ENGLAND — A local woman is preparing to swim the English Channel this week. Amy Wamsley is from Yellow Springs and, according to her social media, went to England earlier this month. Wamsley is ...

The French inventor of the jet-powered hoverboard soared over the English Channel despite wind gusts Sunday, becoming the first to cross the channel in such a futuristic way after failing in his first ...

Maya Merhige made quite a splash with her latest swimming accomplishment! On Saturday, July 13, the 16-year-old girl swam across the English Channel, which spans 20.5 miles, in 11 hours and 39 minutes ...

This is not the first time the Royal Navy and NATO have had to scramble ships and aircraft to track Russian vessels passing ...

At least eight people died during a failed attempt to cross the English Channel from northern France, French maritime authorities said Sunday. The incident occurred Saturday just before midnight when ...

At least 12 people are dead after a boat carrying dozens of migrants capsized in the English Channel off the coast of northern France, Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin said Tuesday. Darmanin said ...

YELLOW SPRINGS, Ohio (WDTN) — A Yellow Springs woman has made history becoming only the second woman in Ohio to ever complete a solo English Channel swim. Yellow Springs native Amy Wamsley has ...

In 1875, Matthew Webb became the first person to swim across the English Channel (that we know about, at least), and since then, fewer than 2,000 other people have completed successful solo crossings.

For more than 50 years reporters and historians have likened a 33-kilometer English Channel marathon swim to climbing Mt. Everest. There are a few dramatic differences: About three times as many ...

At least 31 migrants died while trying to cross the English Channel, Reuters said. Their boat sank off the coast of France while trying to reach the shores of the United Kingdom. At least 31 migrants ...