<?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/public-health/johns-hopkins-jhpiego-layoffs-ZPM45MJOFZESXBPZDS6BK4CGM4/</loc><lastmod>2025-03-13T22:34:56.634Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/6P6IQ4FFUVEI3B3IBCGIJUNC7Q.jpg?auth=ab0bf7a0fd36f9896ee2e0ba73e21ae572a9075a85a543ad5c63f6fad9e8123c&amp;smart=true&amp;width=5457&amp;height=3638</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[The Jhpiego headquarters in the Fells Point neighborhood of Baltimore. The organization began cutting jobs Thursday.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/politics-power/local-government/amitav-ghosh-climate-change-MJDOZXBBFRFA5JBRLZDZMJN7AA/</loc><lastmod>2025-03-13T22:30:06.874Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/KHNM7L5A6JH6PPEU25GA3FEXGY.JPG?auth=41c7d815f19305753f82bee3e61988b4a8c536fc5228420fc9fffea8c9b8655c&amp;smart=true&amp;width=3509&amp;height=2339</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Amitav Ghosh is a globally renowned novelist and essayist who writes about colonialism and climate change. He is the keynote speaker for an event on March 13, 2025, at Loyola that focuses on climate refugees and climate migration.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/sports/orioles-mlb/orioles-anthony-santander-free-agency-blue-jays-R2PSOLH5CVB4FCQFVNBQOF3PTM/</loc><lastmod>2025-03-13T20:56:26.921Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/VDYIMXKENRCWLMGJ7H47QE3RY4.jpg?auth=a1546b0b6fe4ea2a9125664d5634c73f475221cc0fcf6c3776ca3c93ec3577c1&amp;smart=true&amp;width=5190&amp;height=3460</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[New Toronto Blue Jay Anthony Santander hit 44 home runs and drove in 102 runs for the Orioles in 2024.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/politics-power/national-politics/government-shutdown-looms-as-senate-democrats-mount-last-ditch-protest-YPQZ5VL7PVENDLJCEQY4XODVKU/</loc><lastmod>2025-03-13T20:46:30.466Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/4S3CT6ALFVCBRLXWYXHR3LG2SM.jpg?auth=113f2adc8f3a4fd34cfdfadff0524f8eb396374cf27150ec0484fd46714a5ff9&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1024&amp;height=683</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D., N.Y.) speaks during a press conference following a policy luncheon at the U.S. Capitol on Tuesday in Washington, D.C.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/politics-power/orange-crush-maryland-delaware-YXZCR6K5SRATROOFAMNDQMWTI4/</loc><lastmod>2025-03-13T19:56:29.219Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/XE6I6VVDKVB2LNAHEHNBY47BMY.jpg?auth=219179e5f0b2aaebc277f07f011aa91e6205cced18196abbd7700238af6706bb&amp;smart=true&amp;width=2048&amp;height=1365</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[The crush lineup at Hampden's Wicked Sisters. The original orange — a Maryland invention — is on the left.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/community/criminal-justice/timothy-clinedinst-jr-manslaughter-sentencing-david-philpot-fells-point-EU7SPIDFRJEJPMHMPVNXSIEC5Q/</loc><lastmod>2025-03-13T19:41:36.394Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/W4WAIJBTTRCRBOQPQIRFHGVQK4.jpg?auth=5bed4dff65339ed5e87638eec932503995e61a7df637aa45699ab2f2f3601e4c&amp;smart=true&amp;width=620&amp;height=349</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[David Philpot, 74, a Vietnam War veteran who was fatally assaulted in 2024 in Fells Point, was a regular sight in the neighborhood even to those who did not know him.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/politics-power/national-politics/trump-federal-probationary-worker-firing-rehire-PX3OD5QVR5DVLPEFTN6JQFIO2M/</loc><lastmod>2025-03-13T18:41:55.847Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/TZCHQ2AFUNGYZNVYEZ7INMFEA4.jpg?auth=1473cd94b83e23aee3c9e144df0f7d885bb4c7224dcdb138ea6bfb95e254c969&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1024&amp;height=683</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[There are an estimated 200,000 probationary workers across federal agencies.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/community/criminal-justice/maryland-prison-racial-disparities-commission-BX6EI3WED5FY5GGGVFPCNAWCE4/</loc><lastmod>2025-03-13T16:45:00.592Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/DZQEF6DWNVBQ5E4L7FF7PXJZJQ.JPG?auth=537cb818fca8112c9876591be708ad6ddabce464237f616669c40601326d7d86&amp;smart=true&amp;width=3000&amp;height=1999</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Maryland Attorney General Anthony Brown acknowledged an “assault” from Donald Trump in some areas, but said a majority of elements of the criminal justice system reside at the state level.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/culture/things-to-do/things-to-do-annapolis-deanna-bogart-zz-ward-7ZTNFAW4QFAYVMZTKPPCZQYM4M/</loc><lastmod>2025-03-13T16:38:08.383Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/KWMXRWAOLRBDTDQSQGHMRHAZGQ.jpg?auth=cf47e4f4e7d4c883ea39b3d1fe3d92be8f7f0a592232bcbe675f59a983843cd3&amp;smart=true&amp;width=5622&amp;height=4016</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Dublin 5, an Irish rock bands, includes Jim Martin, Kevin Shook, Ray Murphy, Jennifer Garman and Gary Hewitt]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/culture/things-to-do/blanket-knitting-little-women-st-patricks-day-XIAH5NFAHBEBZKLUER75EOLJ2M/</loc><lastmod>2025-03-13T15:40:32.939Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/6DPLPIOEYVCYBIOKE7Q64XGFEA.jpg?auth=29f0317eaba5fe4992d4706b77e7575dbb24b02c39503700ed707ad5b58dedf6&amp;smart=true&amp;width=5797&amp;height=3865</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[On Sunday, Tapville will host a chunky knit-blanket making event at its location at The Mall in Columbia.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/national/states-trump-education-department-LAIK647XZVEVXPKRMNXWKJ4ZCU/</loc><lastmod>2025-03-13T15:35:13.977Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/5KEDWPTFEFG7BIM5T5XJD5VHAU.jpg?auth=985bb731b4c41e46e4d4081b5f19d03439271e95ebc74e9d6d204f690cb39f1d&amp;smart=true&amp;width=6000&amp;height=4000</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[The U.S. Department of Education in Washington, D.C.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/culture/things-to-do/d-nice-preakness-stakes-festival-S2AQTIKND5B2DHH4SLJLWDID44/</loc><lastmod>2025-03-13T15:04:51.642Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/YGRXOR34L5GWRCZYWRLD6G36LI.jpg?auth=bf2d4cfddd1437848577dd4e74b30d3adb70cb8d23fd906b793b9f382d1631da&amp;smart=true&amp;width=5665&amp;height=3777</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[D-Nice will perform at Pier Six Pavilion ahead of the 150th Preakness Stakes.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/howard-county/howard-county-population-census-S6MENCVVWBF5ZP2XGBROZTLU7Q/</loc><lastmod>2025-03-13T15:04:10.221Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/6N2OEP4SWBAUHC2UEYBTXRFQ64.JPG?auth=91ea75b5e71aa7a373e59976464b041c7c21377702cf9e55a01e008205affdc2&amp;smart=true&amp;width=3000&amp;height=1680</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Howard County’s population grew by about 2,000 in 2024. ]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/sports/orioles-mlb/orioles-pitcher-brian-matusz-dies-HWTAEK7AWJDOPI2ZJ5RIYZ32MY/</loc><lastmod>2025-03-13T14:17:10.784Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/SHKEK4NM5ZFNTJ6OAMDNEZZ44I.jpg?auth=9908869fcab718d5ebca6287e303e8581166918258e4e07ea7bae263c8db052d&amp;smart=true&amp;width=3504&amp;height=1971</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Baltimore Orioles relief pitcher Brian Matusz throws to the Pittsburgh Pirates in the first baseball game of a doubleheader in Baltimore in 2014.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/community/transportation/key-bridge-untold-stories-OARJ3N7J2FGOZECF4SQAIENDCU/</loc><lastmod>2025-03-13T13:57:52.18Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/DNLQ4PT4LJHXDLZUHZNVN6UTNU.jpg?auth=21369e68ea2bd383073cdde8472dfef70623559b5dc83cb860186f5f6e389f50&amp;smart=true&amp;width=2732&amp;height=2048</image:loc></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/education/k-12-schools/baltimore-county-school-board-maggie-domanaowski-UQEYGDML65H47BMAZAFF2OM45Y/</loc><lastmod>2025-03-13T13:55:25.68Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/FT3IJWTNLRENBLMP2NMESVQCSM.jpg?auth=ea2be27f837743239d754633841c14b996331c80839df756ffa290ff15880663&amp;smart=true&amp;width=3000&amp;height=1996</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Baltimore County school board member Maggie Domanowski, shown in 2023, was censured Tuesday in a 7-4 vote.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/baltimore/baltimore-population-gain-reverse-trend-5DJNF47HUFDUDGTTTOEXTMQFJQ/</loc><lastmod>2025-03-13T12:15:15.005Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/GULZCRRYP5BR7GG6QJ3H3WVYCY.JPG?auth=0615c48c3b8e48dc595fe488ed52090a2abb461d89cee1d0af5b183a878d0647&amp;smart=true&amp;width=3000&amp;height=1686</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[The city of Baltimore halted nine straight years of population decline in 2024.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/anne-arundel-county/anne-arundel-county-census-6EVEQVDP5VA2RCOQARXSOQXR6U/</loc><lastmod>2025-03-13T12:13:45.314Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/GQY6HEJQGFHSHN64HBIB2K3IYQ.JPG?auth=18780958721ee83bfa3c0fbba1199dccf0db0f705573c854be788f1c3695d6b1&amp;smart=true&amp;width=8526&amp;height=5752</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Downtown Annapolis in Anne Arundel County.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/economy/growth-development/baltimore-county-population-growth-RKV6VNZPCNGEPPG2A5YDJUETTA/</loc><lastmod>2025-03-13T12:13:18.523Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/G23GWN2RSNAVBMLKZSX435LDLE.JPG?auth=cfd753d9c60c64ae98f985f1a4a5b681c2461539055482adbb0708a0b99f9f8d&amp;smart=true&amp;width=3000&amp;height=1686</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Baltimore County reversed three consecutive years of population decline.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/opinion/column/with-love-meghan-markle-black-netflix-show-JRZ7YWFZPVHABMMTV6GEYNJT4Q/</loc><lastmod>2025-03-13T11:36:25.53Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/SRVKLHHV4BG2BMNCNO3KVZWBRU.jpg?auth=8bfde946cdb78d6ddcc0f17f6950271f698cb601ab191a7632f9c5ff471c7b96&amp;smart=true&amp;width=5000&amp;height=3825</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, attends a gala honoring Tyler Perry in December. She probably went home after and made tiny sandwiches shaped like Madea. How dare her.
]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/culture/things-to-do/things-to-do-baltimore-st-patricks-day-parade-BNVAMGXPURE5BM42S7FSMOUBEI/</loc><lastmod>2025-03-13T09:30:00.758Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/5PPGEVLD7RFJXAH4VXX56Q3HUU.jpg?auth=ea214ac6884ddf910eb9df199b89093fbf0a9d0cd017ec320964be82a4b131dc&amp;smart=true&amp;width=5452&amp;height=3635</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Bagpipe players march down Pratt Street in the annual St. Patrick's Day Parade in Baltimore in March 2023.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/sports/orioles-mlb/orioles-opening-day-roster-projection-QYIJTI7P75DHXIQOPEYISUBUAE/</loc><lastmod>2025-03-13T09:30:00.719Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/M43NNVPWGFCJNHNN357ZC4E2XA.jpg?auth=e1b85c88621055eb380edee82b225b360cf542c310ae91739ec4327db703d452&amp;smart=true&amp;width=5317&amp;height=3545</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[After beginning the season at home against the Los Angeles Angels last year, the Orioles will be in Toronto for opening day in two weeks.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/culture/food-drink/yelp-ellicott-city-sichuan-pepper-house-IOLTL5GWHZHKXBRVERKIVKKTHY/</loc><lastmod>2025-03-13T09:30:00.654Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/JV7LV52ZRNE5XJAJGE5A5G5PWM.JPG?auth=0a24fed66148d9ed4bfcba823fb3bfe7dd612b2e79f92c58fe0089213b150d47&amp;smart=true&amp;width=3000&amp;height=2000</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[A selection of dumpling dishes from Pepper House, a Sichuan restaurant located in Ellicott City.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/economy/real-estate/woodmark-home-for-sale-contemporary-IA2XGCM65BEINK5M2KLOHK5HPQ/</loc><lastmod>2025-03-13T09:30:00.601Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/XSQUA6IKMZC7ZOXW5MEB5SEVFA.png?auth=869b72d2760cb6b03a874d12e45a9f0cd6a6e5c2ea5eee1ccaf124d21f20ae5a&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1280&amp;height=959</image:loc></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/sports/ravens-nfl/ravens-safety-marcus-williams-released-PH224WHGXRAB3KCSROQBMDRDJU/</loc><lastmod>2025-03-13T00:56:38.454Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/OZFHROVXVVCAXAG7GKHWRQCU3Y.jpg?auth=b8568af10917a32d9f419005d12c451ed64c91006201f43e4cfdb8f7c922ec81&amp;smart=true&amp;width=3639&amp;height=2427</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Ravens safety Marcus Williams celebrates a fumble recovery against the Dallas Cowboys last season.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/politics-power/state-government/bge-rates-maryland-general-assembly-EZJE6I2IBBAJ3AHXKD73QN5DWM/</loc><lastmod>2025-03-13T00:13:10.873Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/AG54K4DSL5E23NSDROBF6QC7VA.jpg?auth=93b9abbd224ae8bb0bd75575f6272738fde235015ef26111c924a04473b4b900&amp;smart=true&amp;width=3868&amp;height=2582</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Supporters of legislation aimed at lower heating costs and improving public safety hold up signs during a press conference held outside of Baltimore City Hall in February.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/sports/ravens-nfl/ravens-podcast-deandre-hopkins-signs-6P2K6LMR5VELTMK5LHY7VIOVSM/</loc><lastmod>2025-03-13T00:07:19.529Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/E5GSE6GCJ5DO5KGTH47SVDXRM4.png?auth=6c2d7127e60a29faaf3b0f039af669fbe9e16d126ea44bb04625722a8a7af33a&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1920&amp;height=1080</image:loc></image:image></url></urlset>