 Thursday, Dec 20 These were the top 10 biggest news stories from the past year. |   | |
| 2018 brought a few happy headlines to Baltimore Sun readers. Cal Ripken, Jr. found love, Amy Sherald painted Michelle Obama, the Bay got better and “Mr. Oriole” came back. |
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| The Sun’s photo staff brings compelling images that draw the viewer to the pages of the newspaper and baltimoresun.com. And, be it humor or tragedy, their images elicit emotion. The pictures here are samples of their work in 2018. |
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| At its core, 2018 was defined not by games but by the complex and sometimes tragic stories that accompany them. |
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| The past year brought a slew of changes to Baltimore’s food landscape. That meant welcoming a crop of new upstarts while bidding adieu to some familiar faces. |
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| Baltimore arts groups from the Reginald F. Lewis Museum of Maryland African American History & Culture to the Maryland Film Festival experienced change in 2018. |
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| Baltimore-area businesses weathered failed deals, layoffs, closings and restructuring in 2018. But some started new chapters by expanding or merging, and new development sprouted all over and one new industry spread like a weed. |
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| Six months later, the mass shooting at the Capital Gazette newsroom remains a defining event, for survivors, of course, but also the Annapolis community and the journalism profession. |
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| Although President Donald Trump has little to do with running local governments in Maryland, he played an outsize role in politics here in 2018. Trump’s actions prompted backlash among the electorate, which in November voted out several high-profile Republicans in the state. |
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| Who were the winners and losers in Maryland politics in 2018? |
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| The Baltimore Police Department faced an unprecedented number of challenges in 2018 that included leadership turnover, cases of officer misconduct, continued high levels of violence and the final convictions in one of the biggest police corruption scandals in city history. |
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