The Rogers Area Youth Basketball Association girls' high school team and their coach Jason Hanauska (inset right) were told by the North West Basketball Association in Minnesota they would no longer welcome to play matches. They say that the news came in a letter just the day before they were due to play in a showcase tournament and while the girls were on a three game winning streak. It read: 'The Northwest Suburban Basketball League decided RAYBA does not fit into the league. The main reason they made this decision is because other teams do not want to play RAYBA due to the skill level.'

Women's Bantamweight Champion Ronda Rousey set tongues wagging that she was engaged to Travis Browne after she was spotted wearing an engagement ring on SNL. But Browne's estranged wife Jenna Renee Webb was quick to point out that he was still legally wed to her. The fitness model claims her husband viciously beat her and she issued a warning to Rousey as she shared a picture asking if it was a 'promise not to hit you like my current wife ring?' Webb posted: 'When he hits you across your pretty face don't worry, I'll be right here to say ''I told you so'''. Browne is pictured with Rousey, left, and with his ex Webb, right. Pictured inset, Rousey is seen with the ring on SNL alongside Selena Gomez and Cecily Strong.

A man wearing a turban protesting during a Donald Trump campaign rally Sunday was ejected, as the billionaire called him out. The Republican presidential candidate's rally in Muscatine, Iowa was interrupted by a group of protesters, which the man was a part of. Referring to the man wearing the turban, the businessman said: 'He wasn't wearing one of those hats, was he? Was he wearing one of those things? And he never will, and that's OK because we got to do something folks because it's not working.'

Peyton Manning brought his bashful four-year-old son Marshall with him to speak with the press after the Denver Broncos beat the New England Patriots 20-18 in the AFC Championships on Sunday. As Manning, 39, spoke to the media about his team advancing to the Super Bowl Marshall behind his star father, occasionally peeked out at the crowd. With Broncos quarterback Peyton Manning teetering on the edge of retirement, he could have a chance at scoring a second Super Bowl ring. Rumors that 39-year-old Manning, who made his NFL debut in 1998, will retire have been building all year, but he has yet to announce if he will leave the game. The Broncos will face the Carolina Panthers in the February 7 Super Bowl, after the Panthers beat the Arizona Cardinals 49-15 in the NFC Championship.

At least 31 people have died as a result of the mammoth snowstorm that pounded the eastern U.S. The deaths occurred in car accidents, from carbon monoxide poisoning, and from heart attacks.A Kentucky transportation worker Christopher Adams died while plowing snow on snow covered highways. Nicole Alston says her husband, 44-year-old Officer Vernon Alston of Delaware, collapsed while shoveling snow. College student Madeline Scalf was killed when she lost control of her car and crashed into a tree on Saturday in North Carolina. Rosa McCollough-Leake hit another vehicle head on after hitting a patch of ice and crossing over into oncoming traffic in North Carolina.

Millions of Americans didn't even leave their apartments on Saturday during the crippling blizzard. This woman, however, couldn't have cared less. Perhaps oblivious to the blistering cold, or spurred on by a bet, the unidentified brunette was captured on film running through Morgantown, West Virginia, in nothing but a white t-shirt.

The blizzard has hit New York's tourism industry hard but in certain areas of the city, enterprising locals have been using the snowstorm to set up their own businesses. One Brooklyn citizen used the vast quantities of powder in his back garden to build an igloo... and then advertised it on Airbnb. The 'Boutique winter igloo' listing offers studio living for up to two people at $200 a night.

It is illegal to wake a sleeping bear to take a picture in Alaska and sharing your Netflix password is forbidden in Tennessee. In a bid to help confused holidaymakers stay on the right side of the law on their travels, a hilarious infographic has revealed some of the most 'crazy laws' still in place in the US.

NEW On January 18, Angie Padrino (right), 21, was on the road with her son and baby daughter (top left) in the car when she pulled over at a gas station in Florida, where two men attempted to carjack her. Padrino yelled at the attackers to get away from her car, but when that didn't work, she jumped into action, dragging one of the assailants from the driver's seat and removing the mask he had on his face. The entire incident was caught on a surveillance video (bottom left).

Martin Trenneborg makes a list of demands for his victim, including that she gives him a 'girlfriend experience' when they have sex in the bunker he had built on his remote farm in Axeltorp, southern Sweden. The 38-year-old, whose trial begins today in Stockholm, Sweden, also adds that she can reduce her sentence by performing a number of degrading sex acts. The contract covers a period of ten years, an indication of how long Trenneborg had planned on keeping the woman, who is in her 30s, locked in the bunker. In addition, the contract stipulates that the woman would be punished for refusing sex, masturbating and trying to escape, the latter leading to another five years in the bunker.

NEW Birgette Drake (pictured bottom right with her fiance) was shopping with the youngster in Indianapolis when she saw the display had been changed to spell out the racial slur. She reported it to the cashier, who turned around, laughed and admitted to spelling out the word because she thought it was funny. Mrs Drake posted then posted an image of the display on Facebook along with a message condemning the store's management. Michaels have since apologized, insisting they do not tolerate discrimination. However some social media users have said they will be boycotting the store unless the employee responsible is fired.

Gorging on junk food, binge drinking vodka and downing 10L of fluids a day are some of the extreme dieting methods women are using to enter bodybuilding competitions, it has emerged. But a leading Australian doctor has warned that these intense techniques are putting the lives of young women at risk because of the impact on their long-term health.

Footage, believed to be filmed in Indonesia, shows a bully punching a boy because of his orange rucksack - but it ends up in full-blown fight. As the crowds cheer and form a ring, the pair wrestle on the floor before the younger boy kicks his tormentor in the face, leaving him unconscious. The video has now gone viral and provoked an outpouring of praise for the boy.

Police are trying to find Jonathan Thieu, Hossein Nayeri and Bac Duong, and are investigating how they managed to get out of the Orange County Central Men's Jail in Santa Ana. The trio, who are awaiting trial for a string of violent crimes including murder and torture, were last seen at 5am on Friday during the morning inmate head count. They are now on the run and considered to be armed and very dangerous. It's been revealed that men cut through half-inch steel bars, made their way through plumbing tunnels and rappelled down four storeys from the roof using a makeshift rope. A source has said a bloodhound lost the inmate's scent when they got to the road, suggesting a car may have been waiting to pick them up. Orange County Sheriff Sandra Hutchens said: 'I can tell you that this is a very sophisticated-looking operation.'

With just weeks to go before Super Bowl 50, residents looking to make a quick buck in the San Francisco Bay area are renting out their homes for extortionate prices. Hotels in the area sold out long ago. Joining what has become an annual tradition that gathers more steam each winter, scores of residents of the Bay Area hosting the big game are jumping into the hospitality business, using sites like Airbnb to rent out their homes, apartments, cottages and spare bedrooms to the football faithful who coming to town.

The latest addition to the brand's #AerieREAL campaign - which promises to show 'real' women without retouching them - is 18-year-old model Barbie, who has a 30" waist and 44" hips. She wears a hot pink two-piece in a new campaign video and explains that it's important for women to see unretouched bodies like hers. Social media users have been calling Barbie's ad 'inspiring' and saying her body-positivity gives them a confidence boost. The American model also answered to her critics, saying society is irresponsible for making size-12 women like her feel bad about their size.

Scott Kelly, from Orange in New Jersey, snapped the snowstorm in full flow from the International Space Station. The 64-year-old has become renowned for his Twitter posts, as he spends a year out of the planet. He is due back in a few weeks and will land in Kazakhstan. Jonas wreaked havoc in the US, with eleven states declaring a state of emergency.

The diary of British explorer Henry Worsley has revealed the heart wrenching moment he realised he would not finish his journey after battling weeks of extreme exhaustion and dehydration. The 55-year-old former Army officer, from Fulham, London, was 71 days in to his attempt to become the first adventurer to cross Antarctica completely unsupported and unassisted, but collapsed in his tent on Friday and was rushed to hospital. The married father-of-two (pictured left in his tent, bottom right with David Beckham during the expedition and top right with the Duchess of Cambridge in 2012) died yesterday morning at a Chile hospital after succumbing to organ failure.

Owner Sarah Ann Stevens, from Washington, (pictured center) ran 'crying like a baby' to get help, and manged to rescue the cat after taking apart the car, using tools given to her by customers at Costco. She is now appealing for a new home for Thomas (left and right) in the countryside as she believes that urban life is too dangerous for him.

A Russian beauty queen contestant strangled the 10-year-old daughter of her ex lover with a pair of tights in revenge for being dumped. Ekaterina Poberezhnaya, 23, (pictured) was found guilty of murdering the girl, called Nastya, in the small village of Lazo, in the Primorsky Krai region of south east Russia. She was sentenced to 12 years in prison for the shocking crime..

Incredible pictures reveal the moment a ferocious young lion found itself impaled on the horns of a water buffalo during an epic ninety minute battle. The unlucky cub (pictured) was caught on the horn of a cape bull buffalo as it leapt onto the animal, while it was grazing in long grass, in the Mala Mala Game Reserve in South Africa.

Behind their smiles and pristine uniforms, cabin crew from airlines based all over the world, in countries including the US and Australia, are gradually losing their patience with passengers. Air stewards have taken to Whisper, the anonymous confession app, to reveal what they're really thinking during the flight, from hoping turbulence 'knocks you on your ass' to spitting in people's drinks that annoy them.

Guard Eric Mac Lain (left) and linebacker Travis Blanks (right) both proposed to their girlfriends at Saturday's end-of-the-year banquet for the Clemson Tigers football team. The banquet was held at the team's practice facility in Clemson, South Carolina. The Tigers won the ACC championship, but lost to Alabama in the NCAA championship game on January 11.

NEW Zeus, an African Serval from Nevada was treated to a live meal of goldfish by owner - model and former reality TV star Morgan Lynn, 30, from Nevada. The animals are illegal in all but four states and their diet requires whole prey. Opinions are divided as to whether feeding them live prey is necessary or cruel.

The rhesus macaque has formed a unique and unlikely bond with a homeless puppy in Erode, southern India. A series of touching photos shared on Facebook show how the monkey has 'adopted' the little abandoned dog - feeding it, cleaning it and protecting it. Mystery surrounds how they have formed such an unlikely companionship. They were first spotted together earlier in the month, and the monkey hasn't let the dog out of its sight since.

Users of the dating website shared their contrasting snaps on Twitter to show the 'reality' of how they look when browsing the app for potential lovers compared to the photos displayed in their profiles. The daring men and women proved they don't take themselves too seriously when sharing their real-life snaps, which weren't quite as flawless as those seen on their Tinder profiles.

Astronomers in the UK were treated to a rare view of Venus, Saturn, Mars and Jupiter lining up in an arc across the sky (pictured). In the coming weeks Mercury will be added to the list. It will be the first time the five planets have been visible in the same part of the sky together for a decade. The best views are expected to occur just before dawn between the 5 and 7 February, provided the skies remain clear.

The German engineering team behind the FlyShip (illustrated inset left and main) said it is set to revolutionize the way we travel across sea. It would primarily be used as a maritime transport vehicle, but could also be used as a commercial passenger transport and even for military uses, including anti-piracy missions. According to designs, the FlyShip can hold 100 passengers, has a cabin space area (pictured inset right) of 1,500 square ft, is about 121ft long and has a wingspan of 131ft.

Shanghai's 'marriage market', a weekly fair held in the People's Park, sees more than a million worrisome parents coming every year to find the Mr or Mrs Right for their only child. Participants display child's information on A4 paper then wait for patrons. Candidates are almost considered as products and a day's 'business' can get good or bad for the worrisome parents. The candidate's 'condition' is usually given in the most straightforward way: age, education level, occupation, income, and personality. Women are preferred to be 'pretty' and 'quiet' while 'affluent' and 'responsible' men are most desirable.