Correction: Cryptocurrency-Pensions story

Jul 9, 2022, 6:59 PM | Updated: Jul 13, 2022, 3:31 pm

Retired Houston Fire Captain Russell Harris poses for a photograph inside his workshop at his home Wednesday, June 22, 2022, in East Bernard, Texas. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)

(AP Photo/David J. Phillip)

BY ASSOCIATED PRESS

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — In a story published July 10, 2022, about pension funds that have invested in cryptocurrencies in recent years, The Associated Press listed two different values for the same cryptocurrency purchase by the Houston Firefighters Relief and Retirement Fund. The correct amount is $25 million, not $15 million.

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