Clara Longo de Freitas is a breaking news reporter. She joined The Baltimore Banner in 2022, covering East Baltimore before joining the express desk. She’s covered the Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse, youth gun violence and immigrant issues. A graduate of the University of Maryland, she spent most of her college years looking into workers’ conditions amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Clara is also an illustrator and likes to paint in her free time. Originally from Brazil, she moved to the United States in 2016.
A humanoid robot named Benji went viral after being spotted walking through downtown Baltimore, offering a glimpse at how robots are beginning to enter everyday public life.
One person died and six people were injured in a Monday morning shooting connected to an illegal car rally in Columbia, according to Howard County Police.
A husband and wife were found dead in a Nottingham home Friday morning after Baltimore County Police responded to reports of a shooting, according to the department.
In 2021, Paul Gable’s company restored the iconic Domino Sugars sign. He says it’s one of the highlights of his career and one of the company’s biggest successes.
Months after Baltimore was covered with snow and ice, a giant pile that was dumped in the city’s Oldtown neighborhood is almost gone. How long will it last? We’re going to find out.
Campaigns for increased safety measures around the Baltimore Inner Harbor have ebbed and flowed over the years, usually spurred by families who’ve lost loved ones.
For the second day in a row, the Baltimore region experienced record-breaking temperatures as a heat wave settled over much of the eastern United States.
Baltimore broke an 85-year-old heat record Wednesday when the temperature reached 91 degrees, the highest ever recorded on April 15 in the city, according to the National Weather Service.
Baltimore Police identified the body found Tuesday morning in the Inner Harbor as Branson Oduor, a 27-year-old who was missing for more than a week after a night out in Fells Point.
The Baltimore City Department of Public Works is reducing the amount of fluoride added to drinking water, citing national supply chain disruptions due in part to the conflict in the Middle East.
The conclusion to the epic space saga doesn’t premiere until December, but many 70mm film screenings are sold out just a day after tickets went on sale.