<?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/community/local-news/dundalk-murder-suicide-james-skarda-ricky-stem-JLQGZWMC6ZEUPEPBLGOGIB224A/</loc><lastmod>2025-07-08T22:36:55.71Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/SGXFPWW7UVHFNAV5G44ST3WBV4.jpg?auth=642457fd5238bdeb41a3877ca442d7cf65ebb225e1ffc9ff5a103bdee8826d3d&amp;smart=true&amp;width=5092&amp;height=3395</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Officials said police were called to the 8200 block of Bullneck Road, a residential neighborhood lined with single-family homes, around 4:20 p.m. on Monday for a shooting. ]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/community/public-health/summer-heat-deaths-hot-cars-maryland-DKGBGKMD35EZ3PDB4LMS4WK5VY/</loc><lastmod>2025-07-08T22:05:11.65Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/L2N477ZNJRGGFO4RE7WEULEYRA.jpg?auth=0fa69c085457e4ce4e1e6ebac5a41e57f66b29cfc451f8ba73f061f4bcccb6e2&amp;smart=true&amp;width=4186&amp;height=2791</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Heat is the deadliest form of extreme weather, according to the National Weather Service and other experts. ]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/economy/bark-social-maryland-ownership-5TUDRKO5SJFRZHDL23ZABNNPJI/</loc><lastmod>2025-07-08T22:03:16.594Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/MQ4FCJQBG5GOJEKZVBZHLN6PLY.JPG?auth=96a98acfe1f529843f9e145a0cb57ca200885015fa30b42c9c99a85fe886a738&amp;smart=true&amp;width=6187&amp;height=4225</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[The now-closed Bark Social location on Boston Street in Baltimore in 2024. ]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/sports/orioles-mlb/orioles-catcher-injuries-gary-sanchez-update-ADJAQEWQWZBUNMPACKPBD3KJGE/</loc><lastmod>2025-07-08T20:22:00.692Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/LNR4D2VIQRCYRJ4CSJMYEAS4IY.jpg?auth=8189fdce24ec1b21713e7bfee51033b4d984f430e4eb8d2adf2d7e4f4f1525c2&amp;smart=true&amp;width=3000&amp;height=2000</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Gary Sánchez z catches a pitch during a game against the Texas Rangers on June 24.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/sports/orioles-mlb/jon-meoli-orioles-trade-deadline-anxiety-PNGFTNOMFRCJ3OT67DEZNOG7CA/</loc><lastmod>2025-07-08T18:30:05.137Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/IOW6VJAULJFYXOODOJFYP26MSE.jpg?auth=106e24cb921e4f9f6e2aafa5fb86811d94b9fe0250bbea30a4efee5a3f08ed24&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1024&amp;height=683</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[The Orioles are objectively playing better of late, at 25-21 under interim manager Tony Mansolino.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/community/local-news/severna-park-man-shenandoah-national-park-CI6QBYMAMJBUNAP2YXG5IQHRRM/</loc><lastmod>2025-07-08T18:19:30.706Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/RG6OQZXTJ5CW3M6PM5VJDT7QGM.heic?auth=e1ad4999541d2a138215420d783037a55158c5989e5f5c6f17a0778d517c1891&amp;smart=true&amp;width=4032&amp;height=3024</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[A canopy of trees surrounds the Limberlost Trail in Shenandoah National Park.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/opinion/column/chesapeake-bay-power-boats-shady-side-HY5E772QYRCGBDPRIU64CC3S34/</loc><lastmod>2025-07-08T15:40:26.964Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/MZITJRF27NDT7M6TB3OIFP7Y2U.jpg?auth=0569c2e6ff6521633e6bbb9dbc79d58f48fda8fdd97a6ce1bc78faf0014d4854&amp;smart=true&amp;width=3617&amp;height=2597</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[The public boat ramp at Discovery Village Park in Shady Side closed July 1, after the Anne Arundel County Council decided low numbers of users made the lease a bad deal in a tight year.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/sports/orioles-mlb/orioles-podcast-bradish-grayson-rodriguez-rotation-WOMIDIO5HBGHFJQS4UCEQGLPBU/</loc><lastmod>2025-07-08T15:20:25.32Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/IGQM4HW645AKPHH3GNPX7ZNLZ4.png?auth=6a9a01b08006d71068fdd37ed3b608ddc360b35baa6717da44e5538c0c6b272d&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1920&amp;height=1080</image:loc></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/sports/orioles-mlb/orioles-prospect-nate-george-delmarva-shorebirds-HIAILXKSZFHU5PBEATP6FQFAF4/</loc><lastmod>2025-07-08T13:07:38.04Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/DIVQOSJ3JVBC3GBVP5QBUC7WPQ.JPG?auth=085a27d56efb1dfd2bf61fc39b90c05d1d98145fcb44cd016d3d339d05c1b90f&amp;smart=true&amp;width=2400&amp;height=1599</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Orioles prospect Nate George tracks a fly ball in the outfield at Perdue Stadium in Salisbury.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/community/local-news/locust-point-noisy-ships-ground-power-S7R7XWJEK5BNTE7TGKZWSSI4NA/</loc><lastmod>2025-07-08T12:50:57.171Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/K6GWU4X6LJDUZBUSVCDIXAMRCU.JPG?auth=5578eaad34330dddefbe69b77e815d33d6f254d9fe48724477772669c3b4bba1&amp;smart=true&amp;width=3000&amp;height=1686</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[A pair of huge Navy ships, the USNS Charlton, left, and the USNS Pomeroy, docked near residential homes at North Locust Point on June 5. 
]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/community/local-news/b-and-o-train-museum-lego-contest-XI4KLUF4Q5HJRCFZKRFI6AQQ2Y/</loc><lastmod>2025-07-08T12:43:36.373Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/PVMPJKGRLREMVEVRTWIUWZL37E.jpg?auth=1c703a8bcff1aab875e4975748e38349824f5efd5ae97f7cd2cc82dfc4166e91&amp;smart=true&amp;width=5314&amp;height=3543</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Calvin Coble, 6, shows off a portion of his Lego train submission to the B&O Railroad Museum’s Brick Build-Off Competition.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/community/public-health/baltimore-city-council-overdose-hearings-5QU7P2HIJFHPDBWDQFVNC6SZTE/</loc><lastmod>2025-07-08T12:38:12.543Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/FB34GO36ORFXTAFZ3SOVF74P5E.jpg?auth=7c761bc56567a59e6f4a8887dcfa19b7cac6c01b1c0bb92016802f96d9f77ff4&amp;smart=true&amp;width=3842&amp;height=2561</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[The Baltimore City Council will launch a series of public hearings on the city’s drug overdose crisis starting this week.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/politics-power/local-government/baltimore-county-inspector-general-kelly-madigan-klausmeier-UFRU2ZIFOVHBFM42VKV3COQCY4/</loc><lastmod>2025-07-08T12:34:46.927Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/6A3UMU62ONDDDG7EGWMFB5FRO4.jpg?auth=cf33dbb91bf3357285f206015c8eb7b14e9ad7d2de340f67b57a9eae759f14b5&amp;smart=true&amp;width=4726&amp;height=2711</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[On Monday, Anne George, Peta Richkus and Marsha Briley-Savage protest County Executive Kathy Klausmeier’s decision not to reappoint Inspector General Kelly Madigan.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/politics-power/national-politics/kilmar-abrego-garcia-immigrant-trial-deportation-RJNLBIVGNJFI7J6VS45LSC6ABE/</loc><lastmod>2025-07-08T12:32:57.595Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/ZQ37O72TSZHBTHIHKQBCUMXJ4U.jpg?auth=c1e47855477612bacfc347821fea95f6fcf96a79b3ec14abf651fb80afc38c02&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1024&amp;height=683</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Brianna O'Keefe holds a portrait of Kilmar Obrego Garcia during a protest outside a federal courthouse in in Nashville, Tenn., in June.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/sports/college-sports/vernon-davis-terps-football-son-bishop-mcnamara-jianni-davis-7QZ3OHIHWZDT3AGBQXRYVS2QQE/</loc><lastmod>2025-07-08T12:31:52.801Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/6VG4WKLXFNF2ZEP5LHXRKPW4FU.jpg?auth=fa7888e2303bde69bdd027fa203de0b5d36db30a2a0bced938316f15a3cd6221&amp;smart=true&amp;width=4032&amp;height=3024</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Vernon Davis, right, was a Terps football standout and 14-year NFL veteran. His son Jianni, a rising senior at Bishop McNamara, is hoping to surpass his dad’s legacy after committing to Maryland last month.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/culture/arts/carla-hayden-fired-trump-mellon-role-GBHRCI5N75A5HBC45FJMOCIINA/</loc><lastmod>2025-07-08T12:30:29.935Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/3YJAY7Z3ZBHIPDRUGPPTWNJLPE.jpg?auth=49e6ce32cdf7172fdc8a04367c67b940b2da1ab69dc161de583ecc6707c6c737&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1024&amp;height=683</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Carla Hayden at an event in Washington, D.C., in 2022. Her tenure at the Library of Congress included modernizing its collection of the nation’s books and history.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/politics-power/national-politics/camp-mystic-texas-flooding-deaths-JEXSW4VQCNDADKH56RD5Z7RCQI/</loc><lastmod>2025-07-08T12:27:43.905Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/SKKGH27SAVAO3IZVLVWGNVY2IM.jpg?auth=8bbbb2700cff4c6ecfd168dd9dcd602920df42944d975214eb0a356bd890738f&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1024&amp;height=632</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Onlookers view damage along the Guadalupe River on July 6, caused by recent flooding in Kerrville, Texas.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/culture/food-drink/pupusas-el-paraiso-restaurant-salvadoran-food-7HII7RNDVBDCVKN2AVAIX5OVU4/</loc><lastmod>2025-07-08T12:26:12.472Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/ZF6RRXXH7VCZXLX5X4QRNOZP2A.jpg?auth=34fd774599429ba320c1a3f3956f68662cbd1375bd799d2bd99e84b5bb1b2ee1&amp;smart=true&amp;width=8640&amp;height=5760</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Marvin Rodriguez and his mother, Maria Rodriguez, make pupusas together at El Paraiso.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/education/higher-education/frostburg-state-university-china-enrollment-struggles-ZYT7ITOUMFFQ5EDRJR3ZRMCJYY/</loc><lastmod>2025-07-08T12:24:32.219Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/DHLDBPCYM5CZ5HWASL2ICJR77Y.JPG?auth=14ec7d27e1eed72c3c2be6c4e5ebacbc6cf03631a62e1534a089e6e574cd65e2&amp;smart=true&amp;width=3000&amp;height=1686</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Frostburg State University, here in Western Maryland, has opened another campus at Hunan University of Technology and Business in China.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/community/transportation/transportation-funding-issues-moore-budget-Z6PJ2GSVPRADTHS4BTN5MF4ECQ/</loc><lastmod>2025-07-08T12:22:22.707Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/WVVTWCXGJFDTBHTRPDSZSM2PTU.JPG?auth=e1a0459ff7438c6cdc97211a2f71d1d9a4de691e07860c24c5e013e445edf608&amp;smart=true&amp;width=3000&amp;height=1895</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Students wait for buses after school at the Mondawmin Transit Hub.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/education/higher-education/international-students-economic-impact-baltimore-G4UHP33QKRFIFIJJMWNAZ6ZMMQ/</loc><lastmod>2025-07-08T10:42:22.89Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/ASRQL5WCKVD5VC43RB2HPVEER4.jpg?auth=8034a599c58bb83935f634c20a36479deea6dd59fc121b6dce4c7978da72f11f&amp;smart=true&amp;width=2000&amp;height=1333</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Johns Hopkins University hosted 10,054 international students for the 2023-24 school year.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/economy/annapolis-made-plus-athletic-shoes-VBGYKZKTSZHJTJGEQ3WTJKHE4U/</loc><lastmod>2025-07-08T09:30:00.743Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/3N4SRI7SHJGHZHENMOL7LUUPEU.jpg?auth=452f89825bd3dc25e28fb07c0dac68d76945af2c7f7a7b7b3596b2cd41c8bc19&amp;smart=true&amp;width=5142&amp;height=3428</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Alan Guyan, founder and CEO of Made Plus, has been in business in Annapolis since 2021.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/community/local-news/july-4-fireworks-injury-maryland-XHXDBISH4VAFFCYGRG5SCR5TOM/</loc><lastmod>2025-07-08T01:11:11.987Z</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[A 14-year-old boy suffered a "catastrophic" hand injury while officials seized over 1,000 fireworks from an illegal show.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/community/housing/red-maple-place-towson-affordable-housing-VK5HPALXBRFQNH2MKXQCBELWF4/</loc><lastmod>2025-07-08T00:55:09.114Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/4NOWI6H4XVDILFZDEI2KY25SRY.JPG?auth=c6e0307822c7dcf84d0304fca2e692bc8f3785413618f06aada3d4731fe1f18a&amp;smart=true&amp;width=5206&amp;height=3471</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Councilman Todd K. Crandell and his Baltimore County colleagues opposed an additional $2 million loan for a Towson affordable housing complex.]]></image:caption></image:image></url></urlset>