New York Charter Schools Write Their Own Rules for When to Call 911 on Students Having a Mental Health Crisis

Correction, June 23, 2023: The story originally misstated in part the origin of the 87 calls made to 911 between July 2016 and December 2022. The calls originated from Success Academy schools, but some of them were placed by staff, while others were placed by school safety officers working in the building who were not employed by the school.

As Residential Care Homes Expand in Maine, Seniors Don’t Always Get the Care They Need

Correction, May 22, 2023: This story originally referred imprecisely to a medication that residential care staff had incorrectly provided to Martin Hunt. He was given medication for anxiety and sleeping problems, not seizures.

The Student Protesters Were Arrested. The Man Who Got Violent in the Parking Lot Wasn’t.

Correction, May 13, 2023: This story originally misquoted one of the Black History Month posters described by Cindy Nations. According to Nations, the poster said "All History Matters," not "All Lives Matter."

How South Carolina Ended Up With an All-Male Supreme Court

Correction, April 28, 2023: This story originally misstated the color of retired judge Kaye Hearn’s eyes. They are green, not blue.

As Rail Profits Soar, Blocked Crossings Force Kids to Crawl Under Trains to Get to School

Correction, April 26, 2023: This story originally misstated the title of Randy Fannon. He is a national vice president of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen, not its general chairman.

The Federal Government Accidentally Burned Down Their Houses, Then Made It Hard to Come Home

Correction, April 26, 2023: This story originally referred incorrectly to a deputy secretary in New Mexico’s Department of Homeland Security and Emergency Management. Kelly Hamilton uses male pronouns, not female pronouns.

Blown Away: Fishermen Endangered by Offshore Wind’s Political Power

Correction, April 21, 2023: This story originally omitted the names of two agencies that also signed on to a report conceding there would be negative economic impacts to fisheries. The document was produced with the Army Corps of Engineers and NOAA Fisheries, not solely by the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management.

The True Dangers of Long Trains

Correction, April 3, 2023: This story originally misstated the brand of Kristina Sutphin’s car. It is a Hyundai Santa Fe, not a Honda.

How Cigna Saves Millions by Having Its Doctors Reject Claims Without Reading Them

Correction, April 14, 2023: This story originally misstated what can happen to a person with vitamin D deficiency. The body will pull calcium from the bones, not vitamin D.

Republican Rep. Jim Jordan Issues Sweeping Information Requests to Universities Researching Disinformation

Correction, March 22, 2023: A headline on this story originally incorrectly described Rep. Jim Jordan’s letters to universities. They are requests for information, not subpoenas.

Judge Pauses Order to Return Siblings to Father They Say Abused Them

Correction, March 16, 2023: This story originally reported incorrectly the level of crime the Salt Lake County District Attorney’s office is investigating. The office is investigating Brent Larson for felony child abuse, not misdemeanor child abuse. The Utah County Attorney’s office is investigating Larson for allegations of misdemeanor child abuse.

A Top UC Berkeley Professor Taught With Remains That May Include Dozens of Native Americans

Correction, March 5, 2023: A photo caption with this story originally misstated the positions of Kalehua Caceres and Edward Halealoha Ayau. Caceres was representing the Office of Hawaiian Affairs but is not an employee. Ayau is the former director of Hui Mālama I Nā Kūpuna O Hawai’i Nei, not its current executive director.

Correction, March 16, 2023: This story originally incorrectly described Tim White’s argument in a lawsuit seeking to block a repatriation of human remains to the Kumeyaay tribes. The lawsuit argued that there wasn’t enough evidence to support their ancestral connection to the remains and that the UC system had failed to prove that the remains could legally be considered “Native American.” It did not argue that the remains were too old to be linked to any living descendants.

Barricaded Siblings Turn to TikTok While Defying Court Order to Return to Father They Say Abused Them

Correction, Feb. 27, 2023: This story originally misspelled the last name of the mother of the barricaded siblings. She is Jessica Zahrt, not Zhart.

Correction, June 8, 2023: A quotation in this story attributed to Linda Gottlieb originally included extraneous words. She said, “We can’t have what happened in Utah,” not “We can’t have what happened in Utah happen again.” (This correction originally misstated the amended quotation as “We can’t have what happened in Utah happen.”)

After a Decade of Tracking Politicians’ Deleted Tweets, Politwoops Is No More

Correction, March 1, 2023: This story originally misidentified who sent a profane tweet, later deleted, from Rep. Chuy Garcia’s account. After publication, a Garcia spokesperson said the tweet was sent by a staffer who was dismissed the next day, not by the representative himself. The text referring to that tweet has been removed.

This “Climate-Friendly” Fuel Comes With an Astronomical Cancer Risk

Correction, Feb. 23, 2023: This story originally misstated how much plastic ends up in the oceans each year. It is millions of tons, not hundreds of millions of tons.

Correction, March 1, 2023: A corrected version of this story misstated what happens to U.S. unrecycled plastic. Scientists estimate that more than a million tons of it end up in the environment each year. It is not known precisely how much of this plastic from the U.S. winds up in the oceans.

A Water War Is Brewing Over the Dwindling Colorado River

Correction, Dec. 23, 2022: This story originally misspelled the surname of the commissioner of the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation. She is Camille Touton, not Touten.

His Overdose Death in a Halfway House Bathroom Illustrates a System Lacking Accountability

Correction, Dec. 9, 2022: This story originally gave incorrect details about the number and timing of certain halfway house audits. Eleven limited-scope audits were conducted, not eight, and the audits were conducted in 2017, not since 2017.

Newly Obtained Uvalde 911 Calls Shed More Light on Botched Police Response

Correction, Nov. 3, 2022: A previous version of this story included incorrect details of a request to check the classroom of teacher Eva Mireles early in the police response. The request was to check Mireles' room, 112, not the adjoining 111. It was made by an unidentified male official, not a dispatcher. And class was reported to be in session by a school district police officer, not a Uvalde officer. That same officer, not a dispatcher, also wrongly reported over the radio at 11:50 a.m. that the school chief was "in the room with the shooter."

Churches Are Breaking the Law by Endorsing in Elections, Experts Say. The IRS Looks the Other Way.

Correction, Oct. 31, 2022: This story originally misstated the name of the university where Andrew Whitehead, a sociologist, works. It is Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis, not University of Indiana-Purdue.

How Google’s Ad Business Funds Disinformation Around the World

Correction, Oct. 29, 2022: An animation with this story originally misattributed the location of an article on climate change. It is from France, not Africa.