<?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/donald-trump-elon-musk-jeffrey-epstein-COGQB3Y3WJAXDEECERZCW3H7KQ/</loc><lastmod>2025-06-05T23:34:43.41Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/SRI3W4QZ5ZH6TK2IGM5LOUXGEI.jpg?auth=248c0c06865e4c7a5e89639037f7fd05555ccb5ad1319b7fb8ebb658756ca042&amp;smart=true&amp;width=6000&amp;height=4000</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[President Donald Trump walks with Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk after looking at Tesla vehicles on the South Lawn of the White House on March 11 in Washington, D.C.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/sports/orioles-mlb/orioles-mariners-adley-rutschman-gunnar-henderson-back-to-back-2LKOS5GSCRFJ3IFMKDREZKOSJU/</loc><lastmod>2025-06-05T23:19:32.014Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/23CI2B7DFFESFGBWBMBPQITOXU.jpg?auth=8c5bd2fde260e2689858d6aa5ea156fc240da0d30346adfc5abb29d86cd56b84&amp;smart=true&amp;width=5002&amp;height=3335</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Gunnar Henderson’s solo home run in the sixth inning, which followed Adley Rutschman’s two-run shot, proved to be the difference in Thursday’s 4-3 Orioles victory.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/community/local-news/william-hairston-arrested-gregory-wells-murder-annapolis-5AXOFTI4GZB4DJNVRDBZL4C7AM/</loc><lastmod>2025-06-05T23:16:09.225Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/FY5PYZ4GXJAB7BUVOLXAH54OB4.JPG?auth=69e014f0ea22465c7aab2f276b262a02d1af3b2e28d20362dce6ddba63037ddd&amp;smart=true&amp;width=595&amp;height=431</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[The Annapolis Police Department, Prince George’s County Police Department and the US Marshals Service arrested William Hairston, 33, on Thursday for the April murder of Gregory Wells.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/politics-power/national-politics/trump-travel-ban-maryland-SQZ5XXJECZCW3NDMEBKRP4ETDQ/</loc><lastmod>2025-06-05T21:59:51.281Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/BQSTHT3YWZCTJCIYTNM2DRE5OY.jpg?auth=aaa154d6e08fb16594f9d96cdb390d0d17d82caa8cc966682361adeddd0e65bd&amp;smart=true&amp;width=5086&amp;height=3391</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[President Donald Trump announced that citizens from 12 countries would be banned from visiting the United States.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/national/dewayne-johnson-army-soldier-wife-killing-mischa-johnson-IFQXFXZLZ5C3DHUZKM57QSD6P4/</loc><lastmod>2025-06-05T21:58:40.987Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/PNC7ZGHAVNHLVO46P47KFQNIOE.jpg?auth=2b188aa2b39012c9d40d4b65736572e229805dcaae3f22f61b5b9b2ebbc25afd&amp;smart=true&amp;width=6360&amp;height=4266</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[U.S. Army Pfc. Dewayne Johnson, from Frederick, was sentenced to 23 years for killing his pregnant wife and disposing of her body in the trash.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/community/local-news/anne-colt-leitess-navy-doctor-murder-james-strachan-houston-EGOXSIZEHVGTFCGIZQDHMAWSGY/</loc><lastmod>2025-06-05T21:56:49.399Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/2ZOED3FRR5BSLO27YTOCBIFYQM.jpg?auth=1a1c5380e5bb9be9841586512eb652050a1d9d24dfbe738d7b6d8db48796e020&amp;smart=true&amp;width=5658&amp;height=3481</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[In court Wednesday and in a appellate court brief Thursday, James Strachan Houston's attorneys described the state’s appeal as a delay tactic. ]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/sports/ravens-nfl/baltimore-ravens-rashod-bateman-contract-extension-43GLVDRGZVAZLCOVQUMWIHBYDY/</loc><lastmod>2025-06-05T21:34:33.757Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/CYMCKIFU2BFFHAUFOJASGM7D2A.JPG?auth=7cfa25289c98f31b2e6193da0bbe2f88ff45cb746a4a612830f968695c8e7d63&amp;smart=true&amp;width=8640&amp;height=5760</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Wide receiver Rashod Bateman has caught 138 passes for 1,923 yards and 13 touchdowns as a Raven.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/community/criminal-justice/maryland-state-police-trooper-justin-riggs-bribery-sentencing-TJX5ZSH3XBHG5GUD7AKSRHR3YE/</loc><lastmod>2025-06-05T21:31:07.913Z</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[A federal judge sentenced former Maryland State Police Cpl. Justin Riggs to six years in prison.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/community/transportation/road-safety-bike-lanes-highway-UALRPEEL6FHQ7BYNU6FTUTJZUY/</loc><lastmod>2025-06-05T21:27:32.142Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/YPLB6LMUWZEJDIT3GNOD222YXI.JPG?auth=8474a17b97d65aaa15a44b661de9cdf5233cbbc3d04f93efd797aa30b0e0b00c&amp;smart=true&amp;width=6000&amp;height=3376</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Transportation officials — and a handful of pedestrians — used a new, separated bike lane along U.S. 1 in Howard County on the morning of Aug. 15 to walk along the busy roadway.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/community/criminal-justice/trump-deport-immigration-immigrants-UEYEA2ANZJG23MDLX2UQSJDKOM/</loc><lastmod>2025-06-05T20:59:48.424Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/ZLPNTRZYHNEVZIHCJJC465P5BI.jpg?auth=73866984973122e2ff08454b4c8651464c3810696a828b7c2e8faebcfa95e45c&amp;smart=true&amp;width=5123&amp;height=3416</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[A military aircraft waits for migrants to board from a bus at Fort Bliss in El Paso, Texas, in January before deporting them to Guatemala.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/community/local-news/woman-dead-baltimore-county-school-bus-crash-XIIXLRJ7SFFLHICKM73OM6FBRY/</loc><lastmod>2025-06-05T20:58:51.043Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/VNUAXAIOWREXXCBKLCJKFUZ2AU.jpg?auth=b971ab7fa336276616ad2245613c3c2b125c1b2cf3aed368f0ceec4cdb335031&amp;smart=true&amp;width=7336&amp;height=4891</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Lisa Hennessey died after being hit by a 2015 International bus near Philadelphia and Ridge roads Wednesday afternoon in Baltimore County.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/culture/food-drink/orange-crush-maryland-state-cocktail-official-YR6WZPFHDRFFFKOXAQJNBKCJ5Q/</loc><lastmod>2025-06-05T20:54:46.913Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/XE6I6VVDKVB2LNAHEHNBY47BMY.jpg?auth=219179e5f0b2aaebc277f07f011aa91e6205cced18196abbd7700238af6706bb&amp;smart=true&amp;width=2048&amp;height=1365</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Different flavors of crushes at Wicked Sisters in Hampden.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/sports/ravens-nfl/ravens-podcast-bateman-extension-pagano-YFJWQLG63ZB7XIPWJLRTGB6M4A/</loc><lastmod>2025-06-05T20:49:17.939Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/KCZ5ZKTWPVET7GVBUPG632N7DA.png?auth=e79cee47e61462994e156ef186798a76543ee16c36b0459d5d4e2f28c1f7fc87&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1920&amp;height=1080</image:loc></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/sports/aaron-rodgers-sign-pittsburgh-steelers-EYDXHE4ZTFC5XKKBVFKA4OUBUM/</loc><lastmod>2025-06-05T20:35:44.112Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/YQRZ45VZKZFRFGUZ5DRN2KOYKE.jpg?auth=1dedcedfc9934c07f3ffa0350cb7925c0fdd82c2dc8fe7ee1c679b7a4868caa0&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1024&amp;height=683</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[The Steelers and the 41-year-old Rodgers had been circling each other for months.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/education/higher-education/mica-morgan-state-interior-design-H7DLJOEYUNFEPKQL7SDZI7VVVA/</loc><lastmod>2025-06-05T19:31:57.156Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/UHDSECFSSZFMBJVEPHP7YN5XBU.JPG?auth=b0629f666bd47423c9ba700456790389db55083fca34341403410af99d65f0fe&amp;smart=true&amp;width=3000&amp;height=1686</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[The Maryland Institute College of Art won’t be allowed to offer a new interior design program.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/politics-power/national-politics/americorps-restore-funding-cuts-maryland-lawsuit-3XUPIY22H5HAFC265VN3JQGGAM/</loc><lastmod>2025-06-05T18:56:51.851Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/MUMGC7PQAFEFTHBLHXY66PA3X4.jpg?auth=5ad8ef061524eba347321e4f739ca6e58fedbcd9f6465e2503fb3ffcd7d6cdaa&amp;smart=true&amp;width=5184&amp;height=3456</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[AmeriCorps employs more than 500 full-time federal workers and has an operating budget of roughly $1 billion.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/economy/real-estate/gibson-island-villa-sale-MHNV2G3EARFSVORJVPOFPOBZ3U/</loc><lastmod>2025-06-05T16:50:16.763Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/U3UMUK6MVVDVPBYK4CND65U2QU.png?auth=ebcf857955151e671e44f088d6419dfc571656f7a9e5bd05ba89efe83407e2de&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1280&amp;height=853</image:loc></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/community/local-news/patapsco-valley-state-park-human-remains-found-CFFYE2GRK5E2FNXXDPU2HBEBGM/</loc><lastmod>2025-06-05T16:34:48.27Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/7V3WC3E2X5FSHGRAWFSTHK7AVU.jpg?auth=f5b48bf019f0a0ef773ea43b32836442c96c1561d6d2b545cfed0cb0e037f722&amp;smart=true&amp;width=4032&amp;height=3024</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Police were notified of human remains found near the Forest Glen Trail in the Hilton area of the park on Wednesday afternoon.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/sports/orioles-mlb/orioles-podcast-tony-mansolino-honesty-I6I3ZZZ42RDS3LYQERV4R3GJFE/</loc><lastmod>2025-06-05T16:19:45.581Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/XFSUHVYMCBFIVL6XB46CLCHNIQ.png?auth=61bcdc36105cf47605b7932b6bd5766e0acfcea7157b6138aa08ddd93280d617&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1920&amp;height=1080</image:loc></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/baltimore-county/crosby-jenkins-buys-princeton-sports-building-N7QS5GVCJNCJ7M5L45T2AWCCVM/</loc><lastmod>2025-06-05T15:18:23.498Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/LUIA6VRKFJG3LFJ6XWPMYOPFUM.jpg?auth=80c3873ce8053d9ff616b4000c754b189f3bd8562b6f2c5be5447d537afb35af&amp;smart=true&amp;width=6923&amp;height=4615</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Family-owned Princeton Sports closed its doors in February, after 89 years in business.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/education/higher-education/st-johns-college-president-resigns-TILVDFFI6ZD4ZB43PWQH6CD3TA/</loc><lastmod>2025-06-05T14:05:05.996Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/GR2ZP42G3RC63BLZPEMD2AA2MQ.jpg?auth=07bb726a84a3377b60945a364f7dd4e663509d93c9239d6f1325b1c438b9cd16&amp;smart=true&amp;width=5241&amp;height=3494</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Nora Demleitner at a ribbon cutting event at St. John’s College in 2023. Demleitner has stepped down from her role as president of the school.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/culture/things-to-do/annapols-arts-week-maryland-federation-of-arts-IDSDIELXRVCXRASWT3NBHFH3RU/</loc><lastmod>2025-06-05T13:44:16.194Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/JHUER67UZ5ALHG2NSTPV77DK6Q.jpg?auth=913d40058aa8bfd54c087da1079520793ad0b28d0e38497bd9820970ab862f8a&amp;smart=true&amp;width=2052&amp;height=1368</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Dueling Brushes, an open air competition that kicks off Paint Annapolis, took place Sunday. But arts will be out all week capturing the city.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/national/luigi-mangione-unitedhealthcare-diary-LARE6HOTZREWXLODEHB3E5H77M/</loc><lastmod>2025-06-05T13:35:29.134Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/UXZ2IYZ3NBERNDZW4N7A3G6ZPY.jpg?auth=35c1c2de7c0a428ba3f5b580ccd6d6c7744f4f5cb0140d3416aff1f7ee14b3c0&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1024&amp;height=682</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[The Manhattan district attorney’s office quoted extensively from Mangione’s handwritten diary.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/sports/orioles-mlb/zach-eflin-orioles-pitching-arm-angle-3ZER2FXSKJGNPOLV7WNUZVGG5E/</loc><lastmod>2025-06-05T12:00:02.57Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/LSBLDSRMEJAEZPOQPHBMISEAWQ.jpg?auth=bba957b9e6fc8c8e9eb4b7511b18400816f1d48ea57ab5bcf187514983caa2cd&amp;smart=true&amp;width=4287&amp;height=2858</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Zach Eflin pitched seven scoreless innings against the White Sox in his last outing Friday.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/culture/things-to-do/baltimore-events-hampden-highlights-wutang-clan-first-thursday-USBSJBRFDFEBHEICSX4UWQHEAU/</loc><lastmod>2025-06-05T09:30:01.116Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/FUE27ZS6ZBHV5GSINPQQVOVGEY.jpg?auth=c87c9f912540b7bdfd2daed648d3665bd3953e923a7a43d9b7ebc2155a6d45db&amp;smart=true&amp;width=3000&amp;height=2000</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[The Kennedy String Quartet will perform a tribute to Beyoncé by candlelight at the First Unitarian Church Baltimore on Friday night.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/opinion/column/patti-lupone-kecia-lewis-audra-mcdonald-tonys-FIEO7IXEQBA75D7GDQHVJMMAGQ/</loc><lastmod>2025-06-05T09:30:01.109Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/2YTRE5UFHRFKDFK6PDTEWEDNWI.jpg?auth=f1e8a13c3935d01c7ab9f0e6246f4a5c17f8a09450d4aab835a18f26d249c249&amp;smart=true&amp;width=3000&amp;height=2000</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[From left, Kecia Lewis at the Tony Awards in 2024, Patti LuPone at a film screening in New York in 2025 and Audra McDonald at the Tony Awards in 2024.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/culture/things-to-do/old-ellicott-city-pride-laurel-savage-fest-3W342SZ25NBHLORYV3DDL6FTKM/</loc><lastmod>2025-06-05T09:30:00.557Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/PSRL25FVS5CR5LKN4IEA7YBJSY.JPG?auth=d77c3c2e1c6503afb7504c23a51b52853a31e3e1330da48bfc924018400f61af&amp;smart=true&amp;width=4032&amp;height=2688</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Runners raised money for cancer research and patient care in the 2024 Maryland Half Marathon & 5K in Maple Lawn.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/sports/orioles-mlb/orioles-mariners-adley-rutschman-heston-kjerstad-7AE6EKINXJGX7DNINX7RIWYDCI/</loc><lastmod>2025-06-05T05:35:53.741Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/JUNGUG3EIBCCHI52QSNFDLODHU.jpg?auth=b2512b4622a96b469db0a5378785554ee535cf36d964672e87f4e3cb1521a7a9&amp;smart=true&amp;width=5509&amp;height=3673</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Adley Rutschman accepts congratulations from third base coach Buck Britton as he rounds the bases on his solo home run Wednesday night in Seattle.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/community/local-news/mdta-officer-crash-double-fatal-baltimore-interstate-95-YTEIBV224ZD2FLIF6GLZ2AUGI4/</loc><lastmod>2025-06-05T00:53:57.363Z</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/national/trump-travel-ban-countries-C7YBNS5BKNHZVNMSJ2OQ4XPAOU/</loc><lastmod>2025-06-05T00:24:34.148Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/55PJKFFTAFAUBHROPXXKFJSYCM.jpg?auth=c392f1b472a31711e3c70109483067310c4c552b1e37cefdd520211df72ee853&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1024&amp;height=683</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[President Donald Trump's travel ban which is set to go into effect on Monday prevents people from a dozen countries from entering the United States.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/national/mirgrants-deportations-el-salvador-prison-judge-ruling-TUOYID5EYBEAPK7VM63X6AZEPY/</loc><lastmod>2025-06-05T00:02:04.042Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/DNUIJKMT7FC5ZHVJKBOHLHGCQY.jpg?auth=79a668393c8f463ac5399ac9d92a8c638200aec7a6b801a7b82bae187903b058&amp;smart=true&amp;width=6774&amp;height=4516</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[A prison officer guards a cell at the maximum-security Terrorism Confinement Center (CECOT) in El Salvador.]]></image:caption></image:image></url></urlset>