Experts told USA TODAY that stormwater runoff and sewage overflows were among the most likely causes, both of which are ...

Is your Labor Day weekend beach contaminated with feces? Most beaches that were tested are, but that's not ruining ...

It’s a Godless 90 degrees. You’ve escaped the inferno of your non-airconditioned apartment and high-tailed it to Madison Beach. The dock is waiting for you to jump off of it into the cool of Lake ...

Gene Coulon Beach in Renton has reopened for public swimming, giving locals a viable spot to swim during this warm September ...

Less than a week after re-opening, the Gene Coulon Memorial Beach Park swim area has been closed due to high bacteria levels ...

Thousands of Americans will head to beaches for one last summer splash this Labor Day weekend, and many of them will arrive at beaches where swimming is not advised because of unsafe levels of fecal ...

People heading to East Coast beaches this Labor Day weekend are being warned not to swim after unsafe levels of fecal contamination were found in the water.

Eleven beaches at the Jersey Shore are under swimming advisories Tuesday after water samples taken at them showed high levels of fecal bacteria. The following river, ocean and bay beaches are under ...

A popular beach in Finland has been overrun by massive loads of goose droppings, leaving sunseekers tiptoeing through a minefield of poop as officials desperately scramble to clean up the repugnant ...