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A Texas state judge has been shot and wounded in the driveway of her home in Austin. Travis County District Judge Julie Kocurek was struck around 10:15 p.m. (11:15 p.m. ET) Friday near her house in the Texas capital’s Tarrytown neighborhood, said Austin police Lt. Lee Rogers.

Miley Cyrus, 22, shocked fans with a selfie she posted on Nov. 5. Wearing only a gray sports bra and leggings, Miley’s abs and muscled arm are on full display — but she’s looking skinnier than usual, and many of her fans don’t think she looks healthy. She sat on the passenger seat of a car and stuck her tongue …

A Picasso portrait of a nightclub singer which features a second painting on the reverse has sold for $US67.45 million in New York, scoring a windfall for American billionaire Bill Koch. The image remained hidden under the lining of the main painting for a century until it was uncovered during conservation work in 2000.

Richmond Police Officer Daniel Ellis has died. Dozens of officer Daniel Ellis’ comrades are escorting his body to Frankfort on Nov.6 where an autopsy is scheduled. Officer Ellis was shot while investigating a robbery in Richmond on Wednesday.

In a prison interview with ABC’s 20/20 Angelika Graswald maintains she did not kill her fiancé during a kayak trip in upstate New York. Graswald, of Poughkeepsie, allegedly admitted to tampering with the kayak used by Viafore, during an April 19 trip to Bannerman Island, according to the Orange County District Attorney’s Office.

A man died after developing tumours from cancer cells carried by a tapeworm in his body, according to a report published in the New England Journal of Medicine. The Colombian man had HIV, which weakened his immune system and is thought to have allowed the tapeworm to flourish. When doctors first examined the man in 2013, the malignant cells appeared …

Forty-seven-year-old Judy Brown didn’t know she was pregnant until one hour before she gave birth at Beverly Hospital in Beverly, Massachusetts on Wednesday. Judy Brown went to Beverly Hospital complaining of severe abdominal pain, to then be told she was actually in labour. An hour later, much to her surprise, she gave birth to an 8-pound baby.

Johnny Fratto has died after a battle with lung cancer, TMZ reports. He was 61. Johnny Fratto passed away peacefully at 12:06 a.m. surrounded by family. His wife Ivanka first confirmed his passing today. “Howard Stern Show” regular was the son of famous mob boss Louis Fratto, a major shot caller in Chicago, Illinois and Iowa in the ’30s, ’40s, …

Micah Speir, GarbageMan Hailed as ‘Hero’ After Returning $12K in Lost Checks to School. KOMO-TV in Seattle reports that Waste Management employee Micah Speir was picking up scattered trash next to some bins when he found a number of checks made out to Lawson Elementary School.

Eddie Murphy is preparing to become a father for the ninth time at the age of 54. The Oscar-nominated actor has five children – Bria, Myles, Shayne, Zola and Bella – ranging in age from 26 to 13, with his ex-wife Nicole Murphy, whom he divorced in 2006 after 22 years of marriage.

Dallas-Based Auction House Sells Signed Abraham Lincoln Document For $2.2M. Lincoln wrote and signed the text for Linton Usher, son of his interior secretary John Usher, in March 1865 in a book that includes dozens of autographs from famous 19th century figures. It sold to an anonymous collector for $2,213,000 — more than double its pre-sale estimate of $1 million, …