MELBOURNE, Australia(AP) — A 13-year-old boy swam for four hours in cold and choppy waters to save his mother and two younger siblings who had been swept out to sea off the coast of Western Australia.

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The United States’ oldest whitewater festival FIBArk returns to Salida, CO this June 13-16, 2024. Celebrating its 75th anniversary, FIBArk (“First In Boating On The Arkansas”), honors the birth of ...

One of the reasons I love Alaska is that almost every conversation between skiers, hunters, whitewater enthusiasts, fishermen, or mountaineers ends up being a discussion about the state. If you start ...