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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 severe storm system packed a powerful punch across Maryland during Wednesday’s evening rush, snapping utility poles, delaying trains and triggering ground stops at major airports.
After surviving for nearly three months as a bizarre Baltimore landmark born from a historic winter storm, the massive “Snow Everest” pile near Old Town Mall has finally melted away, leaving behind debris, environmental concerns and a symbol of the city’s costly cleanup effort.
While investigating the woman's death, officers learned a man who was in a relationship with her had shot himself in Columbia. The man is being treated at an area hospital, police said.
Baltimore Police are investigating after a man’s body was recovered from the Inner Harbor early Friday morning near Pier 4 on the 600 block of East Pratt Street.
Johns Hopkins University received approval to move forward with a 25,000-square-foot data science and computer center in East Baltimore as the City Council weighs a one-year moratorium on data centers.
Andrew Sober, a 16-year-old student who loved playing the guitar and soccer, died of injuries sustained in a crash in Cockeysville that also killed a passenger and injured two other teenagers, family and community members said on social media.
Federal officials have placed Maryland under a “drought disaster” designation. But that does not mean the state is seeing a shortage of water — at least not yet.
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.