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For more than two months, newly unionized workers at the Medieval Times in Buena Park have been on strike, picketing at the popular themed dinner theater. Last week, customers, apparently frustrated with protesting workers blocking the…

It’s 1 p.m. on a recent Thursday in San Jose, and Steaphen Fick is intently watching two grown men swing unsharpened steel swords at each other. One of them is apparently not striking the other with enough force. Fick interrupts. “Don’t be…

For several long months in the 1990s, Ronald Sherman travelled all over southern California catching flies. As a qualified doctor pursuing an infectious diseases fellowship, Sherman was curious about a potential new – and also very old –…

Newly unionized cast members are on strike at the Buena Vista location of Medieval Times this week, calling for increased wages, better workplace conditions and less of what multiple cast members believe to be hostile responses from…

Through her words, the author paints a socio-political picture of women in the Middle Ages and the roles they played in society.BOSTON, Dec. 28, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Author Amelia Rogers' novel, "Four Princesses from Provence," highlights…

It's not every day that one discovers antique heirlooms, but one lucky metal detectorist in England did just that in 2019. Now, his find is expected to fetch thousands of pounds at auction.While searching on a farm near Thorncombe…

Our Medieval ancestors left us with a biological legacy: Genes that may have helped them survive the Black Death make us more susceptible to certain diseases today. It’s a prime example of the way germs shape us over time, scientists…