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Rodney King had been drinking and was on drugs when he plunged into a swimming pool and accidentally drowned in June, a coroner's report released Thursday concluded. The report confirmed a previous police conclusion that King died by accident, and the case will be closed, Rialto police Capt. Randy DeAnda said.

The new rule means many public pools can no longer rely on drain covers alone to prevent children from drowning or being injured.

The body of a woman who apparently drowned in a state-run swimming pool in Massachusetts remained in the water unnoticed for two days until passersby finally alerted police, authorities said on Thursday.

A child dies in a portable pool every five days during warm-weather months, according to the first U.S. study on child drownings in such pools, a statistic that the study's senior author says demonstrates the need for consumer education and affordable protection devices....

Three people were found dead in a San Diego home's swimming pool Tuesday and a fourth body was discovered in a bathtub inside, authorities said.

A soccer match in Sao Paulo, Brazil, was halted after torrential rains flooded the stands, with some fans even enjoying a swim. NBC’s Ann Curry has more details.

A key investor with convicted swindler Bernie Madoff drowned in his swimming pool Sunday afternoon, police said.

A 5-year-old boy was pulled not breathing from a pool at a large backyard party Sunday night and was later pronounced dead.

The foreclosure crisis has emptied neighborhoods with once-gleaming pools, now sitting caked with algae, infested with mosquitoes. The problem has grown so dire, environmental health specialists in Western states have turned to mosquitofish to police the stagnant waters; for the little silvery creatures a batch of larvae is like a prime-rib buffet.

Children's lives are at risk in swimming pools across the country as government agencies waffle on how to enforce a new federal law, child safety advocates say.