<?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/politics-power/local-government/eastern-district-violence-reduction-GNIASTQK5ZAQDDZFWN6353WIKE/</loc><lastmod>2024-04-22T23:32:49.003Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/IKJ6R5N7IFGDDIDPNF6TC4TQZM.JPG?auth=0fb397793c306b0f0fb637ae7af81a210a204d3392a8b2d27d02185107ad80a1&amp;smart=true&amp;width=5760&amp;height=3840</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott listens as a team of crime analysts from the University of Pennsylvania presents findings from a new anti-violence report at a press conference on Thursday, Feb. 8, 2024. The report showed the impact of the city’s group violence reduction strategy throughout a 2022 pilot program run in Baltimore’s Western District.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/culture/food-drink/five-and-dime-hampden-la-cuchara-restaurant-KBFDON674NFOZHSDKJNBOX65ZI/</loc><lastmod>2024-04-22T23:17:26.953Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/66AS4Y5SHFBSZFOSUESPPDA5MQ.jpg?auth=729ffe04efa72a6e4ad945295de887aca3202f66a1ec1f5af1a6daddfce0f8c4&amp;smart=true&amp;width=2000&amp;height=1333</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[901 W. 36th Street in Hampden is formerly known as the Five and Dime Ale House, and will be home to a new restaurant operated by the owners of La Cuchara.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/national/jesuit-descendants-slavery-pbs-documentary-finding-us-DP7EV3K2QNEOFGZTZN7YOT6YMQ/</loc><lastmod>2024-04-22T20:51:12.115Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/SRGBFHWZOFE55J4HP7IXXMZQYE.jpeg?auth=3ab0ac6d873d600eec5fe8c0b2702f675d7ff93b24047ef3bf0b97bf83e1d29f&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=630</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[The poster for “Finding Us,” a documentary about families torn apart by the sale of enslaved people by Jesuits.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/community/criminal-justice/supreme-court-ghost-gun-baltimore-SRJW2WYMR5EHDDLQDSTKPY6NFY/</loc><lastmod>2024-04-22T18:26:33.836Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/VU4YH3T5JJCYNBWG4GGLR5VJAA.jpg?auth=5631e7a0dd27bef316c075295b94c7ae14aa62c1a847408bd189a52f6dba2088&amp;smart=true&amp;width=4000&amp;height=2667</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[The Supreme Court agreed on Monday to take up a Biden administration appeal over the regulation of difficult-to-trace ghost guns that had been struck down by lower courts. The legal fight is over whether the federal government can require unfinished firearm parts, like the Polymer80 kit pictured above, to have serial numbers.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/community/climate-environment/wetlands-south-baltimore-7X2QO6ER7BD53NLEZCKMMZ7DDI/</loc><lastmod>2024-04-22T17:41:19.099Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/AOGXQ43RDVHB5J4CBP2JAFSJZA.png?auth=753f7406a62d70ce7ee1764bbd0ce418490d7ad395f0e779b27891578d08bd09&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1416&amp;height=808</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[The Hanover Street Wetlands Project aims to restore plant life to protect the region from storms, flooding and erosion.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/community/criminal-justice/house-explosion-essex-baltimore-county-XUMRPC4PLRENVEZDBN67I7GTGA/</loc><lastmod>2024-04-22T16:31:34.577Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/Q4ZTOZFBYVAVZCCP3J3NV4YA7M.jpeg?auth=c5e932016f74d1c68eccba4599c7ab34922700b81731d76323f34798db51b0cd&amp;smart=true&amp;width=2419&amp;height=1814</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Baltimore County fire officials said they arrived in the Essex community late Saturday night and found a home engulfed by fire.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/sponsored-content/protecting-public-water-umd-researchers-offer-first-statewide-analysis-and-database-of-drinking-water-contaminants-BXIAQWJQKJBMBGBHYRF7RIEEQM/</loc><lastmod>2024-04-22T16:04:53.678Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/TLJCBB6IQJAPBO2XFFQYCGNP2E.jpg?auth=ab909066e106737486fba52af610ae58e36ac79222768cfcdf5761f4bc7bdac1&amp;smart=true&amp;width=3148&amp;height=2100</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[UMD researchers are conducting the first test of both public and private water sources to tap into Maryland's drinking water quality. The Maryland Safe Drinking WATER team includes Assistant Research Professors Rianna Murray and Leena Malayil (both shown above), Professors Amy Sapkota and Allen Davis, Associate Professor Paul Turner, Postdoctoral Fellow Suhana Chattopadhyay and Program Manager Georgia Parolski.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/community/criminal-justice/ivan-bates-parental-accountability-CIB4JTO2BVEYRIGFAV4YFLWZGM/</loc><lastmod>2024-04-22T14:18:35.662Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/EO2JU6Y6GRDPPNONCZ66MSWQDM.jpg?auth=cc180d2ffb4b6f6fa62ce8e145bd757ffcc9de6b55181fd4c25306752c3aae50&amp;smart=true&amp;width=3949&amp;height=2633</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[At a recent news conference, Ivan Bates said his office would look to hold parents and guardians accountable who do not prevent or report delinquencies.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/community/transportation/key-bridge-truck-drivers-fearful-4EWDO3SVWFDR3DIYEPCMXIPN3E/</loc><lastmod>2024-04-22T14:08:15.99Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/3A3E6QJLENDXXCBYRUJP3B2IHM.jpg?auth=6b34bd140a369c6647add2fc37a2719d5f15de8822e716cf527b312fe59ccf8f&amp;smart=true&amp;width=3000&amp;height=1998</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[The collapse of the Key Bridge has reshaped how truck driver Mandel Brown said he views his profession.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/sponsored-content/website-help-for-the-helpers-umd-students-create-custom-software-for-nonprofits-at-no-cost-ZWIKNUJUA5DEBASLRCS2OVD2CU/</loc><lastmod>2024-04-22T13:22:58.773Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/UJZQTYJVL5HDDAFHYP5OOESTN4.jpg?auth=8234cb371c130b2406dad56a98c3f0fa13064b777b7116548c621dc7cfa03042&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1920&amp;height=812</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[A student group, Hack4Impact-UMD, has built custom websites and software for philanthropic organizations since 2020. Members pose for a group picture.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/opinion/community-voices/redevelopment-building-vacant-houses-population-declines-Q2SWIZYM5NDZZGZCVSYNY2N3S4/</loc><lastmod>2024-04-22T09:30:00.53Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/UXAGOIVBQNEWPLEEBALC7L6XYE.jpg?auth=83547ee317018cefc4a5b37569305ac05c610cdab6b7b8fa4160def34d9f1336&amp;smart=true&amp;width=4032&amp;height=3024</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Properties on Biddle Street in the Johnston Square neighborhood slated for reconstruction and rehabilitation.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/opinion/column/local-attorney-channels-trauma-into-poetry-RGSOTMYYMNFXBPQOSTNJJHWDVM/</loc><lastmod>2024-04-22T09:30:00.304Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/TV4HN2PYTFES7A7ALRF6KYGVPA.jpg?auth=5a9a7a7e66fbbac5d566461d2ace2a3ec098eb697a214fa4f12c2f54fe0ed617&amp;smart=true&amp;width=4000&amp;height=3000</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Attorney and poet Jennifer Sutherland]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/sports/ravens-nfl/ravens-draft-misses-aj-brown-wide-receiver-2YECS66FQRDDDFLC7QOQBNKUZM/</loc><lastmod>2024-04-22T09:30:00.229Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/IBXAOZ6GIBDV3N3PW5F5HLVIPQ.jpg?auth=148058763f63fdbed8aceba410e1931d98d148e99975d1f4c2d0c1fd281dcb14&amp;smart=true&amp;width=3752&amp;height=2500</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[The Ravens drafted an outside linebacker in 2019, but they overlooked Maxx Crosby, whose career has taken off with the Las Vegas Raiders.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/sports/orioles-mlb/ben-mcdonald-cowser-orioles-gunnar-nicknames-4UQ256NDOFG2LKZNMRZFGJM6SM/</loc><lastmod>2024-04-22T09:30:00.217Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/D72U6DIECBB4DAJO46DNCGXJRA.jpg?auth=6c744251e330f95f50d52d39fd3bd597cd4228c83d73b0c0a4d89707d084a0a9&amp;smart=true&amp;width=3759&amp;height=2506</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Colton Cowser’s last name, and his ability to deliver results, earned him the nickname “The Milkman” from broadcaster Ben McDonald.]]></image:caption></image:image></url></urlset>