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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.

• Disturbing footage released of officers fatally shooting non-verbal autistic teen

  Idaho police have released bodycam footage of officers’ fatal shooting of a non-verbal autistic teenager who was holding a knife.

• 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...

• 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.