<?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/criminal-justice/arbutus-police-officer-involved-shooting-EUXJP3PUVBE3HGTWVXLJSR6PK4/</loc><lastmod>2025-04-23T22:29:35.106Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/PUVRZTNLKJHXFMOLHOGK5A3U3U.jpg?auth=46b5229c9963bd2b8574b588b40ee8e1818e69a7e2d1ea5e5ae552b6566eb3a4&amp;smart=true&amp;width=8640&amp;height=5760</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Law enforcement on Leeds Avenue in Arbutus investigate a shooting on Wednesday.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/politics-power/social-justice/ivan-mendez-abrego-garcia-T5VNIS7IPNBCHEBGEXF5DBSDCE/</loc><lastmod>2025-04-23T22:21:34.033Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/HO3UCY33MJFPBGG5QONNEKEMVQ.jpg?auth=a0e697313c6de834164a2e213114262e72a41bf771cc1a76738fbf222234d564&amp;smart=true&amp;width=3000&amp;height=2000</image:loc></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/sports/orioles-mlb/orioles-grayson-rodriguez-lat-strain-rotation-Z35IJXZG25E6JE6JXVOGHCW6DU/</loc><lastmod>2025-04-23T21:56:59.281Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/Y7X6DCVDMVEJBCMWAX5I3ML57E.jpg?auth=a2a36c2052945feb1d0c4f0d0829765d69d67f3e494692e4a732348b5bd6892f&amp;smart=true&amp;width=4662&amp;height=3108</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Orioles pitcher Grayson Rodriguez is expected to resume throwing in a couple of weeks, but he is likely to miss most of the first half of the season, if not more.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/economy/careers/maryland-federal-workers-explained-GRVR37YSQNBG7MAD3GJ7OMZOJU/</loc><lastmod>2025-04-23T20:11:25.576Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/BV7YXU3AXJHPDLULNSQF6OQT7M.png?auth=305881fedacd9887d1073c08f9ab477887f92a7c343c95100855e6e23b8bf39a&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800</image:loc></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/politics-power/local-government/baltimore-property-tax-cut-trash-fee-5SQDYRJRMRE27KKMNE2HTMXQPQ/</loc><lastmod>2025-04-23T20:11:05.296Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/PM32HTRA4ZBHXIGD655TQ4GX5I.jpg?auth=ecd96cab10c928d393ae26484c769c32c6a883ebaaa6ee6d1e6dcf3293baf916&amp;smart=true&amp;width=2000&amp;height=1339</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Logistics of the potential solid waste fee are still being worked out and will likely take years of study to perfect.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/sports/orioles-mlb/orioles-inconsistent-defense-slow-start-jon-meoli-63W3GNHXXRF5RBFQKAS3C2UTF4/</loc><lastmod>2025-04-23T20:08:38.121Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/GJD46WC2GZHTVLZZ2BMZZXS73U.jpg?auth=03228e29dcc8524505aec073c4b79e49fd415652d3669ee0ef6b65b06efde5ba&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1024&amp;height=683</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Left to right, the Orioles’ Ryan Mountcastle, Jordan Westburg, Gunnar Henderson and Jorge Mateo gather near the pitcher's mound during a game against the Cincinnati Reds.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/culture/arts/baltimore-new-office-arts-culture-entertainment-bopa-KFGDN3JARZGLTAIHUOGFGR5SYA/</loc><lastmod>2025-04-23T18:04:07.809Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/ITUE7Q354VBSRM6SBVBYWZEZEE.jpg?auth=4e00b0fdd241aa58a5bbb1add3555056c95bbdf2340f4c01e0365912dc7a6de0&amp;smart=true&amp;width=5616&amp;height=3744</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Mayor Brandon Scott delivers his 2025 State of the City address on Monday.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/culture/food-drink/hampden-liquor-board-brick-bistro-D7KGR7DVJJDZPEPJM5OLL7UIGA/</loc><lastmod>2025-04-23T17:34:54.911Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/PSH6DOHEU5EBJAOUWZLOCDSZ4I.jpg?auth=46c589918723ecb2b1a3be466d44c425591c825b49e24ca92d315ca3884ec844&amp;smart=true&amp;width=4032&amp;height=3024</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[The Hampden neighbors of Brick Bistro on Falls Road will put a rarely-used law to the test in April.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/culture/food-drink/downtown-baltimore-restaurants-grants-RPN3SLMKLNCMZIJ7IC6QDMBD7E/</loc><lastmod>2025-04-23T17:24:43.852Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/DC3AIVE5XFEC3JGLVHAOKCVX4E.jpg?auth=928669a8b6774e4692e02d8b40f459ce562fe6103cd72784af4ed6009e8e8936&amp;smart=true&amp;width=4986&amp;height=3324</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Downtown eateries like vendors at Lexington Market, pictured, could win hefty grants from Baltimore to boost their businesses. ]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/culture/food-drink/tim-hortons-maryland-expansion-ARIPBGOA4NFRPH566WT2LP7HTY/</loc><lastmod>2025-04-23T17:19:36.392Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/PQ6UKDYEDZHCHCZQ7BVX5LF7YI.jpg?auth=fc75832659edf4b1b1abe505fdf6d8b1bc3c108f865a8a3cfbd50f33211b31d6&amp;smart=true&amp;width=3600&amp;height=2395</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[The coffeehouse chain is looking for locations in Maryland that will have space for a drive-thru and an indoor dining area.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/sports/ravens-nfl/ravens-draft-first-round-history-prospects-eric-decosta-6PHO6O7MORHNNJQRAPG6FVXVIE/</loc><lastmod>2025-04-23T16:09:04.223Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/FXBVYQLV7FAL3CH6D52FE76FSM.jpg?auth=ab12a6ee5c43586137d42ed191f817983d3eac603b88b74a13ffbd4a0835589d&amp;smart=true&amp;width=4928&amp;height=3285</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Ravens general manager Eric DeCosta speaks at the team’s predraft press conference last week.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/economy/tesla-elon-musk-donald-trump-ev-ZLPMS7PORZEMVLVRPBBR6USUYY/</loc><lastmod>2025-04-23T15:33:23.46Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/GVHBQ7XAYVGIHHK2WDFRC365SE.JPG?auth=324766ae90989ee8790213b9e1da011b8fb4bb0977bb87014413598e0c4a0243&amp;smart=true&amp;width=8562&amp;height=5752</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Cadeem Franklin holds one of his chickens while sitting in his Tesla. ]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/politics-power/local-government/carroll-county-sheriff-piedmont-reliability-project-XYKLSU2YPBEKTNGKKHK6USFB3E/</loc><lastmod>2025-04-23T15:08:48.193Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/OKCN5XFKRZH4TJCLPU5A6UV5ZQ.JPG?auth=475ac7e522cb031a23545ab1e0777f7e588739486697deabbd1a0964ecfd7459&amp;smart=true&amp;width=3000&amp;height=1686</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[An existing set of transmission lines crosses over Old York Road near the start of the proposed route of the Maryland Piedmont Reliability Project (MPRP) in northern Baltimore County.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/politics-power/state-government/maryland-supreme-court-general-services-DABQAWC6L5FBLKVUA775TX4LHU/</loc><lastmod>2025-04-23T15:00:02.453Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/SILHNAMGVNGJHJHVD7HFB6CZT4.jpg?auth=7dd0ad7fd57138530e2d73970903a2f73133cdbb2f84fcdb83c326d2ac09ff27&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=1200</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[A rendering shows a proposed five-story, $200 million complex in Annapolis that would house the state’s two appeals courts.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/community/local-news/charm-city-circulator-bus-fatal-accident-TNQMC25YO5E3TAPEPZ2SA3VTDA/</loc><lastmod>2025-04-23T14:57:38.023Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/WRICVSDWVZCOHI6A7SX3FRNP4Q.JPG?auth=f077cc329c1ff238c94c61242a8ab6e8d41f11b65479241d647783135097feb7&amp;smart=true&amp;width=6000&amp;height=3376</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Witnesses told police a man fell into the street and was struck by a Charm City Circulator bus.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/politics-power/local-government/fema-maryland-sea-level-flooding-grants-QFEEFL7JDNGUNLIVK6AOJZFX64/</loc><lastmod>2025-04-23T14:51:16.877Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/2IM2L2NKG5C4BFRO6FLRQGFROY.jpg?auth=54555acc1df8ef432de440a812e550ff1d3d6ce526e48349fcdfd6ea0c45db40&amp;smart=true&amp;width=5316&amp;height=3544</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[A woman walks along the flooded Cove Street following two days of heavy rain from Tropical Storm Ophelia in Crisfield in 2023. ]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/politics-power/local-government/colson-whitehead-baltimore-county-public-library-EIDFI53SCBCC3ILS2FCERXDF3M/</loc><lastmod>2025-04-23T14:32:02.458Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/Z3RFHDFXMJC2XOAH3HYBWANDRY.jpg?auth=7e7774f348c8ab29ea8d379ee5d3b89a05c91bcb13cc181dd23600a1e5cbfbca&amp;smart=true&amp;width=3000&amp;height=2000</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Bestselling authors Erik Larson, Jennifer Weiner, and Percival Everett are three of the upcoming speakers at the Baltimore County Public Library's author series.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/sports/college-sports/terps-nfl-felton-receiver-draft-prospect-maryland-5P6556GDFBCZJP7GDJLVB4YO4I/</loc><lastmod>2025-04-23T13:30:57.286Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/IRT5KDGOUBEPFAIAJVBHJR4Y3U.jpg?auth=49505e3dd8b36d080273c56ae349b97d80892aa09f49a268cc022caee6e342d4&amp;smart=true&amp;width=3000&amp;height=1999</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Tai Felton caught 172 passes for 2,207 yards and 17 touchdowns in 46 games at Maryland.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/opinion/frederick-douglas-high-school-freddie-gray-QK7VA4VQ4FFGFDG2LFDCOP3XSI/</loc><lastmod>2025-04-23T13:00:01.186Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/FP3434ISPFAZDELTKKR6KGM7GA.JPG?auth=18f2148caa967b0d5ee652d999166cf0854e1933c96fb1ebbad269b2618bebaf&amp;smart=true&amp;width=3000&amp;height=1686</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Frederick Douglass High School, established in 1883, is the second oldest high school created specifically for African-American students.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/opinion/column/handgun-carry-permits-growth-maryland-GOFAERDORNCZFE726JBCO6WSPI/</loc><lastmod>2025-04-23T12:59:05.637Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/A5JATSDNONC3ZDG5QG4INQSE6Q.jpg?auth=3e3d48a1acd13b43f20f0ee5d32b46709a2b959bf63ecb78ec91559d5debefb7&amp;smart=true&amp;width=2652&amp;height=1767</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Lewis Bracy, a retired federal police officer from Severn, wears his handgun to a protest in May 2023.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/sports/orioles-mlb/orioles-torpedo-bats-sig-mejdal-physicists-explain-KIXOKEWJLBCJTKKDAA4C2XQQCA/</loc><lastmod>2025-04-23T12:46:08.051Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/AKLD427XNVCJ7KNQPXME2ZPDRE.jpg?auth=10be42b23b9c15b65512f744a14012625c0061c8e4dd01e1df717ea08c0320b4&amp;smart=true&amp;width=6936&amp;height=4624</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[New York Yankees’ Anthony Volpe, holding a torpedo bat, prepares to swing during the first inning of a game against the Pittsburgh Pirates.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/culture/things-to-do/joel-sachs-oregon-ridge-turner-station-QE33SMRTIFF4TOI47JFO636WKY/</loc><lastmod>2025-04-23T09:30:01.991Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/WODQ4JF3ZJBS7JK7KLT36E265M.JPG?auth=548715d66cfc9b0e62abdcaa0b0390552d5a9d5eaa9ffe4d129076c37118bfe8&amp;smart=true&amp;width=3000&amp;height=2122</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[A young Pileated woodpecker waits in its nest cavity for a parent to return with food at Oregon Ridge Park in Baltimore County. ]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/economy/science-medicine/allergy-season-trees-pollen-FEKFNYMR5ZCUJBA6ZPBDTEVYL4/</loc><lastmod>2025-04-23T09:30:01.525Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/XAOWLBNXPFHYVNGZS3XXRQSSX4.JPG?auth=2c308bba2088537435714c0554ec56ac6c80361c7b4886cb6604b249d8d1c83d&amp;smart=true&amp;width=3000&amp;height=1737</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[A Mallard swims in pollen filled water along the eastern shoreline of the Patapsco River in Baltimore County. ]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/sports/orioles-mlb/orioles-tomoyuki-sugano-adjusts-to-mlb-2RA4IQKTLVAZJKYEF327SNZR7I/</loc><lastmod>2025-04-23T09:30:00.96Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/2JPDP26U25F3XAFWHVIA4F7GEI.JPG?auth=0771caa6c0ca0009cd2261e08b1cfbfafdb24e9867f797de491e88639325e90d&amp;smart=true&amp;width=6144&amp;height=4098</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Tomoyuki Sugano is the first and only Orioles starter to complete seven innings this year. ]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/sports/orioles-mlb/orioles-lose-to-nationals-7-0-NLF4UPER6ZHALKRVSLUOQGYDJE/</loc><lastmod>2025-04-23T03:06:58.447Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/QK7BWTOSPVB6JP3HJKIJOKACVM.jpg?auth=f1a3d3efb6deaffd8ab817a17ec73039317b1ac40dbbe6de031677c7e2053a01&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1024&amp;height=678</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Gunnar Henderson walks to the dugout after striking out to end the sixth inning.]]></image:caption></image:image></url></urlset>