandy campaign and was the first male actor nominated for two acting Oscars in one year; none of those could be confirmed and they were removed, and the article now notes his 1993 supporting nomination for “Glengarry Glen Ross.”
Justice Department Sues California to Set Aside Ballots of Suspected Noncitizens
An earlier version said the letters set a noon Thursday deadline and that a department spokesperson called noncitizen voting a federal crime; the deadline was 48 hours, and the spokesperson’s statement is now given as Reuters reported it.
Wholesale Prices Rise 6.3 Percent From a Year Ago, the Fastest Pace Since 2022
Corrected the gasoline share to half of the rise in goods prices (not of the overall rise), added the 1.3 percent monthly increase, and replaced the unconfirmed 7.45 percent mortgage rate with Freddie Mac’s 7.40 percent weekly figure.
World’s Timekeepers Vote to Retire the Leap Second Starting in 2027
An earlier version quoted Noël Dimarcq directly; that quotation could not be confirmed and is now given as paraphrase credited to Scientific American, alongside his confirmed statement to the conference.
A Fossil Left in a Museum Drawer for a Century Is a New Meat-Eating Dinosaur
Corrected the length from about 16 feet to 10 to 13 feet, per the researchers and the Natural History Museum, and gave Cassius Morrison’s affiliation as University College London as the museum and CBS do.
Gas Prices Push Inflation to 3.7 Percent in the Last Report Before the Midterms
Corrected the September airfare increase from 0.2 percent to 1.2 percent, per the BLS release.
Social Security Raise of 3.6 Percent for 2027 Is the Largest in Four Years
An earlier version quoted Shannon Benton of the Senior Citizens League with words that could not be found in any source; the article now quotes her remark as NBC News reported it.
Big Banks Post Higher Profits but Warn of Sticky Inflation and Rising Rates
Corrected Citi’s card business from flat profits to an 8 percent profit drop on flat revenue (per Citi’s filing), added the profit rise excluding the prior-year goodwill charge, and stopped saying the Fed cited diesel, technology and food prices.
Supreme Court Agrees to Decide Whether DOGE Must Open Its Records to the Public
Removed an unconfirmed statement that the Supreme Court’s June 2025 order blocked the release of thousands of pages; the order narrowed the lower court’s discovery order.
Searching a Lawmaker’s Home Three Weeks Before an Election Demands an Answer
Changed “convened” to “scheduled” for the White House hearing on firing a Fed governor, which is set for November 5 and had not been held.
Judge Orders the Administration to Pull Taxpayer-Funded TV Ads Praising Trump
An earlier version said a DHS declaration described the ad money as appropriated for commemorating border security efforts; that could not be confirmed, and the article now gives the AP’s account that it came from a $175 million immigration-enforcement package.
Pope Leo XIV Says He Will Have Surgery to Remove a Small Lung Nodule
Removed an unconfirmed statement that the pope renewed his calls for peace in Ukraine in the same address; his appeal for safe passage of Black Sea grain shipments stands.
Trump Says Ukraine Should Find a New Leader as Diesel Deal Strains Ties
An earlier version said the Miami talks were held to discuss the diesel arrangement; Al Jazeera reported they covered energy resilience, grain exports and security guarantees.
A Hearing Whose Verdict Seems Already Decided Will Not Protect the Fed
Removed an unconfirmed description of Keith Sonderling as labor secretary; he is identified as acting head of the Office of Government Ethics.
Judge Strikes Down Justice Department Policy of Checking Voter Rolls
Removed a line quoting the judge as saying the ruling does not pave the way for ineligible people to vote, which could not be confirmed.
Navi Pillay, Former UN Rights Chief, Wins the Nobel Peace Prize
Removed an unconfirmed statement that the Nobel committee could not reach Pillay before the announcement and an unconfirmed description of her International Court of Justice seat as ad hoc.
Anne Carson, Canadian Poet and Classicist, Wins the Nobel Prize in Literature
Removed an unconfirmed description of Carson as very happy when the academy reached her; the confirmed account says she was very taken by surprise.
Kenya’s First Ebola Case Raises Questions About Border Screening
Removed an unconfirmed statement that Uganda had closed its border with Congo, and corrected Wolfgang Preiser’s remarks to match what he told Al Jazeera.
Four Astronauts Return to Earth After Eight Months on the Space Station
Removed an unconfirmed statement that astronaut Mike Fincke has since retired.
Starbucks Explored a Chipotle Takeover, Report Says, Lifting Chipotle Shares
Corrected Starbucks’ closing share move to slightly lower, per NBC News, and removed an unconfirmed reference to how long Brian Niccol led Chipotle.
Trump’s Push to Rename AI as “Super Intelligence” Spreads Across Agencies
Rewrote the headline, deck and lede around the confirmed rebrand push (the Justice Department “Super Intelligence” memo and the Super Intelligence Force, per NBC) and attributed the unconfirmed “THE ENEMY” post to Business Insider and the Independent by name.
Immigration Agents Have No Business Policing Voter Registration Drives
An earlier version said undercover agents were weighed in a June report and gave a 166-page count for the records; the document is now described without a date as reported by Democracy Docket, and the page count was removed.
Disney and ABC Take the FCC to Court Over Early Review of Station Licenses
Corrected the August ruling (the judge denied ABC’s expedited request and issued no order; the FCC promised 48 hours’ notice) and added that she did not rule Tuesday, fixed Carr’s NPR remark, recast Fowler’s role as one of 13 former officials in the filing, and removed the unconfirmed streaming claim and Bruce Brown quote.
India’s Supreme Court Demands Answers as Protests Grow Over Voter Roll Deletions
An earlier version said Menaka Guruswamy made her remarks to the court (she spoke to the Guardian), put the West Bengal removals at 12 percent of the electorate rather than about a tenth, and said more than a dozen internal objections were raised; those passages have been corrected.
Paramount Closes $110 Billion Warner Bros. Deal, Creating Media Giant Skydance
Corrected the WGA challenge to settled (not lost), replaced “independent editorial boards” with the single five-member Skydance-appointed News Editorial Independence Board, set the deal value to about $110 billion, and turned the unconfirmed Ellison quote into an attributed paraphrase.
Paramount Closes $110 Billion Warner Bros. Deal, Creating Media Giant Skydance
An earlier version said Rob Bonta, as reported by the Guardian, also called further consolidation bad for consumers and competition; that remark could not be confirmed and was removed, and his confirmed remark to NPR is now cited.
Plague Lab Worker’s Death in Siberia Prompts Quarantines and Calls for Openness
An earlier version said WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus had urged Russia to share full information; he made that call on Oct. 7, after this article was published, and the reference was removed.
Alito Says He Weighed Retiring as Senate Democrats Signal Resistance to Nominees
Corrected the judge count to NBC’s two-term total of 290 over nearly six years (including three first-term justices), removed the unconfirmed Tuesday book release date, and replaced the unconfirmed “required courage” wording with CBS’s report that Alito does not regret Dobbs.
‘Digger’ Stumbles as ‘Verity’ Tops Box Office and ‘Endgame’ Retakes the Crown
An earlier version said ‘Avatar’ regained the box office record in 2022 with a first-time run in China; it retook the record in 2021 after a rerelease in China.
Medicine Nobel Goes to Three Scientists Who Switched Brain Cells On With Light
An earlier version said committee secretary Thomas Perlmann reached all three laureates by phone Monday morning; that could not be confirmed and was removed.
OpenAI’s Review of Its Agents Widens to Government Sites on Two Continents
An earlier version called the New South Wales case the sixth Australian government site OpenAI had notified, said the Australian government ordered a stocktake of aging systems, and said two OpenAI models carried out a July cyberattack on Hugging Face; those details could not be confirmed and were removed or softened.
Trump Names Intelligence Chief Jay Clayton to Lead ‘Super Intelligence Force’
An earlier version described the White House AI accord as a one-page pledge with outside audits and regular meetings, quoted Clayton as calling AI a ‘game changer,’ included a reaction attributed to Senator Mark Warner and said CBS News first reported the pick; those details could not be confirmed and were revised or removed.
Diesel Near $6.40 a Gallon Squeezes Farmers, Truckers and School Districts
Corrected the regular gasoline average for the week of Sept. 28 from about $4.60 (EIA’s all-grades figure) to about $4.47.
Diesel Near $6.40 a Gallon Squeezes Farmers, Truckers and School Districts
An earlier version said a labor dispute at BP’s Whiting, Indiana, refinery was adding to supply pressure and that the Joliet refinery was offline for more than a week; those details could not be confirmed and were removed.
Pennsylvania Braces for Wider Spread as Measles Cases Near 1,000
An earlier version said Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. had publicly questioned whether the Pennsylvania deaths were caused by measles; that could not be confirmed and was removed.
Trump Promises $90 Medicare Payments to 20 Million Seniors Before the Midterms
An earlier version said President Trump put the fund’s size at about $2 billion (the figure comes from KFF) and that Senator Ron Wyden compared the payments to a tank of gas, which could not be confirmed and was removed.
All American Bombers Leave Britain’s RAF Fairford After Suspected Plot Nearby
An earlier version said Iran’s embassy called the accusations unfounded and malicious and that President Trump was surprised by the suspects’ release; the embassy said it categorically rejected the speculation, and Mr. Trump said he would not have released them.
Greece Gives Bulgaria Czar Samuel’s Reputed Remains for Looted Church Treasures
An earlier version said proposals for a long-term loan of the Parthenon Marbles had been floated as a compromise and dated their removal to the early 19th century; neither detail was in the cited reporting, and both were removed.
Shingles Falls Sharply in the First Generation Vaccinated Against Chickenpox
An earlier version said the findings were released as a research brief rather than in a peer-reviewed journal; neither source states the study’s peer-review status, and that claim has been removed.
G7 Agrees to Release Up to 100 Million Barrels After Pressure From Washington
An earlier version said Brent crude settled near $102 a barrel on Friday; the cited reporting says only that it hovered above $100.
Judge Rules Congress Lacks Power to Make Noncitizen Voting a Federal Crime
Corrected the law’s age to 1996 (not about 40 years), replaced the unreachable NBC quotation with a paraphrase sourced to TNND and Reuters, rewrote the Reuters 129-case sentence in plain words, and added the DHS general counsel’s and von Spakovsky’s criticism of the ruling.
Paramount and Warner Bros. Will Operate as Skydance After $110 Billion Merger
An earlier version said most of the planned $6 billion in savings would come from streaming technology and cloud contracts rather than staff and that unions had pressed for protections for creative workers; neither claim could be confirmed, and both were removed.
Large Trial Finds Modest Cognitive Gains for Older Adults Who Kept Minds Busy
Rewrote the limitations paragraph to follow the authors’ reasoning (participants were already healthy, so the effect seems explained by more brain-stimulating activity) and removed the unsupported line about delivery through family doctors’ offices.
Pentagon Plans Command for Drones and Robots, Taps Musk to Study Future Warfare
An earlier version said Hegseth acknowledged that the pace of war was changing faster than the Pentagon’s processes; no source supports that, and the line has been removed. It also said Sen. Jack Reed spoke to NPR; he issued a statement.
FTC Opens Investigation Into OpenAI, Anthropic and Other AI Labs
An earlier version said FTC Chairman Andrew Ferguson had raised concerns about the AI companies; it now says, per Semafor, that he had opposed safety-driven regulation and accused the companies of stirring panic.
Long-Hidden Van Gogh and Cézanne Paintings Head to Auction
An earlier version said the Van Gogh was shown digitally at the London preview and that most works were bought in London in the 1970s; it now says, per CNN, that the Van Gogh was headed to Hong Kong and that much of the collection was bought in London.
Oceans Held More Heat in 2025 Than Ever Recorded, European Report Finds
An earlier version did not give the year of the record Mediterranean and Black Sea marine heat waves, implying they occurred in 2025; the report dates them to 2024.
Backpack, a Quiet Giant of Brooks River, Wins Fat Bear Week
Changed the 2,200 brown bears from living on the Alaska Peninsula to living in Katmai National Park and Preserve, per AP.
Consumer Confidence Falls to Its Lowest Level in More Than a Decade
Removed unconfirmed University of Michigan survey figures on the share of consumers hurt by high prices and a remark attributed to survey director Joanne Hsu, and replaced an unconfirmed statement that the expectations index had been below 80 since February 2025.
Tech Leaders Sign Voluntary AI Safety Accord at the White House
Removed a statement that Speaker Mike Johnson said existing product liability law already applies to AI, which no source supported, and an unsupported comparison by President Trump of AI to the Industrial Revolution.
After a Summer of Outbreaks, Food Safety Becomes a Campaign Issue
Removed salad mixes from the list of products recalled during the summer outbreaks; the confirmed recalls involved salsas, dips and imported raw beef.
Giant Pandas Return to Atlanta on a 10-Year Loan From China
Removed an unsupported statement that Zoo Atlanta’s attendance declined after its previous pandas left, along with unconfirmed details about the zoo’s bamboo supply and some of its chief executive’s remarks.
Pope Leo Draws Huge Crowds in France as Church Points to Rise in Adult Converts
Corrected the setting of the pope’s remark about recent converts: he made it at the Catholic Institute of Paris, not in his homily.