<?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/national/roy-ayers-dead-jazz-legend-2BCU22N6HBAXXMFJAZQJLWJETA/</loc><lastmod>2025-03-06T23:42:31.834Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/4CBJ5YSORFB35FXEHACXE7WZU4.jpg?auth=c080b618e3f18089ddbe03a70bbd467bbbf5c64f71a4462b260ced9d97ebff26&amp;smart=true&amp;width=3000&amp;height=2094</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Jazz legend Roy Ayers performs at Rise: London United, an anti-racism festival to celebrate the city’s diversity on July 8, 2006, in London, England.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/sports/orioles-mlb/orioles-hall-of-fame-2025-adam-jones-tom-davis-joe-orsulak-WUGZK4S5PFEJPNHE6M6I6PUCVA/</loc><lastmod>2025-03-06T22:20:13.888Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/TUSKHWCWF5GH7HOS7GBC5UOMI4.jpg?auth=606fadb3f7aabdfcb44dbe34a03edc9224dbc132913ff620a13cfe692ac3c768&amp;smart=true&amp;width=5163&amp;height=3442</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Orioles legend Adam Jones guest coaches from the photo well at Ed Smith Stadium in Sarasota, Florida, on Feb. 27.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/sports/orioles-mlb/orioles-starter-grayson-rodriguez-tricep-soreness-24ZR4MY7E5D3RDZTJMDYOCMXAI/</loc><lastmod>2025-03-06T22:10:23.107Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/UYUK2FBLLFDZ5AQGRLC22CZ2OM.jpg?auth=b2750a29e1912c172521486b03b5e11390fa77aea95ccf3a594c5efd0f321332&amp;smart=true&amp;width=5616&amp;height=3744</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Pitcher Grayson Rodriguez was being evaluated for triceps soreness Thursday, and the Orioles could know more Friday.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/politics-power/state-government/maryland-budget-trump-layoffs-Q7FA7RBM65G6HC6S7RCJKYZYWE/</loc><lastmod>2025-03-06T22:05:44.252Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/YDZCAENIRJGHDPSOYNRZ3CH5II.JPG?auth=bce988a4d9ae38abb63dd1fbe9954094748422ddd47578f5f182e75375fa9b56&amp;smart=true&amp;width=5568&amp;height=3563</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Del. Ben Barnes, left, and Sen. Guy Guzzone talk to reporters about the latest negotiations on the state budget on Thursday.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/politics-power/state-government/live-coverage-general-assembly-maryland-L66D5HEA6BAEZANNKTQLSAPEO4/</loc><lastmod>2025-03-06T21:26:06.992Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/LFFRB6XBPVBC3JJCOUXC3SAWXE.jpg?auth=5352c89efaacbf291a57bc4beb56cdbb23ae88ebc646545fb37f882dd36e9656&amp;smart=true&amp;width=5439&amp;height=3626</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[It's week 9 of the Maryland General Assembly session and lawmakers will have to wait on budget decisions from D.C.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/community/transportation/mta-light-rail-schedule-repairs-CYHZ2HSFNJBRLJ2QTC27YISQ6I/</loc><lastmod>2025-03-06T21:05:00.543Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/4SRPUMKFPRFNFJ3WH7UZX6OE7U.jpg?auth=344b607f6100cbb01bc9460927585f7130a9c64ed2869fea0fbe155959e66709&amp;smart=true&amp;width=5848&amp;height=3899</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Light rail stops between Patapsco and Glen Burnie/BWI Airport will be closed on Sunday.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/politics-power/state-government/key-bridge-luna-estate-noncitizens-YPNMRP2DZFG7LIBMBQ277TF7BE/</loc><lastmod>2025-03-06T21:00:01.545Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/WCV27DL7HFH5HB4CNR7CACSNDE.JPG?auth=2e7c6bda8ae752083ad76d97a729df2fb556073553a51393b32214718bc53fa1&amp;smart=true&amp;width=5000&amp;height=3333</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[María del Carmen Castellón Luna lost her husband, Miguel Luna, when the Key Bridge collapsed last year.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/community/local-news/gene-hackman-baltimore-movies-EYKVSVV245BHRBWVQHVFFTNNF4/</loc><lastmod>2025-03-06T20:28:46.482Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/35XEJ7YJABFHDH7TSGPROG5TQQ.png?auth=915251afb089884ec8c9aa077e3fd88ae105c647adc22932419dc4de01051a5c&amp;smart=true&amp;width=832&amp;height=482</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Gene Hackman and Clint Eastwood on the set of the 1997 film “Absolute Power” which was filmed in Baltimore.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/community/climate-environment/bald-eagle-phoenix-wildlife-center-6TAAXOOBX5HDFLYJSC54SNAIEA/</loc><lastmod>2025-03-06T20:06:19.203Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/GN7VJJD3YJHTBCW2DO7MMNKF4E.jpg?auth=a46c0438b77b77898296f62487d3a5771fc94b82f9d0cafa949413aa76e1afd8&amp;smart=true&amp;width=5712&amp;height=4284</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Hugh Simmons of the Phoenix Wildlife Center checks out the eagle that I rescued.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/culture/food-drink/toki-underground-baltimore-tomboy-cocktail-bar-2V66I3V5FJDGHAEQQYYID7DGTY/</loc><lastmod>2025-03-06T18:03:54.999Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/RVJJJQHOEBAYDIMBILTYSHYLRE.jpg?auth=2fc651b27d0ddc94aa5798d307280bb3c247d8adfa72a13c636332d33b00ad4c&amp;smart=true&amp;width=4139&amp;height=2759</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Toki Underground co-owners Jeff Jetton, left, and Olivier Caillabet have a new concept planned for Baltimore.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/politics-power/local-government/baby-bonus-new-court-ruling-DMSQ4DKE4JCYLMBUXD66VBTOWY/</loc><lastmod>2025-03-06T17:58:38.675Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/7KR4VIZCZNGAJCPISYFYTWMNLI.jpg?auth=3dbbccd71145d5081142ecf8181b160a9c22e05dc8ff2ad3a81a74996d4b274b&amp;smart=true&amp;width=4898&amp;height=3265</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[The Maryland Child Alliance is trying again to get new parents the resources they need through a "baby bonus" ballot measure in 2026. ]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/national/trump-delays-tariffs-mexico-DN35JWKVXBFHBK4HW2IELC2ZSU/</loc><lastmod>2025-03-06T17:57:24.558Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/PPL7NBL5JZHL5DAQSXNKUAWMNA.jpg?auth=934e0facb033eea2f2976e401532cb56fa1e13193e59922a95485aaaf50d5b38&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1024&amp;height=683</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[This is the second time President Donald Trump has postponed tariffs for a month since he unveiled the import taxes in early February.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/politics-power/local-government/new-survey-finds-black-baltimoreans-feel-more-climate-anxiety-SBPON6EO5VAIRAYGYD5HCREYOU/</loc><lastmod>2025-03-06T17:54:28.655Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/JTDBS57KXFBY7O42JS4AG6BNMI.jpg?auth=e62342754e4390c99dfd4e38dd5a392a51b7ad8d9b65ae9b1a2e5fcb0c8398b3&amp;smart=true&amp;width=3500&amp;height=2000</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[From left, Baltimore residents Jeffrey Barnes, Sarah Broadwater, and Kelly Cross.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/community/climate-environment/trump-federal-cuts-maryland-bee-lab-BX3W3XL4WFHGDDJ3DC4HEF4YRY/</loc><lastmod>2025-03-06T16:41:17.867Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/SKJLF736W5G5PAAV6JZINKNIFM.JPG?auth=1fc5da8e82ee14f1f63df3e5e6d4e8c9a250f37b1e7dc488f683714fa088ef86&amp;smart=true&amp;width=3812&amp;height=2541</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Researchers at the Eastern Ecological Science Center Bee Inventory & Monitoring Lab have spent a quarter-century studying the country’s bees.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/community/climate-environment/weather/maryland-weather-wind-advisories-KITBAYJYYNCVLOFOGFJO56MXSY/</loc><lastmod>2025-03-06T15:41:16.159Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/JJ4IFN4WRNDWPGDKP2EQOAR6IM.JPG?auth=4724db2f659d1b5644c99fc90e6a1923070182e4d952fcbc0989f170621c2147&amp;smart=true&amp;width=3000&amp;height=2000</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Wind advisories are in effect for much of the Baltimore region until midnight. ]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/politics-power/national-politics/research-cuts-trump-administration-jobs-HCBHCDLXUVFYPDBEDSK664FSPM/</loc><lastmod>2025-03-06T14:29:03.197Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/56UHMEOWXJCVFBIU5YWBB22J5Q.JPG?auth=fe4ab9fe661a379f028113b7dd8051d05ab2d9b68837683a44e47e53f93c9683&amp;smart=true&amp;width=8577&amp;height=5718</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Research funding cuts by the Trump administration could have a ripple effect across the country.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/education/k-12-schools/baltimore-city-schools-chronic-absence-public-transit-ON6WTBUWYVGT3HPMPXEAIUN7PE/</loc><lastmod>2025-03-06T12:29:50.492Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/CN3QREPBWRBNXBV4KYEPZZEXM4.JPG?auth=611c398f9ced78785c0e4b996680dd3ff03d6040cf2de0319c77a5904ce2c416&amp;smart=true&amp;width=6150&amp;height=3989</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Brooke Bourne, a senior at Western High School, spends more than 90 minutes getting home from school each day on public transit, a distance that takes 17 minutes by car.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/culture/things-to-do/st-patricks-day-am-fm-annapolis-comic-con-V5PNX4VC6RDXLLOIEELK7BG47M/</loc><lastmod>2025-03-06T10:30:03.198Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/IWX2VMEE4RDQRCRUZJRMFOYV54.jpg?auth=0523494fddaf5f9f1c1c50bb1ba3f13f28ffe82087a1393041d7e76319340eb2&amp;smart=true&amp;width=2300&amp;height=1776</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[A young boy watches as a unit of marching firefighters passes by during the 2024 Annapolis St. Patrick's Parade. The popular event returns Sunday.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/culture/things-to-do/things-to-do-baltimore-bar-crawl-karaoke-hank-azaria-DHI7OL4W3BG45ITZNA2WOSDTJI/</loc><lastmod>2025-03-06T10:30:03.122Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/QPMG2DPJQFHXTHJLJWNIUSAWRY.jpg?auth=37cb5bae5747ceac5eab82daf62c4b16910b6cc0b3e4339dfa7ac10805c367f0&amp;smart=true&amp;width=4500&amp;height=3000</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Baltimore School for the Arts students perform at its annual fundraiser and performance event, “Expressions,” in March 2024.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/politics-power/national-politics/trump-administration-er-shipp-resilience-PK2W42GUVJAZ5JEG7ANEDLWRKU/</loc><lastmod>2025-03-06T10:30:02.843Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/4KIUF5TCGFFMFMGQOQOUR3L2N4.jpg?auth=dd969eec7de6a29d22b43b8ca41a3236b8fa57fec2c6fc2aab12522da47ac10a&amp;smart=true&amp;width=4626&amp;height=3083</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[President Donald Trump, center, signs executive orders at the White House in February.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/culture/things-to-do/things-to-do-howard-county-scavenger-hunt-OVJES523RZGXDKUXM2ZG6OK7WA/</loc><lastmod>2025-03-06T10:30:01.746Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/KZSBIKZGAFDBHAYOCJCNZZNS74.jpg?auth=d7c5a225582a5b8e12992d8863611377e4a802b03a35490a87626a3073915866&amp;smart=true&amp;width=4800&amp;height=2738</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[The Milky Way, seen from Maryland.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/sports/orioles-mlb/coby-mayo-orioles-first-base-C3KW3HUPS5DFXOQQW7YQND6O7Y/</loc><lastmod>2025-03-06T10:30:01.427Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/EULBTH5MCRAK7B4XYR6UMLXCJE.jpg?auth=a93222633a558e3fc5d4de19b39959627972ca4b0f0dcf109a7c40054ca496f8&amp;smart=true&amp;width=3940&amp;height=2627</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[The Orioles want Coby Mayo’s bat in their lineup. He is learning first base as a way to play more frequently.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/community/transportation/i-83-speed-cameras-moving-E2ESCNHDTJEEJBS4J5Z7YLFF3Y/</loc><lastmod>2025-03-06T09:20:23.465Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/C5TTJLK4IBDUPGL6DTMSH5YUTA.JPG?auth=cb34d207c8b9773fb1908d3aba18163e6623953610865d05b290bf720fc2445d&amp;smart=true&amp;width=4213&amp;height=3000</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Weekend commuters zip past on of Baltimore City's speed camera on the Jones Falls Expressway in 2023.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/politics-power/local-government/zeke-cohen-brandon-scott-mark-conway-opioids-M3FB3IDJ7ZG7HNX7RSJ3KOJL4Q/</loc><lastmod>2025-03-06T09:20:10.271Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/SYKIAMDKOJAQDNM53F62QQ544Q.jpg?auth=d893d9348d3aa721a3510c99f03b9461b5f5d4be95582bb9b420d7d6b88d9d81&amp;smart=true&amp;width=3300&amp;height=2200</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Mayor Brandon Scott and City Councilmember Mark Conway.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/culture/food-drink/vegan-restaurants-meat-koshary-corner-r-house-LYYBLLR4H5BGLGYCJBTCCDKTB4/</loc><lastmod>2025-03-06T09:19:59.229Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/5PJP4NXMCVAHND6IOM6YPB6GNI.JPG?auth=d0f573c1409d1ae03e421ad712fb67a8b1b57edf53058a1e06258f4ab00a7a96&amp;smart=true&amp;width=3000&amp;height=2037</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[A koshary bowl with chicken from Koshary Corner at R. House in Remington.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/culture/theater/baltimore-center-stage-theater-federal-funding-dei-nea-guidelines-CKSPWDCU3VFGNHRC7UVK6SPDTY/</loc><lastmod>2025-03-06T09:19:45.262Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/CKIOLDPC7BFGHKZMMCT5TC4G5M.webp?auth=4b6d8f1bab6a4e40aa594dbb75ab57b4810c6229493b8ceed00fbd7c930f98b3&amp;smart=true&amp;width=2560&amp;height=2033</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Baltimore Center Stage.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/politics-power/local-government/parking-tickets-expired-tags-baltimore-45YSO43ZTVC6XCAE7XRWJETNVQ/</loc><lastmod>2025-03-06T09:19:29.561Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/TEYEKSMKMZFHLGAUG2D6BHLRZY.JPG?auth=71c65cbbea623598faf6c8d1daef54035f342cf9d3c03ad29e55921da5c6fab9&amp;smart=true&amp;width=3000&amp;height=1873</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[A pair of parking tickets on a windshield of a Mercedes parked near the corner of Cathedral and West Mulberry streets in downtown Baltimore.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/sports/college-sports/maryland-michigan-basketball-derik-queen-GAJWIXCVTVDQLHNMJT6DHWTXL4/</loc><lastmod>2025-03-06T09:13:21.617Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/ERZ66254JNBXFBG5L7PCN5JEYU.jpg?auth=d8df076a3623816a7c769874ef89d615f0edf9ecd259c6507dbf57d33b85d0b7&amp;smart=true&amp;width=3376&amp;height=2332</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Michigan guard L.J. Cason, right, knocks the ball away from Maryland forward Jordan Geronimo during the first half Wednesday night.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/community/criminal-justice/assadollah-hashemi-arson-jewish-museum-of-maryland-TOWHWVMPEJHEPAWJ62LZHWVNPE/</loc><lastmod>2025-03-06T02:03:56.063Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/URA4OQOWDVBR3CEQ4WDENUBGVQ.jpg?auth=53f2ea6c24aec0d241aa01a620a59b4985b302fc4bc5bee5a0f08e96639e6b61&amp;smart=true&amp;width=4500&amp;height=3000</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Assadollah Hashemi pleaded guilty on Wednesday in Baltimore Circuit Court to second-degree arson and destruction of a religious structure for setting a fire outside the Jewish Museum of Maryland.]]></image:caption></image:image></url></urlset>