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Sara Ruberg

Sara

Sara Ruberg is an Express reporter for The Baltimore Banner. Before joining The Banner, she spent a year at The New York Times as a reporting fellow on the Express desk. Sara has also worked at NBC News where she produced packages and wrote articles about business, technology and the economy. Upon graduating from Stony Brook University in 2022, she spent a summer in London working for the Wall Street Journal as the Marie Colvin International Reporting Fellow.

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2 Harford County school employees injured in stabbing involving student
A student was taken into custody after a stabbing that injured two school staff members at Roye-Williams Elementary School on Wednesday afternoon, police said.
The Harford County Sheriff’s Office took a student into custody at Roye-Williams Elementary School on Wednesday after what authorities say was an assault on staff members.
ICE drops deportation effort against US citizen detained in Baltimore
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has dropped its effort to deport a Prince George’s County native who has spent months trying to prove her U.S. citizenship.
The family and attorneys for Dulce Consuelo Diaz Morales say she was born in Laurel, but federal officials have claimed she is not a U.S. citizen. She was released from federal immigration custody Wednesday after 24 days in detention.
Baltimore’s 51st Pride parade draws thousands for a day of marching, dancing and celebration
Thousands of people came together in Station North on Saturday to celebrate Baltimore’s 51st annual Pride parade, followed by the traditional block party, which was hosted in Druid Hill Park.
Members of Clipper City Crossfit take turns pulling a car forward in the Baltimore Pride parade Saturday.
Days of deadly storms cause widespread outages, damage in Maryland
A barrage of powerful thunderstorms and damaging winds caused wreckage in Maryland on Thursday and Friday, leaving one state park shuttered, communities without traffic lights and at least two people dead.
SATURDAY, JUNE 13, 2026 - Trees toppled in Annapolis after storms caused damage in the city on Friday evening.
Baltimore hits record 97 degrees as dangerous heat scorches Maryland
The dayslong heat advisory and severe storm threat are not expected to let up Friday.
Lightning strikes south of downtown Baltimore at sunset Friday.
One dead, 3 seriously injured in Catonsville single-vehicle crash
A driver was killed and three passengers suffered life-threatening injuries when their vehicle crashed into a pole in Catonsville on Thursday, police said.
One man was killed and three passengers were injured when their vehicle crashed in Catonsville on Thursday.
17-year-old shot and injured in East Baltimore
A 17-year-old was shot and left with nonfatal injuries on Thursday afternoon in McElderry Park in East Baltimore, police said.
A teenager was shot and injured on Thursday afternoon in East Baltimore.
No charges brought against officers who fatally shot man near his family’s Belair-Edison home
Attorney General Anthony G. Brown announced that he will not seek criminal charges against the two Baltimore Police detectives who fatally shot Dwight Hawkins, concluding the shooting was legally justified.
Dwight Hawkins was fatally shot by two Baltimore Police officers near his family home in the 2800 block of Pelham Avenue on Tuesday, February 24. He was 37.
Guide to Baltimore Pride: From jazz nights to drag cruises, 8 events you may not know about
Baltimore’s week of LGBTQIA+ Pride celebrations kicks off this week, with dozens of events happening around the city.
The audience dances to loud music being played at the Baltimore Pride block party at the 50th annual Baltimore Pride celebration in the Charles Village neighborhood of Baltimore on June 14, 2025.
Severe storms could bring 70 mph winds and quarter-size hail to Maryland
Severe thunderstorms capable of producing 70 mph wind gusts and quarter-sized hail prompted watches and warnings across Western and Central Maryland, including the Baltimore area, on Saturday afternoon.
A severe thunderstorm moves through Towson, July 8, 2025.
Patterson Park Pool closes amid scorching heat after overnight vandalism
The Patterson Park Pool was closed on a scorching Saturday afternoon due to vandalism overnight, city officials said.
Patterson Park Pool was closed Saturday to repair damages made to the facility overnight.
22-year-old killed in shooting was a Towson University student
Nasir Majied, the 22-year-old man who was shot and killed while driving just before a traffic circle on York Road, was a student at Towson University.
Baltimore County Police officers are investigating a shooting at the traffic circle along York Road in Towson on Friday afternoon.
2 overnight shootings in Baltimore leave 1 dead, 3 men wounded
One man was killed and three others wounded in two separate shootings overnight in Baltimore as the weekend began, police said.
A Baltimore County police vehicle’s lights flash while parked outside of the R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center at the University of Maryland in Baltimore, Md. on Thursday, March 13, 2025.
Where’s the owner of a warehouse that collapsed in East Baltimore? Maybe Greece.
The collapsed warehouse recalls a character from the heyday of Baltimore’s red-light district, a manhunt stretching nearly 30 years and the FBI theory that a once-prominent businessman known as “Crazy John” jumped bail with a chunk of money and escaped to a faraway island.
A partial building collapse occurred in East Baltimore, spilling bricks and rubble into the street.
MTA bus collides with work van, leaving 12 people injured
An MTA bus collided with a work van in Baltimore on Wednesday afternoon, hospitalizing a dozen people, fire officials said.
A member of the Baltimore City Fire Department’s Emergency Medical Services team removes a stretcher from the back of an ambulance on August 17, 2022. The Black Community Development Coalition and homeless advocates set up an encampment Wednesday at the War Memorial Plaza to encourage Baltimore leaders to make the encampments around the city more of a priority.
University of Maryland laid off 84 employees, noting ‘uncertain’ future for the school
The University of Maryland, College Park, laid off 84 employees on Wednesday, according to a letter sent to the faculty and students.
The University of Maryland laid off over 80 employees on Wednesday.
70-year-old woman identified as victim of Barclay rowhouse fire
A 70-year-old woman, Paula McDonald, has been identified as the victim of a three-alarm fire last week in Baltimore's Barclay neighborhood.
SATURDAY, MAY 30, 2026 - A Baltimore City fire truck at the site of the fatal house fire in the 2200 block of Guilford Avenue in Barclay. The three-alarm fire occurred on Thursday.
Man pulled from Inner Harbor after massive rescue response off Pratt Street
Dozens of fire rescue divers and Baltimore Police officers responded after a person fell into the Inner Harbor off Pratt Street on Thursday.
THURSDAY, MAY 28, 2026 - Dozens of fire rescue divers and Baltimore Police officers responded after a person fell into the Inner Harbor off Pratt Street on Thursday.
3-alarm fire rips through upper levels of rowhomes in Barclay neighborhood
Firefighters responded to the 2200 block of Guilford Avenue just before 12:30 p.m. and found the second floor of a 2.5-story rowhome engulfed in flames, according to the Baltimore City Fire Department.
Baltimore City Fire responds to a three-alarm fire that erupted through upper levels of rowhomes in the Barclay neighborhood of Baltimore on Thursday afternoon.
A printmaker. A lawyer. A MICA student: Meet the artists and collectors behind Artscape 2026
Despite the 50-degree temperatures and the rain, collectors and artists are making the most of this year’s weekend-long Artscape in downtown Baltimore.
Artscape patrons find relief from the rainy weather Saturday at the artists tents under the Jones Falls Expressway.
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