<?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/gordon-staron-sentencing-murders-keith-bell-javarick-gantt-JRE6TI327ZGYBCFJTZODSRB7EQ/</loc><lastmod>2024-12-19T23:56:29.732Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/I4NITEAIPBA4HJWRGNPBVCLLFY.jpg?auth=d238b36a388e71a82657f90d060f61324fa210edf510bafa813f3b30036ceae2&amp;smart=true&amp;width=4032&amp;height=3024</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Baltimore State’s Attorney Ivan Bates speaks to reporters after sentencing for Gordon Staron, who was convicted of killing a homeless man in East Baltimore and then a deaf cellmate in Central Booking.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/community/transportation/speed-cameras-anne-arundel-county-S7PB4NM5BZENVNYQQ2P7XTFFRM/</loc><lastmod>2024-12-19T22:30:59.695Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/2BPSAYLXPVFLZAEJXUDOLTXBJQ.jpg?auth=f0165c729ec114d39396e29d26da488e081b081f8d19ed2c2a4ef5d3f21e2b7e&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=630</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[About a month after installing two new neighborhood speed cameras, three more are coming on Dec. 21.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/sports/carmelo-anthony-basketball-hall-of-fame-B7KOICCBYJC4BOPX2FFCAICTBQ/</loc><lastmod>2024-12-19T22:28:22.346Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/Q4IDKMRSRVCOLCOJHDJARFUT6A.jpg?auth=3b0e9069b72581808b7b79b2134c4036dfc7dade883d9fb1281625ab4093f94f&amp;smart=true&amp;width=2520&amp;height=1896</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Carmelo Anthony, pictured in 2012, played for the Denver Nuggets, New York Knicks, Portland Trail Blazers, Oklahoma City Thunder, Houston Rockets and Los Angeles Lakers during a 19-year NBA career.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/politics-power/local-government/maryland-suit-wl-gore-associates-pfas-forever-chemicals-W6PRAPMG6NCPBAQME2BS2XSTC4/</loc><lastmod>2024-12-19T22:02:55.444Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/PDHKHET33JANFNP3KMXBLVZ75I.jpg?auth=6028b084a21d1ec7ccfb363dacb55c87fe7c3b4cb9dabda1ed3e57e4f2cf6fc3&amp;smart=true&amp;width=2788&amp;height=1859</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[A W.L. Gore display from a fashion show in 2016. The state is suing W.L. Gore & Associates over claims that it polluted the air and waters around its Cecil County facilities for several decades with toxic forever chemicals.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/community/criminal-justice/towson-mass-shooting-loch-raven-OYBFCISY7JEK3FRW7AJV3AY2PU/</loc><lastmod>2024-12-19T22:01:25.419Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/KCDJBAXT4JEJXGLLGEX5OMZ6W4.jpg?auth=51d3be5ddbdf16f120abadcd567eae97850d46f8a51407e1ddfd741020e3f53a&amp;smart=true&amp;width=636&amp;height=424</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Security footage from Captain Car Wash on Loch Raven Boulevard, reviewed by the Banner, shows the shooting as it unfolded Tuesday night.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/economy/baltimore-poppleton-apartments-sale-lawsuit-OXUQRD2WS5DHXOGYDOPMFPOY4E/</loc><lastmod>2024-12-19T21:42:29.248Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/KOEHM7XRIRHMNACVSR22Y7CDAI.png?auth=80a6b55218508ab2e30e834899a253659b80b065424d52921b41da4345fe7e7f&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1747&amp;height=870</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[The 262-unit apartment complex is the only project La Cité completed in its plan to revitalize Poppleton. It is struggling to find renters.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/sports/ravens-nfl/ravens-relationship-diontae-johnson-suspension-XVBQ3BABI5HCXMTRDAXRHOYD6I/</loc><lastmod>2024-12-19T20:45:35.317Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/FHJM2CIE3NEXBMDCDHUUEV56LM.jpg?auth=0d8d0d406b2cca14b5f482635cc8e16595ecf2c8e1bc3277edefbe0f8df05972&amp;smart=true&amp;width=7601&amp;height=4276</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Steelers head coach Mike Tomlin embraces Diontae Johnson after Baltimore's Week 11 game in Pittsburgh.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/sports/orioles-mlb/orioles-pitcher-tomoyuki-sugano-nippon-professional-baseball-to-major-league-baseball-JIUCGNV2YVFGZMXHY6YCXURKNU/</loc><lastmod>2024-12-19T20:21:49.408Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/MFNINOHWTBFRBPUC2ZQ2ZBCDII.jpg?auth=c23fb952cc8911c210c44ef444453e61cc624b392d2694967c867afbbf8ebd2e&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1024&amp;height=576</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Tomoyuki Sugano pitches for Japan in 2015.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/education/k-12-schools/dazhon-darien-ai-pikesville-baltimore-county-S5U46R2M3VGLBKG3HG53NGFOSM/</loc><lastmod>2024-12-19T19:53:23.55Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/VPLY6HCGQZA7HIE6PBPXAZ3ZVM.jpg?auth=3c5e5c077ff51a371893c77c984e2c08b226c6ab0b9768a6c0528ce5ded4261f&amp;smart=true&amp;width=3000&amp;height=2000</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Dazhon Darien has made 29 false claims on four job applications using two different names, a Baltimore Banner investigation found.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/culture/film-tv/karen-huger-dui-potomac-real-housewives-65677ACEOVFFFOARA47WPEVKBQ/</loc><lastmod>2024-12-19T19:47:50.593Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/ODC4WS4E3NBSPMTP54YRJN6Q4A.JPG?auth=3c6535a52403bbbed18f18e40c86dc7cd26d88b5e6eac61a3d05a1fabdc3757b&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1000&amp;height=667</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Karen Huger defends her actions regarding her DUI in a scene from “The Real Housewives of Potomac.”]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/article/pennsylvania-burg-justice-luigi-mangione-case-ZVC5CALYDFGBLKAVMLH3RN3ZWI/</loc><lastmod>2024-12-19T19:40:21.102Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/DHX7UTHKR5HHDF7QDWVQHF2VM4.JPG?auth=4dee5925e588fa2de6613b9090eb93eac25bc124ecac9bb03bd787a25f9ff1cc&amp;smart=true&amp;width=8640&amp;height=5760</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[People carry signs as they line up to enter the Blair County court house before Luigi Mangione’s appearance in Hollidaysburg, Pennsylvania.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/community/criminal-justice/luigi-mangione-extradition-new-york-4XI5X5JKVVF4ZPBYOZOWFJC6JU/</loc><lastmod>2024-12-19T19:11:37.287Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/36WVW2347ZBFJGKRDIJEIWWB6A.JPG?auth=d423bcdabb9623e8d9de56cd9fb82fb91ac944be0d5b0cd73bdb8372642fc94c&amp;smart=true&amp;width=3600&amp;height=2700</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Luigi Mangione in court with his lawyer, Thomas Dickey, during his preliminary hearing at the Blair County court house on Thursday.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/community/local-news/anne-arundel-tire-dumping-TU67QOY6FJCUDKWSQJPZO3EEPQ/</loc><lastmod>2024-12-19T16:16:41.899Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/HNX3CPDXRVF6PA3G3UPKHJJKOQ.png?auth=2968f1cfbe72471ec321112fad8c4c45bde6031bde8317a8cded9ecde19c829e&amp;smart=true&amp;width=756&amp;height=566</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Michael Osei, a 48-year-old from Hanover, was sentenced for abandoning hundreds of thousands of tires in Western Maryland.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/obituaries/john-brown-rj-bentleys-university-of-maryland-5DMGIFG7BJAWRL5FSHS2SDHN7Q/</loc><lastmod>2024-12-19T16:15:13.641Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/EJ2JVJSJXVAOBHSM7USFCJTOOA.jpg?auth=f34ccd82f34e6386cc75fc522ab04e2a37fda4fcfd4cda9eb1c7a7eae72ac822&amp;smart=true&amp;width=6240&amp;height=4160</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[John Brown III, a College Park legend who also chaired the Maryland Stadium Authority, died at the age of 77.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/sports/ravens-nfl/ravens-steelers-injuries-todd-monken-ball-security-drill-TTRAILHIQFGN5OLBXEARBEODIE/</loc><lastmod>2024-12-19T14:06:03.137Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/ZZ67DHFFTZGKBCRXU4ZD2ZMUMU.jpg?auth=b5c4261a2ca3d38e7f63f571d0a7afb7032fdbf536f7cee09050f76def87c838&amp;smart=true&amp;width=5019&amp;height=3346</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Ravens offensive coordinator Todd Monken is thinking about ball security as the team prepares for Pittsburgh.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/education/higher-education/daria-j-willis-howard-community-college-6JWFQFY2XJAIJL2EDOSX5ZCLII/</loc><lastmod>2024-12-19T10:30:03.386Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/72YAZQXW6VCILI5Y44RGD4FW6I.JPG?auth=c876c67519905b58dc2fc55a586b0623ebb081ebe2e60558f511bf627eed60a0&amp;smart=true&amp;width=3000&amp;height=2000</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Howard Community College President Daria Willis in her office last month.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/culture/things-to-do/things-to-do-baltimore-bso-poe-christmas-carol-Q2OOJTA7TZBNNJTGJNMIEOBNBI/</loc><lastmod>2024-12-19T10:30:02.129Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/JH6LORSPPVDDLNGA2TA7KAYETY.jpg?auth=8e279665a98827cc094b1a7d594e500b16399764385d8f7cf0112a9b77b94f85&amp;smart=true&amp;width=8640&amp;height=5760</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[There are a number of holiday-themed events happening this weekend in Baltimore.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/culture/things-to-do/rams-head-on-stage-annapolis-film-festival-heritage-baptist-ensemble-galilei-front-porch-orchestra-JSLXZCGR7BE3FBSDKEFHU4GRXA/</loc><lastmod>2024-12-19T10:30:01.024Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/TSYZKYNTPFDRLLLIXIO65CNSWI.jpg?auth=c3f5aa722a4e4514b8632a163e900df177a5db0e6130dd2becd161ffd3ca29f5&amp;smart=true&amp;width=8256&amp;height=5504</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Pressing Strings, from left: Austin Day, Jordan Sokel, Justin Kruger and Nick Welker return to Sokel’s hometown Sunday for two shows at Rams Head on Stage.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/opinion/column/middle-school-choice-fair-baltimore-city-HRGEB4ZG4RDXJMMWPVL676PCXU/</loc><lastmod>2024-12-19T10:30:00.993Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/4RG266IV25GMRPCGSZ66MW6WDE.jpg?auth=9e2707f5fb235f11ea137bfdcd50dd1aec48a158cabbe7279de5a0a453675949&amp;smart=true&amp;width=3858&amp;height=2572</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Baltimore City’s School Choice Fair provided plenty of brochures, tchotchkes and anxiety.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/politics-power/state-government/maryland-snap-benefits-contract-DX3QV6KNGNFIRKM5I3HSELYGZQ/</loc><lastmod>2024-12-19T03:08:49.809Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/HCCWRSVSXNCX7OK6LGVCCLYVGI.jpg?auth=a9c58b316d5af207a4363cdf2248bd9db2cd27c05fe677028426e69202d09816&amp;smart=true&amp;width=720&amp;height=551</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Department of Human Services Secretary Rafael Lopez asks the Board of Public Works to extend a contested contract.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/community/transportation/frustration-with-the-purple-line-boils-over-as-officials-split-over-96-million-contract-Q24NOYUVKRATTF3KM6EMIEP6R4/</loc><lastmod>2024-12-19T01:51:51.654Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/UMOSAZFSDJHGDNNH32METBJQHE.JPG?auth=206eaf8dd5bbedcef7089f47f3a95df4238be1301f343b9418e9e956f8680fcc&amp;smart=true&amp;width=5313&amp;height=3543</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Maryland Gov. Wes Moore, center, watches as state Treasurer Dereck Davis speaks during a meeting of the state Board of Public Works in 2023, while state Comptroller Brooke Lierman sits behind him. The board split Wednesday on a vote to approve the MTA’s request for $96 million for an insurance contract related to the Purple Line.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/politics-power/national-politics/donald-trump-government-funding-collapse-KG3CXMIDEJA2ZCZVPO5LIHCQLQ/</loc><lastmod>2024-12-19T00:10:35.072Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/73VSRAOR3RCDZBEBA5UUCFTL6Q.jpg?auth=ae395b9bd2fda6d15d23e608ea299ca8e1beb2529f047b643e0961ced833bfcc&amp;smart=true&amp;width=4527&amp;height=3018</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[President-elect Donald Trump abruptly rejected a bipartisan plan Wednesday to prevent a Christmastime government shutdown, instead telling House Speaker Mike Johnson and Republicans to essentially renegotiate — days before a deadline when federal funding runs out.]]></image:caption></image:image></url></urlset>