Vice President JD Vance will address the US Naval Academy’s graduation and commissioning ceremony in Annapolis, Maryland.

A US Naval Academy Tradition is taking place Wednesday morning The Herndon Monument Climb is the traditional culmination of the freshmen year at the Naval Academy.

Supporters of a measure to create a commission to study potential reparations for slavery in Maryland have rallied next to the Capitol and the governor’s residence to urge Gov. Wes Moore to sign the legislation.

U.S. officials say the U.S. Naval Academy has removed nearly 400 books from its library after being told by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s office to review and get rid of books that promote diversity, equity and inclusion.

The U.S. Naval Academy will no longer consider race, ethnicity or sex as a factor for admission to the service academy.

New Pentagon data shows that reported sexual assaults at the U.S. military academies dropped in 2024 for the second year in a row.

A bench trial began last week in Baltimore federal court in a civil case over affirmative action at American military academies.

Maryland Gov. Wes Moore has signed two measures into law to better protect personal data online from Big Tech. One of the bills signed Thursday will make Maryland the second state to create strong limits on information collected on children, though the first in California has been halted in court.

A Maryland senator says a third channel will open this month at Baltimore’s port after the Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse two weeks ago.

The National Hurricane Center says Tropical Storm Ophelia has formed off the U.S. mid-Atlantic coast and was producing winds just below hurricane force.

Three people were killed and three wounded in a shooting Sunday night at a house in the Maryland’s capital city, the police chief said.

The former Louisville police officer who fatally shot Breonna Taylor has a new job in law enforcement in a county northeast of the city.

Reported sexual assaults at the U.S. military academies shot up during the 2021-22 school year.

One of the best opportunities for Democrats to regain a governor’s office this year is in Maryland, and the race to succeed term-limited Republican Larry Hogan has drawn a crowd of candidates.

President Joe Biden has told Naval Academy graduates that they will be “representatives and defenders of our democracy” because free societies are under threat from Russia’s invasion of Ukraine to China’s maritime expansion.

Maryland lawmakers spent their weekend redrawing the state’s U.S. House districts after a judge said the current map shows “extreme partisan gerrymandering.

The wife of a Navy nuclear engineer charged with trying to sell submarine secrets to a foreign government appears poised to plead guilty.

The Navy is adding two weeks to boot camp in a major overhaul aimed at improving recruits' war fighting and emergency skills while also focusing on suicide prevention and character issues such as sexual assault, hazing and extremism in the ranks.

It’s the first time Pensacola will get to see the Navy demonstration team’s brand new F/A-18 E/F Super Hornet jets, which are faster, more fuel efficient and sleeker than the old jets.

Cameron Kinley is getting his shot to play in the NFL.

Survivors and relatives of the five people who died in a mass shooting at the Capital Gazette newspaper in Maryland have dedicated a memorial to them and the First Amendment.

Cornerback Cameron Kinley’s NFL career is over before it started.

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.

ANNAPOLIS, Md. – Police in Maryland investigating reports of a casket photographed bobbing up and down in a river discovered the object was something far less macabre. A post to a local radio station’s Facebook page Tuesday showed a rectangular object with flat sides and a curved top floating in the South River, a tributary of the Chesapeake Bay near Annapolis. The concrete slab, resembling a coffin, sparked complaints of a possible hazard in the water, The Capital Gazette reported. Department of Natural Resources police were dispatched to the river, where a hydrographic operations team helped pull what turned out to be a floating dock from the water, according to the agency.

ANNAPOLIS, Md. Maryland is set to award $300,000 for the construction of a memorial honoring the victims of a deadly shooting at a newspaper office. The state plans to award the funds next week for a memorial that will be located in an Annapolis park and pay tribute to slain Capital Gazette employees John McNamara, Gerald Fischman, Wendi Winters, Rob Hiaasen and Rebecca Smith, the newspaper reported. The memorial, called Guardians of Free Speech, will include five pillars in front of the text of the First Amendment carved in stone, the newspaper said. Jarrod Ramos pleaded guilty in the killings.

A person walks by a memorial to George Floyd in Susan Campbell Park in downtown Annapolis, Md., Friday, June 12, 2020. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)TOP OF THE HOUR: Maryland police chief steps down amid reports of racial bias. A Maryland police chief is stepping down amid reports alleging racial bias and discrimination toward officers of color. A spokesperson for the Clackamas County Sheriffs Office didnt respond to a request for comment Thursday from the Associated Press. Chris Owen, spokesman for the Clackamas County District Attorney, said nothing had been submitted to prosecutors on the incident.

Jarrod Ramos, 38, is accused of killing five people at the Capital Gazette newspaper in Annapolis, Maryland, on June 28, 2018. - A judge on Wednesday postponed the second phase of the trial for Capital Gazette shooter Jarrod Ramos at his defense's request, according to a spokesperson for the Maryland Judiciary. The next phase of his trial to determine if he was mentally competent when he committed the crimes. Maryland law allows for separate proceedings within a trial to determine guilt and mental competency if a defendant is using an insanity defense. Police said Ramos stormed the Capital Gazette's offices on June 28, 2018, killing five employees: Gerald Fischman, Rob Hiaasen, John McNamara, Rebecca Smith and Wendi Winters.

The June 29, 2018, edition of the Captial Gazette in Annapolis, Maryland, one day after five people were shot and killed in the newspaper's newsroom. (CNN) - One year ago Friday, a gunman stormed the Capital Gazette newspaper's office in Annapolis, Maryland and killed five employees. The survivors appeared on the front page of this Friday's Capital Gazette, in a series of black and white portraits, part of a special report about the anniversary. Staffers from the Capital Gazette and other Tribune Publishing papers will dedicate a memorial garden in Annapolis on Friday morning. ET, the time the shooting began, staffers all across the country at Tribune Publishing, which owns the Capital Gazette, will hold a moment of silence.