<?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/education/k-12-schools/howard-county-schools-redistricting-FGMYYFAA5BCPXI4STU33TWZU54/</loc><lastmod>2025-04-10T22:23:37.222Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/DOLVTP67DZEQFAIOMJXMLKDWOQ.jpg?auth=08d53845af3ccd901408ebbd5df9292a17f89f380907c0a53f62232ba1590a85&amp;smart=true&amp;width=3000&amp;height=2000</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Wilde Lake High School is among the 11 schools involved in a boundary review.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/politics-power/state-government/general-assembly-wrap-up-talk-politics-with-banner-reporters-april-10-KQKDRU3HQNFLTBMIHHOPD4K2NA/</loc><lastmod>2025-04-10T22:17:12.798Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/MTYZH7C6JNGJ5JF7SX6RM3EI2M.jpg?auth=73866445e562fb95b81f4238bc423bb3b0c5c001cdc88323f8593aa45442b614&amp;smart=true&amp;width=5554&amp;height=3703</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Members of the House of Delegates look at the results of a roll call on "crossover day," a deadline for bills to pass at least one chamber, in March.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/community/local-news/bailee-brooks-serenity-gross-baltimore-beltway-crash-IS25OLSZTBA4RNYV2WBEUR7LHM/</loc><lastmod>2025-04-10T21:49:41.565Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/N44OUTZRSBHO5GQ5RTL3DCV62U.jpg?auth=337b5594fb589ee7069342789559ed4c901219a63e83c6391ff01ba1e899a3c0&amp;smart=true&amp;width=8640&amp;height=5760</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Two students at Lutherville Laboratory, an elementary school in Baltimore County, died in a car crash last weekend. ]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/education/k-12-schools/myriam-rogers-residency-baltimore-county-S32KZ3CVJZDBLGH4MVQGC3WVDA/</loc><lastmod>2025-04-10T21:26:51.897Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/CICBLDN3VJGR5GABW3MHBXSXSM.jpg?auth=4b04b20dd65c6b3f23e0729610a878bcb6241065117684d9ba6c56ed45680d4b&amp;smart=true&amp;width=3000&amp;height=1996</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Baltimore County Board of Education Chair Jane E. Lichter, shown here in 2023, spoke publicly this week for the first time since the release of an investigative report on the superintendent's residency.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/national/helicopter-crash-hudson-river-manhattan-Y66PHATCCZAR7E7SC5UNDOPCUU/</loc><lastmod>2025-04-10T21:18:33.829Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/N5JAOLJMVVDXXM6MVQR276W6TY.jpg?auth=353b56944dd0ee7d6c65550a1e4f5d5dc5096cba3666fd89b1a3f8bc7fae54a7&amp;smart=true&amp;width=4300&amp;height=2793</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[First responders walk along Pier 40, Thursday, April 10, 2025, in New York, across from where a helicopter went down in the Hudson River in Jersey City, N.J.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/national/ksenia-karelina-release-prisoner-exchange-SNGVLZOJHFH65NXVFJCXLFJXRA/</loc><lastmod>2025-04-10T18:21:46.584Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/GV65K63DQ5C2DCB3X5SEDZN3TQ.jpg?auth=6ab0d1926830659c82ae3086647b0a0be95fff50b879a6a0eca86822ca62ecf9&amp;smart=true&amp;width=4149&amp;height=2766</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[American Ksenia Karelina who was convicted of treason sits in a glass cage in a courtroom in Yekaterinburg, Russia on June 20, 2024.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/economy/real-estate/highland-home-for-sale-OVGKN5FNQZHKTKWOAQYLHMZUWI/</loc><lastmod>2025-04-10T17:49:31.049Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/DHNFO3RB4FCB7JG52PECIR3XC4.png?auth=b7deb1bfaf4e01b5a663b921a286f55f66b973d6a4c52839d0750df69022ee5b&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1280&amp;height=852</image:loc></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/education/k-12-schools/baltimore-city-school-cellphone-ban-LTGDAT7RAVE4TGYITGLT4ZTZQI/</loc><lastmod>2025-04-10T17:21:56.218Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/QJZ6UL44TFFPRPL4B2F2MLT5M4.JPG?auth=0ce7a1c9677b9845a38e9a05a62109c4c66b8c1301b7db6425ffcd09f7821120&amp;smart=true&amp;width=3000&amp;height=2070</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Principal Shawnette Williams collects a cellphone and headphones from a student arriving at Reginald Lewis High School in Baltimore. The school piloted a strict ban on cellphone use during the school day.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/culture/things-to-do/things-to-do-baltimore-fix-it-fair-record-store-day-C2BVKQK5MRASRM2NOSTT7MGI3A/</loc><lastmod>2025-04-10T16:13:45.028Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/LXYCLZ4VDBAPHHP52ND4KNB7ME.jpg?auth=fd3f1c483e509d78e659e8f76c64bbba5b0c4d1411c3c6ea82c4897cc604395f&amp;smart=true&amp;width=4240&amp;height=2832</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Tiph Browne works on a repair at the Station North Tool Library’s Fix-It Fair in Spring 2023.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/education/k-12-schools/baltimore-county-puzzle-pieces-charter-school-TXFN73YSB5BIRATC6N2A56YPEM/</loc><lastmod>2025-04-10T14:50:15.81Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/Z4JLYYFQKRG4ZEJ6AFGUOSAFWA.jpg?auth=0a2cc0ea4e4182dbaa4457213a457f3d600613f8bcd4f4df83bfc433a38b582e&amp;smart=true&amp;width=7528&amp;height=5019</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Baltimore County’s school board voted to approve the district’s third charter school Tuesday night.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/community/freddie-gray-fredricka-gray-baltimore-W66OPFGXVZAH5MTIRYGNDYNX74/</loc><lastmod>2025-04-10T14:41:14.632Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/WMHUNGKSLRFXVIXXYUODQ2D54M.JPG?auth=9431d33feec339ea8a7097763c554370f5641b050e7d35ef0e917474089ef43e&amp;smart=true&amp;width=8280&amp;height=5520</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Fredricka Gray, twin sister of Freddie Gray, in front of a mural of her brother on April 7, 2025. ]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/education/k-12-schools/baltimore-city-schools-essr-cuts-7VN677N7XZG6BOCDWJ5ABULHRY/</loc><lastmod>2025-04-10T14:36:07.16Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/6RAAPVNDLBGZTJAK4R3SI7BNZ4.jpg?auth=f6ed5425cb3483a3a889f452f320b627545d1014e0a344f88226b31de3fd8ef3&amp;smart=true&amp;width=4396&amp;height=2931</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Dr. Sonja Santelises, CEO of Baltimore City Public Schools, said she has tried to keep finances on track, including rejecting political pressure to give contracts to groups that don’t provide services the schools need.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/opinion/column/house-cleaning-self-care-SV63V2THDNGETGI757YY6IBXUE/</loc><lastmod>2025-04-10T13:15:02.402Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/VIRZQJBZRBFDDMDFUQEIR4VV6I.jpg?auth=4113462c7f3500fede3ebda104f0b96916a94b65f780eed8d2c29c8aa151b1ad&amp;smart=true&amp;width=7952&amp;height=5304</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Have a housekeeper? Don’t feel guilty.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/education/education-bills-2025-general-assembly-Z3EO6OECSFBNTLTCV4NJ3FWAX4/</loc><lastmod>2025-04-10T13:14:03.088Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/Y4HSWZN4NNFHNEQ353VB7HRE5U.jpg?auth=33c851acdbc943039d63cd7c8479cbeeef0e60fc45de933d320d619dd55cad5a&amp;smart=true&amp;width=5616&amp;height=3744</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Many education-related bills, some with big promises, failed to make it out of this year’s legislative session.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/politics-power/national-politics/federal-workers-protest-gorman-road-interstate-95-DGGEVZDTAVCQTPXA37YQPMVRVA/</loc><lastmod>2025-04-10T13:13:23.257Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/KNMAZXN4HNGKFPCZZI4UFSUTFM.JPG?auth=a5888b63263e3ed58540527d78942029b1ffb5128ea0740364d99c0cf7d05d50&amp;smart=true&amp;width=3500&amp;height=2334</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Demonstrators hold signs during a weekly protest in opposition to President Donald Trump, billionaire Elon Musk and the DOGE federal workforce cuts on the Gorman Road I-95 overpass in Laurel.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/sports/orioles-mlb/the-orioles-say-theres-no-panic-but-their-troubles-go-back-more-than-just-13-games-W4ZNLKQ3WNF7VMR2G6Q7CFNQ3I/</loc><lastmod>2025-04-10T13:00:02.502Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/GM3HVFTJAVHTREOCTKK6UXMZ7I.jpg?auth=8a143229803a7933871993bd861983ea85df2f632ef53a49adecf8525e12863e&amp;smart=true&amp;width=5616&amp;height=3744</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Manager Brandon Hyde said he will remind the Orioles “that they’re really good players and keep encouraging and staying positive.”]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/sports/college-sports/can-freshman-phenom-malik-washington-put-his-new-coach-back-on-the-right-path-U4KNRKH5VZDSXFN2F2C3X5IHSI/</loc><lastmod>2025-04-10T09:30:02.015Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/S3XQ6C5ZGZD7DDQFSW4DYLJY34.jpg?auth=0ff2712ee4b5d85cb200d055abda8ffffb45d542e8eec4246aaaa6fc0369239a&amp;smart=true&amp;width=4500&amp;height=3000</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Malik Washington became the first freshman under Maryland coach Mike Locksley to speak with reporters. That underscores how important the QB is to the future of not just the football team but the athletic department. ]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/culture/things-to-do/holi-color-fun-run-easter-eggstravaganza-WNTCV2NVBVEHNMPLJZ3DQSHBLQ/</loc><lastmod>2025-04-10T09:30:00.758Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/AIP6XBTJPVGZJPRLFSTGDTQS2Q.jpg?auth=bc530e6220b2a4e599f7518e23d0238606e64a5869b28a0976fbad19e009f3cb&amp;smart=true&amp;width=5048&amp;height=3370</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Merriweather Park at Symphony Woods Howard County is hosting another Holi Color Run/Walk. Participants in the 2024 event (pictured) enjoyed throwing colored dye at each other, creating a kaleidoscopic scene.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/education/k-12-schools/maryland-blueprint-education-bill-CSTCJDIVRZBVZMS47SHRP77DAE/</loc><lastmod>2025-04-10T01:39:59.016Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/ZIOWRDGWJZEWLKKI7IMQJNRH6E.jpg?auth=b88e576530312561a50f6bbd6d2d34dde63ef2ec8e15044b5bd8340133dfbd35&amp;smart=true&amp;width=8640&amp;height=5760</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Students and other attendees hold signs during a joint bill hearing for the Excellence in Maryland Public Schools Act, Gov. Wes Moore‘s proposal to revamp the Blueprint for Maryland‘s Future.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/community/criminal-justice/luigi-mangione-maryland-united-ceo-killing-YVEW77ZCQVB2PBV74VKZR3QCTA/</loc><lastmod>2025-04-10T00:43:00.973Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/IGW7JIU27ZH6LJ2QRCCWW64TPU.jpg?auth=e5d88c907e819c0adf335932db87528243e221e6c21e7c315a25cb7f1c8354a8&amp;smart=true&amp;width=5210&amp;height=3452</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Luigi Mangione is led into the Blair County Courthouse for an extradition hearing in Hollidaysburg, Penn., on Tuesday.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/politics-power/state-government/live-maryland-general-assembly-updates-6VS5WO2Q4JHSXJRFGM25JLAKFE/</loc><lastmod>2025-04-10T00:39:31.944Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/GEC4LYVFTVHATA3T6BY6VNEC7E.jpg?auth=7b02810236e2557456887c361fd445c28dc27991783237b925aae36fe8b476ca&amp;smart=true&amp;width=5182&amp;height=3455</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[For the first few weeks of session, lawmakers streamline their floor sessions while bills work through committee.]]></image:caption></image:image></url></urlset>