Corrections & Clarifications 2025
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April
News: A prior version of this video misspelled the White House press secretary’s name. The correct spelling is Karoline Leavitt. https://www.usatoday.com/videos/news/politics/2025/04/05/hands-off-anti-trump-protests-organize-across-us-and-world/82954511007/
Entertainment: An earlier version of this story misstated when George R.R. Martin visited Colossal Biosciences. It was in 2025. https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/celebrities/2025/04/08/george-r-r-martin-dire-wolf-peter-jackson/82995360007/
News: This story has been updated to clarify that the percentages provided by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration for car parts sourced in the United States and Canada are based on the value of the parts. https://www.usatoday.com/story/graphics/2025/04/05/which-cars-vehicles-made-in-america/82758650007/
Entertainment: An earlier version of this article misstated Elon Musk’s role with Tesla. He is Tesla’s CEO. https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/celebrities/2025/04/05/bette-midler-sells-tesla-car-slams-elon-musk/82945013007/
Money: The story has been updated throughout to include, correct and clarify nuances of the industry and to correct an error. The National Association of Realtors location was misstated in an earlier version of the story. NAR is based in Chicago. https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/personalfinance/real-estate/2025/04/04/real-estate-rules-seller-listings-buyers/82656588007/
News: This story has been updated to correct the bond amount Alex Friedmann received in the jail break-in case and to more accurately describe the 37 mm launcher found as part of the investigation. It was also updated to clarify the timeline on when Friedmann took a tour of the old Nashville jail. https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2025/02/19/nashville-jail-break-in-suspect-explains-why-he-did-it/78540943007/
News: This story has been updated to more accurately describe the 37 mm launcher found as part of the investigation. https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2025/02/19/nashville-jail-break-in-trap-einstein/78540840007/
News: This story has been updated to correct the name of “The Row,” the work that received a PEN award. https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2025/02/19/einstein-nashville-jail-mystery-man/78540680007/
News: This story has been updated to correct information about when the subject of the story was released on bond in December 1987 and to more accurately describe the 37 mm launcher found as part of the investigation. https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2025/02/19/nashville-davidson-county-sheriff-daron-hall-chase-criminal/78540574007/
Sports: An earlier version of this report misstated the organization that changed its security protocols. It was Inter Miami. https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/mls/2025/04/01/messi-bodyguard-yassine-cheuko-mls-ban-sidelines/82758733007/
Entertainment: An earlier version of this report misstated Pete Townshend's role in The Who. https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/celebrities/2025/04/01/roger-daltrey-the-deaf-blind/82754573007/
March
Entertainment: A previous version of this article misstated when "The Women" by Kristin Hannah is set. https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/books/2025/03/25/historical-fiction-books-about-women/82658130007/
Travel: A previous version of this article incorrectly identified Sam Lilley. He was the first officer of American Airlines flight 5342. https://www.usatoday.com/story/travel/news/2025/03/27/senate-aviation-subcommittee-dca-safety-hearing/82673929007/
Sports: A previous version of this story incorrectly reported that Ilia Malinin is the only person to land six quads in a program. Nathan Chen also has landed six quads in competition, but Malinin is the first to land all six types of quads in one program. https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/olympics/2025/03/27/ilia-malinin-world-figure-skating-championships-2025-live-updates/82688372007/ https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/olympics/2025/03/29/ilia-malinin-world-figure-skating-championship-title/82718140007/
Sports: A previous version of this story misspelled the name of Walter Clayton. It also incorrectly referred to the lead Texas Tech had with three minutes left. Texas Tech led by nine. https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/ncaab/2025/03/29/florida-gators-texas-tech-foul-comeback-final-four/82722826007/
Entertainment: An earlier version of this report incorrectly stated Yolanda Saldívar's next parole date. She will be considered for parole again in March 2030. https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/celebrities/2025/03/27/selena-murder-yolanda-saldivar-denied-parole/82697849007/
Entertainment: An earlier version of this story misstated Justin Hartley's age. https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/celebrities/2025/03/21/tracker-justin-hartley-essentials/81459437007/
Sports: A previous version of this story incorrectly reported how many times George Foreman has been married. He was married five times. https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/columnist/mike-freeman/2025/03/22/rumble-jungle-george-foreman-death-muhammad-ali/82605451007/
News: In the May 21 print edition's Page 3A, an article about Hurricane Helene mischaracterizeda windspeed reading. Among many other measurements, Hurricane Helene'ssustained windspeed was estimated at 91 mph near Live Oak, Florida.https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2025/03/20/helene-national-hurricane-center-report/82550666007/
Travel: In the May 21 print edition's Page 2A, a story mischaracterized the landing gear of the plane in the Toronto airport crash. The Canadian Transportation Safety Board is still probing why the gear failed. https://www.usatoday.com/story/travel/airline-news/2025/03/20/toronto-crash-landing-gear-failure/82564007007/
Money: Consumer Reports incorrectly named the baby formula with the highest lead levels in its testing. That product was Enfamil's Nutramigen. https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2025/03/19/infant-formulas-lead-arsenic-consumer-reports/82372887007/
Sports: A previous version of the printable bracket had an incorrect team in the Regional 1 (Spokane) play-in game. Southern will face UC San Diego. https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/ncaaw/2025/03/16/printable-womens-march-madness-bracket/82402770007/
Sports: A previous version of the printable bracket had UC San Diego listed twice. UC San Diego is a No. 12 seed. The winner between San Diego State and North Carolina will be the No. 11 seed in the South. https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/ncaab/2025/03/16/printable-march-madness-bracket-pdf-ncaa-tournament/82402783007/
Money: A study on the nation’s growing elderly population was attributed incorrectly. The authors were James R. Knickman and Emily K. Snell, who wrote for the journal Health Services Research. https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2025/03/09/immigrant-caregivers-fear-deportation-under-trump/80869591007/
News: A prior version of this story included a photo caption that misstated Sen. Amy Klobuchar's title. It has since been updated. https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/03/09/democrats-activists-trump-congress/79202622007/
News: A prior version of this story misstated the title of Charles Darwin’s book. https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2025/03/01/edelman-fossil-park-and-museum-new-jersey/78417007007/
Entertainment: A previous version of this story misstated who attended the Volodymyr Zelenskyy meeting in the Oval Office. https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/tv/2025/03/02/snl-cold-open-elon-musk-shane-gillis/81060290007/
February
News: A previous version of this article misstated how many federal workers have lost jobs. https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/tv/2025/02/27/elon-musk-daily-show-jon-stewart-doge/80669525007/
Money: A previous version of this story misstated the Subaru Forester's MSRP. https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/cars/2025/02/25/best-cars-trucks-suvs-2025-consumer-reports/79075803007/
Entertainment: A previous version of this article mischaracterized Steve Martin's role on "Saturday Night Live." He was not a cast member. https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/celebrities/2025/02/21/martin-short-covid-snl-50-special/79416138007/
News: In a Feb. 19 story on Page 6A about the 95th anniversary of the discovery of Pluto, the number of miles the dwarf planet is from the sun was misstated. The correct number is 3.7 billion miles. https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2025/02/18/short-life-of-pluto-as-a-planet/78969977007/
Money: An earlier version of this story misstated how much lower Amazon's prices are on average according to an independent study. The figure is 14%. https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2025/02/18/do-consumers-prefer-amazon-temu/78542986007/
News: A prior version of this story misstated the day of the crash. https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2024/08/27/north-carolina-high-school-football-players-killed-atv-accident/74963380007/
Travel: An earlier version of this article misstated the cruise line’s presence in San Diego. The city was a homeport for Royal Caribbean in 2010. https://www.usatoday.com/story/travel/cruises/2025/02/13/royal-caribbean-cruises-san-diego-california/78517781007/
News: A previous version of this video was removed due to a change of rights from the content provider and replaced with a new version. https://www.usatoday.com/videos/news/have-you-seen/video/2025/02/13/watch-kayaker-swallowed-and-spat-out-by-large-whale-off-chile-coast/78548166007/
News: A previous version of this story incorrectly described how Rosemary Farm's hens are raised. https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2025/02/13/california-farm-egg-donation-la-wildfire-victims/78526332007/
Money: This story has been updated to reflect that the recall was voluntarily issued by FGF Brands. https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/food/2025/02/08/fgf-brands-baked-products-doughnuts-recall-fda/78364057007/
Money: The story has been updated to clarify that the construction products being discussed are imports. https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/personalfinance/real-estate/2025/02/05/trump-tariffs-impact-home-prices-housing-market/78216714007/
Sports: A previous version of this story incorrectly reported Kultida Woods' age at the time of her death. She was 80. https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/golf/2025/02/04/kultida-woods-death-tiger-woods-mother/78212310007/
Money: An earlier version of this story misstated the average home insurance figures for a $300,000 home in California, Texas and Florida as monthly figures. They were annual. https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/personalfinance/real-estate/2025/01/27/homeowners-insurance-crisis-states/77775382007/
Sports: This story and headlines were updated to correct the name of the league. TGL stands for Tomorrow's Golf League or TMRW Golf League, which comes from TMRW Sports, the company founded by Tiger Woods, Rory McIlroy and Mike McCarley. https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/golf/2025/02/03/total-golf-league-rules-schedule-and-results-tiger-woods-rory-mcilroy/78125258007/
January
Sports: Previous versions of these stories incorrectly identified one of the victims. Christine Lane was on board the American Airlines flight that collided with an Army helicopter outside Reagan Washington National Airport. https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/2025/01/30/figure-skaters-plane-crash-reaction/78049769007/ https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/olympics/2025/01/30/nancy-kerrigan-tonya-harding-react-plane-crash-figure-skating/78062642007/
News: A Jan. 28 story on Page 1A about the anniversary of the space shuttle Challenger explosion misstated the date of the space shuttle Columbia disaster. It occurred Feb. 1, 2003. https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2025/01/28/space-shuttle-challenger-tragedy-anniversary/77927970007/
News: This story has been updated to correct when the outbreak began. It’s January 2024. https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2025/01/27/tb-outbreak-kansas-2025/77970634007/
News: The Resilience lander and Tenacious rover in the Hakuto Mission 2 were incorrectly identified as being part of a NASA CLPS mission. It is a Japanese-led commercial mission. https://www.usatoday.com/story/graphics/2025/01/25/moon-landings-nasa-lunar-missions-exploration-2025/77482066007/
Entertainment: A Jan. 23 story on D1 included an incorrect date for when talks broke down over a proposed "ER" reboot. The plan was scrapped in 2023. https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/tv/2025/01/23/noah-wyle-the-pitt-tv-series-interview/77861697007/
Entertainment: A prior version of this obituary misidentified John Sykes in a photo and it has since been replaced. https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/celebrities/2025/01/21/john-sykes-dead-guitarist-whitesnake-cancer/77845146007/
Opinion: A prior version of this column misstated Jeff Bezos' title. https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/columnist/2025/01/19/trump-musk-zuckerberg-masculine-energy/77782511007/
News: This story has been updated to correct the name of former first lady Laura Bush. https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/01/20/trump-inauguration-attendees/77837202007/
News: This story has been updated to reflect the areas under evacuation for the Palisades Fire. https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2025/01/12/fires-evacuation-map-los-angeles-california/77651361007/
News: A previous version of this story contained an inaccurate population for Butte and Tehama counties, which had a combined population of 276,126, according to the 2020 census. https://www.usatoday.com/story/graphics/2025/01/10/palisades-eaton-la-fires-compare-california-worst-wildfires/77595196007/
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