<?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/opinion/column/immigration-protests-CEHIDFW2BFDSNO5R4U7S2BG3TQ/</loc><lastmod>2025-04-11T23:05:31.951Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/S74FXWLILREXXIXWXMNCVDMSIE.jpg?auth=5abd2f2cec3494de1fdd52ff9b4351dd62284daec3c2a26e515e40fab9f7b3a6&amp;smart=true&amp;width=2800&amp;height=1867</image:loc></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/community/criminal-justice/rachel-murder-murder-trial-state-rests-WHIIPTLM3NHQ3H72FTHBR2RAOQ/</loc><lastmod>2025-04-11T23:01:27.894Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/U6DFYHLHMJDGPEAIJZQBQPWMKI.jpg?auth=07ab5ad423c6d256cb826eea030f42e67382e6f07ecd7cc9aaabdfc4079d98eb&amp;smart=true&amp;width=2048&amp;height=1365</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Law enforcement agents escort Victor Martinez Hernadez from an airplane at Martin State Airport after his extradition from Oklahoma, June 20, 2024.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/education/higher-education/johns-hopkins-student-visas-revoked-HTQDUBLPIFH7TA7BOPQOKXRYQY/</loc><lastmod>2025-04-11T21:52:36.988Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/IVQMUHU3WVHIFJJVAIGSHXRQS4.jpg?auth=0e335b4ffb4b6eab6a6f722f9c5dbf5b9826eeda58e9cadb7005ef77100ea656&amp;smart=true&amp;width=5115&amp;height=3410</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Johns Hopkins University's Homewood Campus.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/clifton-perkins-psychiatric-hospital-failure-warning-NCXJT5ECURFIXDTW54YOW6HWVU/</loc><lastmod>2025-04-11T21:36:14.847Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/D6CDK2CYJJCVXGDDMLMAVWBNYM.jpg?auth=626ed9afe4289b5e9a9ab1cabe489c11f0b6ca222143c87453662107365ff83a&amp;smart=true&amp;width=3000&amp;height=2000</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[The Clifton T. Perkins Hospital Center in Jessup, Md. was issued a preliminary denial of accreditation and must respond immediately. ]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/economy/trump-tariffs-baltimore-OB2ZMNXLIRGFVDU2EJHH3BUBSA/</loc><lastmod>2025-04-11T21:16:24.028Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/P6MU2WIJ5VB2PEKFEDONCUWBNI.jpg?auth=da8d8858f3f6ac7a1106caf6c48ecb4166c974b376b74fafe134d3936b50c83f&amp;smart=true&amp;width=5414&amp;height=3609</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[U.S. Small Business Administration Administrator Kelly Loeffler, right, is given a tour of Marlin Steel by owner Drew Greenblatt in Baltimore on Friday.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/education/higher-education/student-visas-lawsuit-maryland-2L7FGOBORRBEZNDB44X7H7NQHQ/</loc><lastmod>2025-04-11T21:16:11.637Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/6DAIFLWPRNFPHFWIGP2EXSXF7U.jpg?auth=4bf4afa1b33ca5e6546e469b4b23b5619f9648dfc6f552feda44f9383fd7c964&amp;smart=true&amp;width=4906&amp;height=3271</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[The University System of Maryland joined others to sign an amicus brief to stop the Trump administration from revoking student visas without cause.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/education/k-12-schools/dei-maryland-schools-JGJ5LZ5Q2BDKJCIU2XA5RSSWE4/</loc><lastmod>2025-04-11T20:39:38.693Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/IZOHNO6T7NAKJLP6XZ6TS3YEVU.jpg?auth=e072b5f6aa9d622584fc0cb04657ec4bda46d5e41977e668c6506d57b9f0f485&amp;smart=true&amp;width=7017&amp;height=4678</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[U.S. Secretary of Education Linda McMahon wrote in a letter to state and local school superintendents that they must certify their compliance with “antidiscrimination obligations” to continue receiving federal funds for high-poverty schools, known as Title I funds.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/community/local-news/key-bridge-dali-livestream-LPZZVQY5DBGURJULRLDDB4J6HU/</loc><lastmod>2025-04-11T20:37:05.832Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/6X3SE6U3MRDBZFTXOIPO535TCY.JPG?auth=93a95923fa89dc5122ee27be41fa1943ed20146950ac5e25b9c44ffdf272f425&amp;smart=true&amp;width=4000&amp;height=2667</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Norman Fogle navigates the live camera operated by the Baltimore & Chesapeake Bay Ship Watchers group to see different views of the Patapsco River from his home in Beltsville.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/community/local-news/dundalk-heritage-fair-volunteers-donations-WEQEVE7POFBWLCRYLBKRL3TPT4/</loc><lastmod>2025-04-11T20:04:43.15Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/ZD4O5UQVCNF5PEPST2KVABBU4M.JPG?auth=cdaf003adac906afb77352959f8f3580fcf38a98995b1f9555f63bebd3bd1842&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1080&amp;height=654</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[The Dundalk Heritage Fair has been part of the community since 1976.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/community/local-news/bailee-brooks-family-crash-HNEYPDX6EZBUPN4PUGVAZ63CT4/</loc><lastmod>2025-04-11T20:00:04.467Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/3XTXNF53OJDYNHER3BPFIJSUQ4.JPG?auth=56e77ba4f1e772d28d83b3723aa66da3fe110f8042c06d473e26b8611a304acb&amp;smart=true&amp;width=3000&amp;height=2000</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Attorney Thiru Vignarajah, center, stands with the family of Bailee Brooks, one of the two girls who died in a car accident almost a week ago.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/culture/things-to-do/mlk-todd-rundgren-burt-bacharach-WU3ZN2QYDZCCBE7BV6NXHMN5GI/</loc><lastmod>2025-04-11T19:09:02.353Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/LNAUMAB5AJD5BNU7PKXZXOXHHE.jpg?auth=95b1624893d31fec6a598db5232a59fa85bcb542b84ead83ba364eab2a5e1b6e&amp;smart=true&amp;width=2400&amp;height=1438</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Annapolis will celebrate the life of civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. on Saturday with a parade and festival.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/opinion/freddie-gray-death-east-baltimore-southern-baptist-church-4KE6GQ7JYRFCNKUW6FDLXF2ASQ/</loc><lastmod>2025-04-11T19:02:33.795Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/R56FFQKMXREEVEDIA2L35EQ5LQ.jpg?auth=3f8a0b54c8e2948ea09f5a0133cd2780b70741105f91162e8386455b5048bdd8&amp;smart=true&amp;width=3556&amp;height=2000</image:loc></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/politics-power/local-government/baltimore-county-budget-holds-the-line-on-spending-does-not-raise-taxes-LVS4MVJ6SZDDNNAXCGY7QCUNRY/</loc><lastmod>2025-04-11T17:59:08.581Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/DXLTER325NAG7JVCVIB6WQ4SWQ.jpg?auth=1b2c6f56d2a136e9cc0cf17213e0c5382fbc23cc4f3b96d3984d36b76ed4494e&amp;smart=true&amp;width=5319&amp;height=3546</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Baltimore County Executive Kathy Klausmeier in January, after being sworn in to her new role.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/politics-power/local-government/frederick-sheriff-chuck-jenkins-republican-election-G4UIJGQQAJFY3AENB7D3VULCSU/</loc><lastmod>2025-04-11T17:59:05.358Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/6T32OVFLIZE4REEJ5BY3ZD5BXM.jpg?auth=cf17d9724d48305e17de61716e3f666eef9140fd6fcad55a4fa1834adfe5349b&amp;smart=true&amp;width=4609&amp;height=2592</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Sheriff Chuck Jenkins at the Utica Mills Covered Bridge in Thurmont. When he launched his first campaign announcement, he used a photograph of himself here.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/politics-power/national-politics/maryland-man-deportation-mistake-EEKS7LZCVNE2JIUXKX2ZG7KBGY/</loc><lastmod>2025-04-11T17:36:09.301Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/HX7ADLATLBB65PLBJKUP6RVG3Y.JPG?auth=4928a05ca4d3672304b8a2a57f653d03d04a6a5c5112b0d5157a2f71d3337fe8&amp;smart=true&amp;width=7449&amp;height=4966</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[A federal judge directed the Trump administration to “take all available steps to facilitate the return” of Kilmar Abrego Garcia.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/opinion/column/city-dock-billboard-historic-preservation-7D5AVK2FFRDBXFVW2EP3GZH4NI/</loc><lastmod>2025-04-11T17:28:37.508Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/SEDRPFR3IJGC7NW744RUMWGF3E.jpg?auth=e0bfc63759b2853ac99d08b14a10b9775134aa85b5be87ab17253f8b7a26a8ad&amp;smart=true&amp;width=3437&amp;height=2588</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[The billboard at Annapolis City Dock has been there for more than a century, its owners say, but has featured a dead cockroach for the last few years.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/community/transportation/ryan-dorsey-streetlights-BKQONTPMDRGHZETBNU7OPKXS4Y/</loc><lastmod>2025-04-11T17:00:02.088Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/LCMCTIPU7JD53KPUVAFVFE7AGU.jpg?auth=ee5f0092f108aaddc1e848993b116b0565104d48efee07a872630a7a1c6e4e00&amp;smart=true&amp;width=4000&amp;height=2667</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[A streetlight in the Charles Village neighborhood of Baltimore.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/sports/orioles-mlb/orioles-harlem-park-elementary-middle-school-outdoor-classroom-players-playoff-share-NDRAMRJC2FBONDZ5UNUREILP5U/</loc><lastmod>2025-04-11T16:24:00.946Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/BU6HPUAXQRGI3GQFZ5KMGRG2LA.JPG?auth=b4f7656030930e96ae4d83b0420aafae1a646e6145d105a427c9c4a8fcd143bc&amp;smart=true&amp;width=3000&amp;height=2000</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[The Orioles have partnered with Heart of America Foundation to create an outdoor classroom space at Harlem Park Elementary/Middle School. ]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/politics-power/national-politics/ksenia-karelina-ballerina-russia-prisoner-swap-RHTGC44LHBGGZL6PDIB2XKP5WY/</loc><lastmod>2025-04-11T15:50:39.316Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/N3VO3BRKINA7NAKPLCTWFLPPMU.jpg?auth=bd05744181dba0b353112fb9aad4e501e450909644270168a0e75d3d740a0ff1&amp;smart=true&amp;width=5270&amp;height=3513</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Ksenia Karelina walks with her fiancé, professional boxer Chris van Heerden, as she arrives Thursday at Joint Base Andrews.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/community/criminal-justice/rabiah-ahmad-killing-columbia-arrest-P4WI2O2DK5ARZMN2YRUMORN4SA/</loc><lastmod>2025-04-11T15:14:12.152Z</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:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/sports/orioles-mlb/orioles-need-to-start-proving-themselves-jon-meoli-GPGL6TZQHZHERKJDCYSDFX4X54/</loc><lastmod>2025-04-11T13:39:18.028Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/W5GMD54WHVEULMD6B4EUYSUCTY.jpg?auth=fece026a7ba208414579e42fa9590abf8c46d3d2a6eb79084989385bdbbb7d03&amp;smart=true&amp;width=3833&amp;height=2555</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Orioles shortstop Gunnar Henderson has four hits in 25 at-bats since returning from an injury suffered in spring training.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/community/local-news/baltimore-key-bridge-victim-fund-HA65GXYX5JHY5O5LOKXHFLNPKA/</loc><lastmod>2025-04-11T13:38:08.231Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/B54KXWTHTNFHLICQW5Z6FA3L74.JPG?auth=0a8b26584e318eb2d9fc8f7b567fd65c8db6b92010604f1f602cff927d22cc7f&amp;smart=true&amp;width=3000&amp;height=1923</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Remnants of the Francis Scott Key Bridge before dawn on the one-year anniversary of its collapse.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/education/maryland-lawsuit-trump-pandemic-relief-schools-GBOCSL7FUJBE5CJSG3JIRSNYPQ/</loc><lastmod>2025-04-11T12:44:26.351Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/4MYOTKCNNZEGLFR3WWKEEFWKOQ.JPG?auth=8d34608f0fba5b18e081ced2956d01e9d73098d4d24591fda4798f94bdff33a5&amp;smart=true&amp;width=6882&amp;height=3960</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[State education officials have said budget implications from the loss of the pandemic recovery funds could be catastrophic.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/culture/food-drink/thames-street-oyster-house-yelp-best-seafood-TLDKK3HMTREHPLOD3FQHVB24NQ/</loc><lastmod>2025-04-11T09:30:01.255Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/F63FBT5HKFCCFBJBWDBNIKGHK4.jpg?auth=eecb9cf19db233f0c42d51e633df4948fdfe96811d11e084f8b94a0af7af2bd7&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1179&amp;height=786</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[In addition to oysters, Thames Street Oyster House in Fells Point has a range of seafood dishes on its menu. ]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/national/trump-kilmar-abrego-garcia-el-salvador-maryland-5GGFK63RGVEUDINJ3HJDEF2AEA/</loc><lastmod>2025-04-11T02:06:26.732Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/CD3FZ7AZPJDELLOMZ72HXLVARM.jpg?auth=4924c2ee14760d7fa490b75de6cb49fd873f96c26e6dc9c38afb640fd8e86966&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1024&amp;height=683</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[The Supreme Court said the Trump administration must facilitate the return of Kilmar Abrego Garcia, a Maryland man who was mistakenly deported to El Salvador, rejecting the administration’s emergency appeal.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/politics-power/local-government/key-bridge-fund-families-brandon-scott-QBQKYIJRUNEH7ELEB32ZO2JIZU/</loc><lastmod>2025-04-11T01:51:34.042Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/B3FYRQJG2FEC3KEQ2W3CICEQOQ.jpg?auth=99f82b92fb72ec5d9a61d4b52e748603d578a7750b34e7bdc84bf5b175c03f55&amp;smart=true&amp;width=6145&amp;height=4097</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[The Baltimore Community Foundation CEO said honoring donor intent is a key value. ]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/community/criminal-justice/rachel-morin-murder-family-member-testimony-P4EMPJOHEZAY3NTCDZAZ3GPSMM/</loc><lastmod>2025-04-11T00:39:30.57Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/DLLI5KGUUVHVXHM3MP66AIP67Q.jpg?auth=a4ec44c14198b9a8c930a79022533ae333b35b2b210beddfb2195567fb81d332&amp;smart=true&amp;width=3000&amp;height=2000</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Law enforcement agents escort Victor Martinez-Hernandez into a Harford County Police car at Martin State Airport after his extradition from Oklahoma on June 20, 2024.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/politics-power/social-justice/maryland-senators-call-situation-appalling-in-ice-holding-room-MVCCGYFXCZAJFN2446XXJ2JF5I/</loc><lastmod>2025-04-11T00:27:06.076Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/SFCY3QBAIFD3BIGEL53CM6S37A.JPG?auth=233c3416f2cebf2b9fe5dbd1f7deee7485b4f5c2ad7804df4d7081a7800ee440&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 Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Baltimore Field Office is located.]]></image:caption></image:image></url></urlset>