Hundreds of people went against a nearly century-long tide to swim in the Chicago River on Sept. 22. The event, which was put on for ALS research, marked the first open water swim in the river in 98 ...

KELSO, Wash. — A woman from Kelso, Washington, is thankful to be alive and back at home after being in the hospital for multiple days and requiring surgery due to multiple infections she contracted.

Centuries after the upper class flocked to the coast for therapeutic sea bathing, outdoor swimming is having a renaissance.

Next month, 500 swimmers will take off on a one- or two-mile swim in open water for the Chicago River Swim. It is a test of endurance and strength, and so was the years-in-the-making effort to get the ...

PARIS (AP) — Swimming in the Seine is an increasingly popular tourist attraction in the French capital — and a must-do for Parisians themselves. Thousands of people have enjoyed a dip in the river ...

For the first time in nearly a century, swimmers took to the open water of the Chicago River on Sunday. Participants in the Chicago River Swim made their way along a one- or two-mile route downtown.

BERLIN (AP) — A century after the city of Berlin banned swimming in the Spree River because it was so polluted it could make people sick, there's a push by swimmers to get back into the water. Around ...

KELSO, Wash. — A woman from Kelso, Washington, is thankful to be alive and back at home after being in the hospital for multiple days and requiring surgery due to multiple infections she contracted.