<?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/education/k-12-schools/maryland-schools-state-funding-G53K77VWC5GPJETQCI6YHWDO2M/</loc><lastmod>2023-03-14T23:54:25.488Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/WERJMWOIQJDE3M3OS4LYZFMFCU.jpg?auth=97e74272480fbc85e4a00efe63c44105e3c17c8b21d1bffa926e713347ae6edf&amp;smart=true&amp;width=5403&amp;height=3602</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Ash Tough, 13, holds a Pride flag up in front of Northwest Middle School in Taneytown.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/politics-power/state-government/bills-changing-rules-for-processing-correcting-mail-ballots-approved-in-house-and-senate-LFSKKAYZHJCKBODSR4FCNHXL4A/</loc><lastmod>2023-03-14T22:59:11.991Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/VNKQ66FQVZCLRNKWKVSEIXN2WQ.jpg?auth=991f7cbbfca7f3f5e6664a0dc4b01d6d6fb16d3fe9d48b97667d21c23029fb07&amp;smart=true&amp;width=4500&amp;height=3000</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Ballot counters remove ballots from the envelopes following the primary election last year.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/photo-essay/pi-day-baltimore-pie-shops-BAIPRWRNYRFVNFF66CLPDWLXCE/</loc><lastmod>2023-03-14T22:37:14.371Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/YKMF4L3SLJGERJ4N55RRE3YO3E.jpg?auth=fc4436ebccc9d44b8e8c6b2067184a5164ea6f28cdfe2de360237a8028ad71ce&amp;smart=true&amp;width=2000&amp;height=1333</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Estela Sandavol makes pie crust at Dangerously Delicious Pies on Pi Day, March 14, 2023. (Kaitlin Newman/The Baltimore Banner)]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/politics-power/local-government/mary-miller-silicon-valley-bank-2UTRUJXAJNAXHMLSHLZIO4RNT4/</loc><lastmod>2023-03-14T21:05:00.782Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/EFU7D5KNL5CVJGENTPUI2SFB5E.jpg?auth=4bc61ed2168afc93cafe64aa19f66f1ecfa25978ee21ad6c037e0a756189269c&amp;smart=true&amp;width=3000&amp;height=1921</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Mary Miller testifies before the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee in 2014. Miller has been a board member of Silicon Valley Bank since 2015 and has been appointed to a committee dealing with the fallout from the bank’s collapse last week.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/community/religion/archdiocese-of-baltimore-sexual-abuse-investigation-PWXK43M6XZGZNAQN3ECEULOAI4/</loc><lastmod>2023-03-14T18:50:37.726Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/RTQLZCSAJZF2BLUVTYKBKS7RQQ.jpg?auth=07dff2e79439dd43d2ebe6521cc0bb8e7a4e7efce64ebf85a304fd670aaf17d6&amp;smart=true&amp;width=6337&amp;height=4225</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[The exterior of the Archdiocese of Baltimore building as seen on Monday, March 13.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/education/ccb-phishing-attack-VWWLRVMYNRERZDHTTJPZ775KII/</loc><lastmod>2023-03-14T18:07:15.162Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/PTZNOZZVIZG37IMXBRXEM7LCGI.jpg?auth=ed1bb8129e10816061cd4877b7c129e619f6496a67e3448309e32a883a41ed84&amp;smart=true&amp;width=3780&amp;height=2472</image:loc></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/sports/ravens-nfl/lamar-jackson-twitter-contract-reports-LIJAOJHL2NHWPNR6WBBCDQ2NYQ/</loc><lastmod>2023-03-14T17:53:18.938Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/4OY5SI454JF7PN7EU5YZNCA7X4.jpg?auth=f960fc03ccbeb026085cc64e361fb7f07e80cb46df8c9d67d5de4297ec00deb2&amp;smart=true&amp;width=5472&amp;height=3648</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Quarterback Lamar Jackson #8 of the Baltimore Ravens in action against the New York Giants at M&T Bank Stadium on December 27, 2020 in Baltimore, Maryland. (Photo by Patrick Smith/Getty Images)]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/sports/high-school/mount-st-joseph-captures-no-1-spot-in-final-baltimore-bannervsn-boys-basketball-top-15-22VUU5RQAZF6JJLVGSLVJB6IUE/</loc><lastmod>2023-03-14T17:36:59.385Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/JBX2A7SXIRFUHJJ4FMCOHKUBEY.jpg?auth=405a698abc0a1fde2aed3ab676177c0737d699a9c1565dc2577238e3964ec862&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1170&amp;height=478</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[After winning a second straight Baltimore Catholic League Tournament title and tying its area and state record for victories in a season, Mount St. Joseph is the top-ranked team in the final Baltimore Banner/VSN Boys Basketball Top 15. The Gaels are ranked nationally by ESPN (No. 20) and MaxPreps (22nd).]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/sports/high-school/asp-performance-profile-nathan-rodriguez-NQVYSZJMRBB3DATJLZAITFVKU4/</loc><lastmod>2023-03-14T17:34:23.694Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/EFOEGTSUCBDHPKCSVBVTBTHLPU.jpg?auth=d7030447f04595dfa6c504c991fc65db7cbfe9dd763daeec3fcfaeff04f46aa9&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1280&amp;height=988</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Calvert Hall sophomore Nathan Rodriguez, who projects as a two-way player, has already committed to play the outfield and pitch for Mount St. Mary's University.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/sports/high-school/national-football-foundation-scholar-athlete-awards-set-to-return-to-in-person-format-EIGIBPDTU5A3BBHUO3A75VL374/</loc><lastmod>2023-03-14T17:30:48.487Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/SIQBLZ7SB5CY7ODCDBWBIX7XAQ.jpg?auth=98cce86b5f1a322358d8a04daf4f41f6b4328228da42556d1c06ecb5814e54b9&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1280&amp;height=960</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[The 60th annual editor of the Baltimore Chapter of the National Football Foundation and College Hall of Fame Scholar Athlete Awards return to an in-person format for the first time since the pandemic, on March 15th at Martin's West.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/community/criminal-justice/michael-harrison-baltimore-police-department-CYIJ3YPGM5ECDAC2SUHQOWOZA4/</loc><lastmod>2023-03-14T16:20:16.169Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/KXNTHZARWVA3LHQL7FKVGEJVDE.jpg?auth=8cbbfbb1d2d8b5b06348b165694834d4d0a91b610dd5157742346e3f203331b6&amp;smart=true&amp;width=3027&amp;height=1929</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Baltimore Chief of Police, Michael S. Harrison in his office.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/community/local-news/baltimore-police-probe-death-of-2-year-old-girl-from-fentanyl-intoxication-HN3YZ7Y3YNBM3G2XJKKDGEXJSI/</loc><lastmod>2023-03-14T16:12:35.850Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/5QYAB4LA4JCQTASEGI6VRRSTBE.jpg?auth=b7137a46f1530df61858fca2a8efbd0c4a46524836dc42785fb8ad220b6ae8d4&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=675</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[A fentanyl test strip is used to detect fentanyl in a drug sample. Such test strips cost about $1 apiece. Jesse Costa/WBUR.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/community/local-news/amanda-mack-bakery-harborplace-DSHWKHNW6ZC63GVDDBDQ5LP24M/</loc><lastmod>2023-03-14T15:42:22.292Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/IWGAS645DFDU3KIV2N5YUSNEDA.jpg?auth=55d30eb11dd670cfacdcb144d2ab441a90d540d69275f2a1904c77f13c0d7bb0&amp;smart=true&amp;width=3865&amp;height=3077</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Amanda Mack, Southern Living’s 2021 Cook of the Year, shows off some of her baked goods under the pavilion of her future new space in the Harborplace development in Baltimore, Maryland, on March 11, 2023.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/opinion/column/anne-arundel-murder-solved-pamela-lynn-conyers-DDXJ4LTIUJDC7BXA5IPU6XZODE/</loc><lastmod>2023-03-14T15:28:48.785Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/4E5GAWMNK5BKFL6SB6EA2LBYW4.jpg?auth=b8a7ef84909991807fcbbe66400cf23f6d4d767d2ca17db6d4d05eec243231f6&amp;smart=true&amp;width=3887&amp;height=2927</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Tom Sobocinski, FBI special agent in charge, and Anne Arundel County Police Chief Amal Awad discuss DNA findings on March 10. Test results identified the man who killed Pamela Lynn Conyers in 1970.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/sports/high-school/new-town-rides-senior-leadership-defense-to-2a-state-boys-basketball-crown-STIWEDE7FNAE3CTZQNJ4RSGANU/</loc><lastmod>2023-03-14T15:18:56.223Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/VHBXFAZRJBDJBHHILCIQAZKGQI.jpg?auth=597f350af5432d2004f5d0955f85573b1fcf314870132f2b8837ef0fd4c1d8f5&amp;smart=true&amp;width=4032&amp;height=1782</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[New Town boys basketball team showed its poise in the final minutes of Thursday's Class 2A state championship game. The No. 4 Titans scored the final 7 points to defeat Prince George's County's Largo, 64-57. at the University of Maryland's Xfinity Center.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/politics-power/state-government/maryland-senate-passes-bill-remove-governor-medical-parole-V3GLYR2KXVBPND5QXXE4PBBJL4/</loc><lastmod>2023-03-14T13:41:06.312Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/ATX3H3LM3JG2BAFBKSDYXXCGJA.jpg?auth=e71b6c5ddb36d94d45873123313a6b601dfbf79aaa143bb3cb8801d9a4ed6d3c&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1760&amp;height=1320</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[The Maryland Senate on Friday passed a bill that removes the governor from the medical parole process for those who are serving life sentences. State Sen. Jill Carter, a Democrat from Baltimore, described the legislation as a technical fix.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/community/public-health/johns-hopkins-coronavirus-pandemic-map-H4A5VGGV35CU5AAL5RZUSL3M7E/</loc><lastmod>2023-03-14T13:37:02.344Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/SYGJH4YC7ZCODLVHYFEY2WEY4M.jpg?auth=abda7689e8fafb444689f0b40548d70d1170a1081caf57dfe76a4a284f0930cf&amp;smart=true&amp;width=5472&amp;height=3574</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[The Johns Hopkins University campus on March 28, 2020.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/education/higher-education/mica-layoffs-baltimore-SOARTU4OLJHTHDM3NGJGCLB5GA/</loc><lastmod>2023-03-14T09:30:01.859Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/3SDX6KN47ZBVVFENSZYCOF34CA.jpg?auth=d9cc36186d372c8e97ca4606480bf635397f8eb99243a3e5ce7eb48b70623de5&amp;smart=true&amp;width=3000&amp;height=2000</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Financial and enrollment losses post-pandemic have been dramatic at MICA, but its troubles are not unique.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/culture/the-floaters-podcast-henry-sims-devin-mccoy-HDODJCNWDRENVI62EKNF7IGMZY/</loc><lastmod>2023-03-14T09:30:00.852Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/4VL66XGEMFBPVFIHM4S5MIHK3E.jpg?auth=99b673be9f4da932a6568ee9763152f5620135cc6f5597d8801819e0561ca377&amp;smart=true&amp;width=3633&amp;height=2785</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Henry Sims, left, and Devin McCoy record “The Floaters” podcast in their event space in downtown Baltimore.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/opinion/community-voices/marijuana-odor-alone-shouldnt-be-pretext-for-police-stops-searches-65CCBRQPRFC5BJDN45Q4SW4DAA/</loc><lastmod>2023-03-14T09:30:00.828Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/US5Y3UAL4JHJTPJ4FBMHSU5H5U.jpg?auth=38fe4e8c96ac6017b6a250a659a99f0b2a8c64a660d691abdab27cb7674b70bf&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1800&amp;height=1200</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[With legalization of recreational marijuana use in Maryland, police officers should no longer be able to use cannabis odor as a pretext for stops and searches, Michele D. Hall, an assistant Maryland public defender, says.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/sports/orioles-mlb/reed-garrett-orioles-bullpen-candidates-5QH4YAJNABC6PJRH27TTLI5E6E/</loc><lastmod>2023-03-14T09:30:00.598Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/U22AJU7I5VBRRJCJYNHHPH2CKQ.jpg?auth=d5c1369778d85506e52c8946bd8f56e1cd09da8f1a9d77e97c8548ea60f337bd&amp;smart=true&amp;width=6570&amp;height=4380</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Reed Garrett (62) prepares to deliver a pitch during batting practice at Ed Smith Stadium in Sarasota on Feb. 22, 2023. The Baltimore Orioles’ spring training session runs from mid-February through the end of March.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/politics-power/local-government/electric-car-requirement-WJQU5XEQCBGFBA5LVFQYRPTQ7I/</loc><lastmod>2023-03-14T03:21:15.990Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/SD37W4JFARDLBAHBMZHN22TIEY.JPG?auth=fc119674d3df506d4351f7e175178349daeac0670ce9aca44d50e8a1375a9d78&amp;smart=true&amp;width=8640&amp;height=5760</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Maryland Gov. Wes Moore speaks on Jan. 30, 2023. Moore announced Monday that Maryland will adopt rules to phase out the sale of new gas-powered cars by 2035.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/opinion/column/annapolis-chesapeake-bay-access-traffic-development-YJURLSBUOBH7LM46JCF75LNBBQ/</loc><lastmod>2023-03-14T02:58:49.644Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/IDCWDZGM7ZFVXP4UQZ6GSFXKCM.jpg?auth=d25411dae0e80d96cfbc5e7722775547ab72cf21998d9f65c0ecfbe71c64a893&amp;smart=true&amp;width=2606&amp;height=1894</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Agnes Lorentzen, center, visits the Greenbury Point Nature Center in February 2023 to demonstrate opposition to a golf course discussed for the site. Lorentzen, 100, is the mother of the late founder of the center, Tina Lorentzen Carlson.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/sports/orioles-mlb/new-york-court-of-appeals-masn-tv-rights-fees-Q2GEZ3EHF5ABNC5G466VV5SFP4/</loc><lastmod>2023-03-14T00:33:34.970Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/3XRZA76C3ZCHFEAWJBHTLMNFLU.jpg?auth=cc95674c2e9e52f09a9a3e6a58b2c39352b9e0fe7f0d0d7ff62cea6430cb1774&amp;smart=true&amp;width=8234&amp;height=5489</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[The New York Court of Appeals on Tuesday is set to hear oral argument in a longstanding dispute over TV rights fees between the Mid-Atlantic Sports Network, Baltimore Orioles and Washington Nationals. The exterior of Orioles Park at Camden Yards in Baltimore on Feb. 2, 2023.]]></image:caption></image:image></url></urlset>