<?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/ice-restrictions-montgomery-county-council-L3234BYNNFGPPAFKWL33OTSGUI/</loc><lastmod>2026-02-10T23:51:12.231Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/B34LC25JPFB2BAGGCBYOZQ7FLA.jpg?auth=08ab8296b325bb69b3b719a37f7db8f74cd58c2b793b28407159ce09603cd85a&amp;smart=true&amp;width=3600&amp;height=2401</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Montgomery County Council President Natali Fani-González introduced the Trust Act at a press conference in December.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/national/us-skater-maxim-naumov-parents-killed-dc-plane-crash-AQY2K3SVHRHG7HCVFR3AMFDH7E/</loc><lastmod>2026-02-10T23:44:13.087Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/TQOVJP5UQNBRDBWO3XHGXGOSRA.jpg?auth=d0537453c7eee6f826af6dde31582dcd84157376aec0f9f87d4234fcccafab67&amp;smart=true&amp;width=5038&amp;height=3359</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Maxim Naumov of the United States competes during the men's figure skating short program at the 2026 Winter Olympics in Milan, Italy on Tuesday.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/education/k-12-schools/wootton-shooting-weapons-detection-police-response-NTBC2ONFDBFNXDKMVFRIHV7RFM/</loc><lastmod>2026-02-10T23:42:20.749Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/W5FNEBIDYRCO3GIE2MZ5AVKCAM.jpg?auth=e416989622f112308b629e100c40021f8e3b1bb05fae9284f58d43a2a7269448&amp;smart=true&amp;width=4000&amp;height=2668</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[A Montgomery County Police officer walks past the barricaded Thomas S. Wootton High School after a reported shooting at the school on Monday.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/community/local-news/seven-things-baltimore-county-galentines-valentines-JBU45ZCUQNFGLBY65U4W7IXI5M/</loc><lastmod>2026-02-10T23:00:01.661Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/3PHNU2DMLBELREKI5DTMMGJSY4.jpg?auth=6b925f7a868a1774b8c41f38a087175fef0a4c0957a9c81fc2dcbc2d46e5c922&amp;smart=true&amp;width=5483&amp;height=3655</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[The Irvine Nature Center in Owings Mills is hosting Galentine’s-themed and maple tree events this week.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/community/criminal-justice/northwest-academy-school-gym-teacher-jordan-adams-charges-dropped-3E4CA7E76JAMFOTPN753ORDKZQ/</loc><lastmod>2026-02-10T22:54:03.322Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/6YHDU2G4RNDWBBL7NIPQRONOWE.jpg?auth=599fddb0fba74ba51149b35d19fdb377ed8ec75105868accf5b954d03c51d4c7&amp;smart=true&amp;width=4000&amp;height=2667</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[The Baltimore County State’s Attorney’s Office has dropped all charges against Northwest Academy of Health Sciences physical education teacher Jordan Adams.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/sports/orioles-mlb/orioles-pitching-staff-mike-elias-spring-training-KCUFSYCKPJAPZE7UPZIQYJDYSQ/</loc><lastmod>2026-02-10T22:48:26.905Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/RSGPWBEPHJDVDOZYEHS3D3X37A.JPG?auth=85eb16d4e083cabce795a5916ded6fdf6f4e628f774b851d57f0ee3dae4981d6&amp;smart=true&amp;width=3000&amp;height=2017</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Orioles general manager Mike Elias speaks prior to a ribbon cutting for the new Orioles Player Development Complex at Ed Smith Stadium in Sarasota, Florida, on Monday.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/community/criminal-justice/guilty-plea-murder-shooting-teen-inner-harbor-HZ6ZFXW7VVDILEMUDE72IZUFTU/</loc><lastmod>2026-02-10T22:46:18.681Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/ND6SBGMDMBHOTMNR6DH3SQCC54.jpg?auth=d08062755ed28db8129b7e177527afbc743199e4c8f44cbc94e2bf0c2d76f47a&amp;smart=true&amp;width=7894&amp;height=4440</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Devron Tyner was fatally shot outside the Renaissance Baltimore Harborplace Hotel during what detectives described as a robbery on April 1, 2024. He was 17.
]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/politics-power/state-government/bge-exelon-power-plant-energy-proposal-bill-LVTFIHPFXVEMNDYFFAOQRG7EGA/</loc><lastmod>2026-02-10T22:31:57.143Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/ONMOXKJEVRF73ASKMB5JVKQR5A.JPG?auth=e199fd1b91d8db8444e26cdff4e2fed66d66b6e30dcc0dd07c45fdd2fd529bf7&amp;smart=true&amp;width=3000&amp;height=1700</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Sen. Kevin Harris has introduced a bill pushed by Exelon Corp. that would allow the company’s utilities to develop and operate power plants in Maryland, reversing decades of state energy policy.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/community/local-news/franklin-villalobos-gomez-665XEYGCAFGQDCN2HXDLSIWZBA/</loc><lastmod>2026-02-10T22:31:19.06Z</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/criminal-justice/baltimore-boxing-champion-gervonta-davis-arrest-warrant-probation-violation-YEFYAS45YJCNRA2EHGRHBQUQBY/</loc><lastmod>2026-02-10T22:16:00.541Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/TB4HF2GVL5AVTNUFRZB26MDQXE.JPG?auth=5ec4590759ac3347cd1cf33b0a9ac9053b2af81435dff2ce03887d239f18834f&amp;smart=true&amp;width=3000&amp;height=2096</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Boxing champion and Baltimore native Gervonta “Tank” Davis arrives at the Elijah E. Cummings Courthouse in Baltimore in 2025 for a violation of probation hearing.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/politics-power/national-politics/raskin-congressional-redistricting-maryland-UNKG7GO6IBBTFNVM26UBOHK63I/</loc><lastmod>2026-02-10T22:04:51.292Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/QMO6TFC5KJENHASHO6Y6744YIQ.JPG?auth=f421d08d00f7bcb6af0db4c85af70653a253312965babb148b55d8d66a58bfca&amp;smart=true&amp;width=3600&amp;height=2401</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Rep. Jamie Raskin says he doesn't see much merit in arguments against Maryland Democrats trying to increase their numbers in Congress.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/politics-power/state-government/washington-county-ice-detention-warehouse-GSRO5VIOKFHSFHSBIFBTDXY6IA/</loc><lastmod>2026-02-10T19:13:01.56Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/JWROR4CWVJHIDDPLJUKZQQ737I.JPG?auth=d14f790b8395f8f16f19529e3a74765098c40e2a3b2daad5b1184afbfb488dbc&amp;smart=true&amp;width=3000&amp;height=1686</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[County commissioners declared support for the conversion of a warehouse outside Hagerstown into a proposed federal immigration detention facility.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/community/criminal-justice/nancy-guthrie-search-fbi-releases-surveillance-images-PYXCAB5DKZH33CFHC4B6IFRGCQ/</loc><lastmod>2026-02-10T18:56:25.088Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/DJUH44YFB5AGJH7OGCYAGNV6BQ.jpg?auth=5461a5f20c27ca279f73a18a0d9255e0a7af2b2c0084208f43cd01fd349c2a05&amp;smart=true&amp;width=3000&amp;height=2000</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[On Tuesday, FBI Director Kash Patel released several photographs on X showing surveillance images at the home of Nancy Guthrie the night she went missing in Tucson, Ariz.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/community/criminal-justice/no-bond-murder-estranged-wife-ellicott-city-MDM3HSL3NBHJFLJIXTG4NT3I3Y/</loc><lastmod>2026-02-10T18:32:44.079Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/GGHIXDVANFCKVLRFW2ZDAX4EEA.jpg?auth=0f10cc0932fb08cb98e3e95e91a31008697bc8a71da8f533dc10f85e1b8935ce&amp;smart=true&amp;width=4032&amp;height=2688</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Alexander Stephenson, 53, appeared via video Tuesday before Howard County District Judge Allison Sayers.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/culture/lifestyle/charmed-baltimore-missed-connections-DQTJOKMPCBHXHKSNRBGU5FU5JA/</loc><lastmod>2026-02-10T17:57:11.853Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/G7SXQJTIV5G5VN6PEQ6DCWPMCU.JPG?auth=b5fb43e2ca6d0208ced33a9abd44acfc323db56de7e4d47c200dfc2402a52f65&amp;smart=true&amp;width=3000&amp;height=2000</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Are you in the mood for love, Baltimore?]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/banner-pr/2026-banner-emerging-leaders-GPVCXF3O2RGLDMX6EA6UKYNNIQ/</loc><lastmod>2026-02-10T17:32:47.06Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/RJ4MQ6PR4ZAL5CZA6JMXZS3ZOE.jpg?auth=f0e03b22e667bbe57335b2ff340dcdf53b61e2f5d2a33e24afb89f955fc638f2&amp;smart=true&amp;width=6240&amp;height=4160</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[The Baltimore Banner offices in downtown Baltimore.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/community/local-news/baltimore-ice-enforcements-immigrant-surge-detention-ZIMHHED4G5F5VLMYDPPKNHVF5Y/</loc><lastmod>2026-02-10T16:56:29.553Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/JQVWWS2YWZDEDKQGYTCIRP4BG4.JPG?auth=65820bc8894ce29933b24d142f31692acc5528db85e56eaaec16daa418e04e15&amp;smart=true&amp;width=3000&amp;height=2000</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[ICE vehicles parked in the lower level of a garage on West Fayette Street in Baltimore.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/culture/food-drink/hijos-del-maiz-rockville-michelin-tortillas-saul-zelaya-STLB2FN545ACFOUDXG4FV7J5PY/</loc><lastmod>2026-02-10T16:50:39.736Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/44WJA4RUKBAEXHKBF34KC2FVUQ.JPG?auth=f18e1088c8d7ae91542bbb0bd0a0b40efe0ec46c4417aa8d62312f12c01bee5d&amp;smart=true&amp;width=5616&amp;height=3744</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Chef Saul Zelaya chats with a customer from his food truck, Hijos del Maíz, in Rockville.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/politics-power/state-government/maryland-state-police-superintendent-michael-jackson-UZ4MFDS33BHKFMXJ7PWYDRGGBE/</loc><lastmod>2026-02-10T16:26:12.102Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/4LZLSLELVVA5NCSKAEZ2NKVMKE.jpg?auth=bc4e32aca209e16a5b1a323ffc1ab2617b605d5db0e514b38efc501e8a5ea175&amp;smart=true&amp;width=4685&amp;height=3123</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Maryland State Police acting Superintendent Michael A. Jackson earlier this month. His nomination to lead the agency on a permanent basis will now head to the full Senate.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/politics-power/state-government/maryland-congress-redistricting-moore-ferguson-5QXPS6DMXZFDZGUDXFWYHBAA74/</loc><lastmod>2026-02-10T15:42:01.576Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/PHXY73EZXZHRDN53SLCBLEQXEE.jpeg?auth=31c0a6e22d984068ddccbe9f4ce8ca0b45f068ff05bab1ed3d05122cc4b17442&amp;smart=true&amp;width=5712&amp;height=3808</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Maryland state Sen. Arthur Ellis, a Charles County Democrat, said Monday that Senate President Bill Ferguson's opposition to redistricting disqualifies him from leadership.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/community/climate-environment/weather/maryland-snow-ice-melt-snowstorm-5QRYBZGXRRCRTNZNZFUYE4IC24/</loc><lastmod>2026-02-10T15:34:23.262Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/N7FEZOXQYZGEHOH5EE5P6MA3HQ.jpg?auth=d44c64f40e25e277d303428a59e91df7b52fa33730394cfd1c3980f2f2b4897f&amp;smart=true&amp;width=4000&amp;height=2667</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[A large pile of snow partially blocks Eager Street near downtown Baltimore on Friday.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/politics-power/national-politics/ice-homeland-security-funding-RHXPGOEEZ5CQLPRFGNFQNZYWBM/</loc><lastmod>2026-02-10T15:07:09.051Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/3YICAH33FVDA5KICNX4LIE2JYU.JPG?auth=1feeae9a4c2583c56a3d648e9556d1569590bfb2925db7eb5c9a4d961396bd38&amp;smart=true&amp;width=3600&amp;height=2401</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Democratic leaders said Monday that a White House counterproposal does not address “the concerns Americans have about ICE’s lawless conduct.”]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/community/criminal-justice/alexander-stephenson-amethyst-timeline-murder-wife-ellicott-city-HL54NI4BQ5CKNLWLM7D6JRFF7Y/</loc><lastmod>2026-02-10T14:48:23.443Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/VIWHB7WYUFEUFKP6SEL35PRAV4.jpg?auth=cbd6d8642c3b54ad1a8871abebb911cfab31b8d5ecee73937827701f2447d6c7&amp;smart=true&amp;width=5712&amp;height=3808</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Howard County Police responded Sunday morning to a home on Huntsmans Run in a neighborhood off Triadelphia Road in western Ellicott City for a report that Alexander Stephenson had stabbed his estranged wife, Amethyst Stephenson.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/opinion/column/converse-1983-us-constitution-supremacy-clause-ice-WKENXSLV2RGFZO7SQHWDKXYTYU/</loc><lastmod>2026-02-10T14:01:58.03Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/7Z7HGPVNEJG55CREWFJLHYMMZY.jpg?auth=33c9f5abbb5dafa77ac62f55932caa7f5e8009d16c4363d440eabdfa9bd01b4e&amp;smart=true&amp;width=3000&amp;height=2000</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Teyana Gibson Brown, wife of Garrison Gibson, reacts in the doorway of her home after a federal immigration officer used a battering ram to break down a door in Minneapolis. The agents were acting under a federal policy that allows them to enter without a court warrant.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/community/criminal-justice/shooting-wootton-high-school-rockville-police-VQZTALRTK5CANNH5MKGAFC6GNQ/</loc><lastmod>2026-02-10T13:21:17.255Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/32VUBZBE6ZEBZHRO7K24G5JLQE.jpg?auth=47fea516fbf22537a84c44d7bb4bc574c6eb53763d56db745ea32d4748ba431c&amp;smart=true&amp;width=4000&amp;height=2668</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[An ATF agent walks past a police barricade near Thomas S. Wootton High School after a shooting at the school on Monday.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/community/transportation/older-adults-give-up-driving-safety-A4DPDCDK5FH2BP5XRG6F7DJB5Y/</loc><lastmod>2026-02-10T12:38:25.307Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/FX3MVGQD5ZE5RDU47W3G4LKFJQ.jpg?auth=8d899731b654612d9d42798ac45d2f6ee7b652f05fd0e9e12a72dad2922b217e&amp;smart=true&amp;width=3600&amp;height=2401</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Nina Uzick, 74, in her car outside her home in Olney. Uzick helps coordinate driver safety initiatives for AARP as an instructor and district coordinator.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/culture/lifestyle/charmed-baltimore-missed-connections-3-HU7CPVB7E5BNDN7ALHOFYG42FQ/</loc><lastmod>2026-02-10T10:30:01.05Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/7JA5AVOD5RAZNHOEQFGWN5HXOY.jpg?auth=b81b062c3b1d40f224a1bc0e4fc32c00dc197e0052bc96fe858416c2c9e2db60&amp;smart=true&amp;width=3551&amp;height=2000</image:loc></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/education/k-12-schools/sean-bulson-harford-county-schools-new-orleans-bob-cassilly-PXYTMHXWH5AXBDP2X5PFGH3FEY/</loc><lastmod>2026-02-10T10:30:00.651Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/P6IPGHF2VNDYJKPM6CFYVGNHXQ.jpg?auth=fc86cc1a664df423890ae14534cc1c561556475cd94204014203199e22308cbe&amp;smart=true&amp;width=8256&amp;height=5504</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Harford County Schools Superintendent Sean Bulson delivers a presentation on the school system’s budget shortfall in 2024.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/community/criminal-justice/savannah-guthrie-missing-mother-kidnapping-fbi-6NTTB2K4CVB6NOLLCVICOBU7CQ/</loc><lastmod>2026-02-10T02:17:55.185Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/OXQTS3WRERAC3F56SZ4HU3RLME.jpg?auth=526a4008e2dead5783ed555719f48dd04f120a82e849247b7c7f0469eccbbc74&amp;smart=true&amp;width=3500&amp;height=2349</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[A member of the Pima County Sheriff's Department outside of Nancy Guthrie’s home on Monday in Tucson, Arizona.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/education/k-12-schools/sean-bulson-harford-county-public-schools-superindent-VN34IP2SGVBEHPFF4XE2SOT6WA/</loc><lastmod>2026-02-10T01:38:22.227Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/ZGDUDKPNNFHZHKDYMUEIKWOGLM.JPG?auth=ad98476270f520dbb6150b87988095dd2f326ea33edd73724a331d60a9bc203e&amp;smart=true&amp;width=6688&amp;height=4462</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[A portrait of Sean W. Bulson, Harford County’s schools superintendent, hangs on the wall during a school board meeting in January. The school board voted Monday night to terminate his contract.]]></image:caption></image:image></url></urlset>