<?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/national-politics/global-refuge-layoffs-donald-trump-B3SQDOOJTVC4HK4F4VUKWX3KCY/</loc><lastmod>2025-02-25T23:55:41.769Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/WM65AIGUAVFFRDDKNTZ7WRKXRE.jpg?auth=698fb700167db414df4a64d7b0051477c63930f4d9c87c27aef3138ed7da1178&amp;smart=true&amp;width=5710&amp;height=3807</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Global Refuge’s President & CEO, Krish O’Mara Vignarajah, at the nonprofit’s headquarters in Baltimore last year.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/sports/ravens-nfl/ravens-john-harbaugh-comments-justin-tucker-B7FVQZDMIFHTZCS2BYJPM5G32U/</loc><lastmod>2025-02-25T23:46:51.293Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/MF6ZGLYLVFGZNGMICDGQFGA7A4.jpg?auth=176d26bf6c0973da9c4d93b2e8662038a9c3f140a22b2e8cc84e1cc2902fdbb8&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1024&amp;height=683</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Ravens head coach John Harbaugh speaks to the media during the NFL Scouting Combine at the Indiana Convention Center on Tuesday.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/community/transportation/bwi-ricky-smith-4AYYRYLJENADXDRTVYCROPJPQE/</loc><lastmod>2025-02-25T23:42:32.98Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/ORSYW5POQZDFZO5KY3PG7JSOAE.jpg?auth=6ed65a6eb352baa41ffbe00c752c955e283862bae5b22b6e7481e5e5f4b1070c&amp;smart=true&amp;width=2048&amp;height=1366</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Ricky Smith, executive director and CEO of the MAA, is stepping down after about 10 years managing Baltimore-Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport and Martin State Airport.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/sports/ravens-nfl/john-harbaugh-eric-decosta-address-justin-tucker-allegations-massage-therapists-REYBTZV56ZH3ZOUMZ26XS7ZBIU/</loc><lastmod>2025-02-25T23:18:09.42Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/KAEULQZNUND77KCYWD3IOIYAOU.jpg?auth=49389b279fe5d5f6e5796be7ff1471001de4740432a39ee71b74127e9d4b9e70&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1024&amp;height=683</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[General manager Eric DeCosta of the Baltimore Ravens speaks to the media during the NFL combine last year.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/community/religion/pope-francis-condition-critical-but-stable-LAOQPUOPEREIZE6G7SUHRYP4RQ/</loc><lastmod>2025-02-25T23:16:25.021Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/DPXOEECH4NCWDP6NXK2XRSVKCI.jpg?auth=923b997968e721930784ed55a049d928997d894674d90f6a86d7dbdcd40f2b68&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1024&amp;height=683</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Catholic faithful carry images of Pope Francis at an outdoor mass to pray for him on Monday in Buenos Aires, Argentina.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/economy/social-security-close-civil-rights-doge-A3WNRL67JFBBDJABPOQIAUBHYE/</loc><lastmod>2025-02-25T22:40:08.245Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/34N5WJL3Y5FPPOR34Y4FAQQHWE.JPG?auth=67679cc069598fb536e2b22e92744817beb0f5a72f2dc54406b81ca660d5be6d&amp;smart=true&amp;width=2945&amp;height=1556</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[The Social Security Administration is led by a DOGE-supporting acting commissioner. ]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/culture/music/wu-tang-clan-final-tour-baltimore-SXHDYJCSTJFYFLO4CI7WO6QLZM/</loc><lastmod>2025-02-25T22:04:56.848Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/YANRE4UC6JBMXP7P3VFFXL5XOA.jpg?auth=88ec72abea2967a84aa05de150cac8158ad4b72b90fae160eba6177336339536&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1024&amp;height=681</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[The Wu-Tang Clan is kicking off its final North American tour in June from CFG Bank Arena in Baltimore.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/economy/growth-development/baltimore-port-cars-georgia-WOYODOHGNNA2BJOQ23EKXRXIPE/</loc><lastmod>2025-02-25T21:18:31.781Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/WFJLCKILHNEELH2S3IDHIZV55E.JPG?auth=ae0883dd34a285cc16be61b311ba4fc8f133cf70f4ea3f704733477e023c1b8e&amp;smart=true&amp;width=2000&amp;height=1123</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[For years the Port of Baltimore has led the country in vehicle imports and exports. Now Georgia’s Port of Brunswick is giving Baltimore some competition.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/sports/orioles-mlb/orioles-culture-sarasota-L3TBLNOMZRGLFC3QQETY4EDP6E/</loc><lastmod>2025-02-25T21:08:26.251Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/65THQ3VZEVH37IT55U2NAIZVIU.jpg?auth=43d5e8f231fbd54d0d160fa94e22bf57417c0c675add269efde145052c353dc1&amp;smart=true&amp;width=5094&amp;height=3396</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Young Baltimore Orioles fans beg for autographs ahead of a Grapefruit League game against the Pittsburgh Pirates at Ed Smith Stadium in Sarasota, Fla., last week.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/sports/ravens-nfl/justin-tucker-allegations-team-statement-eric-decosta-john-harbaugh-ODQZPGKYJNGGDF5EMZR2QSWTFE/</loc><lastmod>2025-02-25T19:34:57.911Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/HNZIHJTTLVGOZFISEIEU32HXQ4.jpg?auth=89f4c22fca597f519dac6b77d17cdcefef377797a6fd2c6e53f1d41b72e817f2&amp;smart=true&amp;width=3240&amp;height=2160</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Baltimore Ravens general manager and Executive Vice President Eric DeCosta, right, and coach John Harbaugh hold a season review press conference at the Under Armour Performance Center in Owings Mills.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/sports/ravens-nfl/ravens-eric-decosta-ronnie-stanley-contract-extension-free-agency-deal-6SNQLYHCJZEFNEBVQVEHDXYV6M/</loc><lastmod>2025-02-25T19:05:03.544Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/GGQYHOVGLBA5ND4LUVBMR67EOY.jpg?auth=e0efadbf1b00ab6a00baec92059b5b8de19205ef85924af10bc92cc61e747c15&amp;smart=true&amp;width=4772&amp;height=3181</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Left tackle Ronnie Stanley, 30, who started all 17 games in 2024.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/community/criminal-justice/amazon-driver-woman-crash-charges-dropped-I2BLDX5J5VDBNBHD66Z7KS5DSE/</loc><lastmod>2025-02-25T18:19:12.323Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/VNZABWYDVBAO7NU32YJE6Z7WZE.jpg?auth=0f50d27e32cd6b8c5a000251f0ecc037c5013fc70c308bdccd97d8f60874d764&amp;smart=true&amp;width=8640&amp;height=5760</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Some of the charges were dropped against the Amazon van driver accused of running over a woman.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/community/local-news/joe-gans-day-baltimore-PDHWWDZ725DQPFCU2FY65CRYNY/</loc><lastmod>2025-02-25T17:57:26.279Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/HWHH5FCBIND6TEVTHIRLHH7OF4.jpg?auth=a40d607916c1c4db0508662bc67f9525b299aed0a594c39193da5a0612b6419b&amp;smart=true&amp;width=524&amp;height=349</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Joe Gans, the first Black American to win a world championship in boxing in 1902.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/politics-power/national-politics/trump-funding-freeze-farmers-agriculture-CQBPNAUE75BIZE3YGYET3GWZX4/</loc><lastmod>2025-02-25T17:04:15.176Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/WGN5SQSANNB73ATV2W5UTPAYU4.JPG?auth=5f5f116c243a1355352a341d5ff8de24c7ad87add6dad865cae458572ec83e9f&amp;smart=true&amp;width=3000&amp;height=2000</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Farm manager Sophia Fast cuts spinach at One Acre Farm in Dickerson. ]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/community/climate-environment/weather/maryland-weather-warmer-temperatures-XLWUFWD32RE7HJFTFJR5JCT6TY/</loc><lastmod>2025-02-25T16:38:22.818Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/MP6PBTXTNFHKVNAXBYBIXZQADI.JPG?auth=6aa659b70eed4f54d9d2b4bf731de667d1e9d5a6dfb1ed74e7ff5c0a8c3f76a5&amp;smart=true&amp;width=3000&amp;height=1686</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[The Baltimore region is getting a brief respite from chilly winter weather.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/sports/college-sports/georgetown-hoyas-basketball-kevin-braswell-dies-IOXTLHQJEVGE3PKEIZIGLZDHI4/</loc><lastmod>2025-02-25T16:34:23.18Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/LRE42EQAZFGQBBW7FIAAKTAAHI.jpg?auth=f30d8f8ba4c52bfa5433c1f1bda601fa9cc9549a5033aa1a7976ae92a128c743&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1024&amp;height=685</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Kevin Braswell, #12 of the Georgetown Hoyas, drives around Ryan Gomes, #3 of the Providence Friars, during the first round of the Big East Tournament at Madison Square Garden in 2002.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/baltimore-county/hunt-valley-hotel-steve-keelty-F3C5T635RBDWVKIC56NJS7XSII/</loc><lastmod>2025-02-25T16:00:05.057Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/EKVHMCRUCFERNOCBSMJAFURA5E.jpg?auth=86ece0e9947d4957988a0bf1656e2baf4cb77dd3df6b4c93fbac72a3fa0cc17e&amp;smart=true&amp;width=4032&amp;height=3024</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[A chain-link fence surrounds the location of the former Hunt Valley Inn on Shawan Road. Developers hope to turn the site, which sits near I-83, two light rail stations and a large shopping center, into luxury townhomes.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/community/criminal-justice/columbia-domestic-shooting-two-dead-ZGD4SQX3NVETZBSASZSCMQMVJA/</loc><lastmod>2025-02-25T15:41:16.423Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/AZHUQWRYQ5DOXCDT2HAKMP7IC4.jpg?auth=a5c26631ff8032877c2d7f91a37ed8115ce59f051aad42c4ca7f5f7befd94380&amp;smart=true&amp;width=2000&amp;height=1125</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Police said the investigation is ongoing, but they believe the suspect lived in the home with the two victims, his grandparents. ]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/article/judge-trump-immigration-policy-RSG46MC3QFGFNFRJTH7CEHWZJY/</loc><lastmod>2025-02-25T14:50:29.846Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/XZR33TFXCBAWPJH35FSXYUVNY4.jpg?auth=df0eea58f515baf9b327fdba8c99c261afd48fed3bd6b005e8b108e7d7cdc215&amp;smart=true&amp;width=6240&amp;height=4160</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[More than two dozen Christian and Jewish groups have also filed a similar but separate lawsuit in Washington, D.C.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/politics-power/state-government/wes-moore-developmental-disabilities-cuts-QIB5BR44JNCPPHDRCSWD6STANU/</loc><lastmod>2025-02-25T14:32:12.95Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/54RDU3PZFVBMJGIRA2BUBKPS6M.JPG?auth=198bc69ae41cc1fbd57306d4157aaa1d98858b94b69476c148fb09557bf60a58&amp;smart=true&amp;width=2997&amp;height=1998</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[At $5 million per year, the program is among the smallest of the cuts, but participants say has an outsized benefit to their families’ lives.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/sports/orioles-mlb/orioles-spring-training-standouts-cade-povich-samuel-basallo-HXA2HTNKJRG4RDLTZMXD2XVP4A/</loc><lastmod>2025-02-25T13:14:00.676Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/FCTP3JDZJZDC5PUBYIJV27W6YQ.jpg?auth=11ac7c64e39ea8cc2bb89c6234e054b5f0a270b0bb3162d15cf40f1ab05cb0f0&amp;smart=true&amp;width=4425&amp;height=2950</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Baltimore Orioles players walk together to the backfields during spring training in Sarasota.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/opinion/column/capital-gazette-brooklyn-home-gun-violence-VS4BXRYQGJDBVP255T2ISCDLVE/</loc><lastmod>2025-02-25T10:30:01.402Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/UIZREFNH4RD5PPSB4JMT2CWF2Q.jpg?auth=c30a28ae98187057679cb11e51aceda880f678f104ccd9df107021c9e6e65b46&amp;smart=true&amp;width=2940&amp;height=2000</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[State legislation would require gun dealers in Maryland to distribute pamphlets like this one, developed by Anne Arundel County, the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention and the National Shooting Sports Foundation.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/sports/orioles-mlb/orioles-tomojuki-sugano-japanese-baseball-media-BXOKRTYFUJDX7CUYEQMPN2FV4Q/</loc><lastmod>2025-02-25T10:30:00.875Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/HWQMPBF6PZA7BMOBG77W22G7BQ.jpg?auth=43c13741ad132d9617eecc09f0b42a1ae9b257e074431b5d9c669465bbcce74b&amp;smart=true&amp;width=3904&amp;height=2603</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Journalists with several Japanese news outlets document newly signed Baltimore Orioles pitcher Tomoyuki Sugano, right, as he warms up with the team during spring training.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/politics-power/state-government/business-license-employee-citations-maryland-bill-KNT5CFHA35GKTHE5V7FJS7RZJE/</loc><lastmod>2025-02-25T10:30:00.779Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/2CRUDCEUZVB7LMD5E6KTGCQY6I.JPG?auth=620e71104503143057580d2f6cadd90bef75354c22e17eab387e15b3859df7e5&amp;smart=true&amp;width=6000&amp;height=4000</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Georgianna Tolliver at the High’s convenience store on Erdman Avenue in November 2023. Tolliver was personally cited when the gas station was operating without a business license, despite only working there as an employee.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/politics-power/state-government/wes-moore-donald-trump-partnership-crisis-2ZNRJGXBLREWZKFGZ2L72JGVWE/</loc><lastmod>2025-02-25T02:47:52.764Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/5V6E43QU6BBWNLHJUQSHCGB6QM.JPG?auth=0c00c3ad0b47eb1ba1ff30cc127aa725a820ce85fb1d5654669e953798339cdc&amp;smart=true&amp;width=2997&amp;height=1998</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Maryland Gov. Wes Moore in his office in January. Moore attended the National Governors Association meeting in Washington, D.C., last week, witnessing President Donald Trump’s clash with Maine Gov. Janet Mills over transgender athletes in sports.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/sports/ravens-nfl/ravens-nfl-combine-storylines-D6SYKS6SJ5GSXCLU3CV37DQMKU/</loc><lastmod>2025-02-25T02:31:10.92Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/GQK73ZDUSJHSPHRH4FZSQBJTVU.JPG?auth=8cfe2b16d7c31f13a1aec4eb608767f93f8720b7f21120d9093bc8532ee2373d&amp;smart=true&amp;width=3000&amp;height=2016</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Ravens coach John Harbaugh, left, and general manager Eric DeCosta will take questions from reporters for the first time this week since 16 massage therapists made allegations of inappropriate behavior against kicker Justin Tucker.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/politics-power/national-politics/casa-dhs-lawsuit-AKGY4SFWGNH3LMEV3VO3K3HS7A/</loc><lastmod>2025-02-25T00:54:34.499Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/VD32NCFQRFBDXH3E7PK6S5XHMU.jpg?auth=76a4b09920a3c16fcdb73af5efbf6b5d0acf2114f69bd241477af3c466919fce&amp;smart=true&amp;width=4320&amp;height=2880</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Department of Homeland Security and Secretary Kristi Noem is being sued by CASA, a Maryland-based immigrant rights group.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/politics-power/national-politics/ap-white-house-access-AMNDPELS6ZCBVA7WCCPBD5NI24/</loc><lastmod>2025-02-25T00:23:19.116Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/FNFZRRMBKFEJBP2XTCM7MMIW3E.jpg?auth=637fe3fb8590bd36103d9876ac381d2ce70e5beb57c0a8cdea816060e1cb45c6&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1024&amp;height=683</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[A judge urged the Trump administration to reconsider its two-week-old ban, saying that case law “is uniformly unhelpful to the White House.”]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/community/local-news/anne-arundel-cyber-attack-government-closed-57VZIM5QJJAXXGOGN4TEIJA2GY/</loc><lastmod>2025-02-25T00:03:57.033Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/XGEK3SRQKVE4XEX77443ADJ2PI.png?auth=8c256b33302fb7eef9442814a53f69d54c28333507ece4df5dba01909b146a1c&amp;smart=true&amp;width=600&amp;height=400</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[The Arundel Center in downtown Annapolis houses county government offices.]]></image:caption></image:image></url></urlset>