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> PWTorch editor Wade Keller presents a special Thursday Flagship edition of the Wade Keller Pro Wrestling Podcast featuring a WrestleMania 36 Preview with ex-WWE Creative Team member and professional stand-up comedian Matt McCarthy. (Search “wade keller” to subscribe in podcast app or CLICK HERE to subscribe in Apple Podcasts.) TORCH TODAY – Saturday, November …

Harvard sued over clamp down on single gender fraternities and sororities 

Harvard is being sued for sexual discrimination over its attempts to clamp down down on single gender social clubs. A group of fraternities and sororities accused the elite university of violating their civil rights. This academic year Harvard began enforcing a policy aimed at stamping out single-sex organisations. It had stopped formally recognising them in …

Inside the Dutch province where gas extraction tremors left houses crumbling

The village of Doodstil – which translates as ‘dead quiet’ in Dutch – feels like it could have been named as part of an elaborate joke. Despite its name and appearance, this cluster of homes surrounded by flat, green fields and picturesque dykes actually sits in an unlikely earthquake zone. Fifty-five years of conventional gas …

Ryan Zinke, Donald Trump’s cowboy-booted interior secretary, becomes latest Cabinet member to leave office 

Donald Trump announced the departure of another member of his Cabinet, Ryan Zinke, the latest in a series of high profile departures from his administration. As interior secretary Mr Zinke, 51, a former Navy SEAL from Montana, wore cowboy boots to the office. He spearheaded a rolling back of environmental regulations, and an expansion of …

Brawn: ‘Off the pace’ Ferrari quickly needs to identify issues

Formula 1’s director of motorsports Ross Brawn says Ferrari has a long road to recovery ahead of itself, but the Italian outfit needs to quickly identify the root cause of the weakness of its SF1000. Ferrari lucked into a second place finish with Charles Leclerc in the opening race of the 2020 season, but the …

The fashion industry can no longer justify the use of leather without traceability

A new exposé by Peta is aimed to shake up fashion’s leather industry, which often overlooks transparency in the supply chain of manufacturers, specifically when it comes to animal cruelty. A global-wide ban of fur and industry calling for the ethical treatment of animals has largely evaded leather producers, as leather is still seen as …

Excitement builds with ticket sales brisk as U.S. Olympic Team Trials in Iowa City starts in one month

It is exactly one month before the 2016 U.S. Olympic Team Trials for Wrestling will be held at Carver-Hawkeye Arena in Iowa City, Iowa, April 9-10. Top stars from international wrestling have already qualified to compete including Olympic champion and three-time World champion Jordan Burroughs, three-time World champion Adeline Gray, 2015 World champion Kyle Snyder, …

Cadet World champion Steveson headlines list of USAW Junior Folkstyle Nationals champions

CEDAR FALLS, Iowa – Star power was aplenty at the UNI-Dome on Saturday as 15 wrestlers were crowned Cliff Keen/USA Wrestling Junior Folkstyle Nationals champions and took the first steps towards becoming a 2016 Triple Crown winner. 2014 USA Wrestling Triple Crown winner Danny Vega (Tucson Cyclones) picked up his second-straight Folkstyle Nationals championship in …