<?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/maryland-formed-cult-leaders-convicted-child-labor-EJJNKWA325GJFLJ73KTXLZNDUE/</loc><lastmod>2024-09-17T23:52:12.213Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/HA4TCFZCPNEZBOFA36JN7DWGYI.png?auth=abe7ffce951dd6d45c63ba6b9f835940fab0acc45e8e0644ad3d58e6f1afc222&amp;smart=true&amp;width=500&amp;height=364</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[The U.S. Justice Department flag flies outside the department’s main headquarters in Washington, D.C.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/politics-power/state-government/maryland-elections-suspicious-package-ELO6OI42BNH25KIGAQHFEYP2FQ/</loc><lastmod>2024-09-17T23:09:36.873Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/KBMGTVFAZZHT3OEVHJ2IJUQ7AA.jpg?auth=582d05e18d9734b7fd93abb61384bfe7bcfed53c13a945dedb38d7546aff35d8&amp;smart=true&amp;width=6000&amp;height=4000</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Maryland’s elections administrator said the post office intercepted a suspicious package that was headed for the Maryland State Board of Elections office.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/sports/orioles-mlb/mike-elias-orioles-lost-mojo-second-half-injuries-XMMIZWGGL5DVTCDAMUK7JV3ICE/</loc><lastmod>2024-09-17T22:38:33.249Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/YPTJZFO34BC5PA34Y4VXBI6IKI.jpg?auth=6c25d7f5b490a44cb167de967df6085243d0f21a2cca82397f880780149d78d7&amp;smart=true&amp;width=3366&amp;height=2244</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[“I put the roster together. I put the staff together. I put the personnel together,” Elias said. “And results in this business, whether it’s this year or other years, it starts right here with me.”]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/politics-power/local-government/baltimore-opioid-trial-jury-WNF4OPU4LBG3HLERUV7GOXGSSY/</loc><lastmod>2024-09-17T22:29:26.412Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/SOO3XNZAMZCXPEF26TJVW65E5U.jpg?auth=043200821f3630037da996e3a87fd398e138c42c7aa0724c5ed51a8eabecc7fd&amp;smart=true&amp;width=5358&amp;height=3572</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Attorneys chose six jurors for a planned multiweek trial, asking each about their experiences with opioids and substance use disorder.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/opinion/column/park-place-mc3-arts-council-visit-annapolis-D6CKPEVPCVCETGAUTSQ5QC4JLM/</loc><lastmod>2024-09-17T20:35:29.481Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/CZO7QCQOTBEBXI2LUUYZQOVAHU.jpg?auth=25915c71b95927db6491510d791a738411fc3eec55c9c868235a0b247eb2eabf&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1920&amp;height=1080</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[The .8 acre lot at Park Place in downtown Annapolis was set aside for a performing arts center 17 years ago. No one's been able to figure out how to use it.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/sports/paris-paralympic-games-maryland-athletes-to-watch-CW6WHCEKYVFXNHPMF7CRWH6PDY/</loc><lastmod>2024-09-17T20:16:12.846Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/PIB3DBC7XRCY7CZQVOZUNBTB54.jpg?auth=e762e598187bc458dd1068d7e4c230c35230d47fec6cef3441fcbd78abb5ae2e&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1020&amp;height=574</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Trevon Jenifer, center, poses with his medal with his team after the victory ceremony for men's wheelchair basketball.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/education/higher-education/students-lawsuit-university-maryland-canceled-gaza-vigil-W35HBRRUABEANN42U3E6FIFXNE/</loc><lastmod>2024-09-17T20:05:05.282Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/22P64BDB6FELRHTANZJRRUX7OI.jpg?auth=5af3cb5e5890f9ffe15e2eebf0db35d8f0fd6e22f2472082d4ecf1e658081f94&amp;smart=true&amp;width=2121&amp;height=1414</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Administrators told students they had “been receiving pressure from groups inside and outside of” the university to cancel the event but “they were committed to protecting the free speech of students,” according to the lawsuit.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/sports/orioles-mlb/orioles-jon-meoli-inside-the-dugout-fun-admiration-ECMFWIZOJNDCHNIF5UIZXZ6QYU/</loc><lastmod>2024-09-17T19:49:53.449Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/VTYP6UPG5JDY7H5NMDPEYR7QZI.jpg?auth=0e44e880a67bea80db67f6a734763b4ddf58786813b8176ee698231441d3f427&amp;smart=true&amp;width=2422&amp;height=1615</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Baltimore Orioles catcher Adley Rutschman (35) and shortstop Gunnar Henderson (2) watch their teammates on the field from the dugout in a game against the Chicago White Sox at Camden Yards in Baltimore on September 4, 2024.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/sports/orioles-mlb/orioles-second-half-what-went-wrong-4UJGFDA7S5FPDNSXXAOGF53RSE/</loc><lastmod>2024-09-17T19:09:29.252Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/TB5NWQYSRFE7VKRU42OQ7DDRWQ.jpg?auth=ccadc93d0656f7c2503412d3e6bdcf3eab087b5669a823298068bb193dcffa34&amp;smart=true&amp;width=3085&amp;height=1735</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Manager Brandon Hyde and the Orioles are 26-28 since the All-Star break.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/politics-power/social-justice/naacp-suspended-leaders-kobi-little-statement-2JRYK3UCO5FKDC4C5WQ7AR4J3U/</loc><lastmod>2024-09-17T18:03:30.143Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/TZMALQPSHFHB5KVS3RZLHTCJJI.jpg?auth=39180a506933a2d899889acecbd7a034a260385864b283cd49fc241ea3b74c24&amp;smart=true&amp;width=4032&amp;height=3024</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Last week, Rev. Kobi Little, the president of the Baltimore NAACP and head of the NAACP Maryland State Conference, and Joshua Harris, vice president of the Baltimore chapter and treasurer for the state conference, were suspended by the national NAACP.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/community/criminal-justice/cherry-hill-shooting-5H2HECSYIJAIFO2WKR7NC6WAOE/</loc><lastmod>2024-09-17T16:29:42.606Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/EFO46UL33JFTNGBD5DM4ZA24VU.jpg?auth=db997b3fb8b90c39eafb565de592e7823f77cd3ceb99c9483d27ba2d5718202c&amp;smart=true&amp;width=2000&amp;height=1334</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[One unidentified male is dead after being shot multiple times in South Baltimore, police said Monday night.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/opinion/letters/letters-immigration-violent-crime-P5QAHYMUIBGZVE7ATDJZANE5FE/</loc><lastmod>2024-09-17T15:37:55.935Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/SDT2HBQ7HFAWLH7QUHYMFVJQSA.JPG?auth=563dfcc0aecba2794a6db76c728687c75fe75ef615852bd1833f2f725ea04af7&amp;smart=true&amp;width=3102&amp;height=1871</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Friends and loved ones gathered to remember Rachel Morin, a 37-year-old mother of five, on the Ma and Pa Heritage Trail in Harford County on Aug. 19, 2023. Morin’s body was found on the trail on Aug. 6 after disappearing on Aug. 5 while hiking.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/politics-power/state-government/larry-hogan-frosh-trump-lawsuits-HL6AEUW3QNDT7GL6TIJUDVJSK4/</loc><lastmod>2024-09-17T09:30:00.946Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/HOKTN7YXQNCHXCCFBGRUKZQUUE.jpg?auth=9ffcd6f3f6896c3007072027f75bb046146c633c6b3929abfa763aba27d64845&amp;smart=true&amp;width=4083&amp;height=2722</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Former Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan speaks during a primary night election party.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/community/public-health/overdose-death-exemplifies-baltimore-crisis-5TBEMX2Z2JADPBPSANOJNDK2TQ/</loc><lastmod>2024-09-17T09:30:00.729Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/7XA7DJHRCJBQPO3CJPXB4NUJ4Y.jpg?auth=300678fea53170cdff98b82ca2e3fa974bdb88a956659bb5c67897e5aeb3605c&amp;smart=true&amp;width=3000&amp;height=2000</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Yifan Luo for The Baltimore Banner.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/politics-power/local-government/young-marylanders-registration-rates-PKOLUN2HARFV3JIVRTA5RKKO2Q/</loc><lastmod>2024-09-17T09:30:00.646Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/HURLP5NADZAMBGLLG63TXYAJWA.jpg?auth=fbedcc0b37e30ee2b3a1b7d0dc528259cfa8f0019254d6582842c5b543660efa&amp;smart=true&amp;width=4112&amp;height=2741</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[With a competitive U.S. Senate race, newly registered 18-year-olds could have a big say.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/creatives-in-residence/school-shootings-common-america-FZBABYZYUFCWLI34YV2MX7WQMI/</loc><lastmod>2024-09-17T09:30:00.599Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/NT67JW43RVGFDJ7TZPSM4T2GJM.png?auth=d2d846951314cfede26890edde654487b630ff1e1af5df66e36907820e75b5d8&amp;smart=true&amp;width=2000&amp;height=1199</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[School shootings are becoming more common and expected across America than in previous generations.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/community/housing/baltimore-county-JFOHKB5EVBCBLN5UYG7KJ2YV3A/</loc><lastmod>2024-09-17T09:30:00.559Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/WWH3T6MQBVH2TP65C6OLEE6SXU.JPG?auth=e8f446dc8941ccfe0f429d9229dc637a8850459d8756f225adeead2630749129&amp;smart=true&amp;width=5396&amp;height=3597</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[The inside of an abandoned residential property that has been repeatedly used by squatters in Essex. The Baltimore County Council has passed a measure that would allow the county to tax vacant structures.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/culture/arts/maryland-poet-laureate-lady-brion-QNLWFCW4SRF2DIP55GIJK56TAE/</loc><lastmod>2024-09-17T01:21:55.614Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/WHNYDOR2ZZGPLK32UQGKVJEPRU.jpg?auth=3e37ea5377e7e28e3ec71d63f93ec4796b7c17feef4ba5ef4a9c5455ea252357&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1280&amp;height=854</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Lady Brion is the youngest person and first spoken word artist to be named Maryland’s poet laureate.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/community/public-health/medical-waste-maryland-beaches-LSHMAII6YBDLXB6PAQPWMVNCSY/</loc><lastmod>2024-09-17T00:32:13.713Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/WN4ARZAMUBCA5EUZ2XXPNKYX7Y.JPG?auth=f0ef3ccc490613f3607f8b000e7f44bdad6fb9e9d7d8ae5431da2c38ac187bfa&amp;smart=true&amp;width=8640&amp;height=5760</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[More medical waste has washed up on shore in Ocean City, as well as on Assateague Island.]]></image:caption></image:image></url></urlset>