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Scott Mc Kiernan Presents zReportage.com Issue #1050 Story of the Week: Published TUESDAY August 11, 2026: ‘SEEING JUSTICE: A Mom Fights Back’ from ZUMA represented Pulitzer winner RENEE C. BYER and investigative reporter ARIANE LANGE both staff at The Sacramento Bee: Sacramento mother Allison Lyman fights for justice after her son, Connor Lopez, was killed by a driver in a collision often dismissed by legal systems as a minor accident. The story highlights how California law often treats such deaths as misdemeanors rather than severe criminal offenses, sparking a push for greater accountability. Roughly 10 people die every day on California roadways and the state averages roughly 3,800 to 4,000 traffic fatalities per year, placing it second in the nation behind Texas. Officials have acknowledged that the vast majority of these traffic fatalities are preventable with changes to infrastructure and policy. ”Death and serious injuries are unacceptable,” the California State Transportation Agency says. But roadway safety and public transportation are chronically underfunded, and the death toll has continued to rise. Only a minority of car crash deaths lead to criminal charges, but for those that do, the outcomes are quite unlike many other homicides. Welcome to ‘SEEING JUSTICE: A Mom Fights Back’

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TOP RIGHT: August 12, 2026, Nedvedice, Czech Republic: A viewer holds a dark glass plate to her face for protection while safely observing the partial solar eclipse in Nedvedice, Brno Region in the Czech Republic. (Credit Image: © Vaclav Salek/CTK via ZUMA Press)

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August 1, 2026, Seattle, Washington, USA: Jamani and Olympia, western lowland gorillas (gorilla, gorilla, gorilla), at the Woodland Park Zoo care for their infant sons with a twist: a baby swap…Attendees at Saturday’s All You Can Zoo Event listened intently to the Zoo Talk that explained the story behind the baby swap. Jamani and Olympia were due at the same time, and while Jamani had a normal labor, Olympia had complications. She required a C-Section, a first in the zoo’s 126-year history. The zoo brought in a team of human obstetricians from Swedish Medical Center. While recovering from the surgery, Jamani began caring for both infants. Once Olympia returned to the troop, an intentional baby swap took place with each mother fostering the other’s biological offspring. According to Woodland Park Zoo officials, the cooperative cross-fostering switch has been completely successful. This allowed Olympia’s baby to receive extra human bottle feeding. Both infants are thriving as part of the unified family group. (Credit Image: © Shane Srogi/ZUMA Press Wire)

August 2, 2026, Kathmandu, Bagmati, Nepal: Monkeys, identified as rhesus macaque (Macaca mulatta) sit around the premises of Swayambhunath, known as the Monkey Temple, one of Nepal’s most significant Buddhist heritage sites and is home to a large population of monkeys that live around its sacred monuments and temple surroundings. The site attracts devotees, visitors, and tourists throughout the year. (Credit Image: © Safal Prakash Shrestha/ZUMA Press Wire)

July 30, 2026, Denizli, Denizli, Turkey: A Eurasian hoopoe (Upupa epops) carries an insect in its beak while perched at the entrance of its nest in a tree trunk in Denizli, western Turkey. (Credit Image: © Dogan Evsan/ZUMA Press Wire)

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May 18, 2026, Palm Springs, California, USA: A Burger King Whopper cheeseburger displayed in branded packaging with French fries photographed against a black background in Palm Springs, California, on May 18, 2026. The Whopper, introduced in 1957, remains Burger King’s signature flame-grilled hamburger and one of the most recognizable fast food products in the United States. (Credit Image: © Ian L. Sitren/ZUMA Press Wire)

April 29, 2026, London, England, United Kingdom: A mysterious statue depicting a man holding a flag which obscures his face, and signed ‘Banksy’ at the base of the plinth, has appeared in Waterloo Place in Central London. (Credit Image: © Vuk Valcic/ZUMA Press Wire)

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July 3, 2025, Hong Kong, China: In Hong Kong this morning PLA Navy aircraft carrier ShanDong moving through narrow channel as it steer towards designated parking area at the Victoria Harbour, on the stern carrying PLA Navy Jet Fighters Shenyang J-15. PLA Navy Battle Group led by first domestically manufactured aircraft carrier ShanDong CV-17, will be anchored in Hong Kong water until next Monday 7th of July. During the stay, navy vessels will be opened to public for visit on board the battleships. (Credit Image: © Liau Chung-ren/ZUMA Press Wire)

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August 1, 2026: The Wall Street Journal Newspaper Cover A1. Image by Juan Carlos Lucas/ZUMA Press Wire. Headline: Spain Pushes Back After Migrants Rush Enclave. Caption: Spanish soldiers control as migrants cross back to Morocco after they crossed the border to enter Spain’s north Africa’s Ceuta enclave. July 31, 2026. (Credit Image: © The Wall Street Journal via ZUMA Press Wire)

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Top Image: August 4, 2026, Cirencester, UK: 97-year-old Betty Bromage on the wing of an Aero-Super-Batics biplane during an attempt to break the Guinness World Record for the oldest female wing-walker, with her sixth wing walk, at RFC Rendcomb Airfield near Cirencester, Gloucestershire. (Credit Image: © Andrew Matthews/PA Wire via ZUMA Press)

Bottom Left: August 4, 2026, Cirencester, UK: 97-year-old Betty Bromage on the wing of an Aero-Super-Batics biplane during an attempt to break the Guinness World Record for the oldest female wing-walker, with her sixth wing walk, at RFC Rendcomb Airfield near Cirencester, Gloucestershire. (Credit Image: © Andrew Matthews/PA Wire via ZUMA Press)

Bottom Right: August 4, 2026, Cirencester, UK: 97-year-old Betty Bromage on the wing of an Aero-Super-Batics biplane after a successful attempt to break the Guinness World Record for the oldest female wing-walker, with her sixth wing walk, at RFC Rendcomb Airfield near Cirencester, Gloucestershire. (Credit Image: © Andrew Matthews/PA Wire via ZUMA Press)

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Under the slogan “Borders Kill,” around a hundred people gathered in Plaza de Lavapiés in Madrid to demonstrate over the nearly 100 people who died attempting to cross from Morocco to Spain by sea. Video Credit © Aaron Heredia/ZUMA Press

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