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Clara Longo de Freitas
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 new federal lawsuit challenges warrantless immigration arrests in Maryland and seeks a preliminary injunction against the Trump administration’s enforcement practices.
Angeli’s Pizzeria in Federal Hill posted a video to social media explaining that a card reader had been stolen and asking the Baltimore community for help finding it.
At least three people were injured after a large tree fell on a Maryland Transit Administration bus in Reisterstown on Friday morning, according to the Baltimore County Fire Department.
Multiple thunderstorm clusters are moving from Pennsylvania into the region on Thursday. It will be hot and humid through Friday, with heat indexes between 100 and 105 degrees, said Luis Rosa, a meteorologist for the National Weather Service.
Officials with the Maryland General Assembly’s Office of Legislative Audits determined that the Maryland Transportation Authority didn’t take “available actions” to collect fees from out-of-state drivers.
It won’t be raining the entire time, according to the National Weather Service, but multiple clusters of storms will be moving across the region throughout the day.
Natalie Hanrion, a costume designer and maker, spent more than 100 hours on a handmade Italian Renaissance-inspired dress that pays homage to the Maryland flag.
Stanley Synowczynski, 75, was badly burned in the explosion last Wednesday, which killed his wife, Linda Synowczynski. He died from his injuries Thursday evening, according to the Anne Arundel County Fire Department.
Yaakov Reichman, 32, turned himself in to police on Monday. He is charged with involuntary manslaughter and neglect of a minor, according to court documents.
Damaging winds are likely to reach between 55 and 70 mph near and east of I-95, according to the National Weather Service. There’s a greater potential for tornadoes near the I-70 corridor east of Frederick.