The state has declared that the notoriously polluted Harlem River is now officially a “swimmable” waterway — but activists ...

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BERLIN (AP) — A century after the city of Berlin banned swimming in the Spree River because it was so polluted it could make people sick, there’s a push by swimmers to get back into the water. Around ...