ZUMA makes cover of The Wall Street Journal, September 8th, 2020

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September 7, 2020, Apopka, Florida, United States: A boy jumps into the water on Labor Day at Wekiwa Springs State Park on September 7, 2020 in Apopka, Florida. State officials are hoping that capacity crowds such as these do not result in a spike of coronavirus cases.

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zReportage.com Story of the Week #752: TUESDAY September 8, 2020: BROKEN HOME: Foster Kid Hell by Renée C. Byer

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zReportage.com Story of the Week #752: TUESDAY September 8, 2020: BROKEN HOME: Foster Kid Hell by ZUMA Press Newspaper Sacramento Bee Pulitzer prize winning photographer Renée C. Byer, who worked together with reporters Michael Finch II and Molly Sullivan on this special investigation which deals with: runaways, prostitution, a girl’s death, and how Sacramento’s largest group home failed its kids. In more ways than one, the Children’s Receiving Home of Sacramento has fallen down on the job of caring for the region’s most vulnerable young people. A recent investigation found numerous cases where the group home’s staff failed to adequately supervise children. Investigators have responded to at least 125 complaints and visited nearly 300 times since 2015, more than any other group home in the state. As a result of the near-constant reporting of AWOL residents, more children were listed missing in Sacramento County last year than any other place outside of Los Angeles. And strikingly, children housed at the Children’s Receiving Home have been recruited into sex trafficking, a problem that has festered for years, records show. The Children’s Receiving Home is one of Sacramento’s most important institutions. How the facility manages the children under its care reverberates throughout the community during their stay there, and well after they leave. Welcome to: BROKEN HOME: Foster Kid Hell

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Tyranza Dies 56 at Memphis Zoo, Oldest African elephant in North America *Video was taken May 2016* © Karen Focht

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September 5, 2020: Memphis Zoo is extremely saddened to announce the death of one of its beloved elephants. Tyranza, or Ty as she was affectionately called, died Friday after her health began to dramatically decline.

As zookeepers and veterinarians noticed her decline, she was put on Zoo hospice care to closely monitor her health and keep her as comfortable as possible. Out of the Zoo’s deep love for this animal, the decision was made to humanely euthanize her to avoid any suffering.

Tyranza was the oldest African elephant in North America at 56 and she set the record for longest-lived African elephant in North America as well.Ty was born in the wild in 1964, where it is believed she was orphaned. After a short stint as a circus elephant with Ringling Brothers, she was retired to Memphis Zoo in 1977. She was 12 years old at the time. Former associate curator, Houston Winbigler was one of the first to meet Ty when she arrived in Memphis and he worked with her for almost 40 years. According to Winbigler, it took Ty some time to get used to her new home. 

The Video was taken May 2016. 

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Consul general of Mexico holds a minute of silence for Covid-19 patients video credit © Niyi Fote/TheNEWS2

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September 3, 2020, New York, USA: The Consul general of Mexico in New York, Jorge Islas Lopez holds a minute of silence for Covid-19 patients in front of Mexican consulate. This one minute of silence started on August 17 and will go until September 11th.

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Biden Visits Kenosha Video Credit © Amy Katz

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September 3, 2020, Kenosha, Wisconsin, USA: Justin Blake’s uncle, Jacob Blake speaks to the hundreds of media, protestors and neighbors in front of Kenosha’s Grace Lutheran Church, while Vice President Joe Biden meet inside with a select group of community leaders and residents.

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