<?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/politics-power/local-government/montgomery-county-budget-vote-postponed-V7ZPAA7HNVGJNG3EFNRAGPB7EY/</loc><lastmod>2026-05-15T14:45:57.192Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/X75FVY2GBBE5FFYXMWG2VKRA7M.JPG?auth=8e92b90d93120a09b516b22bd304a32b641a5ab9a6b1eb9b0726ca63e520ba1a&amp;smart=true&amp;width=3600&amp;height=2401</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[The Montgomery County Council, shown during a meeting last year, postponed a vote on the budget Thursday morning and again in the afternoon.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/voter-guide/2026/us-house/md-3/us-congressional-district-3-3CHHZQTEOJC3DOYBJGSYK77SVQ/</loc><lastmod>2026-05-15T14:33:39.815Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/YVENENMSRREDTFEBDMU5VIEMTY.png?auth=3a8b25aab1b2fa5686a828044d90c3922a4344002aee57642c50fc45be8f09ee&amp;smart=true&amp;width=3000&amp;height=1688</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[2026 Voter Guide: Congress]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/community/local-news/columbia-association-howard-county-SN4A7WJPTZAHNOVLHYDZSBYIBY/</loc><lastmod>2026-05-15T14:25:38.624Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/MH7SXFT5ZVCO3GOJ4RFGFNZJ5A.jpg?auth=bd8798e74a2ab6bdb6b7dcb383ef07ffc0c0fbb70bf957b93c4db4de0e70041c&amp;smart=true&amp;width=3000&amp;height=2000</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[The May 14 Columbia Association Board of Directors meeting was standing room only as residents packed the room to speak out against a recent decision to remove three board members.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/community/criminal-justice/maurquise-james-karla-smith-incompetent-JSXSLPH4BFDL3DLMWLMDZ7MCWA/</loc><lastmod>2026-05-15T14:06:00.403Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/QUXGU6YFXZEDFESNM3UYNIM5YE.jpg?auth=275a0a754d8cc451a6e8042c52cef33d94597ce6a672b8515e317276d5056bcc&amp;smart=true&amp;width=4000&amp;height=2667</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Cogir Potomac Senior Living in Potomac, where an 87-year-old man was found fatally shot on Valentine’s Day.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/sports/orioles-mlb/orioles-stagnation-mike-elias-american-league-east-4Y2XFJJX6VDHXL6RF532M7XDSM/</loc><lastmod>2026-05-15T14:02:40.75Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/ND4L2DH7PJBVFDZ75HBMHK5TDE.JPG?auth=0d27422c236f4562de71c8fc1894728e1fc17016bc1e1d7ce4b6f3b2fcbeb27e&amp;smart=true&amp;width=3000&amp;height=2000</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[President of baseball operations Mike Elias’ Orioles are 20-24, nine games behind the Rays in the American League East.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/community/transportation/preakness-traffic-marc-shuttle-QURYMK6CB5HAVOAO2NFV2NDPPI/</loc><lastmod>2026-05-15T13:26:44.845Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/L5UKZL4ZK5HCDH6OA5NWWTZJHI.JPG?auth=1bec35538713129e5026a5ac4336a5fc0f7fddb22e28029815e649c99cde3626&amp;smart=true&amp;width=3000&amp;height=1686</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Preakness will be held at Laurel Park this year while the Pimlico Race Course undergoes renovations.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/community/local-news/felicia-anderson-homeless-woman-maryland-fugitive-wanted-search-2YHYEPJRMVGPBK35ZHXOEFBSFI/</loc><lastmod>2026-05-15T13:02:21.638Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/VQFFXE73S5CWTMIDK32DD3YSE4.JPG?auth=683bb7da1c4109b26f1fe2e47493b6a2bd777a27a175f9c424a7c9cefe0621c6&amp;smart=true&amp;width=3000&amp;height=2092</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Diana Scott talks on the phone after canvassing homeless encampments and other areas of Baltimore to search for her friend Felicia Anderson, who she says has been experiencing a mental health crisis.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/community/criminal-justice/maryland-chief-medical-examiner-audit-police-custody-deaths-6X76IUX3GZGA7OGHCSGQVPGADU/</loc><lastmod>2026-05-15T09:30:03.527Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/VPDGG6JLXJCXZF3KD6YUDK7UMU.jpg?auth=8ffdfa31b21f9667797e165fe17c027ba695e6138f66d2d2bbf69595df74b7f6&amp;smart=true&amp;width=4822&amp;height=3216</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[One year after the release of the audit sparked a reckoning over deaths in police custody in Maryland, no one has faced criminal charges in the mislabeled cases.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/national/tom-costello-nbc-rescues-teen-capital-beltway-7LKWABEAKFG63HPITEIQVA5ZUE/</loc><lastmod>2026-05-15T09:30:03.379Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/I3I6TJAYZZH67IKK7UBC2344HM.jpeg?auth=8f7d4ba9c1a09f367b910ca50278580563231b65d2434a77083c4737648fd52d&amp;smart=true&amp;width=692&amp;height=461</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Locals helped rescue a teenager from a burning car on the Capital Beltway in Montgomery County.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/opinion/column/allison-pickard-campaign-finance-anne-arundel-democracy-slate-EKR3RZJRS5CBBKLLGEXQVWPYOU/</loc><lastmod>2026-05-15T09:30:03.142Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/ZQBDX4SFMJC3ZL3S4JULBW6DIA.jpg?auth=106952b05573d4930c2be90f402cf2ccf410c5162364eb0339066497d88abd7e&amp;smart=true&amp;width=5616&amp;height=3744</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Sen. Pam Beidle, left, and Sen. Stephen Hershey Jr. discuss a bill in the Senate chamber at the Maryland State House in Annapolis last month.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/sports/horse-racing/preakness-laurel-power-couple-brittany-sheldon-russell-taj-mahal-OOZBXDIDXBGY5MYMGQEL7PSVW4/</loc><lastmod>2026-05-15T09:30:02.684Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/55RJPQ5Y7ZCENGJZFEUEUYZRAA.jpg?auth=8c65d39d18fcef81abde0b87574279c72f3656c2e81e146ff5aba5035536847b&amp;smart=true&amp;width=4000&amp;height=2857</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Jockey Sheldon Russell, riding Mizner, is greeted by the team, including Russell’s wife and Mizner’s trainer, Brittany Russell, and their son. ]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/politics-power/local-government/darryl-barnes-prince-georges-county-complaint-ERCIBQDM2ZDOXGLYD5KZ7OP4WA/</loc><lastmod>2026-05-15T09:30:02.495Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/I626KGCCWZGBRK6SIQCRZY3OS4.JPG?auth=f8e8b27560e6dca8b09a7183a46cffe4854f1b68f022974b0f7a73f82458ff34&amp;smart=true&amp;width=4500&amp;height=3000</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[A complaint filed in February states that Darryl Barnes threatened the Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission’s general counsel and engaged in misconduct. ]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/economy/real-estate/modern-bethesda-home-for-sale-EQYK6I2HHVHORGW34GXQ7OIBIE/</loc><lastmod>2026-05-15T09:30:01.447Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/PGOTZOQNDBCSLI3DQ76YL5RZTA.png?auth=5d07be5c9d8485d007063e9c040fd82efca8271617b539a9f3358496aff0aaaa&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1280&amp;height=854</image:loc></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/banner-pr/press-release-emerging-leaders-2026-ILCVCF53WFFTVP7SRAF37RDHXY/</loc><lastmod>2026-05-15T03:34:10.881Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/WVCTJ4A5RFFMXM3EIQ47BMAYPY.jpg?auth=371ccff57037b518e204d5283f70ac5ff7f42b861fc105992486f66fe15d6497&amp;smart=true&amp;width=3000&amp;height=1688</image:loc></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/community/criminal-justice/two-teens-shot-owings-mills-baltimore-county-GIE2MCHR2NET7EO4KQ6PK7X7TM/</loc><lastmod>2026-05-15T03:15:58.077Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/A537K6257JHPRE6C2Z6PLA4NOE.jpg?auth=8e0340a36c12055c85e8343c7e21682f002ed31e220584c39f327541c6514853&amp;smart=true&amp;width=5643&amp;height=3762</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[The Baltimore County Police Violent Crimes Unit is on the scene and investigating.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/voter-guide/2026/us-house/md-1/us-congressional-district-1-maryland-3WNURWSBZZBKPHBSTB4LBI45UE/</loc><lastmod>2026-05-15T02:12:32.408Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/YVENENMSRREDTFEBDMU5VIEMTY.png?auth=3a8b25aab1b2fa5686a828044d90c3922a4344002aee57642c50fc45be8f09ee&amp;smart=true&amp;width=3000&amp;height=1688</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[2026 Voter Guide: Congress]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/voter-guide/2026/maryland/governor/maryland-governor-candidates-4VA5CRZAQJF2ZCHP6THD7W53XM/</loc><lastmod>2026-05-15T01:26:54.185Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/SILOJ6TVUJEZVCJDH2E6X3LSXU.png?auth=ce08e2e475ab03ea0fcee0a75b9bad2f5129533ce66c7475ca985bc1cb386f00&amp;smart=true&amp;width=3000&amp;height=1688</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[2026 Voter Guide: Statewide]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/sports/ravens-nfl/ravens-2026-schedule-game-picks-afc-north-predictions-7NS3NPAHHRH3HF6IBAMP5CNQHA/</loc><lastmod>2026-05-15T00:45:03.896Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/PN2IEDGZTBCNHO24IONUTIC2U4.jpg?auth=713ff689b802cd7d5dcb0373744d20e36f98d25f2d3eadb71202d77ac897089e&amp;smart=true&amp;width=3254&amp;height=2174</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Ravens quarterback Lamar Jackson scrambles against the Patriots in December.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/sports/ravens-nfl/ravens-podcast-2026-schedule-release-6KBC3XWMFNDHLFXZJXX53AQSCE/</loc><lastmod>2026-05-15T00:24:38.036Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/OTUM7ZQ4NJE2JPI2VCCD4SV6JQ.png?auth=0e4d68502877149c0cd3712ef159a7a94d97fb342ae9862aaeb6e9a3b1010bf4&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1920&amp;height=1080</image:loc></image:image></url></urlset>