<?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/criminal-justice/east-baltimore-shooting-7-injured-suspect-CY6LFHPJKBBSNOJIJT3ROIIB6Q/</loc><lastmod>2026-09-18T17:55:03.167Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/O7UZR5PMIFCDJEPE7OMHSF74NE.jpg?auth=722709caf87b4d3134b9501b809667aa192942b4136d306f27b285844e3eb9f4&amp;smart=true&amp;width=8640&amp;height=5760</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[The shooting happened near the intersection of North Caroline and East Fayette streets.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/community/criminal-justice/sydnie-haywood-sentenced-Y7SYD52WTRFAJIYTBBSYZIHVLQ/</loc><lastmod>2026-09-18T17:47:26.771Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/V74HNELQJJGBPH5K7ELD6TTFUM.jpg?auth=6f095d20054c873374f953f111d72aca65df14db1b4f02a993c2ff2769a3d01a&amp;smart=true&amp;width=7475&amp;height=4983</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[A Baltimore County judge sentenced a former Spanish teacher at Woodlawn Middle School to serve three years in prison for sexually abusing and exploiting a student.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/sports/ravens-nfl/ravens-saints-preview-lamar-jackson-rashod-bateman-COCPI4Z43RBAHHGMLNM5GXEQJI/</loc><lastmod>2026-09-18T17:26:58.547Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/ZSWPMLUKERAO7PLIQPNZWZMLXI.jpg?auth=f8af996ced8731b746889118cf78c47805158dcaeb8dfd7db8b26d7779290b0c&amp;smart=true&amp;width=2674&amp;height=1782</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[After an impressive season-opening road win over the Indianapolis Colts, the Ravens wide receiver Rashod Bateman (7) is expected to step up Sunday.  ]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/politics-power/local-government/marc-yamada-marc-elrich-accepts-resignation-PEOPARVDENB45H2UEF2LX47HJ4/</loc><lastmod>2026-09-18T17:17:21.838Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/JQNR7Z2SGBCS3F6SCWOI4E6OXU.jpg?auth=cc688fa0566cd52c8f685862bd64e4b67215f920bda073c8e10e6e2ab3d855e2&amp;smart=true&amp;width=4723&amp;height=3149</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Marc Yamada has resigned as police chief of Montgomery County Police. The resignation was accepted by County Executive Marc Elrich. ]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/sports/orioles-mlb/orioles-relievers-fun-moments-YZN3KMTMEZEWFME5CVNWIWFWNE/</loc><lastmod>2026-09-18T17:04:59.406Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/TRKHAGLIXJFGVKAEOD2ZC64DU4.jpg?auth=28f9e83a521492aadac8901054717ad56b9a6adba77aaec1c40b28acf9d5efce&amp;smart=true&amp;width=5131&amp;height=3421</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[The Orioles’ bullpen pitchers like to keep things loose. Orioles relief pitcher Yennier Cano tosses a signed baseball to Caleb Guarnera, 11, from the bullpen ahead of a baseball game against the Cleveland Guardians last week. ]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/sports/orioles-mlb/baltimore-orioles-trey-mancini-retirement-UYUNFDQG5NGLTHPJA2MRAKVE3I/</loc><lastmod>2026-09-18T17:00:01.151Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/3RE7DSR6ZFH6XC75T3JBQ3VJ5A.jpg?auth=8de01a5f7f00b7a8e7fcdae13a1c79e514219e5e90a8086c561dd5cf3af19901&amp;smart=true&amp;width=5563&amp;height=3708</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Trey Mancini is the rare Orioles who wasn't a part of anything special, but he was the only thing that was special about his time here. And that's worth celebrating.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/sports/ravens-nfl/baltimore-ravens-offensive-coordinator-declan-doyle-CZBRDJRCIJCE3HPU6VYKVBNK2A/</loc><lastmod>2026-09-18T16:49:12.998Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/TWDUC2DEEZFU3EEPSOGLFRON3A.jpg?auth=aad353fea9ed934b219e2cf4981d2f9ffaef9ebe6f4c11c79d94105b0a1abeea&amp;smart=true&amp;width=4897&amp;height=3265</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Declan Doyle is the youngest offensive coordinator in the NFL. At each stop of his career, he has impressed with his desire to grow as a coach and process information.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/sports/ravens-nfl/ravens-saints-injuries-zay-flowers-4V4J6AQGHJBHPIW2FPKMK3VSRU/</loc><lastmod>2026-09-18T16:48:00.801Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/EXMJQJADN5BQNLE5N233PA7G5U.jpg?auth=21c9807621dc5792b8279f7f90cf1be5b3dbb14a63216adb007b86cd94d6e633&amp;smart=true&amp;width=5542&amp;height=3695</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Ravens wide receiver Zay Flowers takes questions from reporters following the team’s training camp practice on July 30.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/community/criminal-justice/shayan-solimani-damabi-gaithersburg-homicide-6F4MUGKQ3ZDN7DI25C3TOGNV4E/</loc><lastmod>2026-09-18T16:41:18.309Z</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/community/local-news/baltimore-police-officer-shotgun-charges-dropped-PKNPJUJGDRF65HZYC67ZXZ63PU/</loc><lastmod>2026-09-18T16:38:33.018Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/XABYQWDAWBEMZBHXNN3Q2FQTB4.jpg?auth=feeba2aa15419a077d16a2f82e9261116eefe1ab1316a45c6d6f72f903e0a45a&amp;smart=true&amp;width=4613&amp;height=3075</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Prosecutors on Friday dropped all charges against a Baltimore Police officer who had been accused of pulling a shotgun on a woman at his home during a night of drinking. ]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/culture/arts/maryland-renaissance-festival-history-K46TXX4JMBEQDHVB52PQ2RIA4I/</loc><lastmod>2026-09-18T16:24:39.733Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/KJBFOBEHQJETVPJXN3GZ5ZYD3E.JPG?auth=8887e7c1776db2bdb723f8ac6fbefccb2fffc2346ac00ad8566a9288cdef344e&amp;smart=true&amp;width=7583&amp;height=5055</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[The Smiths’ hands-on care brings the beloved celebration of mead, meat and merriment to life.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/community/local-news/maryland-renaissance-festival-furries-BUTFM4WBW5GALGCZPCGZBRS53A/</loc><lastmod>2026-09-18T16:23:35.072Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/2A4WYCTLYVALJDMHPPKVTONBNA.jpg?auth=578caff99352f89618c977661dd9d5239e197767cebf6ac7c51e18b799b67cdf&amp;smart=true&amp;width=2595&amp;height=1730</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Shawna Passalaqua arrived at the Maryland Renaissance Festival, only to be turned away at the door due to her animal-inspired outfit.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/community/criminal-justice/baltimore-mass-shooting-police-gang-dispute-WYIAKK7S6JGSDPIEDGSLHCJJ3I/</loc><lastmod>2026-09-18T16:17:44.765Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/MHR2UQ7ILZF3NBTDYQXBOXCSX4.jpg?auth=e5aa89889bdd4bcdb25a1154332ce01f53e64780a6f5a3dd1a1fc59945ea9439&amp;smart=true&amp;width=8640&amp;height=5760</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Following a shooting this week in East Baltimore that injured seven people, police and city officials expressed outrage that anyone would shoot into a crowd and strike a child.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/community/criminal-justice/armed-robbery-bathroom-northwest-high-school-gaithersburg-IU7J55Y3ERC6XMORGJWZCY3O4Q/</loc><lastmod>2026-09-18T14:34:08.683Z</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/sports/commanders-nfl/washington-commanders-terry-mclaurin-BUF7EUG5ZJFRNK5XQV7ZT3JW34/</loc><lastmod>2026-09-18T14:30:00.697Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/Q2C3S7WM5VB6PFC4IYIIDE5XH4.jpg?auth=e560ca13ce8231b916db6380db861961cf2ac8d78eaf2567d62f5db45a28a4e9&amp;smart=true&amp;width=5309&amp;height=3539</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[The Commanders said they would build an offense around star receiver Terry McLaurin. One week in, they’ve reversed course.]]></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>2026-09-18T13:37:18.393Z</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/community/local-news/wes-moore-empire-towers-economic-disaster-loans-Y2PWHVP7DJDXDITMKHEXLFY35Q/</loc><lastmod>2026-09-18T12:48:07.077Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/73VL7KORHNBH5OULMZKEMHO6KI.jpg?auth=af1e03bb7c67392cca15c7c70167bf64ed72b4e72385f410ae46a025d9f564a4&amp;smart=true&amp;width=5401&amp;height=3601</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Empire Towers, a 10-story office building, seen from a business across the street after it was evacuated for structural integrity issues in July.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/opinion/column/rash-field-park-inner-harbor-graffiti-parks-2DEEM3CDLBCP7IUXNOLUMRRTO4/</loc><lastmod>2026-09-18T09:30:03.425Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/FECLKQENUZDBNICDNS3XR2ADCY.JPG?auth=d47d589ae45fbd5595cfbdd90c0e87f1009a0e9fae9d0d210e2356d1f9f5c535&amp;smart=true&amp;width=6911&amp;height=4607</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Pedestrians walk through Rash Field Park in Baltimore.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/opinion/column/james-peale-philadelphia-revolutionary-art-VMNNC5OHWREODF4LG52XQU3JJY/</loc><lastmod>2026-09-18T09:30:02.571Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/XTJNYMCLMJHF5JNY4P2IGU27KI.jpg?auth=e3b5a89de49c1a7f0ae1d24d39213b97d792c1fcae5ef2621b0880ddc2e4be73&amp;smart=true&amp;width=3550&amp;height=2673</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[David R. Brigham, librarian and CEO of the Historical Society of Pennsylvania, believes James Peale painted “The Burning of the Peggy Stewart” as an appeal to patriotism at the start of the War of 1812.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/community/housing/maryland-affordability-buying-selling-WJBBZ6RHZ5EDNI277KK2KEGCO4/</loc><lastmod>2026-09-18T09:30:02.439Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/LHMNH2ASDNGUDPLNKFXUZXK6OM.JPG?auth=2352c8af74d09f78a499f64e2f40858a3cf95e9a6b9f5c5e0cd56f9f855c4f8b&amp;smart=true&amp;width=2954&amp;height=2271</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Pat and David Vorel have lived in their Ellicott City home for 34 years, and they say trading it for something smaller and more expensive doesn't make sense. ]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/culture/film-tv/netflix-best-of-the-best-bollywood-dance-shreya-navile-potomac-PU7EYZSACVFZVEXOC26MNRQLDY/</loc><lastmod>2026-09-18T09:30:02.353Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/6RIHWQHRZ5FCRDGHDE7MWV3QUA.jpg?auth=331ae7e0b83b73b4e9ebca1a2db7130ba0038bf125091dd0e787e8483ac43cda&amp;smart=true&amp;width=4238&amp;height=2826</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Potomac native Shreya Navile appears in Netflix’s new Bollywood dance comedy, “Best of the Best.”]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/community/local-news/haitian-immigrant-ice-arrest-humanitarian-parole-T54NBJADBNDXZNYAOITM3QVJFQ/</loc><lastmod>2026-09-18T09:30:02.282Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/54VDFTAOVNGV7IWXSHMN5QHSBU.jpg?auth=bcf6c917de114d45f234de0e764bb9a82750f165f3fe796aedb5042f2d1669d3&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1226&amp;height=818</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Wisline Platel came to the United States in 2024 through the humanitarian parole program. She was detained by ICE on Aug. 19 and is being held at an immigration detention facility in Virginia.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/sports/ravens-nfl/ravens-saints-game-predictions-picks-2A3DLAFN7FFTVCOIWNRICMY6LA/</loc><lastmod>2026-09-18T09:00:02.561Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/E73SJUAZ7JFIJO7IA23MQ7TV34.jpg?auth=848616053a5550072d39816b59fd75aba3ee536a65fbb7aa8285398aa98a9fa0&amp;smart=true&amp;width=7094&amp;height=4731</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Tyler Shough of the Saints passes with Aidan Hutchinson of Detroit at his feet. The Ravens would do well to replicate that pressure on Shough.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/community/local-news/elizabeth-seton-teacher-arrest-I3UROE5KZNDCBDLHXXBBRVA3LA/</loc><lastmod>2026-09-18T00:52:30.518Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/P2FXK3SSPJGXJPR6UTGKHIBQGE.png?auth=eab238c6b7fb7a17d9e45990d046cc685de034a44b9cf81a1e0114625f03c030&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1620&amp;height=924</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[The teacher at a Prince George’s all-girls Catholic school allegedly possessed child sexual abuse material depicting girls similar in age to the students he worked with, police say.]]></image:caption></image:image></url></urlset>