Drowning is a leading cause of accidental death for children, especially impacting minority communities due to historical and socioeconomic factors. Learning to swim is crucial for water safety and ...

Rhode Island is offering another round of grants to fund free swimming lessons for children. The Water Safety Grant Program aims to reduce accidental drownings, which average 16 per year in the state.

A little over two years ago, in a fit of what I now see was post-retirement mania, I did something that had been kicking around my head for a while: I got my Red Cross lifeguard certification, ...