<?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/state-government/live-coverage-general-assembly-maryland-IP3WTCGEH5EQBMXN3RIS2TYDTI/</loc><lastmod>2025-03-14T23:24:44.798Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/6P23VSAJQFCZJPA5DDO45NXIXQ.jpg?auth=26d38f40cb448fb1b4fc63b9cbf399255ee4110428e265e7ac934ca0491d2a0c&amp;smart=true&amp;width=4848&amp;height=3232</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Senate President Bill Ferguson warned Tuesday that Maryland could face a recession because of federal job and spending cuts.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/sports/orioles-mlb/orioles-zach-eflin-opening-day-starting-pitcher-E64V445PDFEEFMRDDNLK3KZC2Q/</loc><lastmod>2025-03-14T22:00:31.249Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/5ZLU6TKPRRCABPOIG6ODOK7UDY.jpg?auth=166cb1fe8abc31f3260d87f6fb9e2c102838397c67adbca67c6602a02f85c3ab&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1691&amp;height=1127</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Opening day starter Zach Eflin had a 2.60 ERA in nine starts with the Orioles last season.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/education/higher-education/towson-university-dei-federal-investigation-OKETDZ52DFESHOQVTIZAISCJKI/</loc><lastmod>2025-03-14T20:29:49.659Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/MOGR3N7Z35DSHDUK7N7QMUIZEQ.JPG?auth=a626b0f5503e5c10777f25fb87615aeb1ac255cf468ac27a733f7c05da9a6393&amp;smart=true&amp;width=3000&amp;height=1686</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[The U.S. Department of Education launched an investigation into more than 50 universities, including Towson University, for alleged racial discrimination.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/community/transportation/st-patrick-weekend-traffic-6GXD2BRRWZB2BI44KPOS5GJ4SM/</loc><lastmod>2025-03-14T20:24:27.166Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/FUS6ASFV4BG3PCXN6TGGAAXSRY.JPG?auth=5727b9d466917bc6442b9477724e449372721047b2eaa219b1268e0eeb1585cb&amp;smart=true&amp;width=5840&amp;height=3690</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[People celebrating the 67th Baltimore St. Patrick Parade will march through Mt. Vernon and near the Inner Harbor this weekend.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/national/dc-plane-crash-helicopter-route-PAALUM6NCVAMJJQTLVRFD53GBY/</loc><lastmod>2025-03-14T19:58:31.72Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/7OGNXSV65ZGBNAUTGBYGPLHTWU.jpg?auth=120a102dd13a938d7d9986a4989d62e0b4a73dab3f5729aa6556f112121a1f92&amp;smart=true&amp;width=5668&amp;height=3778</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Emergency response units search the crash site of the American Airlines plane on the Potomac River after the plane crashed on approach to Reagan National Airport on January 30 in Arlington, Virginia.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/sports/ravens-nfl/deandre-hopkins-lamar-jackson-ravens-free-agency-signing-TIRKWRH64JEBDBLTQMZT7LWK5A/</loc><lastmod>2025-03-14T19:31:50.827Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/WNFXWMKQENAYJA7SZLRW2LL3RI.jpg?auth=a0235279393da4b64aa5e47ef722a6feb8d690a79fbd420bf05e2ad55bbb11ee&amp;smart=true&amp;width=2783&amp;height=1856</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[DeAndre Hopkins wanted to join the Ravens to play with Lamar Jackson, but he also knows running back Derrick Henry well from their time together with the Titans. ]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/community/criminal-justice/timeline-of-events-in-the-case-of-adnan-syed-U6ESDQA6JRCWFOEXOJILFAMJKE/</loc><lastmod>2025-03-14T18:58:25.667Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/WJTLMNEEIRDNFBIQVQCKOCK2ZQ.jpeg?auth=f324e67f575083d6622031d856e25c5910dbd247e04e3e8719ccd32832c7aece&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1500&amp;height=1000</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Hae Mine Lee, left, and Adnan Syed, right, are pictured in these submitted photos.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/economy/growth-development/chasen-cos-bankruptcy-1400-aliceanna-street-baltimore-33BE3OJ7QFDSZBRJW2YZAPSWJI/</loc><lastmod>2025-03-14T18:18:20.169Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/DHMJDZHD6ZHLBNPVE2VFNQVWX4.jpg?auth=d592ae0f7178a3082d1ba42a37b7f3896a50dae8a4e23f7b5e48a8eb24d1ee74&amp;smart=true&amp;width=4152&amp;height=2768</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[A development project that Chasen Cos. named The Anne on Aliceanna, on the border of Fells Point and Harbor East.
]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/community/criminal-justice/adnan-syed-serial-resentencing-murder-hae-min-lee-FLAI363PBFBEHJJE7OJU23ZECY/</loc><lastmod>2025-03-14T17:52:41.506Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/254MLH3HEJCNVJH6JLKXFJBGFM.JPG?auth=6bb9e2e077747cd473cfa7825041826f1462332f988d1dfea559f2cb37d2a043&amp;smart=true&amp;width=3000&amp;height=2271</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Adnan Syed, the subject of the podcast "Serial," arrives at the Clarence M. Mitchell Jr. Courthouse in Baltimore for a hearing on his motion for reduction of sentence under the Juvenile Restoration Act.
]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/politics-power/national-politics/probationary-federal-workers-fired-reinstated-6EJZEOANGVEGJMGDI4QOEMB4RM/</loc><lastmod>2025-03-14T16:05:46.262Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/2DGOM52KIZEF5GCOWNMJAYNHAI.jpg?auth=9b0a6e48c58ea36d0fbd0a7168a80b58ee5a4f20044fb9ce66e8a88b16f7e682&amp;smart=true&amp;width=7295&amp;height=5464</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Protesters gather outside USAID headquarters last month. A Baltimore-based judge ruled Thursday that fired probationary USAID employees, and those in other agencies, had to be reinstated.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/community/climate-environment/weather/weekend-weather-rain-baltimore-ZAFLSENWVFHSXJQ7C64FP4NB3E/</loc><lastmod>2025-03-14T16:00:54.471Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/3QPCYJUM7VHANHQ6BQRAYBDNPA.jpg?auth=d78fd200e80413fdd7305eb5381b06364aa2f257bdf463315e3baeb881a63b49&amp;smart=true&amp;width=5529&amp;height=3737</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[The luck of the Irish may prevail come next week, with warm weather.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/national/government-shutdown-schumer-funding-bill-KLWZGVL6PRFKVMDNCMTFWYPPGA/</loc><lastmod>2025-03-14T13:47:45.459Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/N57DMHMWAFBMRFQ6E25ZF6UPQU.jpg?auth=4a657d70d7fb8129f1b698a03ac8cbea385b04a13e996bd34b077d2bb904c5a4&amp;smart=true&amp;width=5662&amp;height=3775</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D., N.Y.) walks as Senate Democrats gather behind closed doors to mount a last-ditch protest over a Republican-led spending bill at the Capitol in Washington.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/community/public-health/maryland-hospitals-medicare-medicaid-Z5H34DR6RVDDNFGAZC727U3F34/</loc><lastmod>2025-03-14T13:47:13.093Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/FS6RKKKBDBABLD6YV3UB5TXFVM.jpg?auth=62fb098de72d3fca0d8d591b0632a5648090264c7a73c9e8760c65d7a6b09d8d&amp;smart=true&amp;width=4032&amp;height=3024</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[The Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore is among those regulated under a special agreement with federal authorities. Other special hospital programs around the country were cut by the Trump administration this week.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/sports/orioles-mlb/orioles-kyle-bradish-dean-kremer-breakfast-ritual-M7CJLK7FOBCYPK2SDI5I7M5RNY/</loc><lastmod>2025-03-14T12:00:10.391Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/FUWSXSR7PRE5PFL2ON3YE56XOI.jpg?auth=3a3986e17ff32621147479f345db2cced4263ae0ff2655fdc864b6eb823d1c18&amp;smart=true&amp;width=4784&amp;height=3189</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Orioles starter Dean Kremer finds it difficult to eat on the days he is scheduled to pitch.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/politics-power/national-politics/federal-workers-local-help-2K65D7BVLNCL5P3NEHVEFM3GFE/</loc><lastmod>2025-03-14T11:16:17.969Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/4BRJFWDNC5FRNDD5CJIXVT4AQI.jpg?auth=839fd0dbf3ace14b0b42d8d1afa87268a02d5a9ab3ad383e49bdd75beab25a6c&amp;smart=true&amp;width=6000&amp;height=4000</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Rep. Sarah Elfreth, a Maryland Democrat, stands with fired probationary employees from the federal government.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/education/higher-education/sellinger-scholarships-EW6EAXNSVNBRPMAIA67DGNGFJY/</loc><lastmod>2025-03-14T09:30:03.605Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/TZH4FXB4VZEM5DEOKK7I7RSTJM.JPG?auth=5659beb37ae42e375be55dcad7f6970442c57a899a3874c2525198289e7b1191&amp;smart=true&amp;width=8485&amp;height=5749</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Rasheed Mustapha, a first-year engineering student at Loyola University Maryland, was able to attend the school by offsetting tuition with a Sellinger fund scholarship.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/opinion/column/climate-change-chesapeake-bay-gavin-buckley-AHF5JRFB2JH6BMHA2Y45ER3ULA/</loc><lastmod>2025-03-14T09:30:02.796Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/KSIW4NLHIZEUFDT2NQGUNHLCFY.jpg?auth=6417141f5d95e2fb9f204ee3fd60e0886ec774d94bb99daabc37b8032a1cc748&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1477&amp;height=1112</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Annapolis Mayor Gavin Buckley marches in the St. Patrick's Parade on Sunday, with supporters holding signs listing his administration's accomplishments. He says he owns more than one tie but all are skinny.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/politics-power/state-government/ice-baltimore-trump-immigration-deportation-detention-WNRGQUGLTVHD3MBFV4QUMEKDYM/</loc><lastmod>2025-03-14T09:30:02.067Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/DP43XQCVRVEBLJFBP2YVVKAHUM.JPG?auth=dc93b71a286a7a3a1952f0c64460d5f1d950eb9ba8c9453873cf510401533e2d&amp;smart=true&amp;width=3000&amp;height=1686</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[The George H. Fallon Federal Building in downtown Baltimore where the ICE field office is located.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/community/criminal-justice/police-precinct-shooting-wilkens-EVC6WFW7URB6NNBG4YBXWS57LM/</loc><lastmod>2025-03-14T02:46:22.205Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/F332JNBXTNBAJMEZIGWCOEZUY4.jpg?auth=c32a384a320d0fae7079bb1dd7cdba53c17b8ed0a99683de9ba2becc73821b27&amp;smart=true&amp;width=4296&amp;height=2864</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Police officers gather after a shooting at the Wilkens Police Precinct in Catonsville on Thursday.]]></image:caption></image:image></url></urlset>