<?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/anne-arundel-county-fire-department-RF47XWVMWVGRLMZYZSA5SNGHS4/</loc><lastmod>2026-09-15T00:24:57.785Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/J6GW33MO6ZEWDLCIXHQOHPGLPA.webp?auth=441f84295586d9bb3bd6ea5106007ca3465d3af8811c3fdfef4352f1d09ff95e&amp;smart=true&amp;width=640&amp;height=360</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[The family of 7-year-old boy Emmett Petri, who nearly died after choking last month, reunited Monday with the first responders in Anne Arundel County who helped save his life.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/community/criminal-justice/towson-driver-sentencing-pedestrian-death-5WUUAC7AIFGXPBPBENPEQTGKUA/</loc><lastmod>2026-09-15T00:11:24.073Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/A34G4OKJKFGAZHLKSGNB4OWJWE.jpg?auth=6d90365138061582c67d97c4330c3f17e2694dfaf1e4bef7e9e4d75843307ca2&amp;smart=true&amp;width=5548&amp;height=3699</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[A Baltimore County judge ordered Oluwajomiloju “JJ” Sekiteri to spend 18 months on home detention along with probation, perform 170 hours of community service and pay more than $3,700 in restitution after a deadly crash.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/politics-power/national-politics/supreme-court-donald-trump-mail-ballots-NFISZGOT2ZH2ZGJHBG3YJVEL2U/</loc><lastmod>2026-09-15T00:09:07.036Z</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 on Monday rejected President Donald Trump ’s mail ballot restrictions for now, a decision that allows states to continue sending out mail ballots under the same processes they’ve used for years.]]></image:caption></image:image></url></urlset>