Corrections: June 25, 2025
An article on June 13 about 30 television shows to watch this summer misstated the premiere date of the Apple TV+ series 'Stillwater.' It is Aug. 1, not Aug. 4.
An article on June 19 about the challenges facing Art Basel's flagship event in Switzerland misstated the planned size of Igor Lah's private museum in Slovenia. It will be more than 50,000 square feet, not 25,000.
An article on Tuesday, using information provided by a source about some of the discoveries that the Vera C. Rubin Observatory in Chile is expected to make, misstated how close an asteroid seen by Rubin will pass by Earth. It is 70,000 miles, not 60,000.
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