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January 2, 2018

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8 Baltimore trials to watch in 2018

Tuesday, Jan 2

The Gun Trace Task Force case, the bribery trial of state Sen. Nathaniel Oaks, and the killings of Phylicia Barnes and McKenzie Elliott are among the trials to watch in Baltimore in 2018

After third year of rampant violence, Baltimore searches wearily for answers

More than 1,000 people have been killed in Baltimore in the last three years. More than 1,000 people were shot in 2017 alone. As another historic year of violence blurs into history, and the page is turned to 2018, this is the reality: Baltimore is not just losing blood, it is hemorrhaging it.

A Baltimore man told police he killed a close friend. But did he do it?

Domonic Faulkner had just finished telling Baltimore homicide detectives about the last time he had seen his friend alive. Now David Womack was dead.

Two Baltimore killings reported on first day of 2018

Baltimore's first homicides of 2018 reported on New Year's Day.

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FBI rejects Baltimore police request it take over investigation of Det. Sean Suiter’s death

The FBI has rejected calls for it to take over the investigation into the fatal shooting of a Baltimore homicide detective who was set to testify in a federal police corruption case, saying it has no evidence to suggest Det. Sean Suiter’s death was connected to the corruption probe.