A woman takes a dip in the San Antonio River Walk on Friday afternoon. Credit: Reddit / your_fellow_lettuce A video of a woman taking a prolonged plunge along the San Antonio River Walk over the ...

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.

I can't say swimming in the River Walk sounds like my idea of the perfect downtown outing, but it's certainly been hot enough in San Antonio to joke about it before. However, the intrusive thought of ...

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 ...

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 ...

CHICAGO (WGN) – Want to swim in the Chicago River? Now’s your chance! The Chicago River Swim (CRS) is officially coming back in September and will be held on Sunday, Sept. 21, from 7 to 10 a.m. The ...

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.

A 67-year-old local woman died Sunday in Concord after suffering a medical event while swimming in the Merrimack River, according to State Police. Claire Knowles was swimming in mild current when she ...