A Texas politician proposes a bill that would fine men $100 for masturbating in a bid to flip the switch on the struggles women face in accessing reproductive health care — particularly regarding abortion — by targeting men.

Freezing temperatures and heavy winds are not a great combination for a house on the shore of Lake Ontario in New York state.

Australian star centre Andrew Bogut has been waived by the Cleveland Cavaliers after breaking his leg just seconds into his debut.

White House press secretary Sean Spicer appeared to soften Donald Trump's unproven assertion that Barack Obama "wire tapped" phones at President Trump's New York skyscraper, saying the phrase — as it appeared in an early morning Twitter spray — was not meant to be taken literally.

The three-tonne torso of a massive statue that may be of one of Egypt's most famous pharaohs is lifted from mud and groundwater where it was recently discovered in a Cairo suburb.