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  1. How the Tampa Bay Times discovered lost black cemeteries
    Dec. 31, 2019• Special Reports
    A Times investigation led to the rediscovery of Zion Cemetery underneath Robles Park Village. [Google Earth]
    It started with Zion Cemetery. Now, in a special visual presentation, see how forgotten African-American burial grounds have come to light all across the region.
  2. They promise to help families of fallen officers. But they’re mostly paying telemarketers.
    Dec. 27, 2019• Investigations
    A donation page on the Law Enforcement Officers Relief Fund website explains the benefits of giving to the organization. [Center for Public Integrity ]
    A union-backed police charity spends just a sliver of their money on those they purport to serve.
  3. All foster kid Shane Sheil wanted was a family. Here’s the rest of the story.
    Dec. 25, 2019• Special Reports
    Shane Sheil, 29, right, grew up in foster care in Pinellas County when he was profiled by the Times in 2006. He’s now a meat cutter in East St. Louis, is married, has a stepson, and several pets, including his dog Rooster. [Courtesy of Shane Sheil]
    “I wish someone would actually be there for me, you know?" a 16-year-old Shane Sheil told the Times in 2006. It took a while, but he found one.
  4. Reporters have been exploring the unintended consequences of the state’s mental health law
    Dec. 22, 2019• Special Reports
    [Tara McCarty]
    A Tampa Bay Times investigation.
  5. Real estate, restaurants and rights: 10 years of change in Tampa Bay
    Dec. 22, 2019• News
    A Segway tour is seen along the Tampa Riverwalk along with pedestrians Tuesday, May 28, 2019 in Tampa. [CHRIS URSO | Tampa Bay Times]
    Take a look at all the ways the region is different now.
  6. Tampa Facebook content moderator to lay off 556
    Dec. 20, 2019• Business
    Cognizant’s content moderators described stressful working conditions for those who regularly reviewed graphic violence and hate speech. [RON BORRESEN | Times]
    Cognizant told the state that it plans to start letting employees go at its Carrollwood center on Feb. 26.
  7. One Pinellas foster kid wanted a family. Tampa Bay stepped up to help.
    Dec. 15, 2019• Narratives
    Shane Sheil, 16, only wanted three things for Christmas, an Xbox 360, a skateboard and a family. After a story about Shane ran in the St. Petersburg Times, the community responded, and two of his three wishes have already been fulfilled. Someone donated an Xbox 360 to him, and a local skateboard shop offered to let him come in and pick out anything he wanted. He now spends his days playing games like Need for Speed Carbon with friends, and said he hopes he can go get the skateboard up soon. (MELISSA LYTTLE | Times) [LYTTLE, MELISSA | St. Petersburg Times]
    The generosity of more than 100 people Shane Sheil, a 16-year-old in Pinellas County’s foster care system, never met changed his life.
  8. He was one of the oldest boys in foster care. He wanted a family for Christmas.
    Dec. 15, 2019• St. Petersburg
    Shane Sheil, 16, rides his bike to and from school every day. He prides himself on his speed as well as being self-sufficient. (MELISSA LYTTLE | Times) [LYTTLE, MELISSA | St. Petersburg Times]
    “I wish someone would actually be there for me, you know? I’m outgoing. I can bring joy. I just want to be adopted.”
  9. Did these parents accidentally suffocate their children? Or did a mysterious ailment cause them to die?
    Dec. 11, 2019• Special Reports
    "I pray for hope. Sometimes, it is a cry for help," explains Martí Gonzalez, whose son Patrick was 2 months old when she found him unresponsive in his crib in May 2015. "Some days, I'm OK, and some days, I'm not." [PHOTOS BY JOHN PENDYGRAFT | Times]
    In Pinellas County, officials say Sudden Infant Death Syndrome doesn’t exist.
  10. The Baker Act set out to improve care. Now it’s ensnaring more children.
    Dec. 10, 2019• Education
    Florida's Baker Act was written in 1971 by Maxine Baker, a 65-year-old grandmother and a freshman Florida legislator from Miami-Dade County, seen here in a 1965 photo. [Associated Press]
    The law was written in 1971 by Maxine Baker, a legislator from Miami-Dade County who pushed for the rights of people with mental illness.
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