What should be a moment of well-being sometimes turns into a nightmare. The location? A municipal swimming pool, a space you might frequent regularly to swim, relax, and move without pressure. The ...

Females in Berlin, Germany will soon be able to bathe topless in the city’s public swimming pools after the local government changed rules in response to a woman’s discrimination complaint. The ...

This summer, it’s hot. We don’t need to tell you. America’s been suffering a catastrophic heat wave for more than a month—no part of the country has been immune. That means people are scrambling to ...

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BERLIN (AP) — Women in Berlin will soon be allowed to go topless at the city’s public swimming pools, like men, the Berlin state government said Thursday. The new bathing rules allowing everyone to go ...

DURAND — Residents in Durand now have a new place to go during the summer, as the city opened its new community pool Monday. Acting as more than renovations, the new space is also a refreshing change ...

This story about swimming in Paris is part of How Paris Moves, a series of dispatches about communities and social change in France through the lens of the 2024 Summer Olympics. It’s another Friday ...

While Sacramento looks into ways to reopen the only public pool in the central city next year, some community members are calling for equitable investments and plans to prevent future closures. Public ...

The dog days of summer are finally behind us, but I’m still burned by the memory of this year’s heat. Summers in Massachusetts are becoming hotter and muggier, to the extent where even the ...

The council said the "strength of public support" sparked a proposed package of repairs for the facility [North Yorkshire Council] A £1.2m swimming pool repair programme is to be considered following ...