An Ohio fire department rescued more than 50 people in just three hours -- including children and six dogs who were thrown out of their rafts and kayaks on the Cuyahoga River during unexpectedly ...

Oprah Winfrey unveiled her latest book club selection, "The River Is Waiting," by Wally Lamb. It's the third time Winfrey has picked a book by Lamb.

Negotiations over the Columbia River basin could affect the environment in Canada and electrical generation and flood control in the United States.

The search for a teenager who vanished in the fast moving East River resumed Saturday, as it emerged that a friend told the 15-year-old victim to get out of the water — because she couldn&#82… ...

The mystery behind human remains that were found in the Mississippi River three years ago has finally been solved.

The Colorado River Basin has lost twice as much groundwater since 2003 as water taken out of its reservoirs, according to a study based on satellite data.

Detectives have reason to believe the 20-year-old father of 2-year-old Montrell Williams threw him into the Bronx River, near the Bruckner Expressway.

Arthur Hamilton, who wrote the torch-song classic “Cry Me a River,” recorded by Julie London, Ella Fitzgerald, Joe Cocker and others, has died at 98.

Jomarie Calasanz, a 26-year-old Los Angeles woman, went missing after being swept into the Kaweah River of Sequoia National Park last month. The search has been limited after the area became ...

Fiction: “The River Is Waiting” is a conventional white-dude-goes-to-prison book with the expected plot points.

The National Transportation Safety Board has released its preliminary report on April's Hudson River helicopter crash that killed six.

Boy falls into Genesee River in Rochester NY According to Bello, the boy was walking ahead of his mother, who was pushing another child in a stroller, when he climbed onto the bridge railing.