Corrections: July 27, 2021 – The New York Times

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A picture caption with an article on Monday about Toyotas resistance to electric vehicles, using information from a photo agency, misidentified a Toyota vehicle outfitted for the Tokyo Olympics. It is a Prius, not a Mirai.

An article on Friday about Svetlana Tikhanovskaya, the exiled Belarus opposition leader, misstated the action taken against the opposition politician Valery Tsepkalo before the election in Belarus last year. While he was barred from running, he was not jailed.

An article on Sunday about Big Oil in Nigeria misstated the surname of a spokesman for the Gbaramatu Kingdom. He is Godspower Gbenekama, not Benekama.

An article on Saturday about Dr. Joseph Mercola, an osteopathic physician, referred incorrectly to the outcome of regulatory actions against Dr. Mercola. He paid millions of dollars in refunds to customers as a result of a settlement with the Federal Trade Commission; he was not fined millions of dollars by the Food and Drug Administration.

An article on Monday about fatal car crashes in the New York area misspelled the surname of two brothers killed in a collision on the Hamptons this weekend. They were Michael and James Farrell, not Farell.

An article on Saturday about the completion of the human genome misstated when scientists determined the correct number of human chromosomes. It was in the 1960s, not a century ago.

An article on Monday about Phil Valentine, a conservative radio host who contracted the coronavirus, misidentified the date when Mr. Valentine announced his Covid-19 diagnosis. It was July 11, not June 11.

An article on Monday about a declining interest in investment banking as a career choice among young professionals misidentified the class of a university student. Armen Panossian is a rising senior at Rutgers University, not a rising junior.

An obituary on July 17 about William H. Regnery II, a reclusive heir to a textile fortune who bankrolled a number of people and organizations behind the rise of the alt-right, referred incorrectly to four of his children. He adopted Robert and William T. Regnery, two of his wifes children; William F. and David Regnery are his sons from a previous marriage.

An obituary on July 3 about Gen. Tran Thien Khiem, who was second in command to President Nguyen Van Thieu of South Vietnam during the last six years of the Vietnam War, misstated when and where he died. He died on June 23 in the Irvine, Calif., area not on June 24 in Santa Ana.

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