Red, white, and blue barber poles look patriotic, but there's a blood-soaked meaning behind their design. Those rotating red, white, and blue poles outside barbershops have become an icon. At first ...

During the Middle Ages – and in some regions, all the way through the 19th century – one could expect to get more than one's hair cut by the barber. The line between haircutter and medic was blurred, ...

World-champion pole vaulter Shawnacy “Shawn” Barber, who holds Canada’s pole vault record, has died at the age of 29, his agent confirmed in an Instagram post on Thursday. Barber died from medical ...

Barber shops don't exactly have a hard time standing out on the streetscape, and it's largely thanks to the mesmerizing poles that spin just outside of their door fronts. But where'd that barber pole ...

The University of Akron Department of Athletics announced Thursday the death of former Zips standout Shawn Barber. Barber, a World Champion, Olympian and three-time NCAA champion during his time at ...

Shawn Barber, a pole vault world champion, has died. He was 29. His Agent, Paul Doyle, told the Associated Press that he died at his home in Kingwood, Texas, on Wednesday. While a cause of death was ...

"More than just an incredible athlete, Shawn was such a good-hearted person that always put others ahead of himself," his agent, Paul Doyle, told the AP on Thursday. "It's tragic to lose such a good ...

Barbers have not always been tasked only with haircuts and beard-trims; in fact, being a barber during the Middle Ages – and in some regions, all the way through the 19th century – meant being ...

Sarah Lounder, the owner of Cuts on Main salon in the small town of Winchester, N.H., recently got a violation that just about made her hair stand on end. The New Hampshire Board of Barbering, ...

LAKE OSWEGO -- Tyler Atkinson, who has run the venerable Country Square Barber Shop for the past two years, came to work today to his classic red-white-and-blue barber pole ripped from the outside ...

Shawn Barber, the Canadian pole vault record holder and 2015 world champion, has died from medical complications. He was 29. Barber died Wednesday at home in Kingwood, Texas, his agent, Paul Doyle, ...