<?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/local-government/sonia-alcantara-antoine-baltimore-county-library-ceo-Y7U4JF2VENFZVCJXQORSDX2TTM/</loc><lastmod>2025-12-09T23:11:51.068Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/V3A75ILTUVA55PHABSUYROYJCU.JPG?auth=d9460c24fe6d90d986ecd4bd420dad95c2ae7651a2be9ede2264d172d4f54711&amp;smart=true&amp;width=3000&amp;height=2000</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Sonia Alcántara-Antoine, Baltimore County Public Library’s first Afro Latina CEO, and the Board of Library Trustees have parted ways.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/politics-power/state-government/wes-moore-general-assembly-special-session-4FEWG5X6YBHQRCOFRSYC7ZYWIM/</loc><lastmod>2025-12-09T22:56:36.689Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/HV7KZ55RFNFGXGHOKM2LMWFRFQ.JPG?auth=65f4a7e49e5415738d14bcacc726fa35a08c3eab39ae5810381355f63db73609&amp;smart=true&amp;width=3000&amp;height=2000</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Maryland Gov. Wes Moore is calling a special session of the General Assembly, which will begin on Dec. 16.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/education/k-12-schools/maryland-public-schools-enrollment-drops-I7FPW6AIAJGNFDXFQDBMNMLME4/</loc><lastmod>2025-12-09T22:46:36.608Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/52APKBPKRFGORKIOQXI2HUSFBE.jpg?auth=49c72e75c5854902c1c3aa4f74ee535038279c2e87dacee1d9585af9a5be8548&amp;smart=true&amp;width=3600&amp;height=2401</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Seventh grade students line up for lunch at Robert Frost Middle School in Montgomery County, which lost more than 2,000 students this year.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/sports/ravens-nfl/baltimore-ravens-alohi-gilman-kyle-hamilton-navy-notre-dame-ZC7MMABKTBAONJ7KYKWO5A3HWA/</loc><lastmod>2025-12-09T22:28:36.38Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/XEVMHR353ZDC7CE5SYLOFG25TY.jpg?auth=417bb9bdcc7d75484305c4ff9e65d2bc944d7c9762bbc74070065cd9c81d730d&amp;smart=true&amp;width=5405&amp;height=3603</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Baltimore Ravens safety Alohi Gilman during pregame warmups before Sunday’s game against the Pittsburgh Steelers.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/education/k-12-schools/maryland-charter-school-funding-NHTZO37UXVGZLLL3ZC4DQBBLJQ/</loc><lastmod>2025-12-09T22:26:14.516Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/A3FL5Z2RL5G4JIR5FFO2DAJQ4E.jpg?auth=e573d1d8d26d339db91b383ebe67cbde6e83bedfdb5909a204679b86d5c107df&amp;smart=true&amp;width=3000&amp;height=2000</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Leaders at KIPP Harmony Academy, a charter school in West Baltimore, worry that new funding rules would squeeze its already tight budget.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/sports/washington-capitals-germantown-street-hockey-NYB3OZ74IZENPPGGYR4675ZUWI/</loc><lastmod>2025-12-09T22:11:35.769Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/MFG37RKHNZB2PLIWUH5S7CKHJM.jpg?auth=cf77af12a5405e1785cdad55e04a5bac5aaf8befa9233b54ee72bf7332273f43&amp;smart=true&amp;width=2048&amp;height=1366</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[The Washington Capitals are launching a Capitals Street Hockey League.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/community/criminal-justice/police-shooting-dundalk-update-glenn-pettie-death-IRERIPO5YJELVCZ23JJ2PRIYKY/</loc><lastmod>2025-12-09T22:10:35.993Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/MSOAP6D23ZBOLIH4YXHJYFZ5NU.jpg?auth=67c7aab640173262433e5985ef24fd94b26cbbe487001e87b140b3d41d7e9c71&amp;smart=true&amp;width=3000&amp;height=2000</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[A Baltimore County police officer avoided prosecution after the Maryland attorney general’s office announced it won’t charge him for a Dundalk man’s death.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/community/climate-environment/conowingo-dam-eastern-shore-chesapeake-bay-constellation-ASEBTWZMQ5HKTCRCIUN6OET33A/</loc><lastmod>2025-12-09T22:05:59.958Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/WJTKC5UJKZCWLAGEBEVBJPDENY.JPG?auth=4e31fe52a40adb82e0b14ccacc56d170cf84e64a0274bde2aeeb040a22ac3b59&amp;smart=true&amp;width=3000&amp;height=1686</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[The Clean Chesapeake Coalition challenged a new environmental certification issued by Maryland for Conowingo Dam owner Constellation Energy, arguing that their closed-door negotiations violated state law.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/education/k-12-schools/67th-day-of-school-celebration-RFX5QIWGXJH6LB3AKWT6YNYN6Q/</loc><lastmod>2025-12-09T21:55:18.354Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/MWNPGRBHT5G5HJNX7LXARSGENI.jpg?auth=12c7f2222974989865f56dd1005e3d3b79cf0ab98a9a06751832923fb0f267a6&amp;smart=true&amp;width=2119&amp;height=1415</image:loc></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/community/local-news/maryland-zoo-african-penguin-chicks-O3WJCFQPKVF4XNME5CTBUC6PN4/</loc><lastmod>2025-12-09T21:48:29.161Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/JE2BJGUYZ5GTTAYRMRLYDFZJMI.jpg?auth=6e7b4c3488cb5746af3da2ca2f40c7eb0f128c7b1566a940f48ebf488a8e4597&amp;smart=true&amp;width=2048&amp;height=1367</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[The Maryland Zoo recently revealed the names of two of its new African penguin chicks: Kiwi, seen here shortly after hatching, and Cayenne.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/sports/orioles-mlb/orioles-winter-meetings-pete-alonso-pitching-FPDKMYX7GVAJTNOVGEAGSSGZOA/</loc><lastmod>2025-12-09T21:40:55.766Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/LKPV7ROPAZEM3BICGC7KKOGPHQ.jpg?auth=45d0f12afbf25a311904a3eed53006e70c83599f6ec16d274b844cc277205507&amp;smart=true&amp;width=4455&amp;height=2970</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Orioles president of baseball operations Mike Elias takes questions from reporters at the team’s end-of-season press conference on Sept. 29.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/sports/orioles-mlb/orioles-podcast-winter-meetings-elias-alonso-3IUTPZXMLNAV7I2SLJ6QEASAQM/</loc><lastmod>2025-12-09T21:35:17.175Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/D7R2AD2QUNFWPND5EO4A5O2HWI.png?auth=e8c5ca397465bcace66c94895d1c440b22469585bc46e4fb42e3ac375e52c39f&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1920&amp;height=1080</image:loc></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/politics-power/local-government/shebra-evans-gabe-albornoz-montgomery-county-council-FOMCJ3MOWRFIJCNOPY4RSVTSXM/</loc><lastmod>2025-12-09T21:18:23.36Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/WVIM5IEDO5GH7CSJB2ZLJC5JXQ.JPG?auth=823fe888fa453f5d714dbe8ddde130805bdb1d11589816d7b1b98a02ee9e7dc2&amp;smart=true&amp;width=3600&amp;height=2401</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Former school board president Shebra Evans will fill the at-large Montgomery County Council seat vacated this month by Gabe Albornoz.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/education/higher-education/university-system-maryland-layoffs-budget-cuts-RBQ44UI6AZB2FCV2SUH2CDC2N4/</loc><lastmod>2025-12-09T20:46:59.522Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/6DAIFLWPRNFPHFWIGP2EXSXF7U.jpg?auth=4bf4afa1b33ca5e6546e469b4b23b5619f9648dfc6f552feda44f9383fd7c964&amp;smart=true&amp;width=4906&amp;height=3271</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[The University of Maryland, College Park and the University of Maryland, Baltimore are predicting losing up to 500 jobs.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/economy/nonprofit-philanthropy/montgomery-county-toys-for-tots-warehouse-D3C7NRZQBNG4DLSFV2SGHFWBO4/</loc><lastmod>2025-12-09T20:45:13.226Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/6KL5GDMYHVBQ3E6CVK3O2M3SWE.jpg?auth=c24e21a520d2394d4f1b937883a9b11ab349cb4a180a10a0c80cc7437eb3917e&amp;smart=true&amp;width=3000&amp;height=2000</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Toys for Tots volunteers Vontice Carter and Crystal Wright pack bags full of toys at the organization’s Gaithersburg warehouse.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/politics-power/local-government/tenants-eviction-montgomery-county-hero-act-74VN5GYRJVHWFKBO3UJ5X7CIA4/</loc><lastmod>2025-12-09T20:05:06.912Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/NLVYEY3I3ZH5XPSFPBSZE5L3ME.JPG?auth=76f0667e7d3d95fdc1298641b1da69098108e9966ea547052eedd073e7199a39&amp;smart=true&amp;width=3600&amp;height=2401</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[A new county law requires landlords to give tenants two full weeks of notice before evicting them — more than double the six days required by a new state law. ]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/economy/tradepoint-atlantic-msc-baltimore-county-tax-2UKNRVULYRG3VEHU5C6HYZR65U/</loc><lastmod>2025-12-09T20:03:58.772Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/66LLDH6IBZGPVAKWEOIMY363UE.jpg?auth=ab4e15cff418617066fbe2145287c60df9bb306c69286eda57f17929386ba76b&amp;smart=true&amp;width=9143&amp;height=5143</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[An aerial view of Coke Point, the proposed site of Tradepoint Atlantic’s Sparrows Point Container Terminal. ]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/community/local-news/takoma-park-ai-school-zones-pilot-program-A2UJOHZVL5DTHIQUZ6KP5NRI7Q/</loc><lastmod>2025-12-09T19:53:16.031Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/3XXM7N62LNFWTIWFIKW6QK26OE.jpg?auth=753225e0b2ab0ee306133408e5b174c0311734dfddadf2884bfc4aa5360ed93a&amp;smart=true&amp;width=2121&amp;height=1414</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Takoma Park will begin ticketing drivers who speed past stop signs in school zones next month in a four-year pilot program that utilizes artificial intelligence.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/sports/orioles-mlb/gunnar-henderson-team-usa-world-baseball-classic-BE6TD4WSRRHLRAFO2EOKXDPJQI/</loc><lastmod>2025-12-09T17:38:00.907Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/3N6NUUG4HZHINISCBANQ7Y4YLM.jpg?auth=0300bb5c9dab1e695fa0930328ca598933196b18bf28d82bd6d490a6bfc0c635&amp;smart=true&amp;width=2047&amp;height=1367</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Orioles shortstop Gunnar Henderson (2) throws to first base during the first inning of a game against the Tampa Bay Rays on Sept. 25.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/education/k-12-schools/montgomery-county-charter-closure-DIZGVHUAM5GB7HKSWFQPWW7W64/</loc><lastmod>2025-12-09T17:20:16.98Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/GYPUWIMHFBA5LAV7XL5QSS4KKQ.JPG?auth=353d9f61a52e3e806930bdf9af3a355dfe34cd62ec7cf3385a74a10a1d7c5c96&amp;smart=true&amp;width=3000&amp;height=2001</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Superintendent Thomas Taylor will recommend closing Montgomery County’s only charter school. ]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/community/local-news/army-navy-football-lyft-3Z7S7ZHCYBHCVN4AFGIOBNANUI/</loc><lastmod>2025-12-09T16:21:45.6Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/5MTZN3NLLBDNZPEEMWOFLIMXPQ.jpeg?auth=a8e55e8fc4feb61421307d43b787de2e6d1c5401d44a18ff8e33f151704e80b5&amp;smart=true&amp;width=3023&amp;height=2160</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[The Navy “takeover” of Lyft will show aircraft carriers instead of cars on the app’s map on Dec. 13, for the Army-Navy game.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/culture/arts/art-basel-miami-cynthia-daignault-mount-everest-3HFPYFU33BDWJHIKYEJ3SL7IHI/</loc><lastmod>2025-12-09T16:12:08.451Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/RV7TV7YSCBFQZO3V2B6GEVDZIY.jpg?auth=883c6b976ad4dd32ded1fb4cadeebea2a33d798c910c9c3fb754b6818548cd45&amp;smart=true&amp;width=4000&amp;height=2667</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[“Sunrise, Everest,” a 2025 oil on linen painting by Baltimore artist Cynthia Daignault.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/article/steuart-pittman-state-county-anne-arundel-S5QAIVWZYJB7DIBHOBF5A3CP6M/</loc><lastmod>2025-12-09T16:00:03.796Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/S5DVQ2DKKFFY7FTVUJRKTZ4KPE.jpg?auth=71bac8bd5871e86ff23656aa983c6890d57ddfc713e0e780ab32f4ff4ad7e70c&amp;smart=true&amp;width=7976&amp;height=5317</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Anne Arundel County Executive Steuart Pittman, shown in this file photo, is delivering his state of the county address Tuesday.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/economy/growth-development/donald-trump-administration-budget-revenue-forecast-taxes-UAZWVLNKNJA6JIS2RFXVINTWCY/</loc><lastmod>2025-12-09T15:07:45.373Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/5J4RVVAHLFAUBENFMALMH4UD2U.jpg?auth=4e970e3f13761a5ccfc23af9a5365b3d3ca7fcde6b57bda7ff15be61db4dc490&amp;smart=true&amp;width=2867&amp;height=1911</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Montgomery County Council member Kate Stewart said a declining revenue forecast will lead to “some difficult conversations” about funding.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/economy/howard-county-columbia-village-center-ULG7WQSX3BA6JHFXFBFEQJZIJE/</loc><lastmod>2025-12-09T15:00:01.773Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/Y6EDAZ7BLNB2XC3S5NGE2EDZDU.jpg?auth=8f09c79d9cc37774f93d18474a40a4d989a71468a8df23975ea68d0a6b2b1acb&amp;smart=true&amp;width=8000&amp;height=4500</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Howard County officials unveiled renderings of a reimagined Long Reach Village Center on Monday, Dec. 8]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/economy/shananigans-local-toy-store-baltimore-RAOLJ5MNIVFCXNJULJF7TNA3QQ/</loc><lastmod>2025-12-09T14:58:00.396Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/R6ZEXRPIA5GWXLRAUKV2CYARWA.JPG?auth=4c1f43936d9abdbeab2dcf01785a44396be127a7a65d01d69571cd3e5fc2ad77&amp;smart=true&amp;width=3000&amp;height=2012</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[In March, Beth Foxwell, left, and Anne Bev Fuller became the third set of owners of Shananigans Toy Shop in North Baltimore’s Wyndhurst Station.
]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/community/criminal-justice/attempted-kidnapping-baltimore-county-3QNJB3UZ7NFJRIRP3FN6RAP4AI/</loc><lastmod>2025-12-09T14:00:46.378Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/MSOAP6D23ZBOLIH4YXHJYFZ5NU.jpg?auth=67c7aab640173262433e5985ef24fd94b26cbbe487001e87b140b3d41d7e9c71&amp;smart=true&amp;width=3000&amp;height=2000</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Cameron Keelan is facing attempted kidnapping charges after the incident on Dec. 4, according to police. ]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/economy/nonprofit-philanthropy/montgomery-history-center-donations-SYNX6OQ7MRGM5CDNF535UM3QBM/</loc><lastmod>2025-12-09T13:26:27.677Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/D77WSWJGLNHZRB4ZGEV4QZGV7Q.png?auth=0025adf1f4f6ced4924f5a13c78c87da89c5adec01d9630bd1c1a10dae5e6a55&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1372&amp;height=776</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Knight Kiplinger and the Kiplinger Family Foundation pledged $1 million to the development of the Montgomery County History Center, which is expected to launch in 2026.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/community/housing/annapolis-short-term-rentals-moratorium-X4YOOYV33FCPJJ764R3VOLJ2RY/</loc><lastmod>2025-12-09T13:00:03.366Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/D7D7S3MFSJEB3NWTXZXO2AWSSY.jpg?auth=66b38464c9efe3e162691bbe693be168af17d2b0925b89ed63aeb6c063f5b1ed&amp;smart=true&amp;width=8640&amp;height=5760</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[An Annapolis City Council member has introduced a resolution that would enact a 12-month moratorium on new short-term rentals in the historic city.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/politics-power/local-government/albornoz-seat-montgomery-county-council-VTPVGPJNTJCRPGO2H5IOKXIWSM/</loc><lastmod>2025-12-09T10:30:00.978Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/2HHOMA7YGFBL7PKP2YGC7IUAV4.jpg?auth=901513702f6e9a6f758eb1a4564e39426d95c35fb2811dd22bb2275fdaa53881&amp;smart=true&amp;width=3000&amp;height=2000</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[The Montgomery County Council is poised to appoint a candidate to fill the seat left open by Gabe Albornoz, who resigned on Dec. 1.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/opinion/column/food-insecurity-snap-maryland-food-bank-XXBX4DCCTNFEFJ6L4T6E3USCZY/</loc><lastmod>2025-12-09T10:30:00.953Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/OUZGZSPBABHOXCJMBSGPYBRW4A.jpg?auth=9d9f0db707c6f2ea43dab2867a9fd1c4eb9843e6bd72869556421e48099d0ada&amp;smart=true&amp;width=3129&amp;height=2356</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Anne Arundel County employees and volunteers put canned goods and fresh produce into the back seat of a car at a food relief distribution event Thursday afternoon in Annapolis.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/politics-power/state-government/joseline-pena-melnyk-maryland-house-speaker-front-runner-26F5QMGESJFNJDNCOPQQ64KZZI/</loc><lastmod>2025-12-09T10:30:00.585Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/TPBA6WVL2ZFJ5HADPA4FU7PE74.JPG?auth=c0fb487269f61e49652f1cccb9101d0a005d8594c2c0105e2ffb7dc044eb6303&amp;smart=true&amp;width=3000&amp;height=2000</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Del. Joseline Peña-Melnyk, the front-runner to be the next speaker of the Maryland House of Delegates, speaks at a rally last spring in support of Marylander Kilmar Ábrego García, who has been at the center of a controversial immigration case.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/sports/orioles-mlb/orioles-winter-meetings-impact-bat-mike-elias-IF5EEJAM7VD4XKGYZWWDLQ7EZQ/</loc><lastmod>2025-12-09T05:15:40.867Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/I3YNBX5WEFBFPASDZG6OKANXEA.JPG?auth=ec85457a4ac0a6447d93c994e8ce08c83ca55674fc780955a7238de49efa5c30&amp;smart=true&amp;width=3000&amp;height=2041</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Orioles president of baseball operations Mike Elias speaks at a press conference in November.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/community/local-news/confederate-flags-north-east-christmas-parade-cecil-county-KVUNEEDB4VFJHHQA5KLO7JFUEE/</loc><lastmod>2025-12-09T04:57:46.798Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/EKP67KKI6FC7FFNMBZLD63JRNU.jpg?auth=a084be3fd89551f445a1f986c150507ddd1b56735337a11a4d718738a373603d&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1179&amp;height=786</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Photographs shared anonymously with the racial and social justice group Cecil Solidarity show participants in a Christmas parade in North East earlier this month displaying Confederate flags.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/community/holiday-gift-giving-federal-layoffs-CG6HSKBNSJD63DUQUW7SQ7G6GU/</loc><lastmod>2025-12-09T01:55:45.627Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/OJCBBQSOPJDHHAF5C2IJSQFPJI.jpg?auth=8a1c8de7bbd39c84375d45b6862d9d68b00c3c7599e33c1296f5039a4807f854&amp;smart=true&amp;width=3000&amp;height=2000</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Elizabeth Scott, head coordinator for Toys for Tots in Montgomery County, has been struggling to find a warehouse for the program's toy distribution this year. ]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/national/luigi-mangione-new-york-trial-JO3A64TB6BFP5FVPQVBKUUFADI/</loc><lastmod>2025-12-09T00:30:42.504Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/WUK6ELQE35DHHLG3FHS2SCJKIE.jpg?auth=d99bfdc0ad0c39305a626ed9dc7bc2341bd4180db82be6ef9eefc9408597a6d0&amp;smart=true&amp;width=4000&amp;height=2667</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Luigi Mangione, center, appears in Manhattan Criminal Court in New York on Monday.]]></image:caption></image:image></url></urlset>