<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><urlset xmlns="http://www.sitemaps.org/schemas/sitemap/0.9" xmlns:image="http://www.google.com/schemas/sitemap-image/1.1"><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/sports/nationals-mlb/connelly-early-discuess-washington-nationals-trade-3EQZGHYRKVA4FK4HPRV5BMKDOE/</loc><lastmod>2026-07-27T23:30:50.838Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/ZSCZWSAB3NEN7KHDDIHJVQ4ZTM.jpg?auth=95af5ea6f50d585bd158b55e5bf17e5667108f61076c6d277880a9d6795445ac&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1024&amp;height=768</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS - JUNE 30: Connelly Early #71 of the Boston Red Sox reacts after the final out of the fourth inning of the game against the Washington Nationals at Fenway Park on June 30, 2026 in Boston, Massachusetts. (Photo by Brian Fluharty/Getty Images)]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/community/local-news/columbia-girlfriend-strangled-darwin-carcamo-santiago-I33BF3EQ65HNHJ5YFXWQ6MVXOY/</loc><lastmod>2026-07-27T23:04:26.788Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/IPIWE2QPOVBI3AVQFUHMBQONSE.jpg?auth=fde21de2c28f398609a7cf2517953f744e52206e655a4b9f89f0cdf0ad09a555&amp;smart=true&amp;width=4935&amp;height=3290</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Howard County Police are searching for Darwin Carcamo-Santiago, of Columbia, after his girlfriend was found strangled to death in his apartment Sunday. ]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/politics-power/national-politics/trump-mail-in-voting-supreme-court-PE3NDABDCVF4VJCTI2ZA7JGVEQ/</loc><lastmod>2026-07-27T22:29:15.599Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/ANM2PHJ7DJASNNDMJ4I7PA6H34.jpg?auth=67e1e0707ea301186e07481dac6ee74c414de264a772d7b2fff2843c09352c84&amp;smart=true&amp;width=5189&amp;height=3459</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[The Supreme Court has been asked to clear the way for an executive order from President Donald Trump that could dramatically change mail-in voting ahead of the midterm elections.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/community/criminal-justice/thomas-goldstein-scotusblog-tax-evasion-CNOAPOGUZZGUFGHXYPIHINZ4UI/</loc><lastmod>2026-07-27T22:12:25.482Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/QSBAQSKVLVGLJN5AJPORRD6YAA.jpg?auth=b4fff27a4edbb4ec1aa9b6686521b4bef024412a5a7e8bed2439a72df2e69ab7&amp;smart=true&amp;width=3692&amp;height=2461</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Prominent appellate attorney Thomas Goldstein, who argued more than 40 cases before the U.S. Supreme Court, was sentenced to six years in prison.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/trump-anne-arundel-gender-identity-C5ZE4DE7KBA5FGOUUA52ZRAOI4/</loc><lastmod>2026-07-27T21:56:55.926Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/755V7SRGFZDIJHLFBZI4WCALWY.jpg?auth=7f7c0da1eee0bdaa55f86b5f01a58662fe4c3b5299b8bc6c80992b5641fe8eb2&amp;smart=true&amp;width=4801&amp;height=3201</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[The U.S. Education and Justice departments together determined Anne Arundel County’s school system violated federal student privacy law by withholding information about a student’s gender identity from the student’s parents.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/economy/growth-development/baltimore-peninsula-bank-ozk-RASURN3E5RAAPFWONUFOCJSAOI/</loc><lastmod>2026-07-27T21:14:09.2Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/TRLFZM45WBAMHEKU6JU7Y7XDAQ.JPG?auth=85d4f7fc013b853f5d494eed515c07c2932de6503311f7f889079e4cfa76b37e&amp;smart=true&amp;width=3000&amp;height=1686</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[The former footprint of Sun Park, the Baltimore Sun printing plant, has yet to be developed at Baltimore Peninsula. ]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/community/local-news/firefighters-injured-ellicott-city-KIVFWN7WABF5HLQCDTH2ELH4RE/</loc><lastmod>2026-07-27T21:04:04.735Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/VQ3HK6DIKNBAFEA2N5PSSS67SY.jpg?auth=732b9ece15bb48fe1c27d6db7cc78653b67d035dcc9b1737000cea1b6ac515c2&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1825&amp;height=1217</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Two Howard County firefighters were sent to the hospital after a two-alarm fire in Ellicott City on Monday.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/community/criminal-justice/fatal-crash-new-hampshire-avenue-BBW45SIK3VHPRBEETDLT4SLD24/</loc><lastmod>2026-07-27T20:45:12.876Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/Y7C6TVSVOFHORF753LTB6O7MXU.jpg?auth=05eca7fdb6a5150844fce0e0e9459e8514b7ab016b2e4eab13a68f8b1e0693cb&amp;smart=true&amp;width=5071&amp;height=3381</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[A driver died after a single-vehicle crash early Saturday morning, according to Montgomery County Police.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/community/criminal-justice/fatal-hit-and-run-dundalk-cyclist-SBUSPDH7J5CG5ND5SI5KDJ2ELQ/</loc><lastmod>2026-07-27T20:42:43.352Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/EEYILWQWWFFJBO7J6MWX7HYIEA.jpg?auth=6272876ae89bdbf4663bdd13b2825cedb0accf60d8427fb55bf987c9fb5607b8&amp;smart=true&amp;width=3000&amp;height=2000</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Baltimore County Police are investigating after a cyclist was fatally struck by a vehicle that fled the scene in Dundalk Saturday morning.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/community/criminal-justice/gary-simmons-delegate-charged-assault-GSJEHYIZWZCO5AFLN4ULANLW2U/</loc><lastmod>2026-07-27T20:17:33.013Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/YM3GUAN26NDTBBZ3KKQTFEQ7NE.jpg?auth=5a4460074d39abd133527bf261a9e12dbdf0cb70fb6f5feadf02e616b9c75491&amp;smart=true&amp;width=3076&amp;height=2051</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Del. Gary Simmons, an Anne Arundel County Democrat, was charged July 23 with one count of second-degree assault. ]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/community/criminal-justice/potomac-montgomery-county-ice-arrest-2CIH737RXJDPNPNZYQYFYHO3JQ/</loc><lastmod>2026-07-27T19:49:33.847Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/4UQ4RY6U6RF6NIHS2RJPJX55ZY.JPG?auth=a9980c0aaabc324d063321d56ca4516197e4035bb4815cc87f4bb0c4e7692103&amp;smart=true&amp;width=3000&amp;height=2000</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Federal officials, including ICE, on Wednesday morning conducted an operation that led to a pursuit of three people  — and the arrest of two of them — near the Clara Barton Parkway.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/community/criminal-justice/ice-arrest-potomac-clara-baron-trust-act-kristin-mink-MSLULRK7VNGA7PMHTWCYV7AFFA/</loc><lastmod>2026-07-27T19:49:03.11Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/5ZEZGGV5WVDQLC2DEOLYGELT6I.jpg?auth=511d867e3f342037c9ff20051d31117dda214e09e754a50021d2333cf6a3454b&amp;smart=true&amp;width=3600&amp;height=2401</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Montgomery County Council member Kristin Mink said firefighters violated county law when they allowed ICE to join them as they prepared for a potential water rescue on the Potomac River.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/community/criminal-justice/canton-baltimore-flasher-M2Z3JH47A5ACJFCZXSZBLLHL4I/</loc><lastmod>2026-07-27T18:55:29.691Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/YSBVQ3AJTBF5BK4NHPXG66F5GI.jpg?auth=4515aa792f585684445eb82ae613ecc737e457b99e35a4a44727ef6d241b3b6a&amp;smart=true&amp;width=2800&amp;height=1866</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Police are searching for a serial flasher in Canton.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/community/local-news/baltimore-police-fatal-dog-shooting-west-franklin-street-EX6Z4GQVXVDJ5BFO4DDD3CNJ2M/</loc><lastmod>2026-07-27T18:53:20.146Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/Y7C6TVSVOFHORF753LTB6O7MXU.jpg?auth=05eca7fdb6a5150844fce0e0e9459e8514b7ab016b2e4eab13a68f8b1e0693cb&amp;smart=true&amp;width=5071&amp;height=3381</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[A Baltimore Police officer fatally shot a dog that attacked two women and their pet on Friday.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/sports/commanders-nfl/washington-commanders-fire-ben-steele-dwi-charge-P2TVUYBTZ5F4RODNAZ5SYOKK6U/</loc><lastmod>2026-07-27T17:17:18.974Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/BX4TCFJLUZCVFPG2L5QMDCMCXE.jpg?auth=9f69a6365a923d271b3d194748ccdaf607c40c281df24d5f716d7c5c1e3f6c91&amp;smart=true&amp;width=5713&amp;height=3809</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Former Commanders tight ends coach Ben Steele, pictured as a member of the Arizona Cardinals, arrives before a game against Houston Texans in 2023.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/sports/orioles-mlb/orioles-podcast-trade-deadline-jeremy-pena-RXU7DBCBLRGP3BRCXURZR6OZJQ/</loc><lastmod>2026-07-27T16:28:05.192Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/36AY22E3ANGZPLF54TGV4EYWGE.png?auth=b8960c82040f7cad37e1ad344ef2a407ccd53600e58d4af2c4ae499ee80d0c05&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1920&amp;height=1080</image:loc></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/sports/orioles-mlb/orioles-mlb-deadline-rubenstein-elias-playoffs-FLAGXPSITFBNDGEFAZ2NYXJS64/</loc><lastmod>2026-07-27T15:50:00.912Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/PAJH4OIHUVH4DBM6RUCNDK66SQ.jpg?auth=f305e7e3fb0504bddc886cd67f7a60505bb730f2c57321421f645af896579eb5&amp;smart=true&amp;width=4043&amp;height=2695</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Orioles owner David Rubenstein, left, pictured last year, had high praise for president of baseball operations Mike Elias last week.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/community/local-news/naked-artist-hamb-mount-vernon-F2NPLJSJTFFXRAQ2ZVZAGULVEU/</loc><lastmod>2026-07-27T15:31:27.497Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/FDAMN6F7WBETVBYYPQE3SWW4B4.png?auth=e088981ded9b50e1fb66ad7ac5416a42bb0bd6b0d7a4c503c93abd2614a6f72d&amp;smart=true&amp;width=681&amp;height=575</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Ham, the performance artist arrested for posing nude on a pedestal near the Inner Harbor, resurfaces in a scantily clad pedestal pose in Mount Vernon on Sunday.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/opinion/column/trader-joes-baltimore-city-baltimore-county-parking-lot-CEHNDPRNJRFVXGMXCUDLUL5WOU/</loc><lastmod>2026-07-27T15:06:21.477Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/Z5INLC6I6RH4XKWZTNZWSCGOOA.JPG?auth=282bd33d004eebbbb00d213eed98314f4fb4b4f6a6bbf9b8e9a80e0cbacaa023&amp;smart=true&amp;width=3000&amp;height=2039</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Maryland’s next Trader Joe’s will be in the Anneslie Shopping Center, which straddles Baltimore City’s border with Baltimore County.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/sports/orioles-mlb/orioles-trevor-rogers-contract-extension-free-agency-7MSLUFICSFA3THHP6DXI2HMGRM/</loc><lastmod>2026-07-27T14:50:15.698Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/Q5JAXHAMQRG6DKWC3VOU2EEVB4.jpg?auth=8ec3d1213da396928e460e5240886a4d63fc52922d6d9f1c39b77a5c1f4cf3d8&amp;smart=true&amp;width=4837&amp;height=3225</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Trevor Rogers has an ERA of 3.29 in 232 1/3 innings with the Orioles since 2024.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/sports/ravens-nfl/ravens-best-players-2026-roster-ranking-training-camp-LYASKYQWCVCDBIALZ5CUBRBP44/</loc><lastmod>2026-07-27T12:00:04.649Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/JW2NYJ6RVFCL7KM4OD5L3KDLFY.JPG?auth=818ab11ac42d579cefbe930ec4a592fa8a606722cdbb6773e00d4029a807cbe1&amp;smart=true&amp;width=3000&amp;height=2000</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Second-year safety Malaki Starks is 13th on The Banner’s ranking of the top 20 Ravens players.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/community/public-health/anne-arundel-mosquito-spray-west-nile-HRNDUZVKMVHAZPE2DEBMDHQKKI/</loc><lastmod>2026-07-27T12:00:01.052Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/QLIEOKC34NHYVIFU3WT7AHGAYA.jpg?auth=e67083c3a1b57bc78282fabb93b0f5b6d7179081b01eec59551d8986b960333d&amp;smart=true&amp;width=6048&amp;height=4024</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[State officials are performing unscheduled spraying in Crofton and Severn after twice detecting West Nile virus in mosquitoes caught in traps.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/education/k-12-schools/teacher-defamation-lawsuit-libs-of-tiktok-U7QB2G4CEFBUTHALSI3WVLJRWE/</loc><lastmod>2026-07-27T11:49:58.01Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/ZDZ2MA2GVBBALCLTUHOY6L2SG4.jpg?auth=3d4285f4f69575e022346602abc5283dfea958f57f5596cb905959560b05a583&amp;smart=true&amp;width=2500&amp;height=1668</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[A Baltimore County judge recently allowed attorneys for Alexa Sciuto, seen here in 2023, to serve her defamation lawsuit against Libs of TikTok founder Chaya Raichik through social media.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/education/higher-education/artificial-intelligence-majors-maryland-HNDFQVW7WFCSZANDZ6OHEF7UWA/</loc><lastmod>2026-07-27T09:30:01.73Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/QOXARVFEEVCZZLAYPLPKI4JSJM.JPG?auth=00f3c7e0adbe352d686235c499814ba3f290ebb290d2b56845ae681a3d7f8b12&amp;smart=true&amp;width=7560&amp;height=5042</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[The Underwater Oyster Drone team presents their project “Precision Aquaculture for Sustainable Seafood” in the Neutral Buoyancy Research Facility during the University of Maryland’s AI Demo Day last October. ]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/culture/food-drink/jollof-bowl-food-network-the-great-food-truck-race-baltimore-TRCNMXVUORDDPIYHL4WAUOYD4U/</loc><lastmod>2026-07-27T09:30:01.285Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/5OBUGSZMGNANVBDFHFEIPI4DSY.jpeg?auth=f03e1b34037b2fce966bebda346c51735b6c0fbe641f32d04125ce6551fd2b57&amp;smart=true&amp;width=2700&amp;height=1801</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[From left, Jollof Bowl’s Lekan Oketunji, Andrea Kamara-Oketunji and Ethel Kamara on Season 19 of Food Network's “The Great Food Truck Race.”]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/culture/arts/cerrome-russell-stand-up-comedian-7KKY5FN3QBG6ZF36G4F37DXAAI/</loc><lastmod>2026-07-27T09:30:01.039Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/VBW4GZKNOBHOTGMLVWUYRJWUBQ.JPG?auth=cc1884130617d8855e4a3f042f105a60ac3aad28475d0a11cbbb2b048ae8cdcc&amp;smart=true&amp;width=8192&amp;height=5464</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Stand up comedian Cerrome Russell performs at DC Improv in Washington, D.C. earlier this month.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/community/local-news/grief-windphone-oregon-ridge-IZ76YYC2ZNF4BMA42EIT3FLPYE/</loc><lastmod>2026-07-27T09:30:00.536Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/IAO3W53WQRAZRJPAQ7WWIANOSM.JPG?auth=3b423acf05e10c8bd57b16e46ed0e5d1f12835ea5d67ea8943d0ad51273aa3f6&amp;smart=true&amp;width=3000&amp;height=2000</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[The wind phone that inspired Cockeysville mother Bayley Barwick to install one closer to her home sits in Silver Spring’s Reflection Park.]]></image:caption></image:image></url></urlset>