<?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/national/naval-academy-dei-book-ban-FQWRA7WO7JCSTBMRODZBHJWIOI/</loc><lastmod>2025-05-21T22:53:51.677Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/NQ32AA7NLJC4LOE5LASKE3B6DA.JPG?auth=4441bd34fffb6de411cc1a8513eb3fd20488a5ee86fe8a5de841b600ebcdee8a&amp;smart=true&amp;width=3000&amp;height=1686</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[U.S. Naval Academy recently had nearly 400 books banned from its library after the Trump administration's push for DEI changes at military institutions.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/sports/orioles-mlb/orioles-end-losing-streak-beat-brewers-8-4-OPWDVUSCTBEOBGKPYXFQCA67NQ/</loc><lastmod>2025-05-21T22:42:17.078Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/SRNFXJIUSBCMZKFJPGHTXIFX3U.jpg?auth=2fe618f71d7465795b435be509409d2ef640fe250f5d1fc77057cb71a1046a6a&amp;smart=true&amp;width=4566&amp;height=2803</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Adley Rutschman is greeted by Jackson Holliday after hitting a three-run home run during the 11th inning.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/community/criminal-justice/severna-park-elementary-school-teacher-matthew-schlegel-trial-4MCWZ5XPFFA25EY7K7SHO4FTIQ/</loc><lastmod>2025-05-21T22:16:06.676Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/GBHSRBI7LRG2JCJWTU3JKCY5HY.JPG?auth=e833864067c67ac43ed17607f637becb4d987e0a7575ac89273a52922018c34b&amp;smart=true&amp;width=5962&amp;height=3975</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Matthew Schlegel is standing trial in Anne Arundel County Circuit Court on charges of sexual abuse of a minor, third- and fourth-degree sex offense and second-degree assault.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/politics-power/national-politics/army-trump-military-parade-washington-WLYEGVFLNFALVNYCRWIAWLBV4U/</loc><lastmod>2025-05-21T21:34:51.13Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/CD4AZVUB7VFKDNFSUQPGOUZFQU.jpg?auth=5073f90dca733e632cb770834fb263c36c09eea3214d76ce0bffd8b77439ea6d&amp;smart=true&amp;width=5287&amp;height=3525</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[President Donald Trump speaks to reporters outside the West Wing of the White House earlier this month.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/community/local-news/memorial-day-travel-maryland-time-to-drive-KVZGGQ6KZRGF3GQQLCISNBWWFU/</loc><lastmod>2025-05-21T20:20:09.665Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/B2NIOX7ENFGI5NOK3PJTT6AZ3I.JPG?auth=e8407ee4555bf6ba1758f79d9f723c8d5abad7e63a22ef5a15a0b084fd6c7d8c&amp;smart=true&amp;width=3000&amp;height=1686</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[The state is considering replacing the Chesapeake Bay Bridge. ]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/community/hank-the-goat-west-baltimore-2JRU7X4LHVHO5BYWX6JAAKC7LU/</loc><lastmod>2025-05-21T20:00:03.387Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/OQ6UFDFLLRCGDGR7SRSNBM7RLE.JPG?auth=7574126aaefbd82214da40a4f3cc8aaa200645da54a190b898c29c7ebe5e636a&amp;smart=true&amp;width=4725&amp;height=3574</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Todd “Gready” Cornish walks with his goat, Hank, in 2024.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/politics-power/national-politics/white-house-deportations-south-sudan-RH3UZFVA6FHJFNM2XJA7PUQ52U/</loc><lastmod>2025-05-21T19:58:01.124Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/KD4YGKTAZNDVFFFWBXHXTQTW6A.jpg?auth=e75932506051a23e83b4038e019c3901c6dbbb8dc3ecd863cdd0ddf210077bbe&amp;smart=true&amp;width=5902&amp;height=3748</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Department of Homeland Security Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs Tricia McLaughlin, flanked by Deputy Director of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Madison Sheahan, left, and Acting Director of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Todd Lyons, speaks during a news conference at ICE Headquarters on Wednesday.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/community/criminal-justice/carrington-shooting-arrest-C5BATYNXFRCFNELNT2A7U7FQ4A/</loc><lastmod>2025-05-21T19:24:24.743Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/ZMD23LQ3CNGZHLNCZPMFFKFJ6Q.jpg?auth=ca8c0fb7e9d9369b3c438e077993473a51f42c8591f1b1b68e9d526686388914&amp;smart=true&amp;width=5287&amp;height=3525</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[County Executive Calvin Ball said during a press conference announcing the arrest that “one act of violence in our community is one too many.”]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/sports/ravens-nfl/tush-push-ban-ravens-john-harbaugh-KGENVCVFPZFTPG2NOGTLS3NFWU/</loc><lastmod>2025-05-21T19:17:15.841Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/RYKON2HOQBGMFDBVFD5LXO2JQY.JPG?auth=5bedf87b2a98aafb22d46ce2557652af01e499f332364325331a30d9edfb15b5&amp;smart=true&amp;width=3000&amp;height=2000</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Tight end Mark Andrews helped in short-yardage plays last season for the Ravens.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/maryland-basketball-coppin-state-baltimore-naismith-hall-of-fame-series-MRTYZLPJRREFDCBCGP5IPWDPBQ/</loc><lastmod>2025-05-21T18:59:21.341Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/PCZY7HKYHRBPXBQ32UFOXGW6CM.jpg?auth=12920056d03634d235e7c985dbde548b86f1f555ffa5621bfb6400a50a10e7ff&amp;smart=true&amp;width=5982&amp;height=3988</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Buzz Williams, center, will coach his first regular-season game for Maryland in Baltimore against Coppin State.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/community/transportation/southwest-chargers-battery-fires-planes-BFNAINMGI5DYDC6RGPTJN365BI/</loc><lastmod>2025-05-21T18:12:47.267Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/E2SLFEL35FCGZFIMGQDHKURCNA.JPG?auth=31d18d3d78363eecd8a1482ee3edcf924cc48f21c82532de4a09ab404042d642&amp;smart=true&amp;width=3000&amp;height=1598</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[A Southwest Airlines jet takes off from Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/politics-power/state-government/wes-moore-veto-reparations-maryland-73LPXPMGGVA6LD4WCVPMW543X4/</loc><lastmod>2025-05-21T18:07:45.761Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/URLAUCXS4JE4PBLYQYEDQR4UGA.jpg?auth=564e8b5dc43fed4d719f39794595412cf0d5f969368a00fc2e3c948072574061&amp;smart=true&amp;width=4184&amp;height=2789</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Maryland Gov. Wes Moore vetoed a bill that would have required a study of reparations Friday.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/sports/orioles-mlb/orioles-adley-rutschman-regression-analysis-KBJ7TIOV6VCQ3MWU2CGR3WKTFM/</loc><lastmod>2025-05-21T17:36:04.74Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/2TMPGFSKWBANXIKACELUMLQTWY.jpg?auth=319a11a87653f96042d348e1378bb218db874cbdec7c433e96e992de481aa08a&amp;smart=true&amp;width=3778&amp;height=2519</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Adley Rutschman (35) reacts after striking out against Kansas City Royals pitcher Kris Bubic on May 3.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/economy/growth-development/cordish-casino-north-carolina-TDCCZAQTWFHIXESVNJKGJEUB7Q/</loc><lastmod>2025-05-21T15:59:40.298Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/7BHF7OGJLZDKBP56REGEEZPIKQ.jpg?auth=87901253b48f0a57cc02eba6dacb745bf625692ae47f974526488921bb21a8bc&amp;smart=true&amp;width=2000&amp;height=1125</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[The Cordish Companies, a casino developer, started hiring lobbyists in North Carolina in September 2021, two years before a bill to end North Carolina’s long community casino ban was made public.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/politics-power/state-government/maryland-juvenile-detention-green-ridge-assaults-MIWOUGNFIZENDAR6HBZGKYXBVU/</loc><lastmod>2025-05-21T13:58:13.111Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/YPJKWFXH5NDQRA5DFQ72MMCYPE.JPG?auth=f6b3d22b5e0b756cb8641e8786f87a30c6322ee29531a3b1a66236b6bad2ba0b&amp;smart=true&amp;width=3000&amp;height=1686</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[The Maryland Department of Juvenile Services’ Green Ridge Youth Center along I-68 in near Flintstone in Western Maryland.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/culture/food-drink/affogato-cat-cafe-baltimore-VFULV3MDT5EVJFPHS5LPEVBABU/</loc><lastmod>2025-05-21T13:57:29.693Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/XZXEVIGZKFHEZJGCRJEJERHDNU.JPG?auth=2caf6b954b70bb641beffdc5bc163f98107b6a33d476c5783d4992e5fead1984&amp;smart=true&amp;width=3500&amp;height=2332</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Affogatto is a new cat cafe in Fells Point.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/obituaries/gerry-connolly-MVNVLQIFOJAOVBKM57XXL7OGWQ/</loc><lastmod>2025-05-21T13:52:34.566Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/4BWB5CRDQRCDDBE3JGBDKFCIVE.jpg?auth=9c49eafadd3ce667354e83ed182ec601c7faf3811a435365e20fef6aa28a18ce&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1024&amp;height=683</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Gerry Connolly served in Congress for more than 16 years. He died on Wednesday at age 75. ]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/politics-power/state-government/maryland-social-equity-department-WIK42XVKW5D3FF4HH34TTJNYBI/</loc><lastmod>2025-05-21T13:00:34.576Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/SSOSOXICBRHVLC6MFFQC5ZRY4U.JPG?auth=3ead3bc3064f5284197a0dff79559bdcc3c61d6b27b178a10417db3a5db8f5c7&amp;smart=true&amp;width=3000&amp;height=2000</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[House of Delegates Speaker Adrienne A. Jones sponsored a bill to create a state Department of Social Equity. It ultimately passed and became law as the Department of Social and Economic Mobility.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/politics-power/state-government/wes-moore-preakness-state-tent-YDVRVWGIYNEZ3B3435GKYX5SSQ/</loc><lastmod>2025-05-21T12:59:21.715Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/635ZVC7UOVCJFKRML6FRXY3LDQ.jpg?auth=0660c0e08099cb2d4536910bd1b41726f204e4304d454139bf7a80aed0a0b0fc&amp;smart=true&amp;width=2375&amp;height=1583</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Gov. Wes Moore, center, smokes a cigar and holds hands with his wife, First Lady Dawn Flythe Moore ahead of the 150th running of the Preakness Stakes at Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore, Md. on Saturday, May 17, 2025.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/culture/food-drink/local-chefs-summer-produce-ingredients-T6KHFKHMDRD4LDSV5J6ORTCCFM/</loc><lastmod>2025-05-21T09:30:01.546Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/7V6YSS7XNZCF3NZMJ7LQCXNADM.jpg?auth=a4ba23e641733e15e45cbc3a109907bdd673a5aa22b566ae93d2e81802db69f1&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1130&amp;height=753</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Thrasher's French fries are a favorite summer treat of Howard County chef Chad Wells. ]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/culture/things-to-do/memorial-day-baltimore-county-things-to-do-OWEVPP3ZGVFQFB2RW2CU5IH5WI/</loc><lastmod>2025-05-21T09:30:01.398Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/E7U6LF7M3ZBQNOMANZA2QEY45U.jpg?auth=d08c0f83d73b437a8f95dbd1021ae02fc348ce520be703f1b458cf5dfd12ccee&amp;smart=true&amp;width=3000&amp;height=2000</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Flags placed by members of the Young Marines and Girl Scouts marking the gravesites of veterans are reflected in a statue at Dulaney Valley Memorial Gardens in Timonium on May 25, 2024.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/politics-power/local-government/baltimore-county-public-works-undercharging-7K6LIM5BXBBCNFFAFFTPPGY36Q/</loc><lastmod>2025-05-21T09:30:01.036Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/FRS3YQ6LK5E77KL4WCPQD4MDJE.jpg?auth=dec21bbed0cf76b80cdce4b9c07bae95c06818b3be0a636849a95e339f760885&amp;smart=true&amp;width=6349&amp;height=4233</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Exterior of the historic Baltimore County Courthouse in Towson, the center of county government, in June 2022.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/education/k-12-schools/baltimore-county-teacher-of-the-year-brittany-jakubowski-CB76IIXVF5G27AG3HQSGOKFPUY/</loc><lastmod>2025-05-21T09:30:00.635Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/3O7FJM563ZDTVAMWCF7XEFRJGM.JPG?auth=29b2f332a8918250e9db87cced8e4d7d07f0f488593f8bec0c0bb9a07bf33000&amp;smart=true&amp;width=8613&amp;height=5752</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Brittany Jakubowski, an English teacher at Catonsville Middle School, grew a diversity fair from a class project into a community event that draws hundreds.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/opinion/letters/letter-howard-county-addiction-treatment-calvin-ball-EJ5I2LCE3NFJVDDBVFFXYHOKG4/</loc><lastmod>2025-05-21T09:30:00.609Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/PVQS4NG47VHO5K3EXQO5AUEZII.jpg?auth=1ab29b3e0071120352168c3018370be53bdc7838660819d6f0bcc186465f8dd5&amp;smart=true&amp;width=4900&amp;height=3267</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Howard County Executive Calvin Ball, shown here during a town hall in Columbia in March, says committing to care for adult addiction saves lives and creates healthier communities. ]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/sports/orioles-mlb/orioles-lose-brewers-5-2-eight-game-losing-streak-O7WGY7K7PZBUPIEHR6M7J6UYDY/</loc><lastmod>2025-05-21T03:50:09.519Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/O7LQJN4V7FBABI6UBW6DZEI5UY.jpg?auth=0e2fc25b46add065ccbfa17fa583a9c17a6b5bcbe29bf9f40b771a4c586bb7da&amp;smart=true&amp;width=3233&amp;height=2156</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Milwaukee Brewers' Sal Frelick (10) celebrates in front of Baltimore Orioles' Adley Rutschman after hitting a two-run home run during the fourth inning.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/sports/orioles-mlb/orioles-mike-elias-discusses-firing-brandon-hyde-F3X7Y5ZQT5DMBOCST2YAQ5F5F4/</loc><lastmod>2025-05-21T01:04:58.174Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/NJPIBYA4YRFKRB2XWYUIL6KNXM.jpg?auth=cf66baf406b3f52e4dd5b125e5c69eb666d0bc6dbeffbae3958dc2cf253f2393&amp;smart=true&amp;width=3428&amp;height=2285</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Mike Elias, executive vice president and general manager for the Baltimore Orioles, speaks to the media for the first time since firing Brandon Hyde.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/sports/orioles-mlb/orioles-mike-elias-offseason-decisions-fire-brandon-hyde-UBMGF3WMZZDRVP2WJPBNMQOHVI/</loc><lastmod>2025-05-21T01:04:23.035Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/PTOFDT3SUNBZDKFC7ZBSHZ4BOQ.jpg?auth=b7ad09254bb3fd029d2d6e59082989b6b6d86ccf4364b95b6745a61bf53442ef&amp;smart=true&amp;width=4063&amp;height=2709</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Mike Elias, executive vice president and general manager for the Baltimore Orioles, speaks to the media Tuesday.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/education/k-12-schools/baltimore-city-college-renovations-PHOI43QWDNHCXMHN65ZJRKRAJI/</loc><lastmod>2025-05-21T00:46:47.172Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/FABQOA333FAIFJVNS36PTS4VME.jpg?auth=5a3b63cee01b8c766cac89932bb428576ee7e22748c63d229e2f54946fd7b713&amp;smart=true&amp;width=700&amp;height=385</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Renovations to Baltimore City College, a historic high school nicknamed the “Castle on the Hill,” are slated to begin this summer.]]></image:caption></image:image></url></urlset>