PORTLAND, Ore. — Since late last week, public pools have been extremely busy, but in the city of Portland, there are also some new rules for those looking to swim in the deep end, including passing a ...

Cornellians, like most college students, have many requirements to graduate, including reaching a certain number of credit hours, completing different distribution subjects and — if they are Arts and ...

Portland’s public pools are now requiring visitors to pass swim tests before they may plunge into the deep end. The change, which went into effect June 20 when outdoor pools opened for the summer ...

The National Zoo's Sumatran tiger cubs have been cleared for their public debut. Both cubs passed their swim reliability test at the Great Cats exhibit Wednesday. During the test, the 13-week-old ...

A few weeks back, my eight-year-old failed our local pool’s swimming test. It’s the one kids need to pass to use the diving board. He rushed back in tears, complaining about the unfairness of it all, ...

The Coast Guard is mandating a fitness test for all members, and there have been a few changes. By the end of the year, all Coast Guard members must undergo a physical fitness assessment, which will ...

For the first time in two years, Cornellians are once again swimming 75 yards across the Helen Newman Hall pool in order to complete the swim test: one of two University-wide graduation requirements ...

WASHINGTON — Two sites in the Lower Neuse failed to meet recreational water-quality standards in this week’s Swim Guide report. Those sites are the Maple Cypess boat ramp in Grifton and Slocum Creek ...