For the record - May 30, 2014

VA investigation: An article in the May 29 Section A about an interim investigation of the Veterans Affairs healthcare system said that Randy Thompson was sitting with his father at the Phoenix VA medical center and listening to the radio. In fact, he was listening to television, and his father was already with the doctor. In addition, Earl Cattes was at the Phoenix center to pick up his medical records, not for treatment.

Gun violence: A column in the May 28 Section A about society’s inaction on gun violence misspelled the last name of Shannon Watts, of Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America, as Watt.

Running streak: An article in the May 26 Sports section about Jon Sutherland’s setting a record for running every day for 45 consecutive years referred to the terrorist attack on New York’s World Trade Center as taking place on Sept. 11, 2011. It should have said 2001.