Columbus, Ga. – As the temperatures start to rise and the dog days of summer quickly approach more people will look for ways to cool off. One popular way is to head to the pool, and that also means ...

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. As the weather begins warming up and people turn to the outdoors once ...

Two summers ago, a teenager who jumped off the diving board started struggling and flailing her arms in the deep end. It took only a few seconds for lifeguard Makenna John to notice the girl’s ...

Lifeguard shortages closed thousands of pools and beaches during the COVID-19 pandemic, when social distancing requirements disrupted training and rising wages lured some workers to other summer jobs.

Janet Fash’s memoir is both a sunny coming-of-age story and an exposé of corruption, understaffing and unnecessary deaths at Rockaway Beach.

She’s been swimming against the tide her whole life — and she’s not stopping now. The Big Apple’s first female chief lifeguard is calling on the city to do more to keep beachgoers safe — claiming it’s ...

Flandrau State Park used to run its public pool 7 days a week, now it says its had to reduce hours because of a national ...

You're currently following this author! Want to unfollow? Unsubscribe via the link in your email. Ben Kaplan, 17, is spending the summer swimming and sitting at the pool. And he's getting paid $21 an ...

Assateague Island National Seashore park officials are wrangling with a lack of lifeguards ahead of the Independence Day weekend, with swimmers at the Maryland and Virginia portions of the park ...

Beach officials said a patrol vehicle was struck in Ormond Beach on Saturday afternoon while the lifeguard was standing next ...