<?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/local-news/may-day-2026-maryland-protests-WFQIGPY2GNFERE4SJX7N3IBGU4/</loc><lastmod>2026-05-01T20:13:31.082Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/KEGTMXDLA5AQNONHSL6NE6DQSY.jpg?auth=fed34a255fe8dab0f55bf0f3f97ab4c002ac4d82c066ab869d7ac58c93b97f43&amp;smart=true&amp;width=3000&amp;height=2000</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Dan Froehlich joins a crowd to protest in Baltimore on Friday as part of organized May Day demonstrations around the state.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/culture/viral-video-benji-robot-baltimore-2KVEKBZT6VD3BHM37NF6R2SALU/</loc><lastmod>2026-05-01T19:54:36.646Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/RPKV3HFEZNBIRGKG35QAGRFQGY.jpg?auth=33bb4f8e084ad96bad5031adc2133b0a04b844e8d7f5d2571293d6c8a84262bc&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1536&amp;height=1024</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[The Robot Studio, the company that owns Benji, rents the humanoid for about $3,000 per day.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/community/criminal-justice/cockeysville-middle-school-abduction-arrest-oscar-bladimir-argueta-FC2VDX5BGRAKNOINKKOERI7KYE/</loc><lastmod>2026-05-01T19:28:04.451Z</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[Baltimore County police arrested a man for allegedly kidnapping a Cockeysville Middle School student on Thursday.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/community/criminal-justice/djibia-gombo-glock-19-blake-high-NE7PPCV4HNFTFOR53XVPMKDRYY/</loc><lastmod>2026-05-01T18:51:03.948Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/2TJS2TBQDFAF7CR2WXLKOOAQSA.jpg?auth=3155c72560b21140fac377cd521b1656110600a1469808ae8a080cd478e09d55&amp;smart=true&amp;width=5027&amp;height=3351</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Montgomery County District Court of Maryland in Rockville]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/community/criminal-justice/bathula-cyber-voyeurism-hospital-hacking-M6REIXLMJRBQTKCQAJFVDCLXEA/</loc><lastmod>2026-05-01T18:38:39.797Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/O2FOA5N4DNCFRNOCHRGP6CRQOE.JPG?auth=e12d7720eca704873bf7bcee82f93be43a47fb7fa83ae31f9af1ec5fc32f17fe&amp;smart=true&amp;width=8640&amp;height=5760</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Attorney Paulette Pagán, left, and Matthew Bathula, University of Maryland hospital pharmacist, leaves the federal courthouse after Bathula was indicted on Friday.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/obituaries/j-craig-venter-human-genome-obituary-L2XRKERBNZCVPDSEZLEKCLMRTQ/</loc><lastmod>2026-05-01T18:16:48.685Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/PAM732P3BJFQNFGMKP3W2DQUG4.jpg?auth=bb052548cd6428dd3ee0bfc5c1b73954e7ba8ea5ef5dee1a85279ebf7e33d55d&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1848&amp;height=1315</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Biologist J. Craig Venter at his home in Alexandria, VA in 2005. Venter died on April 29 at 79.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/community/local-news/baltimore-city-911-system-replacement-JGYBCUTD7NAR5PGT265UEBBCZA/</loc><lastmod>2026-05-01T17:39:39.398Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/FDKA4LFZ5NDUJPXFW7EUXMTGEQ.jpg?auth=1ec51d4496bb16fda04e26b52528582a640580543a57c687482b8d0d1c5f22bb&amp;smart=true&amp;width=3794&amp;height=2533</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Baltimore City Council President Zeke Cohen urged city officials to expedite the replacement of Baltimore’s 911 system.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/community/criminal-justice/body-identified-inner-harbor-van-baltimore-X63SQHKFTJFM7LTKB7I7JD2XKI/</loc><lastmod>2026-05-01T16:55:57.563Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/36F3UEKUFFFRTD36NUXEXAAZLA.jpg?auth=1990af7044f947a9d71cf07ae514d9d67fcf07fcabcee981fab36632d4e0bef6&amp;smart=true&amp;width=4032&amp;height=2688</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Baltimore’s fire and police departments pull a van from the Inner Harbor on July 24, 2025.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/community/criminal-justice/baltimore-county-police-peeping-toms-towson-university-4QFWE6QFRVGFDDDPZHDK4HPSJE/</loc><lastmod>2026-05-01T16:44:05.572Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/TKIT5AA47NG27PLOTFHBUEGYZM.jpg?auth=0ab7a19f52a7e1e8238cc05c2145541eac4067eb26cc5686fcc31a0fd8bc68c5&amp;smart=true&amp;width=3000&amp;height=2000</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Devin Kaestner shows off one the Ring cameras, propped up by a bottle of gum, that she and her roommates installed in each of their bedroom windows to ward off "peeping Toms," in their first-floor Towson apartment.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/politics-power/state-government/maryland-redistricting-voting-rights-callais-PTNYHEA6AJENBOROCTUAEIDZXI/</loc><lastmod>2026-05-01T16:31:04.299Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/VFAUCJDWH5HCRN6FFNVJJ3WDV4.JPG?auth=70f0a7599fe964b232f075f39843b7d1793e087638314da0e65d7e62268b9dde&amp;smart=true&amp;width=3000&amp;height=2000</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[While states are rushing to redraw congressional districts following the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling in Louisiana v. Callais, Maryland has not joined in.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/article/fatal-crash-midcounty-highway-gaithersburg-UQV4IQMRPFHX7BSXPEGXRRLUTQ/</loc><lastmod>2026-05-01T15:34:13.778Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/UVWXLTJNFFETTJER5OAGCYVXLI.jpg?auth=75b71ea5aa02fe030b4dd381d50ee952ff4f711704584e5c01ecae3b4320cdbf&amp;smart=true&amp;width=5693&amp;height=3795</image:loc></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/opinion/column/pam-beidle-anne-arundel-county-campaign-funds-candidates-RFUCIKRLOFATTCFPLXISIYMWYU/</loc><lastmod>2026-05-01T15:31:10.675Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/3C64VGFPHZDHVODHNM4SKGB6WE.jpg?auth=ceea9c19b37432b775ef6bc63bdc985508bd1c13edd6498eb6ad907c2fee00e0&amp;smart=true&amp;width=3259&amp;height=2454</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[State Sen. Pam Beidle, center, is joined by, from left, Del. Mark Chang, Sen. Dawn Gile and Del. Dylan Behler in Crofton to endorse Adrian Boafo's bid for Congress in the 5th District. The district covers about half of Anne Arundel County.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/politics-power/local-government/anne-arundel-county-budget-schools-police-fire-spending-AEI6LE5WV5CTLOSUQEJDXKWJ7U/</loc><lastmod>2026-05-01T15:00:02.072Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/EAKD4VBJCZBWDJLX25FHS6F5PM.jpg?auth=af57e4d5c208fd51bb13fcae63785502bb79a0425c1254bbae6c242178bf9bfb&amp;smart=true&amp;width=7325&amp;height=4883</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Anne Arundel County Executive Steuart Pittman announces his 2025 budget proposal to the Anne Arundel County Council last year. He released his final county budget for this year on Friday.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/community/criminal-justice/brady-ebert-turnstile-guitarist-attempted-murder-indictment-LQIDFRVUYVB7NOB5TSXEEBB2QA/</loc><lastmod>2026-05-01T14:53:14.018Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/XCMCZ2VICNBRJNLFSUROE4MDY4.jpg?auth=7b1fc787bb7ee091b3f415fa0f2ae879cf2a625f0c3a9a6b1629c367f2224fef&amp;smart=true&amp;width=5051&amp;height=3367</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Ex-Turnstile guitarist Brady Ebert performs in 2019 at the Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival in Indio, California.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/education/k-12-schools/montgomery-county-charter-school-vote-mbli-RSPRWOKZTZC4PJRIV7IUUJXGKQ/</loc><lastmod>2026-05-01T14:11:39.865Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/WXMUX6MT2VEPTHRKMZZBECBNWI.jpg?auth=5fd3f78b9589ee6186552b650129ff7fdf283c00b04cc821d7c79a41c2be4a28&amp;smart=true&amp;width=3104&amp;height=2328</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[MECCA Business Learning Institute parents talk with school board member Rita Montoya in January about their desire to keep the charter school open.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/community/local-news/baltimore-homicide-reaches-new-montly-low-DECFCBFZXJDY3DLJKTXOZEGHYI/</loc><lastmod>2026-05-01T13:31:53.048Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/SC6FYSWB6BGK5LTK4QA6GO5HR4.JPG?auth=bc91b678d2466638cffec9641f50f6377255f95892dcc6cdaa0d57b77c523273&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1500&amp;height=1000</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[The four homicides recorded in April represent the fewest killings in a month in the city since 1970, when police began tracking monthly crime statistics.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/community/local-news/may-day-protests-maryland-baltimore-annapolis-TZBHZUAIXBCVTDFLEEMHPAICF4/</loc><lastmod>2026-05-01T13:22:45.955Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/5FSHGAOV6VH6DB33RMRE6MPTZE.JPG?auth=0b70f4bdfc8f15b57ee620cd724614b59863fb8229bfb907b08fa5d359f57ba1&amp;smart=true&amp;width=8640&amp;height=4790</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[May Day protests in Baltimore in 2025. Organizers with the national coalition May Day Strong say over 3,000 events across the country are planned this year, double the size of last year’s 1,500 demonstrations. ]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/sponsored-content/leadership-in-action-where-people-culture-and-performance-meet-AESBXXV2KBBGNFGU6ZPFF7RZPA/</loc><lastmod>2026-05-01T13:06:40.637Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/WL5K76TPQJGCBHOOQEV35I4PMI.jpg?auth=8f9f8672aabaa2c6fcee7d0d710df0bc8e92d328f6f5699fd1de4426e503499c&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1920&amp;height=1080</image:loc></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/sponsored-content/make-summer-count-in-ocean-city-maryland-QSRAVYVAY5GSTPGIPDXZ2JVVCE/</loc><lastmod>2026-05-01T12:58:52.117Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/IO5CNWPA4JEN7AWNCNE4Y74M6Y.jpg?auth=614ca49cbda617bcd2f4cc53f24e1ff121f89c8c6dc7abdb6b36fce04e454351&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1080&amp;height=720</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Mother and daughter parasailing over the Atlantic]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/community/local-news/maryland-supreme-court-voting-rights-act-OQQK37IE5JGJLMFCRZ65T4S4OY/</loc><lastmod>2026-05-01T12:46:20.016Z</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 U.S. Supreme Court weakened a federal voting rights law in a ruling this week.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/sports/orioles-mlb/orioles-stars-new-york-yankees-series-ZXT4XSMEOJHZFNDTZJVW6PK4VA/</loc><lastmod>2026-05-01T12:00:05.861Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/UN3VXMZFJZGNPASGSMIIWSAQXM.jpg?auth=97043b8d1276607fab6e1b4b1ee10dfcbe9d705bb0786844dc1a01354af6456c&amp;smart=true&amp;width=3128&amp;height=2087</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Shortstop Gunnar Henderson and left fielder Taylor Ward leap in celebration of a win over the Astros.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/community/transportation/baltimore-weekend-traffic-kinetic-sculpture-race-flower-mart-543LQPTRTFB4NBJAGS4W2DSJRE/</loc><lastmod>2026-05-01T11:00:04.364Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/53ZOEONQWNAFFPICRIEH7HNKAI.jpg?auth=0b4a0bd4dc19009a782afad2ddaf132e3257c7708134ac0bd84e2d90eafd817c&amp;smart=true&amp;width=7582&amp;height=4815</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Fifi the Poodle makes her way down Key Highway to kick off last year’s Kinetic Sculpture Race.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/economy/real-estate/potomac-colonial-home-for-sale-WT5RKS2J2BBRTHGRRUOKWAHXXA/</loc><lastmod>2026-05-01T09:30:03.229Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/IIE7QVV37RERHESX36UEYIHYJU.png?auth=2f72b640cc15f4db5d507fabf217f8c5c92f694dfc7417e7876d4e6bebf39a69&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1999&amp;height=1125</image:loc></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/community/local-news/harriet-tubman-cephas-day-black-landowners-IK27NBT3U5H2ZAL4KLVFYWQFWU/</loc><lastmod>2026-05-01T09:30:02.811Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/JAMC3YJKK5CCZDOFY6XLZF2XUM.jpg?auth=a77fd504b3da2646c458fe0a310dffdb99fec7869ba4a9d133af4caa15e530e4&amp;smart=true&amp;width=3000&amp;height=2000</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Gilbert Cephas, the longtime organizer and impresario of the event his grandfather Josiah started, addresses the crowd on Cephas Day. ]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/sports/ravens-nfl/baltimore-ravens-2026-nfl-draft-mini-camp-HJXZ35IXFZAFDEK2GDXWDF4W3Y/</loc><lastmod>2026-05-01T09:30:02.217Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/WIGLHPR3NBHLNGUWARERUPC5BI.jpg?auth=1d4ba0e3c13e4bc5658f4cd8978eb8de1c510237112cda86becb42204b08a7b3&amp;smart=true&amp;width=4842&amp;height=3228</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Diego Pavia of Vanderbilt was the runner-up in Heisman Trophy voting in 2025.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/culture/things-to-do/2026-maryland-festival-list-music-art-food-R4F3MRTNHJCDLLFOSYJLPWUPYM/</loc><lastmod>2026-05-01T09:30:01.718Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/K4PIYYEY5ND5LIZ5HUQ42PBPLQ.jpg?auth=c45c670b317bb5df78687a022dfd9bc5fb789b0bc81794613a3eca4e41a8197b&amp;smart=true&amp;width=5556&amp;height=4167</image:loc></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/culture/things-to-do/flower-mart-baltimore-uprising-1970-UH74D3M3CNHYDGY7TEKWS22P7E/</loc><lastmod>2026-05-01T09:30:00.913Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/M6JCGLAH5NGVDJQCFUVFLD7PLI.JPG?auth=3714746a110f36771090213b4f35b1b1a9104abc25d35e44190ee154a6e38aec&amp;smart=true&amp;width=3000&amp;height=2000</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Visitors enjoy live music in Mount Vernon Place during Flower Mart 2025. ]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/politics-power/local-government/homelessness-unhoused-decrease-montgomery-county-KPIYSJ4MKFAKJADTQMYG56OWXI/</loc><lastmod>2026-05-01T09:30:00.523Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/BHGGI2FHIVDG7BTFJJ2E43TB4I.JPG?auth=c718c98c17069d428101d96ec99593cc2a42d1f4aacfc97c8c498b39161184ad&amp;smart=true&amp;width=3000&amp;height=1996</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Bedrooms available for unhoused women at the Interfaith Works Shelter in Silver Spring.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/community/local-news/white-hall-baltimore-county-propane-leak-AFYBDUBR5JGZLNXPFHUZAVLSBU/</loc><lastmod>2026-05-01T01:08:10.55Z</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[First responders cleaned up a propane leak after a vehicle hit the top of an underground tank Thursday.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/culture/food-drink/fishmongers-daughter-catonsville-faidleys-seafood-6NX3S4GHYBFPVNPLY7MOKUBIYQ/</loc><lastmod>2026-05-01T00:22:26.744Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/6MC4SDXUGJHN3MY6BSK4S7MEHQ.JPG?auth=dd92cea0341032139d9ac8b844ac7c04c9fd6d12b2a0bf9cc183bf205f7bd1b8&amp;smart=true&amp;width=5953&amp;height=3974</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[The future home of the Fishmonger’s Daughter in Catonsville, in 2022.]]></image:caption></image:image></url></urlset>