Greetings from Michelle in snowy Washington, DC, where I’m grappling with flashbacks. It was 18 degrees and snowing in ...

Angel Knopick, of Gary, grew up near Lakeland Park in Burns Harbor. She fondly recalls summers spent at the park. On Saturday, she swam in the frigid lake as part of the park department’s first ...

Dozens of people gathered at Carson Beach in Boston for a polar plunge to raise awareness and money for ALS on a freezing Saturday.

Under the Radar, Prototype, Live Artery, and the Exponential Festival all administer a series of shocks to the system, like ...

Chief Shon Barnes in his blog Thursday morning said the 32-year-old who was brought to a local hospital in critical condition ...

See nine of the week’s most interesting images from around the world, as selected by Washington Post photo editors.

Thousands of participants rang in the new year with a cold jump into the water at Coney Island for the 122nd annual Polar ...

Coney Island Polar Bear Plunge drew thousands of people to the beach on New Year's Day as participants took a freezing dip to ...

Brrrr! On New Year’s Day, people, as always, were ringing in the new year with a famous Brooklyn tradition. Cold temperatures ...

A polar vortex is about to impact the United States and deliver what the National Weather Service has described as “the ...

Thousands of New Yorkers braved the cold weather and water to plunge into the Atlantic Ocean on Wednesday as part of the ...

New Year's Day at Coney Island came with its traditional icy splash as an estimated 4,000 brave souls ventured into the ...