<?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/local-government/kelly-madigan-kathy-klausmeier-inspector-general-baltimore-county-executive-ZUOSFKS2TVEUNGIRFU3CKJBVYQ/</loc><lastmod>2025-05-16T23:01:21.518Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/VKW74BQL7RCLLM5B6VMAJHXNDU.png?auth=a0adc202072b8310e82e0d9fcb371d334e70eb1ccdedcdfd2e91ed1cf4757046&amp;smart=true&amp;width=954&amp;height=725</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Tom Glancy, left, and Bonnie Smith lead a group of Baltimore County residents to the county courthouse on Friday to deliver a petition calling for the reappointment of Inspector General Kelly Madigan. ]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/community/local-news/baltimore-firefighter-charles-mudra-death-6W7DYEXOJ5FLBPHTVGTKVRPUYM/</loc><lastmod>2025-05-16T22:11:13.367Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/T4B6YQEJ25HHTBMQ4IK37P2OCU.jpg?auth=e696d6d7f9ebfc8cc9402347132061166652c1d871ba8960db8a386f711cbcb7&amp;smart=true&amp;width=2442&amp;height=1628</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[A Baltimore firefighter died Friday during a training exercise. It marked the second time a firefighter was fatally injured on the job this week.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/politics-power/national-politics/kilmar-abrego-garcia-case-arguments-WMOFAID4LVCTLES7MSCGQ2IRWE/</loc><lastmod>2025-05-16T22:00:12.236Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/5VRPVRHTMFBB3HIVX7GDTH34DI.jpg?auth=86471a44333a4a814eb69c9d9ebd2cb521d20340b031cbac78e4558de2d7028c&amp;smart=true&amp;width=2048&amp;height=1365</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Kilmar Abrego Garcia, a mistakenly deported Maryland man, meets with U.S. Sen. Chris Van Hollen during a recent visit by the senator to El Salvador. A federal judge has ordered his return from the Central American nation, where he is now imprisoned.
]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/sports/college-sports/maryland-lacrosse-eric-spanos-georgetown-recruit-offer-eighth-grade-DWKUGEWKAJABDAHACN55S2D4D4/</loc><lastmod>2025-05-16T20:38:21.652Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/OWDY32A7IFHDPK3LUGVABVNV7A.JPG?auth=e8575202643def9f47c545b07992ad4c257147e607ce716f9fe5f1f2ba84494d&amp;smart=true&amp;width=6000&amp;height=4000</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Maryland men's lacrosse attackman Eric Spanos takes a shot against Penn State at SECU Stadium in College Park in March.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/community/transportation/police-traffic-red-light-cameras-anne-arundel-county-X7OO6Y2ZQRHOJPAC6GQ2HWM4OY/</loc><lastmod>2025-05-16T19:33:46.829Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/PW2NC4UDINFTJC46ABTWZW3GKQ.png?auth=ec359c0487912330d1637ea247bac1973ca6ab9bef0680653abde202307420ea&amp;smart=true&amp;width=632&amp;height=447</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Anne Arundel County is expanding red-light cameras to 10 locations. Two are already operational.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/culture/food-drink/ekiben-new-location-baltimore-frederick-VO672ONE6FGALB37UERFQ24RPY/</loc><lastmod>2025-05-16T19:23:25.933Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/7ZQP3LQO5VAYTFS65Y5MF5IIC4.JPG?auth=94195ee2fb458ab3411647c9f56d19dd529db5f15b4af75cefb77f85f7ea5bc3&amp;smart=true&amp;width=3000&amp;height=1942</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[The Neighborhood Bird Bun from Ekiben.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/community/criminal-justice/death-penalty-maryland-gang-case-MYOTXWKI7BHEBGCSC2EGCPBYD4/</loc><lastmod>2025-05-16T19:19:23.255Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/OCZYUQDB75DALNKSHHWKGFYGR4.jpg?auth=9e29ddfcfc2a17284a025bdcbf1e0ed96e6392805d518d27df8f54a7ce441b56&amp;smart=true&amp;width=5095&amp;height=3397</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[U.S. District Judge Stephanie A. Gallagher wrote last week that the Justice Department had reopened two pending Maryland cases for capital review in April.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/culture/things-to-do/preakness-little-italy-festival-nightscape-RLTDYZDMC5DOFM53Q5QUMU44MM/</loc><lastmod>2025-05-16T18:21:52.2Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/M2PNSUXYJBD3LKSHUJKZZBCWYU.jpg?auth=861caf692f72efd2fd6351dab0c47470aafacfe274dbcb457b9df10c3331c045&amp;smart=true&amp;width=4715&amp;height=3143</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Attendees dance at the Preakness Stakes at Pimlico Race Course in May 2023.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/sports/horse-racing/how-to-watch-preakness-tickets-tv-channel-PJNZU63YY5CJNNVGET2ZKV3QNI/</loc><lastmod>2025-05-16T18:09:21.147Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/PZGIAJCNLBCWFM7OUIMGTPVNRY.JPG?auth=7a83f23b8a321a2330456f508cf368700c560c631d43d2d55cc2f74f2476030d&amp;smart=true&amp;width=5253&amp;height=3502</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Journalism, the favorite at the 150th Preakness Stakes, gets a bath after running around the track at Pimlico Race Course on May 15.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/sports/orioles-mlb/orioles-podcast-offense-struggles-hyde-4K2D3VDPNRG5XHKHQWDHJX5OAU/</loc><lastmod>2025-05-16T17:36:37.936Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/3NW3CORGSVAARK5Z2ZQJDA72ME.png?auth=911a606e7b78b232341805ef4f03f7d1192c5e69d2e14b93fad1beea4879d9a2&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1920&amp;height=1080</image:loc></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/community/local-news/baltimore-county-police-shoot-man-knife-essex-BRFRKRJRFNF3VIHSDY4RAZV4YQ/</loc><lastmod>2025-05-16T17:36:06.521Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/A537K6257JHPRE6C2Z6PLA4NOE.jpg?auth=8e0340a36c12055c85e8343c7e21682f002ed31e220584c39f327541c6514853&amp;smart=true&amp;width=5643&amp;height=3762</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Police have not yet identified the man who was shot or the officers involved. ]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/sports/horse-racing/preakness-handicapping-journalism-sandman-river-thames-CCAYBW3K3NHLVISREOWLU7QE6A/</loc><lastmod>2025-05-16T17:00:03.234Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/HCLEYE3GONEA3OSUCV77EYSMDU.jpg?auth=6f8fbeb803d0feb9f01c7f9ada542d78221560c9f2531b3907ff669ae36ea752&amp;smart=true&amp;width=5068&amp;height=3379</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Preakness Stakes entrant River Thames works out at Pimlico Race Course on Thursday.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/community/transportation/trump-bike-lanes-woke-complete-streets-ZZLFSBFP5BE5THCXGH6MBFZWIE/</loc><lastmod>2025-05-16T16:25:57.699Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/JYOV5GSCGFFMHA3VUKCLC5KS5Y.JPG?auth=f5bbe3e4a14f05269fb71825389567ca5bd503be6f8b735290b29dd927564654&amp;smart=true&amp;width=6000&amp;height=3376</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[State and Howard County officials will monitor whether a new, temporary bike lane along a section of US 1 makes the roadway safer for pedestrians and cyclists.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/community/criminal-justice/maryland-medical-examiner-police-custody-deaths-reaction-PNTCT65DFRDIDG6ZFEPF65HC7U/</loc><lastmod>2025-05-16T16:08:57.122Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/DMA4FLWJGFB2XPAEPTV4UYEQ3Q.jpg?auth=5bc1ead11dd737d18746f6d1652029d77e9dd907e15a6ae0cf350bfd543d3f31&amp;smart=true&amp;width=3000&amp;height=2000</image:loc></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/sports/horse-racing/preakness-derby-triple-crown-sovereignty-2AVHMW5BV5HGBF32D3R2BCX4I4/</loc><lastmod>2025-05-16T16:00:01.244Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/Z35MRVNARNBBREWYGHGFS5TF4I.jpg?auth=06a33fd1bd6eb27d8ea149eb86751e231cafab5858f341bca9727e27c75d6e0b&amp;smart=true&amp;width=3805&amp;height=2537</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Sovereignty won a mud-slicked Kentucky Derby but will skip Preakness — robbing horse racing of a shot at the Triple Crown. ]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/opinion/column/playannapolis-rosyln-johnson-jared-littman-rhonda-pindell-charles-ILWXREUUSVFYZFGCUSD72DUK6U/</loc><lastmod>2025-05-16T15:21:58.543Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/FQQW7RO2RVCYXF6MBIKMVEGEV4.jpg?auth=85695e1bb9a445ed32391bac8d66280e5e5f2646dd7d9f6347d1e04905c295a0&amp;smart=true&amp;width=6880&amp;height=4584</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[PlayAnnapolis, a nonprofit advocacy group for youth athletics, held a sports fair in April at the Boys & Girls Club field. It's the only all-weather turf field in the city, and is controlled by the club and Anne Arundel County.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/community/climate-environment/weather/maryland-weather-severe-storms-33PBSOEKBZFMRBFRXFOVJ4LXOA/</loc><lastmod>2025-05-16T15:00:27.054Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/GMOLJIYLN5AU3LET4ZZLXOMZVM.jpg?auth=d641e092d5e3c37ccc5a951522f96a80d0d8f567d4e754d03a3b8b1a3be2d88a&amp;smart=true&amp;width=3999&amp;height=2666</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Severe storms are possible Friday, with a chance of damaging winds, hail, heavy downpours or an isolated tornado. ]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/community/criminal-justice/montgomery-county-police-silver-spring-toddler-falls-5DVOWR7B2VFFJGLSOK5MAHISU4/</loc><lastmod>2025-05-16T14:58:10.293Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/KDFWNTKITVBVTPRHLWK4DE4BC4.jpg?auth=06a75df0bce1cbe018c4bd0c6150225987a58c04fe43cf1fb92951c3f5c4d814&amp;smart=true&amp;width=3000&amp;height=2000</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Police are investigating after a 2-year-old reportedly fell from a balcony.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/culture/theater/matthew-weiner-john-wilkes-booth-mad-men-interview-ZO3P46FRAVAMBOLCPNWH36QGI4/</loc><lastmod>2025-05-16T14:05:15.353Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/UHGLY7GH6JGRFLBPIHF4PP2VHQ.jpg?auth=154dbd68d1ea1cdc9bdf2c4c169df5fecf1983e04c99f835c6071ba045b9aac6&amp;smart=true&amp;width=2357&amp;height=1571</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[“Mad Men” creator Matthew Weiner is making his playwriting debut at Baltimore Center Stage with “John Wilkes Booth: One Night Only!”]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/sports/orioles-mlb/orioles-offense-metrics-do-not-make-sense-HDRJLM4FI5C5BGPULR4OTD2IVQ/</loc><lastmod>2025-05-16T13:00:01.716Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/PFF7VURX7VDI7I4YWCYSRWJYG4.jpg?auth=5a17f5dd7f35d4ca655cf4e30709ed5840b6cd453a2e9f1f1bead96ff5f11f80&amp;smart=true&amp;width=5861&amp;height=3882</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Cedric Mullins returns to the dugout after striking out.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/community/criminal-justice/david-fowler-medical-examiner-maryland-HEOSKJIAQBET5DRR7LNIDJL3OU/</loc><lastmod>2025-05-16T10:53:13.895Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/43XCPHAIVBEVJO5AG42SDEMOWA.jpg?auth=d236d92da28e30d7bd1ab9ac81d921e208a798663940e232bc8ce15dca884cad&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1791&amp;height=1194</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Dr. David Fowler retired from the Maryland Office of the Chief Medical Examine a well-regarded forensic pathologist, but his work has came under new scrutiny after controversial testimony in the George Floyd trial in Minneapolis.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/culture/food-drink/pimlico-chinese-carry-out-dirty-yak-yakamein-54SKNERGOZB3JIGKF4HJMHRWFY/</loc><lastmod>2025-05-16T09:30:01.644Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/LAPU55LAOFBZLLBYT7UPP2WKRA.jpg?auth=336dc7b765c0e32821268970c34b933c0a3eee15f6324c914d011af18bb672f7&amp;smart=true&amp;width=4032&amp;height=2688</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Just two blocks away from the racetrack, Pimlico Chinese Carry Out has been serving shrimp yakamein for generations.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/sports/horse-racing/most-memorable-preakness-stakes-secretariat-easy-goer-sunday-silence-BZ6FWHHMXZHFXCOZTTVLGTMRQI/</loc><lastmod>2025-05-16T09:30:01.01Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/YXMNHM4EEBHLPOLJ26DSQUWHRA.jpg?auth=58be1bbcff797c906fb4d957a91c8153c823a3cb43d02e0298c49596d99f311e&amp;smart=true&amp;width=3010&amp;height=1990</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Sunday Silence with jockey Pat Valenzuela in mount, left, battles with Easy Goer with Pat Day up as they near the finish line during the 1989 Preakness.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/politics-power/national-politics/supreme-court-trump-birthright-citizenship-CTT6JGEFCBBQ5KK5U65RHFYC54/</loc><lastmod>2025-05-16T02:17:00.979Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/ANM2PHJ7DJASNNDMJ4I7PA6H34.jpg?auth=67e1e0707ea301186e07481dac6ee74c414de264a772d7b2fff2843c09352c84&amp;smart=true&amp;width=5189&amp;height=3459</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[The United States Supreme Court building in Washington, D.C. on Friday, January 3, 2025.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/community/climate-environment/moore-state-of-emergency-western-maryland-PAPTMRGQIJAOZEXB2BMMSKSCWQ/</loc><lastmod>2025-05-16T02:07:03.421Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/AHU7OV7NTFB43GZXB4WT6XEWHE.JPG?auth=94021a5b570c2ca2fc8b1f7f7b682371450317fe6cf78f58ef8a4ee7a93416d8&amp;smart=true&amp;width=3000&amp;height=1988</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Aaron Fitzgerald wades through the flooded parking lot of Westernport Elementary School to retrieve belongings from his mother waterlogged car after a catastrophic storm hit the area on Tuesday. ]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/politics-power/local-government/howard-county-columbia-wes-moore-calvin-ball-IV6E7UKWIRHMZOPCJ5XBS2ZG24/</loc><lastmod>2025-05-16T01:34:28.848Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/WWMJ6DRHPJFZ3JURRONS6FU5XE.jpg?auth=f9e7c3743089dfe2a7ea050b1aec9fe08c1cbf22c4b5f4b00f39c4e5d24a840b&amp;smart=true&amp;width=5495&amp;height=3663</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Howard County officials want to see a new main library built along the Columbia Lakefront, near The Mall in Columbia. ]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/community/local-news/mark-dranbauer-baltimore-fire-department-BWGR7YINLRGURGP7WGS4HRX3QE/</loc><lastmod>2025-05-16T00:17:13.095Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/GHR4ASFKPJFXZGJAJHA7G2CMJ4.jpg?auth=9ccc8bff46f32bda9d56aaaf9068cc2338042797153c426884145fcd140c20d2&amp;smart=true&amp;width=3000&amp;height=1953</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Lt. Mark Dranbauer, a 23-year veteran of the department, remains on life support and is not expected to recover.]]></image:caption></image:image></url></urlset>