<?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/education/k-12-schools/maryland-school-library-books-EAY76LAN6FDNHADSMAOWUJZNHY/</loc><lastmod>2025-06-24T22:29:03.255Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/WDZY3KXJ45HLPDYAKZ7YJRMGKU.jpg?auth=094a37f3e5288d484d0ea71d368619785a0078039449fdcc9f0e860d2187af49&amp;smart=true&amp;width=5564&amp;height=3709</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[The library and media center inside Oakland Mills High School in Columbia.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/politics-power/state-government/wes-moore-maryland-hiring-freeze-MX75JU2KGRDOTPRYIICQL2RQHE/</loc><lastmod>2025-06-24T22:25:52.034Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/BLYGOY5DAVEZZH7SDZIE26TGYM.jpg?auth=167be4e19923336bf84ae3c968d059198ca28693d5c33d8961b1453921c8a2c7&amp;smart=true&amp;width=4445&amp;height=2963</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Gov. Wes Moore is freezing the hiring of new state employees, offering voluntary buyouts and eliminating vacant jobs across state government.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/community/local-news/baltimore-america-anniversary-sail-airshow-S5XSRS36PVAOVG2KQMC7FBGNQI/</loc><lastmod>2025-06-24T20:48:24.589Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/RNDUDECPDNGF7ETVHZC3WPDRPA.JPG?auth=b3f1ec405bb66277d565a92dcd2d768d4eed97a2d3cfb8147dee72e7b2d4c669&amp;smart=true&amp;width=7842&amp;height=4999</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Members of the U.S. Navy perform flag duties during a press conference to announce Sail250, a celebration of America’s 250th birthday, on Tuesday.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/community/local-news/harriet-tubman-birthplace-marker-UXMPLE2KEBESPFZKYGHGJNWYMM/</loc><lastmod>2025-06-24T20:47:23.238Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/VUBCHRTKHBC45N6PJUL67CWJAE.jpg?auth=a46ca603c9987a023e4a67833b0b8c5ba47ecbf4d6607d8bfd4be1ea4fcdc8a8&amp;smart=true&amp;width=2000&amp;height=1331</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[This is the second sign in Maryland dedicated to Harriet Tubman. The first was installed more than 50 years ago.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/politics-power/national-politics/kweisi-mfume-congress-house-oversight-withdraws-2FU26M7QGREWBJHAZLBK5HECVA/</loc><lastmod>2025-06-24T20:41:43.185Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/GWNDYZLRQ5BIDIO5X5RBWLPR3A.JPG?auth=734aa9808ff87af65ce34b8b6cc88fc58af4ba5878c01e0fbcf2e3f5ee81aec2&amp;smart=true&amp;width=3000&amp;height=2000</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[U.S. Rep. Kweisi Mfume speaks at a press conference in Baltimore.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/community/criminal-justice/baltimore-deadly-shooting-WEEBGMI5TZABFBUCKHJB37VBPI/</loc><lastmod>2025-06-24T20:40:45.08Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/KK53SZNS7VGARKDHBPZNTTNQWU.jpg?auth=a9c6a3d3ba10559be2eb298f493f85719a02e5d4dbbb3a2180ef6ad97885d7bb&amp;smart=true&amp;width=3000&amp;height=1956</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Gifts left on the stoop of Breaunna Cormley’s home, where the 12-year-old was killed last year.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/economy/bwi-airport-75-celebration-TCFMEQ2NMNHSDHWN7HB3SHQX2M/</loc><lastmod>2025-06-24T20:24:12.926Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/OKHWVDOBNVBF5A6I7G4AV3JVEQ.JPG?auth=ba130052cc3f2479b5ffb1c7287abf4070b4fd8ffadd1c34b588fdb65697e476&amp;smart=true&amp;width=3000&amp;height=2212</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Tom Manente receives a goody bag as he deplanes at Baltimore-Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport on 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February.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/community/local-news/baltimore-extreme-heat-cooling-centers-OO3C42B2ZRFXNDUPV55XYLLTD4/</loc><lastmod>2025-06-24T20:04:28.926Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/CNGI4HDCCNDF5HK25WQ2OH5DIA.jpg?auth=ccd213eb6c31d738eed9335cb17cf735f107fb3b0d176110518e611c33f7a707&amp;smart=true&amp;width=5122&amp;height=3415</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Ben Jones sips a bottle of water inside the Zeta Center for Healthy and Active Aging, one of the Baltimore City Health Department’s cooling centers, in Northwest Baltimore on Monday.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/economy/saval-foods-distributor-acquires-pastores-I6VL6EK3ZNBR3FNZ2CWMRQ2WVA/</loc><lastmod>2025-06-24T19:30:09.91Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/GCJ4FXZQBFGZZO4BF54VQYD32U.jpg?auth=c84e8eb96bbb277e2053b80d98d99c504b7ed6ed337e61c9b3d73386066e1b38&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1500&amp;height=1000</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[From left, Brian Saval, Mike Pastore Sr. and Paul Saval in front of Pastore's.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/sports/ravens-nfl/ravens-lamar-jackson-pablo-torre-contract-extension-fully-guaranteed-eric-decosta-DXMAOSJTGBB5NLIYCVLMQ77AKY/</loc><lastmod>2025-06-24T16:56:21.621Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/SB7ADW44MZHUJIY3SJFY6GFVN4.jpg?auth=efd5904a826d8dd6a4526c6a077090ac419590ffa043ece5003d572c4f023257&amp;smart=true&amp;width=5178&amp;height=3452</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Quarterback Lamar Jackson (8) takes questions from reporters on June 17 following the team’s mandatory minicamp.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/sports/orioles-mlb/orioles-podcast-trade-deadline-sell-FXO2P2H6EJG7BKTDDWWPFEDFXY/</loc><lastmod>2025-06-24T16:52:09.862Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/E3SRNFKZ6ZH7PBDO4ABVGZLYHY.png?auth=b33e919862fc31f4a0e9a1830af2e99a8e8788be1f78dbfe1ab38b3597a2f3f9&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1920&amp;height=1080</image:loc></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/community/transportation/amtrak-tunnel-evacuate-baltimore-UTD7ELYVKZBE7I3JGK6XX2HTI4/</loc><lastmod>2025-06-24T16:47:21.216Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/YLCXSPYT2VFR5AGC6RGTQNEORE.jpg?auth=d80ef2271161ab9c13c97d2fc3de90522efec62c54eceab0ee9a6937fcec8d22&amp;smart=true&amp;width=6424&amp;height=4283</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[An Amtrak train traveling north from Baltimore got stuck in a tunnel Monday afternoon.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/community/local-news/howard-county-council-candidates-2026-64LPRNFRV5BP5FQO6KEJQ7BF6I/</loc><lastmod>2025-06-24T16:21:44.988Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/GFHN7TFT4BH7LNGBJGPPWXOF5E.jpg?auth=a5abe06c2b9191cc7506467e3d69c582203e0aafd3f926dbd9db1f0a58498777&amp;smart=true&amp;width=4874&amp;height=3249</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[The Howard County Council’s chamber, known as the Banneker Room, inside the George Howard government building in Ellicott 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]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/community/public-health/pha-healthcare-owner-connected-providers-T3YLH572DZFDRAO5TAJV6YESCY/</loc><lastmod>2025-06-24T15:21:18.531Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/EGULXO5HNZEP5CMRVE7ORNSAKU.JPG?auth=517cc55eb7ebe02e0c05447c1277768b7681dc720813642686a34f31e33d3063&amp;smart=true&amp;width=8308&amp;height=5695</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[PHA Healthcare told state regulators it intended to send some patients to I'm Still Standing By Grace, whose owner also ran methadone clinic By Grace, which used to drop off medication at PHA Healthcare's apartments.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/international/trump-ceasefire-israel-iran-6YJJIH5TTBAOTLCDM4UIOQI42Y/</loc><lastmod>2025-06-24T13:18:55.888Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/EG6UUQH5MFENFOCEQI7DP2NCTQ.jpg?auth=5423aa5b334f7c9f4decaad0df9d9da9cc7601ec55a20dda350134bf8b55806c&amp;smart=true&amp;width=8473&amp;height=5648</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[The Tehran skyline on Tuesday. Israel and Iran had accepted a ceasefire plan proposed by President Donald Trump to end their 12-day war that had roiled the Middle East.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/sports/orioles-mlb/orioles-luis-guevara-death-tinaco-venezuela-BOHW4I2J3NABLG3MTWYZAQCXRY/</loc><lastmod>2025-06-24T12:58:47.503Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/NAQXTKR7XVDTPH74JQET5JSZZE.jpg?auth=75711a82d7306993ac604464dc0da6646eefd5949ef8973ffc9751331ab906bb&amp;smart=true&amp;width=4000&amp;height=2667</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Luis Guevara played with the Chesapeake Baysox for a short while in 2025.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/sports/orioles-mlb/camden-yards-awkward-brawls-stacked-bullpens-PAPQJKSBYJC3ZMVMZHCP3EYJBY/</loc><lastmod>2025-06-24T09:30:00.963Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/YRKVL7FMAFACXLUSYRFL2ZBTCY.jpg?auth=60faabe3370f48d3bdebfbf045c01de8caa63a9c8aca6c5b9399d42904006e7e&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1024&amp;height=683</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Benches cleared after the Orioles’ Coby Mayo and the Chicago White Sox’s Lenyn Sosa exchanged pushes in May.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/opinion/column/matthew-schlegel-chuck-yocum-severna-park-elementary-2C5BF3TKCVF7LG75DEYXE6ON4M/</loc><lastmod>2025-06-24T09:30:00.607Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/OTRCOTDIS5GFBLII2X2GAD5644.jpg?auth=83d82acbc090cd37a80c999826320e7e977cb27d8e56df3ccb550af38dee46b3&amp;smart=true&amp;width=3000&amp;height=2000</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[From left, Matthew Schlegel’s attorneys Andrew Harvey, Peter O’Neill, and Patrick Seidel speak to reporters outside the Annapolis courthouse last week.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/community/criminal-justice/quadruple-shooting-carrollton-ridge-MF6UCVCQLVHYPLPRRB4C7I2YQ4/</loc><lastmod>2025-06-24T03:12:19.733Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/SLNECHLCOVGR5JSEPSZDEZLFDM.jpg?auth=148eaf91fae7f38d7b5d8464f0e628d3640038028ce0805c30eb8c7cd33c9bbe&amp;smart=true&amp;width=3000&amp;height=2250</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Police canvassed the area surrounding a shooting reported in the 1900 block of Ramsay Street Monday night. ]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/sports/orioles-mlb/orioles-beat-rangers-6-0-trevor-rogers-eight-scoreless-innings-UQGLJFX4CRDGPEVXYKLXRT3GDA/</loc><lastmod>2025-06-24T02:11:08.176Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/WFV5XSMXB5B7FHGRNZSVIFM2XI.jpg?auth=d90f01a41749e3f27d3c39a0e76989f25ad4296ec7c930f5ecfad948f3a49d0a&amp;smart=true&amp;width=4153&amp;height=2769</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Baltimore Orioles pitcher Trevor Rogers delivers a pitch during Monday's game against the Texas Rangers.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/sports/orioles-mlb/baltimore-orioles-texas-rangers-100-degrees-camden-yards-UZFQ34IXP5FZBIKP5Y4AQP5VZM/</loc><lastmod>2025-06-24T02:03:22.434Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/NGM6AZKPABD7NKRY5OVQPJRJSI.jpg?auth=f900fc2187bcd13e482e3a4934fad8893a84cdd28e5793c8a36d3da213538adf&amp;smart=true&amp;width=5427&amp;height=3618</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Baltimore Orioles fan Solomon Baker, 8, uses a misting station to cool off at his first-ever game.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/community/criminal-justice/pha-healthcare-investigation-treatment-oversight-bill-T4CXHFILIJBBPLLWVI2L2IIOOA/</loc><lastmod>2025-06-24T00:26:29.258Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/CAWVF4RQ3NH7PC2RJPPEFSVBYU.jpg?auth=33dcbe9e9d2b9f62abd822a970d949d5db95cc40f9825c4ea90af9b7fce96eae&amp;smart=true&amp;width=4981&amp;height=3321</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Del. Sandy Rosenberg, a Baltimore City Democrat, introduced a bill that calls for the Maryland Department of Health to submit reports this year and next on how it is improving regulation of addiction treatment programs and recovery residences.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/community/public-health/pha-healthcare-cease-and-desist-opioids-addiction-MRLUNP2RM5H2TOYI3BNFKYNNCY/</loc><lastmod>2025-06-24T00:25:32.653Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/YGR3LKEON5BC5A5ZJ2LBK6Z62M.jpg?auth=89a70df6074be5cfc3c64a8af08471694ef85128ea05f6a359f924a332ee866a&amp;smart=true&amp;width=3000&amp;height=1845</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[An apartment complex in West Baltimore that housed PHA Healthcare patients, seen on Friday.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/community/local-news/pha-health-care-addiction-treatment-maryland-UKSLXELOJBFYTA563KNCB2B2JM/</loc><lastmod>2025-06-24T00:24:23.516Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/ZW62VO63UZCJLPYSCDVU3E6XZU.JPG?auth=c33ec99790e704f7958897109224306c016696c3017659250d3fb72cc3229ee8&amp;smart=true&amp;width=8607&amp;height=5727</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[PHA Healthcare’s founder, Stephen Thomas.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/community/public-health/baltimore-treatment-pha-healthcare-evictions-EMRFG7KQNNA2HMEZKTDOEZA25Q/</loc><lastmod>2025-06-24T00:23:52.552Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/PAREQVA3HNCFPF5N6VTZHSTUJA.JPG?auth=07c22c60f5e99753f99314915e994795ee2a90fc06c194e229b5474e1b9f4078&amp;smart=true&amp;width=8400&amp;height=5600</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[PHA Healthcare operated its drug treatment program out of at least 15 properties in West Baltimore and across the state in recent years.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/community/public-health/pha-healthcare-victim-deaths-haunt-families-THLLKTUO7NHU7ETJETWESXNEQE/</loc><lastmod>2025-06-24T00:22:31.608Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/FEK7FGR44JBRDJXTQF7AFXSN5Q.jpg?auth=af14f88c83ab42b08d6c16be061589a5a8f0d204ef9a3c36ad9076dee8867c38&amp;smart=true&amp;width=3500&amp;height=2000</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[From left, Amanda Vlakos, Rodney Myers, and Fernando Rivera-Estrada all died while in treatment.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/community/public-health/baltimore-opioid-drug-treatment-investigation-AOTRDIBQAJGHFFCLJ3NW2J5JN4/</loc><lastmod>2025-06-24T00:21:11.108Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/SPYX4I2IUBAXRLEEIMG65AA2QM.JPG?auth=a54e206957a7d32ee287f3db2377e798eb86171d07b4bea6c6e6a5b8c949b243&amp;smart=true&amp;width=8596&amp;height=5737</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Amanda Vlakos was found dead of an overdose in September while enrolled in PHA Healthcare, a recovery program that offered free housing.]]></image:caption></image:image></url></urlset>