<?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/baltimore-judge-sets-2023-date-for-5th-murder-trial-of-keith-davis-jr-when-new-states-attorney-will-be-in-office-3V23VDAP55EPFHV4KUBLLPQF4M/</loc><lastmod>2022-08-03T22:19:31.752Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/MIP66EF225B2ZPU75W2EMT3THY.jpg?auth=21112d437806df96d74e08ec0893e50b9e1bace85039d7a33ff11bf9e17778c3&amp;smart=true&amp;width=6347&amp;height=4231</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Baltimore Circuit Judge Melissa M. Phinn on Wednesday scheduled the fifth murder trial of Keith Davis Jr. to begin on May 2, 2023. Ivan Bates, the Democratic nominee and presumptive next Baltimore state's attorney, has expressed a willingness to drop the case. He will be in office at that time.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/community/criminal-justice/how-ivan-bates-went-from-a-19-high-school-gpa-to-become-the-presumptive-next-baltimore-states-attorney-453B4QMHNNGMFJQDI4RNV2OZKQ/</loc><lastmod>2022-08-03T22:09:29.694Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/2YCNC2HJZBEOTADYMVLCIJMVTM.jpg?auth=2024b212006e1e570e676eec780d8db4203fcfc07a7ea6f3012051588b22b165&amp;smart=true&amp;width=4500&amp;height=3000</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Ivan Bates, 53, of Locust Point, is set to become the next state's attorney in Baltimore after winning the Democratic primary. No Republicans are running, and an independent candidate, Roya Hanna, recently dropped out. Bates said he wants to improve the city for his 6-year-old daughter, London. “I really believe we can change our city around. I really believe that we can have a better quality of life. Like, I really believe in those things,” he said. “And I have an opportunity to be a part of that change.”]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/community/public-health/as-maryland-monkeypox-cases-rise-baltimore-health-officials-say-vaccine-doses-are-very-limited-6OFMH6HDV5BVXKHWF6UUIKU7TE/</loc><lastmod>2022-08-03T15:28:04.215Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/C36V6OA2KZBK3JMXTOOAHZRGEU.jpg?auth=b11f040732091a09f7aadea88c910bbbae69e6ec63ef6ea49f7abc21383317d1&amp;smart=true&amp;width=4330&amp;height=3020</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Baltimore City Health Commissioner Dr. Letitia Dzirasa speaks on the city's response to rising monkeypox cases.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/community/climate-environment/why-is-the-inner-harbor-that-weird-color-green-sulfur-bacteria-are-creating-a-pistachio-tide-BYXDAJ5ZLRGL3HZMMOSW2XYSLY/</loc><lastmod>2022-08-03T13:53:56.020Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/HBWU3JTDARHWDH2H36EYPQHIYA.jpeg?auth=86e1f3227aa5649720f1e64a8e4dda1fe0d0c629f57191d9ec7680869e5f2d2e&amp;smart=true&amp;width=2048&amp;height=1536</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[A pistachio tide in the harbor waters at Fells Point.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/community/family/in-southeast-baltimore-latino-families-face-barriers-in-child-care-PWSM3CITL5GXHHBCRGFB3AR3G4/</loc><lastmod>2022-08-03T13:38:13.580Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/GSF2OQRYONEVFFEAF6HXSYZALQ.jpg?auth=a60204d6ce917213ed87ee1be116eb78bb15e3cc72cc7a73c731fa2acefb5c32&amp;smart=true&amp;width=3800&amp;height=2400</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[It's already difficult to find child care, but adding a language barrier makes the challenge even harder.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/opinion/column/way-to-go-mom-why-its-better-to-encourage-those-parenting-through-a-public-meltdown-TVJKRISBSFF6HPQVCRBMA5TCSQ/</loc><lastmod>2022-08-03T13:33:50.849Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/INWAFQF6DRE4ZIYNTHKE4DSJOQ.jpg?auth=22f52a5a0e6637bb372a5194114bed4d1f59d00c9bb86df6cb8d60d415a35d4b&amp;smart=true&amp;width=3000&amp;height=2000</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[When your child is having a meltdown, it feels like all eyes are on you.]]></image:caption></image:image></url></urlset>