LOS ANGELES (LALATE) – A medieval knight has been found underneath a Edinburgh parking lot. Additionally, the medieval knight has been found just weeks after the remains of Richard III were discovered under a Leicester parking lot.

Last month, Dr Jo Appleby, an osteo-archaeologist from the university’s School of Archaeology and Ancient History, told news that the skeleton remains of Richard II were found under a city parking lot in Leicaster. The bones had traceable DNA on them. So researchers found a 7th-generation descendant of Richard’s sister to help in DNA matching.

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ST LOUIS (LALATE) – A 600-year-old coin has been found in the Kenyan Island of Manda. The coin is believed to be from the Ming Dynasty, officials tell news.

In a news briefing this week, the Field Museum and the University of Illinois at Chicago reported that the coin carries a historic significance. First, the coin is believed to been issued by China’s Emperor Yongle Second, the coin is believed to have been worn on a belt. Third, it is one of the most convincing pieces of evidence of trade between China and east Africa at the time, officials tell news.

In a news statement, officials explained that Emperor Yongle had sent Admiral Zheng He to explore Kenya. “Zheng He was, in many ways, the Christopher Columbus of China,” Chapurukha M. Kusimba, the museum’s curator of African Anthropology, said Wednesday. “It’s wonderful to have a coin that may ultimately prove he came to Kenya.”

The coin supports evidence of trade between China and East Africa, especially in the decades after AD 1403-1425. Chapurukha Kusimba of the museum and Sloan Williams of the University of Illinois-Chicago headed the expedition. The effort was aided by scientists from Kenya, Pennsylvania and Ohio. The coin features copper and silver and would have been worn from a non ceremonial belt.

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ST LOUIS (LALATE) – Dead pigs in China are shocking health officials. More than one thousand dead pigs in a local river have been pulled by Shanghai officials. They fear the number could still rise. The cause is still under investigation.

Officials report that the Huangpu River remains a major source of drinking water for the region. But now with over a thousand dead pigs floating in that Shanghai river, health officials are calling for immediate action. And yet, government officials are under pressure after being accused of a slow response to the regional trouble.

The Shanghai Agriculture Committee tells news that the water supply remains health. But potential biohazards are being tested, Xu Rong, head of Songjiang district’s environment department, told news. “We have to act quickly to remove them all for fear of causing water pollution,” said Rong. “Is this water still drinkable after dead pigs were found floating in it?” Liu Wanqing, 60, told the region’s government run newspaper.

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ST LOUIS (LALATE) – A top restaurant has sickened sixty-three customers in Denmark. Noma has been a top restaurant for years in Denmark boasting meals of ants and fermented grasshoppers. A twelve course meal can set you back close to one thousand dollars. But now Noma has another infamous distinction, allegedly giving sixty-three people an illness in a matter of a few hours.

From 2010 to 2012, Noma won The S. Pellegrino and Acqua Panna World’s 50 Best Restaurants. It boasts a twelve cost meal that features a tour of the kitchen and visits with the chefs. But now Danish health authorities tell news that someone in that staff made customers ill.

Kreiner told news that a food safety report determined that sixty-three person were infected between February 12 and February 16. “Our business is based on having satisfied customers here and we’re incredibly sorry on behalf of our guests,” Kreiner told Danish TV2.

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ST LOUIS (LALATE) – A flight attendant pants fight has struck Asiana Airlines just days after pants were made legal in Paris. Asiana Airlines, a south Korean airline, is refusing to allow female flight attendants to wear pants. Now the dispute is heading to a labor union dispute.

Asiana Airlines tells news that it has ten pages of rules for women detailing their uniform requirements. But for men, the rules are only two pages long. Kweon Soo-joung, head of Asiana’s labor union, says that’s inapposite. Also at issue is a requirement that female flight attendants not wear pants because it’s, according to the company, not representative of its brand of “high-class Korean beauty.”

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