Joseph Turk, only seven months into service, jumped into action during Coast Guard Festival when 97-year-old Fredrick Unger ...

Wikimedia Commons/South Bend news-times Chicago Race Riot of 1919 Chicago’s deadliest race riot started with a 17-year-old ...

The joint Select Committee on Disaster Preparedness and Flooding met Thursday in Kerrville, Texas — the site of the deadly Independence Day Floods — for the second time to hear testimony about the ...

A warning urging beachgoers to stay out of the water at four Great Lakes has grown to include 11.1 million people on Thursday morning. The Great Lakes region is a major draw for summer recreation, ...

Is this simply the Midwest version of “not today” when the Great Lakes spit up waves higher than your neighbor’s SUV and ...

Drownings are common in the Great Lakes, especially in Lake Michigan, where rip currents are especially dangerous and can ...

More than 9 million people were told to avoid the water during peak summer recreation because of "life threatening" ...

If a proposal from Ald. Stephanie Coleman becomes law, everyone boarding a boat in the city will be required to wear a life ...

Whether you’re a casual swimmer or an athlete, Michigan’s Great Lakes, which are often referred to as inland seas, are not to ...

A 12-year-old boy has died from a brain-eating amoeba after swimming in a South Carolina lake over the July Fourth weekend.

A 6-year-old boy in Detroit wandered away from a family reunion at Belle Isle Park and went missing after falling into a ...