<?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/culture/arts/motor-house-car-crash-reopen-3WLYR6Z2RZB6VCXBILRCS7ALYU/</loc><lastmod>2025-07-01T23:07:00.617Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/PTCHZLAIBVACFDH54ISI7WXPI4.jpg?auth=db6de7ceaea6444020ee3c4c2292dd875e5beba09177662a505fcb7e9424035b&amp;smart=true&amp;width=591&amp;height=462</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[A stolen vehicle crashed into the front of Motor House at 120 W. North Ave. on Sunday morning, Baltimore Police said.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/community/criminal-justice/west-baltimore-police-shooting-pytorcarcha-brooks-EUDHJVSCZREF7A7OWUJPPVMH6I/</loc><lastmod>2025-07-01T22:57:43.105Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/KGBOEOHJSVFPRN6R4UKYVK2UNE.JPG?auth=3369df4415a0fbd3a99d4c771716512b28b5a2966b4a3ae6fe59ea36c71db67d&amp;smart=true&amp;width=3000&amp;height=1935</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Baltimore Police forensics technicians document the scene of a shooting on the 2700 block of Mosher Street in June.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/community/criminal-justice/baltimore-police-officer-rape-teen-JOWTAGYDBNB3TDFNBMJBEQZLRM/</loc><lastmod>2025-07-01T20:59:23.726Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/BMWLTO5LQFDQDBLVPCQZ4PDXV4.jpg?auth=a7e14f9f5edc94bf2e7a54856a95995079863c25b2514a36e289195511fd5223&amp;smart=true&amp;width=3000&amp;height=2000</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[A Baltimore Police officer has been charged with raping a 16-year-old girl. ]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/politics-power/state-government/maryland-new-laws-4TRKOV3NFNGCLE3QD6UCQTXO2A/</loc><lastmod>2025-07-01T20:51:08.69Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/KSIL5F5RBZFDZHWZ7QUP4L75KM.jpg?auth=74e8df070961c169b33fd05a84bfd48b5997ff0ddcb9dbde516ff04530823b99&amp;smart=true&amp;width=5450&amp;height=3633</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[The Maryland General Assembly passed a variety of legislation earlier this year that will go into effect next month.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/community/criminal-justice/severna-park-teacher-matthew-schlegel-abuse-retrial-UQRLVEOZ5JG7FMJ5MG67Y3J7FM/</loc><lastmod>2025-07-01T20:30:05.445Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/V5BW35A3Q5CTVOP3ISEDO3M4YU.jpg?auth=9587eff5307a0f8231d93326b491e1e16b9a0c7a1870aee59e298df8dce2df87&amp;smart=true&amp;width=5302&amp;height=3535</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Prosecutors concluded after a thorough review that there was “not a path forward at a second trial” for Matthew Schlegel.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/politics-power/national-politics/trump-fbi-headquarters-reagan-maryland-QKLLQNGRJBD67B2XMJ3MJV266E/</loc><lastmod>2025-07-01T20:25:14.752Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/O4Q5HWD45RFSFJEP25G5VGN46E.jpg?auth=10846046f6ad87d80d5f4e60d290eeba629ad952782082d3ca035e6312628d49&amp;smart=true&amp;width=8192&amp;height=5464</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[The Ronald Reagan Building in Washington, D.C., where signage for USAID has been covered up. ]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/community/criminal-justice/howard-county-double-shooting-possible-murder-suicide-NCT5MBCZMRCBZNTMKCUA5LEONU/</loc><lastmod>2025-07-01T19:31:33.957Z</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/opinion/column/maryland-police-shootings-accountability-attorney-general-XIN2RUEI7JFYFIAJD2ZAMAZK7I/</loc><lastmod>2025-07-01T19:30:29.49Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/2WKSPTN4GBDRBES4E4WXTJW4AQ.png?auth=65355934f6ab773d63b65a3e00c01416f59ae2627e14dc0f347089e56cba54ff&amp;smart=true&amp;width=616&amp;height=351</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[The Independent Investigation Division of the Maryland Office of Attorney General has examined 80 deaths involving police. In 2022, Baltimore Police Officer Connor Murray shot and killed Donnell Rochester; Murray’s body camera caught the moment before he fired the fatal shots. ]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/education/k-12-schools/baltimore-county-schools-laptops-devices-S3FAI2CRJBBBLDEW66O3BQABMM/</loc><lastmod>2025-07-01T18:45:56.373Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/6OPJTOEJP5BHXGK2ZYCZ3KU3PM.jpg?auth=4d8844c979b953391c9ad1cc95697624427e64cc5238d8da3a653732faa0a1d4&amp;smart=true&amp;width=5561&amp;height=3707</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[The school system’s webpage on virtual instruction days notes that each student, starting in pre-K, had Chromebooks and PC laptops. ]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/sports/orioles-mlb/jon-meoli-disorienting-orioles-games-a-disorienting-june-in-birdland-EWNFGD7GWNCI3AS43ZYQZWRGSQ/</loc><lastmod>2025-07-01T18:29:08.961Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/I76N7KP5U5CBRA6PDZYI6XLDWU.jpg?auth=8fe18e0be1f52004989d4e0c54943ffdcf604f57c2492a57f8e1574a74b3c506&amp;smart=true&amp;width=3000&amp;height=2000</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[The Orioles’ offense that frustratingly has been nearly no-hit so often was good in June. Really good, in some ways. ]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/politics-power/national-politics/rfk-hhs-layoffs-unlawful-judge-rules-UJTM5EEG4BG25NXQXLTLXOHINA/</loc><lastmod>2025-07-01T17:39:35.034Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/JQ5Y4OXUGJFMBOW42OBJMAEKFQ.jpg?auth=d1184164c25211e6878ab32e6edda1fcaf8fc4de8beb5e8a7b5c7361f78c427c&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1024&amp;height=683</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. eliminated more than 10,000 employees in late March.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/politics-power/state-government/maryland-it-tech-services-tax-ESMTHA7H5JECHEQ6R6NSRSFRHU/</loc><lastmod>2025-07-01T16:46:25.225Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/ZMKJ2TWCTFG55GAGOSLQGN5KIY.jpg?auth=6fa67711ccf1fb1919f17c19318ff646d0a731b53eeac9877352b8d64e0071d1&amp;smart=true&amp;width=5444&amp;height=3629</image:loc></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/community/climate-environment/big-trees-maryland-state-forests-L33DAQ5KCNEEJMONZVC7VF2B5U/</loc><lastmod>2025-07-01T16:15:47.459Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/MPB6G2MVCBA3VGTAV3MJFSTH7U.jpg?auth=4ec9fc6a8a077820191617225e1b19b4ca697240ef94e6af4f2c12b622c8fd17&amp;smart=true&amp;width=3000&amp;height=2000</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[John Bennett, chair of the Maryland Big Tree Program, stands with a Japanese snowbell tree in Port Deposit.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/community/local-news/rosedale-house-explosion-investigation-K24T3CK3QBFJBLTP66W74OS7WE/</loc><lastmod>2025-07-01T15:48:43.858Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/2IHIINNLRZFMTGEHUWWTNMUM3U.jpg?auth=0a13b58cbb7208c4cae317c3c3c7b656897537efb6660332a7f992dc3493a90c&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1600&amp;height=739</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Baltimore County fire officials said specialized equipment was needed to help remove debris as they continue to investigate the cause of the explosion.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/community/local-news/annapolis-airbnb-rentals-housing-XR455NXJS5BKRNBVRKVQ6IX5GU/</loc><lastmod>2025-07-01T15:11:51.361Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/K2H7CSETZNBSPIHLOQLZR735RU.jpg?auth=ae7d59f52cbd474eb87507e35d1ab90665b6f5e39d5f4d4539a4fb92273c42ea&amp;smart=true&amp;width=8640&amp;height=5760</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[A cleaning crew works on a house in Annapolis that is set up for short-term rentals on I-Day, when parents come to visit their children at the Naval Academy — a popular time for bookings.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/community/housing/red-maple-place-towson-affordable-housing-RT2MLFCLZZDINGAYWGSOA6KN4A/</loc><lastmod>2025-07-01T14:36:35.251Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/NODOXXMI3BCVLA44DODIXVJKDU.jpg?auth=e94a717998199d88600206cdc8e1a75030ce68a6650a2750af1ebd1c0af37eb9&amp;smart=true&amp;width=5538&amp;height=3237</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[A rendering shows Homes for American's plan for Red Maple Place, an apartment building on Joppa Road that would have 50 affordably priced units and six market-rent units. The developer is seeking an additional $2 million loan from Baltimore County for the project.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/community/criminal-justice/marilyn-mosby-adnan-syed-case-ivan-bates-4D2O2HW3RBHGPPIGAAMGRDN62Q/</loc><lastmod>2025-07-01T14:16:10.881Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/DAE5HRM5EVAXFHB7E3GBOH2MWE.jpg?auth=7e500fbfb907300aa3f57488084c716ff72b0a317ef293eefccd3f0b1dd52b1b&amp;smart=true&amp;width=5583&amp;height=3722</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[When she was in office, Marilyn Mosby moved to throw out Adnan Syed’s conviction and then dropped the charges against him. But her successor, Ivan Bates, reversed course.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/community/criminal-justice/innocence-project-maryland-law-QBJL2QWZMRE55JAKPHCMHSJEJM/</loc><lastmod>2025-07-01T14:06:13.787Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/RXI4PHFT5FHI5H6GLTCC6RLO6M.jpeg?auth=f32815ffa384624568a771ea47528430ef2955517e9ee623c9a62f9a285f6ee4&amp;smart=true&amp;width=4930&amp;height=3286</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[From left, Erica Suter, director of the Innocence Project Clinic at the University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law; Maryland Public Defender Natasha Dartigue; and Rachel Bennett, director of the Innocence Project Clinic at the University of Baltimore School of Law.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/sports/orioles-mlb/orioles-al-east-trade-deadline-mike-elias-B7IF3UD5NVHBROVKH2N6FLT5GQ/</loc><lastmod>2025-07-01T14:00:02.725Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/WB234PDE7RFBBFM7OKV3WLODDU.jpg?auth=3d86300bd7abdc6073fb551bf0d82820e76656c87b8341ac8263ad8fc9a38937&amp;smart=true&amp;width=5016&amp;height=3344</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Shortstop Gunnar Henderson (2) watches his teammates from the dugout during a game against the Detroit Tigers.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/economy/new-tax-maryland-gold-and-silver-shops-3UXKKJVY3VG4FMRB3Q4MCXGNFE/</loc><lastmod>2025-07-01T13:00:03.694Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/AMJDPUL3DZE3ZJM5KZ4ZSVMLO4.jpg?auth=a5b0c17c1912bafec244bf3f1573d8f2b6ecad0a100a829bf3d18266a1166d47&amp;smart=true&amp;width=8243&amp;height=5495</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Richard Davis, owner of American Bullion Center, inspects jewelry brought in by a first-time customer. ]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/sports/orioles-mlb/jackson-holliday-ethan-holliday-mlb-draft-MLPDVAXCKVGBHDWZEZGR5MM3FU/</loc><lastmod>2025-07-01T13:00:02.567Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/QBWAPU5LBBFFXM7BU6XSE4JJPE.jpg?auth=985d369890193d00a1f27cceb5a72adaf27049464ae6175983d99a953ccf04fe&amp;smart=true&amp;width=5616&amp;height=3744</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Second baseman Jackson Holliday (7) puts his glove on to return to the field against the Texas Rangers.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/community/public-health/eastern-shore-umms-hospital-UZK3KIYLLFGVPEYIWKVLARRZU4/</loc><lastmod>2025-07-01T09:30:00.819Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/SDU77LLOHZGCDFM5BZZDGG7RZE.jpg?auth=a00880441134b0e2bd035c3a2c20bad70b926f5a3e8c28bd298370c8c661e157&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1920&amp;height=1080</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[A rendering of the University of Maryland Medical Center's Shore Regional Medical Center project. A former patient donated $25 million to the project under construction in Easton.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/community/local-news/st-vincent-de-paul-shelter-rossville-baltimore-county-AHVDYW44SNDUPA36ISYBSB52IU/</loc><lastmod>2025-07-01T09:30:00.518Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/XTOWZBTFBFHVVE7U42EWYTN4N4.jpeg?auth=5a2ec806226cc17ac9fd33a5390bdd2358e247bed3a0ca82cf25ae90ffdfeb15&amp;smart=true&amp;width=3518&amp;height=2446</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[St. Vincent de Paul of Baltimore is opening a 236-bed shelter at the Eastern Family Resource Center on the Medstar Franklin Medical Center campus in eastern Baltimore County on July 1.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/sports/orioles-mlb/orioles-beat-rangers-10-6-11th-inning-3NWPD6HTSNCGJGPLIGEOQNITSM/</loc><lastmod>2025-07-01T05:35:53.012Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/UIDKBESGM5CQPBKE77FDFSUYQQ.jpg?auth=fe99d4488bf989cece32932a084568678c29a9de6ada5e27e827931edd8799c2&amp;smart=true&amp;width=4794&amp;height=3196</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Gunnar Henderson watches his two-run home run during the 10th inning.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/community/criminal-justice/interstate-70-shooting-arrest-TMYH4ZJMGVBODJ6FGG2KVLATUQ/</loc><lastmod>2025-07-01T02:12:29.525Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/EHZ4O53H6FGTVDUNQENPYBGCOQ.jpg?auth=f0db00152687c9bd72923b68430c9c6889760181ab4723cda14df1cd742391d0&amp;smart=true&amp;width=7284&amp;height=4861</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Around 11:55 p.m. on June 14, Maryland State Police troopers went to the 600 block of Lakeview Drive in Mount Airy for reports of a shooting. ]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/sports/orioles-mlb/trevor-rogers-jon-meoli-orioles-rebuilt-ULZPAVYSPFHZBLPBLEWHGXGGNE/</loc><lastmod>2025-07-01T00:44:08.923Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/R77SOAM6SBH7ROZOSS52GZ3CGU.jpg?auth=039f004df2a70a8346664ddc770f04cf5bbcdb9f066cb2f81c80b78aae144c4a&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1483&amp;height=989</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Trevor Rogers has posted a 1.62 ERA with 13 strikeouts in 16 2/3 innings with the Orioles.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/sports/horse-racing/d-wayne-lukas-obit-trainer-preakness-stakes-K6WVKLMKYJG7XDUDZJUN42ADHA/</loc><lastmod>2025-07-01T00:36:15.831Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/33IJOLV6VVGRJFQWT7S7L3PYSM.jpg?auth=e5e946d5a38a59e2af6e7dbb022d1af808ad91be7933a74d3c4bb784ec8aba57&amp;smart=true&amp;width=2100&amp;height=1966</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Trainer D. Wayne Lukas with Seize the Grey. The Lukas-trained horse won the 2024 Preakness Stakes in Baltimore.]]></image:caption></image:image></url></urlset>