<?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/supreme-court-snap-food-payments-decision-QAHB6LWC45C4JDHG4RSMIOMOHI/</loc><lastmod>2025-11-11T23:35:59.596Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/YLJOTSI6KRCK7M35R6ENAJ2V6Y.jpg?auth=51ce52d819b348d78ee6c55ae2eef28af0bea71e1ce4681a8476d1eaa5f18549&amp;smart=true&amp;width=2797&amp;height=2097</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[The Supreme Court is expected to rule Tuesday on a request from the Trump administration to keep blocking states from providing full SNAP food aid benefits.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/community/local-news/main-street-reisterstown-gas-leak-bge-5DRI33ZXE5BQPDHMDVN5GFQJ2Y/</loc><lastmod>2025-11-11T23:28:47.457Z</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:caption><![CDATA[Baltimore Gas and Electric Company crews are working to secure a gas line in the unit block of Main Street in Reisterstown.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/culture/food-drink/cafe-fili-anthem-house-mount-vernon-GHHVAEB54NBCJO5SI6XG7DBIMU/</loc><lastmod>2025-11-11T22:28:59.983Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/FFNROOV2CNHXJE62NHF3GCPJBM.jpg?auth=95907655bee4990ce754d81b24fe33633a0a260c714415f2bcadc3663331362d&amp;smart=true&amp;width=3000&amp;height=2000</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Cafe Fili, which opened this location in Mount Vernon in 2017, will add a new location in Locust Point’s Anthem House.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/community/local-news/extreme-cold-alert-montgomery-county-x-post-office-of-emergency-management-homeland-security-VZTP36B7XZHJVFDHCIWSVL3AZ4/</loc><lastmod>2025-11-11T21:55:18.804Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/PEODRVSZINFBHK5R6CVJ27LZYY.jpg?auth=e88c33b59e1f02a8ab0b7b114f445781cb40a167870e495bd0606cda4197cb11&amp;smart=true&amp;width=4203&amp;height=2802</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Montgomery County officials want people to bundle up. They issued a cold weather alert that ends Wednesday morning. ]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/politics-power/local-government/council-member-says-ice-agent-grabbed-her-as-she-filmed-agents-detaining-a-person-in-adelphi-2TDYP4EKCJBG3JDK66LD6OCCPE/</loc><lastmod>2025-11-11T21:42:14.154Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/KK42TRJL25C5PFXFTQJSPYL57E.png?auth=d8b9cb4491473090cb73eff8d4edf39d5f50b330ab28e4f2ecb151bd095fa16b&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1000&amp;height=563</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Council member Kristin Mink posted a video to social media on Tuesday, Nov. 11, 2025, showing an interaction she had with men she identified as ICE agents.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/culture/music/strathmore-artists-in-residence-musicians-EA5WYPPZJ5DCBMG6GGQRCNAYBI/</loc><lastmod>2025-11-11T21:12:21.224Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/DOHSZBFJJFBD3GQWLMVL4YETUQ.jpg?auth=8d189b94fb06a191b185bd935a4de03f8306f1430af024cce84abf59859a6ef6&amp;smart=true&amp;width=4128&amp;height=2752</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Strathmore's 2026 Artists in Residence, from left, Michael McSweeney, Juan Manú, Ellen Gira, Chris Hon, Kanysha Williams and Cyrus Mackey.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/community/local-news/edwin-javier-aragon-sarahi-concepcion-aragon-cruz-homicide-fairland-divorce-physical-verbal-abuse-YW4QNQ3TOZCXJNVOSXO3GLNQKI/</loc><lastmod>2025-11-11T21:07:51.797Z</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[A Baltimore County police vehicle’s lights flash while parked outside of the R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center at the University of Maryland in Baltimore, Md. on Thursday, March 13, 2025.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/community/local-news/maryland-black-bear-hunting-fines-citation-AC3KL5C7SRHOHKE64RPRQ7TZKY/</loc><lastmod>2025-11-11T21:01:20.132Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/JE2TVGUPFJH7TPDQOVQFGGZUC4.jpg?auth=b969df1d70a5d4664b6eff2ff2bd12737bdb90e58900733ec6abc49ce0f44971&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1024&amp;height=791</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Maryland Natural Resources Police took action to stop illegal hunting during the state’s annual black bear hunt last month.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/politics-power/state-government/maryland-democrats-government-shutdown-vote-QE3S6P223NFD7GBSIEYEOZCKUY/</loc><lastmod>2025-11-11T20:49:38.585Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/Q7VLG3CNMZHWLNUX7RFCUI3WTE.JPG?auth=734140e418d049e10db9fecb024106691e096a58c88435c6a926bfb31d802f74&amp;smart=true&amp;width=3600&amp;height=2401</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Rep. Johnny Olszewski, who represents portions of Baltimore and Carroll counties and a piece of Baltimore City, told reporters he still hopes there’s room to negotiate in the GOP-majority House.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/community/local-news/veterans-day-2025-freebies-discounts-JZLRJ2HVH5AUREWDQKXWASW34A/</loc><lastmod>2025-11-11T19:51:45.33Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/B532WQWZDNC7PFG4I4Q42N2TKI.jpg?auth=b0a3e4c58962249147bae27a045c2116e12030a7eaf6228a00ed7532addb8308&amp;smart=true&amp;width=5470&amp;height=3646</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Various businesses are offering free items and discounts on Veterans Day for active and retired members of the military.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/economy/growth-development/montgomery-county-economic-develop-ceo-chief-executive-officer-UM3PKDM7NVD5BO6I26KDJH7ENY/</loc><lastmod>2025-11-11T19:08:01.976Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/IM7OF5NWL5DRVADN63MLOYZT2E.jpg?auth=8c335ab587da618ae8ffd092264f507cd3dcc0694ce16436dfb7abaf82d91453&amp;smart=true&amp;width=5418&amp;height=3612</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[County leaders are still searching for a new chief executive of the Montgomery County Economic Development Corp.  ]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/community/local-news/keswick-road-fire-6BMRZDT7IZATDJKHYFGUW2OPGI/</loc><lastmod>2025-11-11T19:05:55.786Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/LM5CNKMUYVBYFKCFJDFFY52QGY.jpg?auth=048ebf539844b0ec6fae151395028a16143af2f4604ea8ae3e560be95bdcfd14&amp;smart=true&amp;width=3000&amp;height=2001</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Baltimore City Fire Department crews respond to a fire at West 34th Street and Keswick Road in the Hampden neighborhood Monday evening.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/community/religion/us-catholic-bishops-elect-archbishop-paul-coakley-president-WJCOZ3XMKBG27EXMPAEJF5WCRM/</loc><lastmod>2025-11-11T19:02:10.561Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/C4ORUKZER5BXRHKKZ3ZYSBGYPM.jpg?auth=839578e29650bb8dd4d2cab37e2898313e81000a01357f8da721ead915362da8&amp;smart=true&amp;width=4440&amp;height=3048</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[U.S. Catholic bishops elected Archbishop Paul Coakley as their new president.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/community/transportation/faa-flight-cancellations-delays-airports-MSKTF6PWXJHCNHHIZE7TZ45FBU/</loc><lastmod>2025-11-11T18:21:01.745Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/Z4DJYY2O2FGRDNJEFKYQE3XX2U.jpg?auth=dc5d92d87161b7b5f70320ce3bfbe9298d1595241d97dadf6c934b4f3c1ff8a5&amp;smart=true&amp;width=5420&amp;height=3613</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Southwest Airlines planes sit at gates as travelers walk through Baltimore Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport in Baltimore on Monday.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/sponsored-content/zips-supports-veteran-service-organizations-to-honor-military-veterans-in-november-and-launches-new-ongoing-military-discounts-4BHFH65K7ZFOXFIRDHDONEAPN4/</loc><lastmod>2025-11-11T17:17:13.415Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/VATJQB35ANARDCJ6SJCJRHEZNA.jpg?auth=6ffe22f2f5db5ebeb5f604c0eeef041dc127a7e3389d738f03e9f4cd0507d557&amp;smart=true&amp;width=624&amp;height=351</image:loc></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/community/transportation/baltimore-complete-streets-bike-lanes-resurfacing-722OBS36YBCYNNZHMPVRWXR2CY/</loc><lastmod>2025-11-11T15:24:50.345Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/Y6S4WIQSE5BZ3KVLOOV5YJXPEE.JPG?auth=5e9ba3a1d1a23b65befb8a921a1d060c052809a27eeed3c39fcb7ab689bc958d&amp;smart=true&amp;width=6000&amp;height=4000</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Roads like South Highland Avenue should get a bike lane upgrade when the street gets repaved. But this year, many of them won’t.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/culture/books/martha-s-jones-the-trouble-of-color-memoir-banner-book-club-KXSHVO5Y7RGKPDKVZ7FQ3V5HXA/</loc><lastmod>2025-11-11T10:30:01.055Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/NKTSC2RXQ5BFNHKBTS6SNFE4MI.jpg?auth=598ae4ac93dd73733c88218421349caae2524d342155595679f843a12a64949f&amp;smart=true&amp;width=3000&amp;height=2000</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Martha S. Jones shows how race and belonging have shaped generations of her family in “The Trouble of Color: An American Family Memoir.”]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/opinion/column/walter-reed-hospital-va-veterans-day-sarah-elfreth-jerry-moran-XZEKDWHRQRC3LMLYJ42WT6ZTJE/</loc><lastmod>2025-11-11T10:30:01.045Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/GID6C3OBLZFY7EB5ZYPRDR3AHA.jpg?auth=033646347102751b34c5818aea58c1cb0bfec837d3d065be71201818079453d3&amp;smart=true&amp;width=2700&amp;height=1861</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Navy Capt. Melissa Austin, director of the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, cuts a cake during opening ceremonies for the new Roosevelt Pavilion in June with Capt. Jeffrey Klinger.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/sports/thea-lafond-dominica-olympics-FWFU5MNMVNEFVIPBFNRWWKCW4E/</loc><lastmod>2025-11-11T10:30:00.646Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/KPVUQUHH2JE4RNYOH266ARCBIQ.jpg?auth=8cd8465e9b7bab5a6a4526957876d23f2e9c30720dd2cc59de7ac992bf21b0f1&amp;smart=true&amp;width=5181&amp;height=3455</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Thea Lafond celebrated after winning the women’s triple jump final at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Saint-Denis, France. ]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/economy/ripple-effects/maryland-federal-contractors-government-shutdown-cuts-AEKFHE65HBAJFEJ237TEV7YFCM/</loc><lastmod>2025-11-11T10:30:00.616Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/OHZFX6R6CFFFPBIF2FS3RQF7JE.jpg?auth=3b2a4cc071e57ec262e10c0a9c3151cd555634097f662df81b986a27d118ceb0&amp;smart=true&amp;width=912&amp;height=608</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Melwood, based in Prince George’s County, is part of wide-ranging ecosystem of federal contractors in Maryland.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/community/local-news/juvenile-services-woodbourne-locked-detention-center-VXRRU5G45BAU3HTQMZWRY5I5YE/</loc><lastmod>2025-11-11T10:30:00.598Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/QFN7ZMEQANDQFLVB7XISLWGH6I.JPG?auth=6770cef1e908c45ee5057dc493cec4705185c7106c6b1c7a27be356c599f18d6&amp;smart=true&amp;width=3000&amp;height=1838</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[The Department of Juvenile Services had proposed a plan to convert the Maryland Youth Residence Center in North Baltimore into a detention center.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/politics-power/national-politics/senate-shutdown-reopen-government-house-FQFXFYBSURGXDD3QRY2X2OL4DM/</loc><lastmod>2025-11-11T03:20:27.464Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/XMVTWZPY2REHHHNQWVHTRYOZUQ.jpg?auth=5f31f776520673db9aece2aadacc0efdad64c7d0ff326499ccab10f793fb6f8f&amp;smart=true&amp;width=5814&amp;height=3876</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[The 41-day shutdown could last a few more days as members of the House, which has been on recess since mid-September, return to Washington to vote on the legislation.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/community/local-news/octavio-estevez-derwood-triple-stabbing-mother-grandmother-good-samaritan-first-degree-assault-RNTI67YXTNERVG3QUJWRKPRZ3A/</loc><lastmod>2025-11-11T01:54:36.891Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/5SXCKN7ZOZEB5P7C5VHJNAXNNI.png?auth=3c8fa3d6a182d256c2e4e7694b330e788b178982c6da380753cd1ec0947b5870&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1620&amp;height=924</image:loc></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/community/local-news/edwin-javier-aragon-fairland-first-degree-murder-sarahi-concepcion-aragon-cruz-GPPWWPFUWNARJOSUG6VPWUWSKM/</loc><lastmod>2025-11-11T01:35:35.95Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/5SXCKN7ZOZEB5P7C5VHJNAXNNI.png?auth=3c8fa3d6a182d256c2e4e7694b330e788b178982c6da380753cd1ec0947b5870&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1620&amp;height=924</image:loc></image:image></url></urlset>