There have been 108 homicides so far this year in the city of Baltimore.  According to the Baltimore Sun, there were five murders in the city just last weekend alone. The only year that Baltimore has ever come close to recording so many murders in just the first 4 months of the year was in 1993

With the Iowa Caucus less than six months away, the race for the 2016 Democratic Nomination has Hillary Clinton holding a commanding lead with +34 percentage point lead over Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders. The PolitiSite Polling Report has the Race as of August 18, 2015: Hillary Clinton 55%