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• US transportation chief says all-female Blue Origin crew was ‘brave and glam’ — but not astronauts

  US Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said the all-female crew that flew to space this week may have been "brave and glam," but cannot identify as...

• Crew expect record crowd for Messi in Cleveland

  Columbus Crew is expecting a record crowd when it hosts Lionel Messi and Inter Miami, after moving the game to Cleveland.

• FSU student recalls trauma of losing sister in Parkland massacre after latest shooting at his college

  Manuel Oliver, whose 17-year-old son, Joaquin, was killed in Parkland, said: "I don’t understand how anyone could be surprised" by another school...

• NYC mom, son found dead inside squalid Bronx apartment — where 4-year-old girl was ‘screaming’ inside for days: sources

  A woman and her severely disabled 8-year-old son were found dead in their Bronx apartment Friday night after a relative went there to check on them...

• Tren de Aragua gangbanger sobs to Florida cops after crew gets busted in $30K liquor store robbery run

  "He's not such a big bad guy when he's locked up. Maybe he's having visions of El Salvador prisons at some point in time in this future."

• Ducks fire coach Cronin after just two seasons

  The Ducks have fired coach Greg Cronin after missing the NHL playoffs for a seventh straight season.