Panel: West Point should rename Lee Barracks, nix KKK art
September 2, 2022 GMTWest Point cadets pass by historical reminders constantly — from Grant Hall and Bradley Barracks to the statues of Douglas MacArthur and Dwight Eisenhower overlooking the parade fields.
Now a commission created by Congress is recommending changes at the storied academy when it comes to buildings, places and memorials that include the names or images of Robert E.
Twitter breach exposed anonymous account owners
August 5, 2022 GMTA vulnerability in Twitter's software that exposed an undetermined number of owners of anonymous accounts to potential identity compromise last year was apparently exploited by a malicious actor, the social media company said Friday.
US midshipman plunges to death at Chilean waterfall
July 19, 2022 GMTANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — A midshipman from Texas died after falling over a waterfall in Chile, the U.S. Naval Academy announced Monday.
Midshipman 2nd Class Luke Gabriel Bird of New Braunfels, Texas, was participating in a semester abroad program at Chile’s Arturo Prat Naval Academy, the U.S.
President Biden to speak at Naval Academy graduation
April 28, 2022 GMTANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — President Joe Biden is scheduled to speak at the U.S. Naval Academy's graduation and commissioning ceremony next month, the academy announced Thursday.
The ceremony for the Class of 2022 is scheduled for May 27 at the Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium in Annapolis, Maryland.
Navy will let Wisconsin keep badger statue for 50 more years
January 19, 2022 GMTMADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Navy will let Wisconsin keep its beloved badger statue for 50 more years, scrapping plans to move the sculpture to an East Coast museum.
The statue, sculpted from melted-down cannons seized from Cuba during the Spanish-American War, was affixed to the first USS Wisconsin before World War I.
Maine shipyard delivers sub to Navy fleet ahead of schedule
December 22, 2021 GMTKITTERY, Maine (AP) — Portsmouth Naval Shipyard has delivered an attack submarine back to the U.S. Navy fleet a few days ahead of schedule.
The USS Annapolis underwent maintenance starting in June.
Got the wrong goat: West Point cadets try to nab Navy mascot
November 23, 2021 GMTWEST POINT, N.Y. (AP) — West Point cadets attempting to nab the U.S. Naval Academy's mascot ahead of the annual Army-Navy football game ended up grabbing a different goat, according to a report.
Naval Academy expels 18 after online exam cheating probe
August 20, 2021 GMTANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — The U.S. Naval Academy has expelled 18 midshipmen and sanctioned 82 more after an investigation into cheating on an online physics exam in December, officials announced Friday.
Man, 29, charged in shooting death of mother of midshipman
July 14, 2021 GMTANNPOLIS, Md. (AP) — Authorities in Maryland have charged a 29-year-old Annapolis man in the killing of a U.S. Naval Academy midshipman’s mother.
Annapolis Police Chief Edward Jackson announced Wednesday at a news conference that Angelo Harrod has been charged with first- and second-degree murder, two counts of attempted first-and second-degree murder, involuntary manslaughter, manslaughter, reckless endangerment and weapons offenses.
Jimmy, Rosalynn Carter mark 75 years of ‘full partnership’
July 4, 2021 GMTATLANTA (AP) — The young midshipman needed a date one evening while he was home from the U.S. Naval Academy, so his younger sister paired him with a family friend who already had a crush.
Nearly eight decades later, Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter are still together in the same tiny town where they were born, grew up and had that first outing.
Police: Texas mom killed outside Maryland hotel; $20k reward
June 30, 2021 GMTANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — Federal and state authorities are offering more than $20,000 in rewards in the fatal shooting of the Texas mother of a U.S. Naval Academy midshipman candidate as she sat outside a Maryland hotel.
Harris cites challenges of ‘fragile’ world in Navy speech
May 28, 2021 GMTANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — Vice President Kamala Harris focused on the challenges of the pandemic, climate change and cybersecurity threats during her keynote speech to graduates at the U.S. Naval Academy on Friday, the first by a woman at the 175-year-old institution.
Family, friends say final goodbye to McCain
September 3, 2018 GMTANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — Sen. John McCain's final journey ended on a grassy hill at the U.S. Naval Academy within view of the Severn River and earshot of midshipmen present and future, and alongside a lifelong friend...
McCain buried at Naval Academy alongside a longtime friend
September 3, 2018 GMTANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — Sen. John McCain's final journey ended Sunday on a grassy hill at the U.S. Naval Academy within view of the Severn River and earshot of midshipmen present and future, and alongside a lifelong friend...
The Latest: Horse-drawn caisson carries McCain’s casket
September 3, 2018 GMTANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — The Latest on Sen. John McCain's final service and burial (all times local):...
McCain to be buried near best friend at US Naval Academy
August 27, 2018 GMTANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — It will be a fitting final resting place for a man who prized military service, cherished friendship and had little patience for formalities...
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August 27, 2018 GMTYour daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about today:...
McCain on his time as POW: ‘I fell in love with my country’
August 27, 2018 GMTDENVER (AP) — On Oct. 26, 1967, a missile the size of a telephone pole blew the wing off of John McCain's Skyhawk dive bomber...
Small capital city draped in grief by newspaper shooting
July 1, 2018 GMTANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — The historic state capital of Annapolis is draped in grief from a shooting attack on the local newspaper, which killed journalists who chronicled soccer games, art exhibits and the fabric of small-city life...
APNewsBreak: Sexual assault reports doubled at West Point
February 7, 2018 GMTWASHINGTON (AP) — The number of sexual assaults reported at the U.S. Military Academy roughly doubled during the last school year, according to data reviewed by The Associated Press, in the latest example of the armed forces' persistent struggle to root out such misconduct.
Navy rediscovers captured flags hidden for nearly 100 years
December 28, 2017 GMTANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — The curator of the U.S. Naval Academy Museum wasn't exactly sure what would be found: records indicated five display boxes long used to exhibit captured British flags from the War of 1812 actually concealed more banners underneath...
NASA astronaut, 1st to fly untethered in space, dies at 80
December 23, 2017 GMTHOUSTON (AP) — NASA astronaut Bruce McCandless, the first person to fly freely and untethered in space, has died. He was 80.
He was famously photographed in 1984 flying with a hefty spacewalker's jetpack, alone in the cosmic blackness above a blue Earth.
2 with ties to Maryland named as Rhodes scholars
November 19, 2017 GMTELLICOTT CITY, Md. (AP) — Two students with ties to Maryland have been selected as Rhodes scholars.
The Rhodes Trust announced scholarships Sunday for Naomi Mburu of Ellicott City and Nathan Bermel of Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts.
APNewsBreak: Sex assault reports up at Navy, Army academies
March 16, 2017 GMTWASHINGTON (AP) — Reports of sexual assaults increased at two of the three military academies last year and an anonymous survey suggests sexual misconduct rose across the board at the schools, The Associated Press has learned...
Calls for accountability surround US Navy sex case
September 24, 2013 GMTANNAPOLIS, Maryland (AP) — The case of three former U.S. Naval Academy football players accused of sexually assaulting a fellow midshipman at an off-campus toga party has renewed calls for academy leaders to face tough accountability as the military tries to curb what has become a persistent and embarrassing problem.