Clara Longo de Freitas is a breaking news reporter. She has worked for the Baltimore Banner for more than two years, covering all things East Baltimore before joining the express desk. She also 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.
Sen. Chuck Schumer is postponing an event in Baltimore for his upcoming book due to “security reasons,” according to an email from Enoch Pratt Free Library.
If you’re planning to use the MTA light rail this weekend, be aware that several stops along the southern portion of the system will be closed for track maintenance on Sunday.
The Trump administration deleted a list of hundreds of federally owned buildings it had deemed “not core to government operations” less then 24 hours after it was published.
Two construction workers who are trapped in a trench at a Catonsville home died from their injuries on Friday, the Baltimore County Fire Department said.
A judge declared a mistrial on Wednesday in the case of an Annapolis man charged in what authorities say was a hate-driven shooting that killed three men and injured three others in 2023.