<?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/politics-power/national-politics/donald-trump-government-shutdown-firing-workers-VO73AFOOPNHRDASDEMQRW6EGQY/</loc><lastmod>2025-10-15T23:33:21.042Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/PUYVOUJ4QZAMBMVS4FKMEDDQAI.jpg?auth=eb94663d93293750f2d3cd6b892bfd8601456160e9484de27dfac90abef3fd55&amp;smart=true&amp;width=6776&amp;height=4516</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[President Donald Trump's administration was temporarily blocked from firing workers during the government shutdown. ]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/education/higher-education/baltimore-city-community-college-merger-kurt-schmoke-DE5TJ6NTKFAALFKVTDMVO6DE2U/</loc><lastmod>2025-10-15T23:15:00.449Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/JTR35E6A65FY5HAYFRFEKKD7KY.jpg?auth=78e3800ca304d1909238f07faec18ffbaf51fe8fb7cbc7da81ed78f06b05f78d&amp;smart=true&amp;width=3000&amp;height=2000</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Baltimore City Community College board Chair Kurt Schmoke in 2024. Schmoke is pushing for an “institutional consolidation” between the struggling University of Baltimore and the community college.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/education/k-12-schools/maryland-school-after-care-programs-5GJKVGET55BJFHOOQZ36Q37I7A/</loc><lastmod>2025-10-15T22:27:22.762Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/CHN5FXFOFBHKRMHBOU7PMM34BU.JPG?auth=0d416f34c1afed2f783f08eb0c80a9b640dba43772ab89a5a98d895a2432756c&amp;smart=true&amp;width=3000&amp;height=2000</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[In Maryland, 3 in 4 children whose parents want to put them in after-school programs can’t get into one. ]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/community/local-news/baltimore-county-hart-miller-island-crabbing-3EUFXOBBJFCWJCYPL6G7QZLURA/</loc><lastmod>2025-10-15T22:24:27.874Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/WD6ASCEZFVD2FJGH7EIPCN2LV4.JPG?auth=5df236e0243809ebea425c5fccca8831a2ece21eaaa89ebfe6c8e5ffd7c21f72&amp;smart=true&amp;width=2000&amp;height=1333</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[A man died after falling out of a boat while crabbing near Hart-Miller Island on Tuesday.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/community/local-news/monique-charles-murder-earl-walker-silver-spring-5JVSDTPA3FHXJANJPN57RMKZRQ/</loc><lastmod>2025-10-15T22:03:45.356Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/DTII6QQDTRGEXJBEDUWU425XII.JPG?auth=796eb881f86f5669e1c17430d09eb135f95e9542d33e05278fa5828bd0fe9e2f&amp;smart=true&amp;width=3000&amp;height=2000</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[A charging document from Montgomery County Police says that Monique Charles’ mother witnessed her daughter’s killing on Sunday.
]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/politics-power/local-government/anne-arundel-discovery-village-boat-ramp-XUYMH6MSXZEXBOGR6QIAAQ5DTM/</loc><lastmod>2025-10-15T21:36:35.04Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/XNF4YU423VEXJGMKKXKYYCFJXU.JPG?auth=a25859df39f0552e132c8e3a5aac4876eec7c9bd01b4c826e604202fd9930281&amp;smart=true&amp;width=3000&amp;height=1688</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Discovery Village in Shady Side was put on the market after Anne Arundel County withdrew from its lease. ]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/politics-power/state-government/mark-conway-kweisi-mfume-congressional-race-DKW7LG26ZJCULGUWUXOHKDSTH4/</loc><lastmod>2025-10-15T21:11:04.701Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/6PTYZ572XNEEXFST7O26BUPDYA.JPG?auth=014b735940ca7479a4b5995dc3ba3b9ff57d74e3b6fe1c51c688447c7b094c90&amp;smart=true&amp;width=3000&amp;height=2000</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Standing near the intersection of Pennsylvania and North avenues, Baltimore City Councilman Mark Conway launches his candidacy for Congress.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/politics-power/local-government/baltimore-pilot-nonprofits-johns-hopkins-T36Y75ISOJAWRFOPNMFBIERZFI/</loc><lastmod>2025-10-15T21:10:17.403Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/LGKXV24M3RE2BIDACVS43FTQQI.jpg?auth=fbd08b287980006b1a577b853f62a787f7a88dd980fc053075be07145c50283b&amp;smart=true&amp;width=5283&amp;height=3522</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Baltimore’s Board of Estimates approved a five-year deal Wednesday by which 14 nonprofits will make annual payments to the city of as much as $12 million.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/education/higher-education/mackenzie-scott-morgan-state-university-63-million-ZLONGMWWXVGSVF3GTU4HHI3CJY/</loc><lastmod>2025-10-15T20:18:56.991Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/XVECKVXBURBJLEU43X5H4BFBYM.JPG?auth=13ce7ddb8ccee6bc68be80a7acf15f1b1604cb8156c92796500e75f7a078c2b5&amp;smart=true&amp;width=3000&amp;height=2000</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Morgan State University has now received a total of $103 million from MacKenzie Scott.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/culture/things-to-do/baltimore-running-festival-2025-CZUBHJ3DE5DXJKW7MQAJRRPB7U/</loc><lastmod>2025-10-15T20:00:01.336Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/6XJOASYVVRABPIOYMNSADNM5Y4.jpg?auth=4a8e269398532581a4b7920de24882bca1dbd1a53b269d04c3a18dc008cfb109&amp;smart=true&amp;width=7803&amp;height=5202</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Half-marathon runners at the start of their event during the 2024 Baltimore Running Festival.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/sports/ravens-nfl/harbaugh-ravens-monken-orr-nfl-henry-jackson-CMKKWL35G5HXDMDETEGJMS3VL4/</loc><lastmod>2025-10-15T19:31:30.938Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/F7TLP66ZXZGPRLLKE3HJU7HSFE.jpg?auth=c5ae94c315db22397d00f3bc3a3dae78906ce9c69e2ebf877f7d631769c63207&amp;smart=true&amp;width=5182&amp;height=3455</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Coordinator Todd Monken oversaw record-setting Ravens offenses in 2023 and 2024, but this season has been a different story for multiple reasons.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/western-maryland/melissa-tran-hagerstown-ice-custody-ZZLUF4V2RNHY3OVQZGGKIMIZ3E/</loc><lastmod>2025-10-15T19:05:47.242Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/BSS5D37BHNHXVO7IVGB5URQYLQ.jpg?auth=cc86e2db006174a5ecdd129e4de4682c8c2f1c7f4ad1696fa34559816a957a48&amp;smart=true&amp;width=360&amp;height=240</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Hagerstown resident Mong “Melissa” Tuyen Thi Tran on Oct. 12, shortly after being released from a federal immigration detention facility in Tacoma, Wash.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/sports/ravens-nfl/ravens-zach-orr-todd-monken-blame-VUHKPK64EJCEBMUVNL6EK7H6XQ/</loc><lastmod>2025-10-15T18:54:23.713Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/SKAWLOZULRCA5EID5POP3FQJOA.png?auth=9b091469956a4733ff563a0f174ccaea8ec4560a0248c9b17ae2f3f4f10d10d7&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1920&amp;height=1080</image:loc></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/community/local-news/baltimore-county-alphonso-hill-rapist-OUTNCSGNPVDILOYYLHNUKQGO7A/</loc><lastmod>2025-10-15T18:49:59.786Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/Z5NUY4CZTBASBJD3TMGZS2KKIY.JPG?auth=be96d632616576352d2c64d38965e569961843f5d51a6192e6018b19e0d5786f&amp;smart=true&amp;width=4897&amp;height=3265</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Alphonso Hill had asked a Baltimore County judge for the ability to reduce his lengthy prison sentence.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/community/local-news/idaho-ceo-nicholas-manning-death-baltimore-E6HFSI5WDBDVBNHE3MZPJJMEOI/</loc><lastmod>2025-10-15T18:36:43.45Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/Y7C6TVSVOFHORF753LTB6O7MXU.jpg?auth=05eca7fdb6a5150844fce0e0e9459e8514b7ab016b2e4eab13a68f8b1e0693cb&amp;smart=true&amp;width=5071&amp;height=3381</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[The Baltimore Police Department said the case is under investigation as an overdose. ]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/culture/music/baltimore-symphony-orchestra-heyward-extension-EV73NHRHUJAUDGRIC3NNH3KOQ4/</loc><lastmod>2025-10-15T18:24:19.502Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/H4Q3OLHHFNB3ND4EGST2BUYAYU.JPG?auth=aa9d03086b948aed55f7198d0be5aff6a71a788e392c5599338efd679e32e4dc&amp;smart=true&amp;width=5943&amp;height=3952</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Jonathon Heyward joined the BSO ahead of the 2023-24 season, when the then-29-year-old became the youngest director in the institution’s 108-year history. ]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/community/local-news/baltimore-pregnancy-infant-loss-awareness-PGJZAT7G4RFWJKGCNUP7QYQMFQ/</loc><lastmod>2025-10-15T17:17:33.975Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/3YUJBJW6FNAKFNYM7NQRLJNR64.JPG?auth=787d98da0df53443bc4195745397dc15e7fc6610e81bac442cfbc89d85d7e137&amp;smart=true&amp;width=3000&amp;height=2000</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Sarah Ernst, a senior research specialist who helped organize an effort to illuminate the dome at the top of Johns Hopkins' Billings Building in pink and blue for a second year. ]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/sports/ravens-nfl/ravens-derrick-henry-rushing-rams-LOM6V3NXQJAU7CKU7NZUKBO6H4/</loc><lastmod>2025-10-15T17:00:43.993Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/UGVIUKVWVRFFFLR3E5LBQO747M.JPG?auth=d1239cd5bd28ff7ebcdbe0de860f7c3387b0fdc1d9fb9610c116774713489929&amp;smart=true&amp;width=3000&amp;height=2337</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Ravens running back Derrick Henry (22) runs for a gain in the first quarter against the Los Angeles Rams in Week 6.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/politics-power/state-government/banner-poll-wes-moore-approval-HBCT5K7QNZBOZM2K2BVO32QKYA/</loc><lastmod>2025-10-15T15:26:41.907Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/2RII4BC6QFGWRONJGSTCGK25NI.jpg?auth=ea9fdd4b44fa58f9f06f3973d0580dbe1ad32070e956325a0813563ef3fac953&amp;smart=true&amp;width=3000&amp;height=2000</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[A new poll from The Banner and OpinionWorks measures Gov. Wes Moore’s approval at 54%.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/economy/ripple-effects/government-shutdown-federal-workers-financial-strain-2WKLMSKG3JEYHBXLS5UBQ4UNJ4/</loc><lastmod>2025-10-15T13:17:41.247Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/VGIBORGC7NHTNLXY2JQGARYWSU.jpg?auth=17becd9fd520e79cd4ceee2351e9eb57878beb56ef085ef50abe435687bb2eb6&amp;smart=true&amp;width=6000&amp;height=4000</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[A sign outside the National Gallery of Art in Washington as the shutdown continues. ]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/politics-power/local-government/montgomery-county-snap-benefits-nonprofits-federal-cuts-BLQF3R7C75B47DJR32SIWN5DIM/</loc><lastmod>2025-10-15T13:07:13.652Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/KCET7HLGI5GZNFT4MNOPXV5BWQ.jpg?auth=78ac2a0c26e854fac3c63a56e6a9dc2ccc8898d685a8e87ee2ad9101ddcae7d5&amp;smart=true&amp;width=5712&amp;height=4085</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Grace Rivera-Oven, director of the Upcounty Hub and a Montgomery County school board member, gives U.S. Rep. Mark Takano (D., Calif.) a tour of the hub’s food pantry in Germantown earlier this month.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/community/local-news/baltimore-county-oella-cemetery-WMWFZVZFAJGHFDOEJA62E5V55E/</loc><lastmod>2025-10-15T13:05:56.198Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/A7VFZ7A3AFE6PC4LGMLAA7NLVE.jpg?auth=7d9218910fe618089f532ce6a9243f5e378fb19c83631a104b9ff7da98194b22&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1872&amp;height=1248</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Ann Garvey rests a hand on a gravestone at the Oella Cemetery in Catonsville.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/community/housing/baltimore-dscr-loan-vacant-housing-KG3JFWM5JJH5FFXSMROODXJMUY/</loc><lastmod>2025-10-15T13:03:23.044Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/M3UQUUYDWJALDEIIDL5AQ4SJHA.JPG?auth=a93ab9c03a924bab9bea1a1c72e107ac6bf7acb82ff85ea1fc98fe1ea1ff6243&amp;smart=true&amp;width=3000&amp;height=2000</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Maryland Housing Secretary Jake Day at Tuesday's meeting of the Baltimore Vacants Reinvestment Council.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/community/criminal-justice/akwalabeng-fontava-29-fatally-shot-sept-21-suspects-sheldon-boykins-and-joshua-carter-XB4DIRP46FHS3FHGLX3AVKBDVM/</loc><lastmod>2025-10-15T12:56:59.526Z</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:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/culture/things-to-do/baltimore-county-events-4NZFRP325REGVKIWYVEKRR7KCA/</loc><lastmod>2025-10-15T11:00:06.175Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/M6DHOYBBTBAZPJ5TET7UGCDBME.jpg?auth=7b91dea3024705b3b5f36e917d81703efb06322290c8b388274e8cf1ac1cce82&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=900</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[The Pints and Profs series will make its first visit to Heavy Seas Brewing taproom on Thursday evening for a Halloween-themed talk.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/culture/food-drink/dish-cat-smith-hells-kitchen-gordon-ramsay-WVTKP573VRE6ZHN6OJD6RUWZQE/</loc><lastmod>2025-10-15T09:30:01.023Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/BADKS5ULXFDKBAJZS3DQN6GBQE.JPG?auth=b0558a6cf9b037960ac86a8ce6ed9e66c9cc48db0fd0ad7570d0ec1c4aa35fe9&amp;smart=true&amp;width=8210&amp;height=5487</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Cat Smith says she’s proud to have represented her hometown of Baltimore on television.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/obituaries/darsombra-ann-everton-obituary-6N7Q2BONUZHGDDSRCGAGNVBHLM/</loc><lastmod>2025-10-15T09:30:00.88Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/Z6LWFY4GKNCY7DD6HS3TGYW6NY.png?auth=93fcd0d59eaf8396c2121b6864632ab1440f0664b1e57eda937efeec248e104c&amp;smart=true&amp;width=3000&amp;height=3000</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Ann Everton performing with Darsombra in 2023.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/culture/arts/one-maryland-one-book-montgomery-county-35GCC7FJKZDDLHBFOLH5FRP3HQ/</loc><lastmod>2025-10-15T09:30:00.605Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/VPR2JSKPSRFWHAKE7XHKAJTRVQ.jpg?auth=56d110266c2c250412fa35f4bcf81ec15aa171b2a674d69b2999e97c28446f80&amp;smart=true&amp;width=2400&amp;height=1600</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[“One Maryland One Book” has been running for 18 years.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/community/criminal-justice/rape-sexual-assault-fbi-agent-tattoo-APU4W5WKMRGDJHLNW5EZHQ2DYA/</loc><lastmod>2025-10-15T02:32:02.101Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/I2L5NBP7UJDYZATN5A7EYALPF4.jpg?auth=73803812350ab1f6c15d6c7bc86d153a8ce467efb69d7476fe738c37e11f4ee9&amp;smart=true&amp;width=6000&amp;height=4000</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[The judge called the ex-FBI agent’s offenses, which included the rape and sexual assault of young women, “some of the most difficult and troubling circumstances I’ve ever heard.”]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/sports/ravens-nfl/ravens-release-safety-cj-gardner-johnson-FMBNAZKBZJDOBIOYRN5JMSERGU/</loc><lastmod>2025-10-15T00:59:32.405Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/QXTOLLAQS5CWDFRXRIB5KPY3Q4.jpg?auth=67664ab57599d36d1aa0a5d53554d89625255371ffe49d6a612b554e2ec4e2c3&amp;smart=true&amp;width=4658&amp;height=3104</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Safety C.J. Gardner-Johnson celebrates the Philadelphia Eagles’ win in Super Bowl LIX.]]></image:caption></image:image></url></urlset>