Yahoo News Corrections and clarifications
• An article that referred to the desegregation of Little Rock’s Central High School in 1960 said federal troops had to escort Black children through a state national guard blockade. It was, in fact, a civilian mob that blocked their way (‘It was a very rude awakening to racism’, 6 May, G2, page 6).
• An editorial about online abuse of female journalists said the chilling effect “cannot be underestimated”; the intended word was “overestimated” (10 May, Journal, page 2).
• Other recently amended articles include:
UK cuts grants for small aid charities to save ‘less than cost of No 10 press room’
‘World’s longest pedestrian suspension bridge’ opens in Portugal
‘Ill-judged’ bonus hike for AstraZeneca boss prompts investor anger
It’s good Biden wants to suspend vaccine patents. But the whole rotten system needs overhaul
Experts call for mandatory recycling of products containing rare metals
