<?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/community/housing/annapolis-zoning-housing-historic-downtown-FI3V45RMDZBY3LJQY64FE4XTRA/</loc><lastmod>2026-09-16T22:09:13.279Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/OUYBZWIZJZHERBWBLPUSQFIB7Y.jpg?auth=395764b7397e264ef3760723f2ecf68c0bda6d024799798caf53d71ce7d5a7d2&amp;smart=true&amp;width=6695&amp;height=4463</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[A city effort to simplify zoning to encourage more housing and activate vacant properties in downtown Annapolis is running into opposition from residents worried about changing the area’s historic character.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/community/local-news/data-luminis-cybersecurity-lawsuit-anne-arundel-AVF7APR52NHOFGUNIVIYYVZCRU/</loc><lastmod>2026-09-16T21:51:42.204Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/RUGF53Y7ANGRJDFIVVUNXCE6XA.JPG?auth=ad9c4cb4559666bb5f2a26079f8e6c1168278140b1ed08c8db794cf885ac2a22&amp;smart=true&amp;width=3000&amp;height=1686</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[An Anne Arundel Medical Center patient has sued Luminis Health following a cyberattack earlier this month that may have put patients’ personal information at risk. Two other plaintiffs have since joined the lawsuit, which seeks class action status.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/community/criminal-justice/police-identify-shooter-rockville-homicide-damabi-XYXW3J4AJVF2BIEC4OQVJIN3HY/</loc><lastmod>2026-09-16T21:35:02.069Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/QZE2Y2QBDZBBXMZLOAKRIKJBM4.png?auth=be81c5efd45edcdb6c79f16b94347cace742b14eb5b6d91eb410711b5d4335ac&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1620&amp;height=924</image:loc></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/politics-power/local-government/brandon-scott-isabel-cumming-records-lawsuit-5LTBIQN2ZFFWPCXJOPTJ2UT3NM/</loc><lastmod>2026-09-16T21:30:32.397Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/BHOVDO33XJHYHHGKFZLDN2EHAE.jpg?auth=bddffb870a072f8d38c1cc3afef58f540dfbde486d776d9ca1102dcd585bb78a&amp;smart=true&amp;width=3000&amp;height=2000</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[A Baltimore judge said Wednesday that Mayor Brandon Scott must restore Inspector General Isabel Cumming’s direct access to city records.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/community/local-news/pedestrian-death-baltimore-county-Q4ZZGQG2RBFL3AA6XZS7FJMKVY/</loc><lastmod>2026-09-16T21:15:06.449Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/3J2MJFU4WRDSBPOISK3NBE6AFY.jpg?auth=04287461e1dbb85a03709d81828f182d261cb8d662f629e60d328b8e8f92fc3a&amp;smart=true&amp;width=3000&amp;height=2000</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[The Baltimore County Police Department is investigating a crash that killed a 72-year-old pedestrian.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/sports/ravens-nfl/ravens-jakobi-lane-injury-report-zay-flowers-surgery-TBHAIWD3GRHEZCDFZ4X5EJBP3I/</loc><lastmod>2026-09-16T21:07:03.031Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/2QTEJO4ZZ5HPRAORABVNFF53D4.jpg?auth=5c334f4c055c83446258a972b035ec9e174732110b7b3afd166357742ec3be5d&amp;smart=true&amp;width=3028&amp;height=2019</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Ravens wide receiver Ja’Kobi Lane will miss at least a month after going on injured reserve.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/culture/theater/kennedy-center-closure-maryland-theater-reactions-B65MFHTOY5EKTKK2MTZFLY43MQ/</loc><lastmod>2026-09-16T20:39:34.231Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/REKK5HCBNRCKPHC2DUTTWXWQHY.jpg?auth=abebcd53b8576dbbfae6a8a8f4ce133a346072b993c68a563b27dd74d4481af5&amp;smart=true&amp;width=6000&amp;height=4000</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Maryland’s theater community saw the Kennedy Center shutdown coming. It was devastating nonetheless.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/community/public-health/rabies-maryland-department-of-health-tips-H22XMYLTABEYNLCE52GMX2PO5Y/</loc><lastmod>2026-09-16T19:23:45.009Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/ID2EFXADUBBURDTFBCDMDRRMB4.jpg?auth=15bc52c7ebb21aa653ec80021ce100d167740017fedfa5b2dfbb466fda7f4780&amp;smart=true&amp;width=2724&amp;height=1920</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[A bat found in St. Margaret School in Bel Air tested positive for rabies, according to a spokesperson for the Harford County Health Department.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/sports/orioles-mlb/orioles-players-talk-mlb-expansion-cities-KTGXRG5ARJAEHAMXWQIVOTONAU/</loc><lastmod>2026-09-16T19:17:19.004Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/7CGAAUKNERDUNBMN6ND7NSAZY4.jpg?auth=c738d4788b209a60469d89061e7f2f350e5460f49e7144c47f9052bee8f60d10&amp;smart=true&amp;width=7142&amp;height=4730</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Pete Alonso of the Orioles celebrates with Gunnar Henderson and Jackson Holliday after scoring against the Cubs in Baltimore this year.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/politics-power/local-government/baltimore-deputy-police-commissioner-suspended-VMG3P2C3UZBIBFPKOQXFKN5AYY/</loc><lastmod>2026-09-16T18:49:15.08Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/INAQUWS6ARDS5KUNXDZ4OKOJII.JPG?auth=c4663dab79f08e4f0a865cab5988db91c1ad2424dba3e06f1f16b6e6e5385a03&amp;smart=true&amp;width=2324&amp;height=1549</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Baltimore Deputy Police Commissioner Brian Nadeau has been suspended, the department’s chief spokesperson, Lindsey Eldridge, confirmed. ]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/economy/growth-development/baltimore-county-council-lutherville-station-housing-4N34NWSMR5ADTNGGOACLW3BN6U/</loc><lastmod>2026-09-16T17:56:16.512Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/6GLHI7DAEVHPPPPOK7DXPPAU7Y.jpg?auth=68be585341947f15c5d725fb53eb8aee3598b9519234c3100abe7b556847996d&amp;smart=true&amp;width=4032&amp;height=2688</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[David Karceski, a zoning attorney for the Lutherville Station project, speaks at a community input meeting at the Baltimore County Public Library in Cockeysville earlier this year.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/community/local-news/anne-arundel-medical-center-luminis-health-cyber-attack-OXFFDWFGRZAQXCRMSF6RO2NGPI/</loc><lastmod>2026-09-16T16:55:36.474Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/IYRQK6Z5RFEZBGWJ45QCSBTAE4.JPG?auth=04db055b54ef785863355d217813349d2edf07e04896010a32ddc5281493e536&amp;smart=true&amp;width=3000&amp;height=1686</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[A cyberattack has affected Luminis Health and its hospitals, Anne Arundel Medical Center in Annapolis, shown, and Doctors Community Medical Center in Lanham, for more than two weeks.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/community/criminal-justice/cedric-dion-callaway-sentenced-2025-wife-murder-NBSCXZETOZFRVN6GGLZJMYQ3AU/</loc><lastmod>2026-09-16T16:05:20.848Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/2YP4M4JNDNDLZNC2E66RFHRHHQ.JPG?auth=5cf3507258c062fa3736fd1a8c55ae87f021a24bd39277c3b5fc4aa7d332ac78&amp;smart=true&amp;width=3000&amp;height=1686</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Anne Arundel County Circuit Court Judge Christine Celeste sentenced Cedric Dion Callaway, 51, to life in prison, suspending all but 40 years.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/sports/ravens-nfl/ravens-colts-declan-doyle-lamar-jackson-HM3E3VNGZBANHJBSQKTQRA7AQY/</loc><lastmod>2026-09-16T15:49:07.949Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/GT67LWZUKRH3HB3CD6YYGGKGPA.jpg?auth=67766f06398504901ab3718c436100353d4712e02f3c2278924aa747d0660fff&amp;smart=true&amp;width=4726&amp;height=3151</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Ravens offensive coordinator Declan Doyle watches his players warm up ahead of a preseason game against the Washington Commanders last month.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/education/k-12-schools/prince-edward-western-high-school-visit-5GC4BOBGTNHB7CVZAAOCC3OQYY/</loc><lastmod>2026-09-16T15:10:17.781Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/LUBJYJDSBVGKLAGIO6OC7EDBFQ.jpg?auth=df96ec4eab023174a342df31002f5d6168f1ddddb6f818d6d718715ff4584aee&amp;smart=true&amp;width=6000&amp;height=4000</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Prince Edward, Duke of Edinburgh, will visit Baltimore's Western High School in September.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/sponsored-content/careers-partnerships-discoveries-johns-hopkins-and-baltimore-rooted-here-growing-together-since-1876-MF3YFWV5NRE2HKPXO4TTTLUIHI/</loc><lastmod>2026-09-16T13:49:47.798Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/RE3RIKYP25F53NOJ7EN6JZFTNI.jpg?auth=1a27cd5f23eaf8ecfab20a9ecdfe26df3f03e3e9b0b337cf360a58fd94c6e83a&amp;smart=true&amp;width=5200&amp;height=3464</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Jeff Hargrave at Lacks Building site]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/sponsored-content/youve-built-a-life-when-do-you-start-protecting-it-PS2EXTYUWRE7ZNTIV775BXJHBM/</loc><lastmod>2026-09-16T13:41:09.723Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/X4VEAKIHARB5FMY6WE3U2KNML4.jpg?auth=4ce14154706b620a7296e4b5f5732d090eed689f20ba6c399429582e338457e0&amp;smart=true&amp;width=512&amp;height=341</image:loc></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/community/local-news/baltimore-archdiocese-church-sales-abuse-bankruptcy-7R2XYRJDF5EHDAPTWOGGF5ERLA/</loc><lastmod>2026-09-16T13:34:26.281Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/CGJXCODG7JFJFJ457JPR5WGLGQ.JPG?auth=9e2750be0e35c270ed35153bddf1cdbcc1df64b7555558b90aea9b151c342feb&amp;smart=true&amp;width=3714&amp;height=2476</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Paul Jan Zdunek, who chairs a committee negotiating a settlement for sexual abuse survivors in the Archdiocese of Baltimore’s bankruptcy case.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/community/criminal-justice/layne-lundeen-american-flight-diverted-bwi-duct-tape-initial-appearance-QMJPAEQ46ZGBPOU3WK4BDV43CU/</loc><lastmod>2026-09-16T13:29:15.082Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/2XYIEURLGRD53PNM5X4J7JQTVA.jpg?auth=ef736dedfe2c95e3841ea1d0b4c0b45dce750d04fd4cf4215eb137d86b39fc40&amp;smart=true&amp;width=758&amp;height=505</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Layne Lundeen was duct-taped aboard American Airlines Flight 618 from Dallas to Newark, New Jersey, after becoming “unruly,” causing it to divert to Baltimore-Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/sports/orioles-mlb/orioles-mets-shane-baz-6D7JPHXXH5HULKH3JSRT7NEY24/</loc><lastmod>2026-09-16T13:22:09.032Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/ZRDQRE32NRFIVEVEE7ETHAOS6A.jpg?auth=457d510dbc1de0621d530b72f2ec8d1a678a840109c022b9a6e2fa1ac3d022cf&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1024&amp;height=683</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Orioles designated hitter Coby Mayo reacts after crossing home plate on his inside-the-park three-run home run against the New York Mets in the eleventh inning.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/sports/orioles-mlb/orioles-pete-alonso-300th-career-home-run-citi-field-5KS437CGBZC4RDFVSKKW2C5PDM/</loc><lastmod>2026-09-16T13:15:32.344Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/NEDZJPRDRVBD3MZAD4Y2G34KII.jpg?auth=5527c805a4e08ede7056e161b6516871834003e40f94cb14c58012cc9966e6fb&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1024&amp;height=683</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Orioles first baseman Pete Alonso hits a game-tying home run in the ninth inning — and the 300th of his career — against the New York Mets at Citi Field.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/sports/nationals-mlb/nationals-beat-phillies-jackson-kent-F5DVRQ6DEJCZDA3HZLH3FWNEGU/</loc><lastmod>2026-09-16T13:09:01.727Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/KO72DFMPDVB4XEGLC2TCKN6RXM.jpg?auth=62be4091242fe3e801414bd37ee59ba111d6f28656eb76fb23aa2eb1d2bbfe6b&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1024&amp;height=683</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Washington Nationals left-hander Jackson Kent pitches against the Philadelphia Phillies during the first inning.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/economy/science-medicine/ovarian-cancer-fallopian-tubes-salpingectomy-maryland-EQEPRDEYPBHSZHEV6NPHOHGY7E/</loc><lastmod>2026-09-16T09:30:02.897Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/HAYHUGLHABEDXI5SNOZE6SEEBY.jpg?auth=9bcf3164a63bf9122d9cc42d597e0147b50e4cb1ab85fc68608ffbadcb5a54ee&amp;smart=true&amp;width=3980&amp;height=2653</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Christine Maple, second from left, enjoys a lacrosse game with her family knowing she’s got one less thing to worry about. She opted to have her fallopian tubes removed after her last child was born to reduce her risk of ovarian cancer.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/culture/food-drink/vitos-pizza-sushi-oishii-timonium-XWNERHJXAZGEZHOYKVPNGXMCM4/</loc><lastmod>2026-09-16T09:30:02.427Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/XLATKSYZYJHNNPWS4GKDY6NEKA.jpg?auth=fc7ca8fa23f766f93971c12d14d03083ee1e80c6933175c40a8376581aa4a731&amp;smart=true&amp;width=5712&amp;height=3808</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[The slices from Vito’s Pizza are worth the trip to Timonium.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/education/k-12-schools/baltimore-city-school-choice-composite-score-K7UH7IAJF5EGVJTTTL2ZR4ULZI/</loc><lastmod>2026-09-16T09:30:00.695Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/OOJDAAGE7JDQRHKXZ7E3FBXH5Y.jpg?auth=796ff681e6b900d85d1066d1f595a6db7779136431a93a75f4b705407744e100&amp;smart=true&amp;width=4458&amp;height=2972</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Baltimore Polytechnic Institute is among four academically competitive Baltimore high schools that require a composite score of at least 610.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/sports/orioles-mlb/rico-garcia-wears-roberto-clemente-jersey-number-BOBHMRRAJRCJXLOYBY27D2BOII/</loc><lastmod>2026-09-16T02:20:37.595Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/OXX7LZAJ7FFXRJ6DZNUS7WTXGE.jpg?auth=57e93c071ea708e2681e326a173b2cafeec77fa5df4846ab2f21f5b24c0f0bfe&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1971&amp;height=1314</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Orioles pitcher Rico Garcia crosses his arms to the sky, a gesture in honor of his grandfather, after throwing a scoreless 10th inning against the Tampa Bay Rays on May 25.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/sports/capitals-nhl/alex-ovechkin-united-russia-ad-vladimir-putin-T5WWY52DXREVPPREISWPYSDZJU/</loc><lastmod>2026-09-16T00:03:24.96Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/LXKLQBBG4BFKPKOD2QXHRXP3NU.jpg?auth=ebdc014df3ca9161a3c99163d1babe38c5336163cca7dfd7b9f8469640d55930&amp;smart=true&amp;width=5608&amp;height=3738</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Washington Capitals left wing Alex Ovechkin stands on the ice before a game against the Pittsburgh Penguins on April 12.]]></image:caption></image:image></url></urlset>