New York City: Michelangelo drawing found at museum

A chalk and wash drawing found in a box in a New York City design museum is a work by Michelangelo worth more than $10 million, museum officials said Tuesday.

This detailed section of a Michelangelo drawing was discovered in the back rooms of a New York City design museum. The drawing is worth between 0 million and 2 million.

The drawing of a candelabrum is about 500 years old and in pristine condition.

It has been unanimously authenticated by Italian Renaissance art scholars and is one of fewer than 10 Michelangelos known to be in the United States, according to Paul Thompson.

The 17-by-10-inch drawing on cream-colored paper was made using black chalk, brush and brown wash with incised lines. The museum bought it for $60 in 1942 in a collection from an English estate. It was labeled “Italian, circa 1530-1540.” Its current value is between $10 million and $12 million, art dealers said.

Alabama: It’s a girl, girl, boy, boy, boy, boy

Twins run in the family, but Diamond Harris took multiple births to a rare level when she delivered sextuplets four boys and two girls all of whom were breathing on their own Tuesday.

The 27-year-old nurse gave birth to all six children within three minutes of each other Sunday in Birmingham. They weighed between 1 pound, 3 ounces and 1 pound, 12 ounces.

The babies, delivered by Caesarean section after about three hours of labor, were born after 26 1/2 weeks. A full-term pregnancy is typically about 40 weeks.

Harris said she had been undergoing fertility treatment, though there have been twins in both her family and that of her husband, Christopher. The couple also have a 7-year-old boy, Dewayne.