A high school lacrosse player from Ohio died this week at the age of 16 after a freak accident during a game.Dylan Veselic, a sophomore at Bay Village High School, died Thursday after taking a ball to the head two days prior.Veselic was injured after a shot from an opponent struck the back of his head underneath his helmet. He underwent surgery on Wednesday, but it was not enough.CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COM"We are deeply touched by the overwhelming support and kindness shown by our community and beyond. We ask that you continue to keep us in your thoughts and prayers during this difficult time," the family said in a statement."Dylan was a dedicated student and athlete, and we are heartbroken by this loss," Bay Village Schools Superintendent Scot Prebles said in a statement, via Cleveland.com. "Counseling services are available at Bay High School for students, staff and family who need support."A fundraiser in honor of Veselic has raised over $80,000; its goal was just $500.Those in the community have left both lacrosse and hockey sticks and soccer balls on their porches and lawns in support.COLLEGE FOOTBALL OFFENSIVE LINEMAN BEN CHRISTMAN DIED OF IRREGULAR HEARTBEAT, CORONER SAYS"Dylan was an amazing student, always wearing a smile on his face while supporting his fellow teammates," added Bay Village athletic director Matt Spellman said."He was kind, hardworking and dedicated, consistently showing leadership, empathy and a positive attitude both on the field and in the classroom."Veselic was listed as a captain of the team on MaxPreps.This was his second season on varsity, playing for the varsity team as a freshman, as well. He played in 25 high school games.The team canceled a game on Thursday, the day he died, for a prayer service. Their next game is scheduled for Tuesday.Follow Fox News Digitalssports coverage on X,and subscribe tothe Fox News Sports Huddle newsletter.

A 2018 deal between the Vatican and the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) secured by Cardinal Pietro Parolin is once again under scrutiny as questions remain over how newly appointed Pope Leo XIV will take on the CCP.The Parolin-brokered deal was and remains a controversial agreement between the leaders of the Catholic Church and the CCP, which has long oppressed Catholics across China.While the agreement was championed by the late Pope Francis and his secretary of state, Parolin the Vaticans top diplomat as a step toward "normalizing" Catholicism in the communist nation, experts argue it has brought dangerous consequences for the faithful.WORLD LEADERS CONGRATULATE POPE LEO XIV, FIRST AMERICAN PONTIFF"It erodes papal authority to appoint bishops, the leadership of the Catholic Church in China," Nina Shea, senior fellow and director of the Center for Religious Freedom at Hudson Institute, told Fox News Digital."A principal responsibility of a bishop is to train and ordain priests," she explained. "Therefore, the CCP has been given control in determining the chain of authority in the hierarchical church."Under this agreement, all Catholic clergy are required to register with the CCPs Patriotic Association which was created in 1957 and was long rejected by the Catholic Church as illegitimate because it required that all clergy reject foreign influence, including that of the pope.Parolin in 2019 said the aim of this agreement was "to advance religious freedom in the sense of finding normalization for the Catholic community."Details of the deal remain unclear because it has been kept secret, explained Shea.While the agreement reportedly looked to end the decades-long negative ties between the Vatican and the CCP by allowing China to have more influence over bishop appointments, experts have argued for years it gave too much authority to the oppressive government.But there is an even greater problem when it comes to the Vatican seeming to have capitulated to the CCP.FIRST AMERICAN ELECTED PONTIFF, GET TO KNOW POPE LEO XIVFollowing the agreement, the Vatican additionally agreed to drop its support for the underground Catholic network, which has existed in China for decades and has supported millions of Catholics in the country. According to Shea, the CCP essentially "tricked" the Vatican because it simultaneously, in what she believes was an unbeknownst move to Parolin, banned children from being allowed in the Catholic Church this ban included important sacraments of the church like baptisms, holy communion and confirmations.The ban effectively blocks the continuation of the Catholic Church in China."The underground, even during the harshest period under Mao, carried out this education and evangelization," Shea said. "Without being able to perpetuate itself, the Catholic Church in China could die out in a couple generations.""Its a campaign to create an atheist society," she added.The Vatican did not immediately respond to Fox News Digitals questions over whether Pope Leo will adhere to the agreement with the CCP or look to forge a new one.TAIWAN EYES VATICAN-CHINA TIES AFTER POPE FRANCIS' DEATHBut in his first homily on Friday since being made leader of the Catholic Church, Pope Leo highlighted the churchs fight against rising atheism."There are many settings in which Jesus, although appreciated as a man, is reduced to a kind of charismatic leader or superman. This is true not only among non-believers but also among many baptized Christians, who thus end up living, at this level, in a state of practical atheism," he said. "These are contexts where it is not easy to preach the Gospel and bear witness to its truth, where believers are mocked, opposed, despised or at best tolerated and pitied."The pope said, for this reason, "missionary outreach is desperately needed."Pope Leo warned that a "lack of faith" has led to not only a "loss of meaning in life" for many, but also "the neglect of mercy, appalling violations of human dignity, the crisis of the family and so many other wounds that afflict our society."While congratulatory messages were issued by leaders of Catholic and non-Catholic nations alike, China did not issue a similar message upon the popes appointment on Thursday.In a Friday press conference, when asked about the Churchs new leader, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Lin Jian said, "We hope that under the leadership of the new pope, the Vatican will continue to have dialogue with China in a constructive spirit, have in-depth communication on international issues of mutual interest, jointly advance the continuous improvement of the China-Vatican relations and make contributions to world peace, stability, development and prosperity."

Transgender troops have between 30 and 60 days to self-separate from the military after a court order allowed the ban on their service to move forward, according to a Thursday memo from Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth."After a SCOTUS victory for@POTUS, TRANS is out at the DOD," Hegseth wrote on X, along with a video announcing the new deadline.Approximately 1,000 service members have selfidentified as having gender dysphoria and will begin the voluntary separation process, according to the Pentagon.Active duty service members have until June 6, one month after the courts ruling, to leave the military. Reservists have until July 7.SUPREME COURT STAYS LOWER COURT RULING, ALLOWING TRUMP TRANSGENDER BAN TO PROCEED"The Secretary is encouraged by the Supreme Court's order staying the lower court's injunction, allowing the Department of Defense to carry out its policies associated with Prioritizing Military Excellence and Readiness," Pentagon chief spokesperson Sean Parnell said in a statement celebrating the ruling and announcing the new timeline."In accordance with policy now reinstated, service members who have a current diagnosis or history of or exhibit symptoms consistent with gender dysphoria may elect to separate voluntarily," Hegseth said, adding that if they chose not to do so by the deadline, they would be removed "involuntarily, if necessary."HEGSETH SAYS HE'S SIGNING MEMO ON COMBAT ARMS STANDARDS FOR MEN AND WOMENThe high court ruling was a victory for the White House, even as the justices did not address the underlying merits of the case or PresidentDonald Trump's Jan. 27 executive order banning transgender service members from the U.S. military.A lower court had issued an injunction on the policy. The Trump administration argued that delaying the policy could pose a threat to U.S. military readiness.Trump officials have argued that the transgender military policy "furthers the governments important interests in military readiness, unit cohesion, good order and discipline, and avoiding disproportionate costs."An executive order signed by Trump in January ordered Hegseth to update medical standards to ensure they "prioritize readiness and lethality" and take action to "end the use of invented and identification-based pronouns" within the DOD.It says that expressing a "gender identity" different from an individuals sex at birth does not meet military standards.A categorical ban on transgender service members was lifted in 2014 under then-PresidentBarack Obama.Between Jan. 1, 2016, and May 14, 2021, the DOD reportedly spent approximately $15 million on providing transgender treatments (surgical and nonsurgical) to 1,892 active-duty service members, according to the Congressional Research Service.The transgender ban is part of a broader push by the new Pentagon leadership to root out any policies related to diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI).Last month, Hegseth announced that "99.9%" of DEI-related policies had been eliminated at the Defense Department, as he raised standards for fitness tests and moved to ensure the combat fitness test held men and women to the same standards.Fox News' Breanne Deppisch and Haley Chi-Sing contributed to this report.

While President Donald Trump wants to gut the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), lawmakers on both sides of the aisle are seeking to elevate FEMA to a Cabinet-level agency.FEMA is currently housed under the Department of Homeland Security, but the House effort would solidify FEMA as its own separate agency, according to a discussion draft of the legislation released Thursday.House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Chairman Rep. Sam Graves, R-Mo., and committee ranking member Rep. Rick Larsen, D-Wash., are spearheading the legislation.Other proposals included in the draft legislation are instructing the Office of Management and Budget to create a centralized website tracking disaster assistance recovery across the federal government, and allowing FEMA to foot the bill for repairs to homes suffering damage in disasters.Currently, FEMA only covers expenses that make a home livable following disasters.FEMA IS NOT GOOD: TRUMP ANNOUNCES AGENCY OVERHAUL DURING VISIT TO NORTH CAROLINA"By releasing this discussion draft legislation, we hope to engage our colleagues and stakeholders on comprehensive FEMA reform," Graves said in a Thursday statement. "This draft bill includes substantive changes that will transform FEMA and our emergency programs to be much more state and locally driven not micro-managed into ineffectiveness by the federal government."While Trump and Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem have voiced support for eradicating FEMA, the former acting administrator of FEMA, Cameron Hamilton, warned against gutting the agency on Wednesday."I do not believe it is in the best interest of the American people to eliminate the Federal Emergency Management Agency," Hamilton told lawmakers on the House Appropriations committee on Wednesday."Having said that, Im not in a position to make a decision," Hamilton said. "That is a conversation that should be had between the president of the United States and this governing body."However, Hamilton, who previously served as a hospital corpsman in the U.S. Navy with SEAL Team 8 and started leading FEMA in January, was ousted from his post Thursday.ACTING FEMA ADMINISTRATOR OUT AFTER PUSHING BACK AGAINST TRUMP'S AGENCY PLANSFEMA confirmed to Fox News Digital Thursday that Hamilton was no longer with the agency.Days after his inauguration in January, Trump visited North Carolina to oversee the state's efforts to recover from Hurricane Helene, more than 120 days after the storm struck the state. On the trip, Trump floated plans to gut FEMA, which oversaw the disaster relief efforts."I'll also be signing an executive order to begin the process of fundamentally reforming and overhauling FEMA, or maybe getting rid of FEMA," Trump told reporters in North Carolina. "I think, frankly, FEMA is not good."The executive order established a review council to evaluate potential reforms to FEMA, including whether the agencys bureaucracy restricts its ability to appropriately respond to disasters. Likewise, Trumps budget proposal includes plans to slash nearly $650 million in FEMA grants.On Tuesday, Noem told lawmakers that Trump stands by his statements that FEMAs current setup should be quashed."He believes that FEMA and its response in many, many circumstances has failed the American people, and that FEMA as it exists today should be eliminated," Noem said.

CNN senior political commentator Scott Jennings laughed at fellow network commentator Ana Navarro Thursday night after she insisted former President Joe Biden doesn't "tell many lies."The conservative commentator burst out laughing at Navarro also a co-host on ABCs "The View" after she denied reporting that Biden had told former Vice President Kamala Harris to leave "no daylight" between their agendas while she campaigned for president last year.Navarro recounted that Biden denied the "daylight" comment during a live interview on "The View" earlier in the day and said she believed him, adding that she doesn't think he lies often.Jennings asked her of Biden, "You think hes ever told a lie?" Navarro replied, "I dont think he tells many lies," prompting Jennings to bend over laughing.JEN PSAKI RECALLS REACTION TO BIDEN'S DEBATE, HEARTBREAKING SUMMER BEFORE 2024 EXIT: I WAS LIKE, IS HE OK?The clash came several hours after Navarro and her "View" co-hosts spoke to Joe and Jill Biden on the set of the ABC talk show Thursday morning, asking him about claims made in a new book that he requested that Harris leave "no daylight" between them."Well, look, first of all, I did not advise her to say that, number one. Like I said, I was vice president. I understand the role, number one," he said. "Number two, I think it was, I think she was talking about, she wouldnt have changed the successes we had, not opposed to, we wouldnt change anything at all. She has to be her own person, and she was."Bidens response conflicted with reporting in "Fight: Inside the Wildest Battle for the White House," the book written by reporters Amie Parnes and Jonathan Allen in the aftermath of the 2024 election.Bidens alleged request to his then-vice president was seen as one of the contributing reasons for her loss. Critics have claimed Harris didnt do enough to separate herself from her ex-bosss unpopular presidency.Jennings confronted Navarro over the answer she received from Biden on her other show, suggesting shed rather believe Bidens statements over Parnes and Allens reporting."Its been reported. He told [Harris] point-blank he told her point-blank, No daylight, kid. No daylight," the conservative said, as Navarro tried to speak over him.BIDEN TELLS THE VIEW HE WASN'T SURPRISED HARRIS LOST, BLAMES SEXISM, RACISM"The View" co-host shot back that Jennings, a media critic, was buying the journalists claims without much skepticism."Oh, because reporting can never be wrong?" she asked."Are you attacking the journalism around it?," he replied."You think reporting can never be wrong? You come in and you come on here and you attack reporting every night! We actually asked him the question directly," Navarro responded, referencing her interview with Biden.Jennings rejected Bidens response, saying, "Theres critical reporting about this guy, and he told her point-blank, No daylight.'"After Jennings laughed at her denial that Biden wasn't being honest, Navarro hit back, "No. You know why you dont get to laugh like that? Because you support a guy who lies every freaking day and lies continuously. You support a guy who cannot acknowledge that he lost the 2020 election, and that lies about it."By this point in the discussion, the two were almost yelling at each other, prompting CNN anchor Abby Phillip to end the segment.CLICK HERE FOR MORE COVERAGE OF MEDIA AND CULTUREFollowing the interview, Jennings continued defending his point on X, sharing the image of Allens headline mentioning Bidens alleged "daylight" claim.In the post, the CNN commentator invited the authors of the Biden book to refute Navarro and Bidens statements, writing, "Care to weigh in, @amieparnes and @jonallendc? Youve been called liars here on the no daylight kid moment - but my bet is youve got it right and Joe Biden cant remember what he had for breakfast yesterday. This will not age well."Allen replied to Jennings on Friday morning, declaring "We stand by our reporting, which @TheView noted was deeply sourced."In a follow-up post, Allen even argued that Biden had not even denied the "daylight" claim specifically.He wrote, "Also, Biden was asked a two-part question. 1) Harris saying theres not a thing that comes to mind on The View. 2) that he encouraged her to have no daylight from him. He answered the first I did not advise her to say that and ignored the second. Roll tape."

Audio of an air traffic controller during the latest outage at Newark Liberty International Airport is released on America Reports.

Karoline Leavitt shot back at a reporters frankly ridiculous question about President Trump meeting business contacts in the Middle East, reminding the reporter that he left a life of luxury for public service.

Audio of an air traffic controller during the latest outage at Newark Liberty International Airport is released on America Reports.

Debra Lea joins Fox Across America With Jimmy Failla to share her thoughts on a statue of a 12-foot-tall Black woman in casual clothing that was recently installed in New York City's Times Square.

Karoline Leavitt shot back at a reporters frankly ridiculous question about President Trump meeting business contacts in the Middle East, reminding the reporter that he left a life of luxury for public service.