ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — The police chief at the U.S. Naval Academy in Maryland's capital has been fired amid allegations of sexual harassment.

ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — Acting Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan is scheduled to speak at the U.S. Naval Academy's graduation and commissioning ceremony next month.

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump will deliver the commencement address at the U.S. Air Force Academy's graduation ceremony next month.

ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — The elite academies that educate officers for the nation's armed forces have begun to implement the Trump administration's ban on transgender service members.

MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) — Vermont's congressional delegation has nominated 18 high school students for positions at the nation's military academies.

ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — A U.S. Naval Academy midshipman has pleaded guilty to using and distributing illegal drugs to fellow midshipmen at the academy, a school spokesman said Friday.

Zachary Williams has been sentenced to 13 months confinement and dismissal from the Navy, said Cmdr. David McKinney, the academy's spokesman.

ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — The U.S. Naval Academy's cyber operations program has been formally accredited.

The academy said Friday the program was accredited recently by ABET, a leading nonprofit accrediting agency. Three other universities also were accredited under the new cybersecurity criteria: the U.S. Air Force Academy, Towson University and Southeast Missouri State University.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Naval Academy's superintendent is moving ahead with a court-martial against a midshipman accused of distributing illegal drugs.

Vice Adm. Ted Carter, the academy's superintendent, told the academy's Board of Visitors Tuesday that an arraignment for Midshipman Zachary Williams is scheduled for Sept. 10 at the Washington Navy Yard.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Naval Academy is allowing female midshipmen to wear ponytails and other longer hairstyles.

The policy was announced during a Board of Visitors meeting Tuesday. Chief of Naval Operations Adm. John Richardson first announced the Navy's changes in July, saying they make the Navy more inclusive. The academy conducted its own review before accepting the changes.

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — U.S. Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse of Rhode Island will serve as a pallbearer at memorial services for late Arizona Sen. John McCain.

McCain's family announced Monday that Whitehouse will be one of 15 pallbearers during Saturday's memorial at Washington National Cathedral.

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Flags at Pennsylvania state government buildings and grounds are flying at half-staff to honor Arizona Sen. John McCain, who died of brain cancer over the weekend.

Gov. Tom Wolf ordered the flags lowered Monday, saying McCain embodied the core principles of American citizenship and dedicated his entire life to the country.

The flags will remain lowered through sunset on the day of McCain's burial next Sunday at the U.S. Naval Academy Cemetery in Annapolis.

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Rhode Island Gov. Gina Raimondo has ordered flags in the state lowered to half-staff to mark the death of Sen. John McCain.

The Arizona Republican died Saturday of brain cancer at his Arizona ranch. He was 81.

Raimondo said Monday that flags will return to full staff at sunset on Sunday, the day of McCain's private burial service. McCain was a decorated Vietnam War veteran, former prisoner of war and six-term senator.

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — New York is honoring Sen. John McCain by lowering flags on government buildings to half-staff.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Sunday lowering the flags on state buildings was a "small gesture for one of America's giants." New York City is doing the same at city-government buildings.

The 81-year-old McCain died Saturday in Arizona after discontinuing medical treatment for an aggressive form of brain cancer.

ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — A U.S. Naval Academy official's letter alerting a tenured professor of his termination says the professor sent students shirtless photos.

ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — A tenured professor at the U.S. Naval Academy often critical of the school no longer works there.

School spokesman Cmdr. David McKinney confirmed Bruce Fleming's departure to The Baltimore Sun , but declined to offer details. Fleming's lawyer, Jason Ehrenberg, says he plans to appeal to the Merit System Protection Board.

HOT SPRINGS, Ark. (AP) — Most Americans have heard of the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, New York, and the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland. The U.S. Air Force Academy near Colorado Springs, Colorado, is also nationally renowned.

But the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy, located in Kings Point, New York, is often overlooked, according to David Witte, a military and Veterans Affairs representative for U.S. Rep. Bruce Westerman, R-District 4, of Hot Springs.

ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — Nike Inc. apologized after the U.S. Naval Academy in Maryland said the similarities between a logo for a clothing line and the academy's historic seal are undeniable.

Nike said in a statement Friday that they don't feel it is appropriate to move forward with the collection.

ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — The U.S. Naval Academy in Maryland is demanding that Nike and a Los Angeles-based boutique stop using a logo closely resembling the college's historic crest.

News outlets report a collaborative line between Nike Inc. and Undefeated called The Fives includes shirts, pants, jackets and other soccer apparel featuring the crest. The line launches Saturday in Los Angeles.

ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — The U.S. Naval Academy's Class of 2021 has capped its first year quite literally — and messily.

Each year, first-year students form a human pyramid around a 21-foot (6-meter) obelisk that has been greased with butter, shortening and oil. Other "plebes" then try to scramble to the top of the pyramid to replace an underclassman's "Dixie cup" hat with an upperclassman's hat.

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Former NASA astronaut and administrator Charles Bolden is giving his personal archive to the University of South Carolina.

The school announced Monday it is getting the collection that documents the career of the Columbia native.

Bolden was selected as a NASA astronaut in 1980 and made four space shuttle flights.

ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — A drug investigation at the U.S. Naval Academy could result in a court martial of a midshipman who is "a suspected distributor," the academy's superintendent said Monday.

Vice Adm. Ted Carter gave an update on the investigation during a Board of Visitors meeting. Carter said in an interview during a break in the meeting that the suspected distributor was a student and that he couldn't say much more because the case is ongoing.

ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — President Donald Trump says it's his great honor and pleasure to give the commencement speech to the U.S. Naval Academy's 2018 graduating class.

The White House on Thursday confirmed Trump as the speaker for the May 25 ceremony. In a statement, Trump says his administration will fight to ensure the nation's military has the resources "to fight the brave fight so they may return, safe and sound, to their loving families and friends."

NEW LONDON, Conn. (AP) — The U.S. Coast Guard says there were five reports of sexual assault or other sexual offenses at its service academy in Connecticut in the 2015-2016 school year.

That's an increase over the previous year, when there were four reports. There were eight reports in the 2013-2014 school year.

Congress receives an annual report on sexual harassment and violence at the New London-based academy. The academy provided it to The Associated Press on Friday.

ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — Authorities at the U.S. Naval Academy have started a disciplinary process against five midshipmen for drug use and failure to report others' illegal conduct.

Academy spokesman Cmdr. David McKinney says the illicit drugs in question are cocaine, ecstasy, ketamine and hallucinogenic mushrooms.

ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — Authorities have launched an investigation into a report of illegal drug use at the U.S. Naval Academy.

Naval investigators have officially released only the broadest outlines of the alleged misconduct. Statements have not made clear what drugs are involved or how many midshipmen are under investigation.

WEST POINT, N.Y. (AP) — The U.S. Military Academy at West Point says it is not canceling sporting events or classes despite the federal government shutdown.

West Point officials said Saturday that they are preparing to execute a contingency plan for the shutdown. They said in a news release that the situation is fluid and "many details are still unresolved."

ANNAPOLIS, 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.