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A teenage boy floating on a piece of a fence in an area flooded by Hurricane Milton was rescued Thursday.Deputies with the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office were patrolling on a boat when they came across the 14-year-old. VIDEO RESURFACES SHOWING FEMA PRIORITIZING EQUITY OVER HELPING GREATEST NUMBER OF PEOPLE IN DISASTER RELIEFFootage released by the sheriff’s office shows the boy alone in the water in Tampa and the boat pulls up with deputies. “We’re coming to you. Be careful,” a deputy is heard saying. The teen is seen getting on the vessel to safety. He didn’t have any injuries, the sheriff’s office told Fox News Digital. FEMA HEAD DENIES AGENCY IS SHORT ON MONEY FOR DISASTER RELIEF BECAUSE FUNDS WENT TO ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS  A spokesperson declined to disclose any other details, including the location of the boy’s parents. Milton barreled across Florida and reached the Atlantic Ocean by Thursday. The storm left 3 million people without power and several people dead. Milton came two weeks after Hurricane Helene ravaged parts of the southeast United States. In addition, Milton spawned a series of tornadoes that caused major damage. 



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Nearly six decades ago, Mike Krzyzewski and Jim Valvano wanted to beat each other on the basketball court as players. Today, Coach K is doing everything he can to beat what took Jimmy V way too early.Valvano, of course, died of cancer in 1993, yet it was his speech at the ESPY Awards, just weeks before succumbing to the disease, that kick-started what has become perhaps the most notable cancer research fund in the world.That speech occurred over 31 years ago, and today, the longtime Duke head coach is a board member of The V Foundation.CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COM”Jimmy and I, obviously, were competitors when he was playing at Rutgers and I was at West Point. … We both came down to North Carolina together. We were not close friends, we were competitors. Once he got out of coaching and into broadcasting, we became good friends, and when he was diagnosed with cancer, we became brothers,” Krzyzewski said in a recent interview with Fox News Digital. “He had an amazing vision to try to beat cancer, because his was incurable. So 31 years later, I’m still on the V team. The V Foundation has raised over $350 million, and it’s morphed into billions of dollars of research. It’s magical.”Last month, Krzyzewski hosted a Jimmy V event in his hometown of Chicago that raised more than $2 million, which was a full-circle moment for the 77-year-old. It also hit home even more as both Coach K’s mother and brother died of cancer.GEORGIA BOARD OF REGENTS WANTS NCAA TO PLACE BAN ON TRANSGENDER ATHLETES PLAYING WOMEN’S COLLEGIATE SPORTS”It’s something we need to build on. It was a magical two days. Good food, good wine, and really developed a mood, a really positive attitude mood, from everyone there. They were all really happy to be a part of the occasion,” Krzyzewski said.Jimmy V’s legendary “Don’t give up, don’t ever give up” is just as powerful now as it was when he first said those words, ignoring a flashing button that told him he had roughly a minute left to speak on the stage.But because the disease still exists, and despite the millions of dollars invested, Coach K owes it to his old friend to do what he can to eventually knock cancer out.”The thing that keeps my passion is that cancer is still here, and it impacts over 2 million people in our country in some way. We’re finding cures, we are winning, we just haven’t won the whole game. This works,” Coach K said. “When something works in a game, you keep running that play.”Follow Fox News Digital’s sports coverage on X and subscribe to the Fox News Sports Huddle newsletter.



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Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson made a triumphant return to the WWE on Saturday at Bad Blood – about six months after he was last seen on RAW addressing Cody Rhodes.The main event at Bad Blood featured Rhodes and Roman Reigns teaming up to take on the new iteration of The Bloodline in Solo Sikoa and Jacob Fatu, with Tama Tonga and Tonga Loa lurking in the shadows.CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COMAfter the strange pairing of Rhodes and Reigns defeated Sikoa and Fatu, The Rock’s music blared and State Farm Arena became unglued. The fans went wild as Rocky came out to leer at Rhodes and Reigns. The Rock didn’t say anything – but he didn’t need to. He seemed to be on the precipice of a return to settle the brewing feud within his family.The Rock offered a warning on Thursday night with SmackDown around the corner on Friday.”The show ain’t over, until the Final Boss says it’s over,” he wrote on X. “There’s no business like show business, and there’s no connection stronger and more electrifying than that of the people and the people’s champ.WWE STAR DREW MCINTYRE SAYS IF COMPANY INTRODUCES MID-CARD WOMEN’S TITLE, IT’S ‘ABSOLUTELY JUSTIFIED'”You can FEEL the MANA. FINAL BOSS. ENGAGED. See ya down the road.”The Rock was heavily involved in the WrestleMania 40 storyline when he returned to the WWE. He eventually teamed with Reigns to take on Rhodes and Seth Rollins on Night 1 and they won.On Night 2, The Rock was among the wrestlers who interfered in the match. But The Undertaker deterred him with a chokeslam.Rhodes won the Undisputed WWE Championship when he pinned Reigns, ending the “Original Tribal Chief’s” long run as champion.The Rock promised Rhodes on the following “Monday Night Raw” that the two would cross paths again. It appears that moment could be coming soon.Follow Fox News Digital’s sports coverage on X and subscribe to the Fox News Sports Huddle newsletter.



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Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis bashed Vice President Kamala Harris for attempting to insert herself into the response to hurricanes Helene and Milton on Thursday.DeSantis and Harris have clashed in recent days after the governor declined to take a call from Harris regarding the hurricane response. He said Thursday that Harris has “no role” in the process and added that she had never attempted to call him during previous storms in Florida.”I am working with the president of the United States. I’m working with the director of FEMA. We’ve been doing this now nonstop for over two weeks,” DeSantis said Thursday. “Although I’ve worked well with the president, she has never called Florida. She has never offered any support,” he said of Harris. “I don’t have time for those games. I don’t care about her campaign. Obviously, I’m not a supporter of hers, but she’s not, she has no role in this process. And so I’m working with the people I need to be working with.”RON DESANTIS: 51 COUNTIES ARE UNDER A STATE OF EMERGENCYThe spat between DeSantis and Harris made its way to the White House press office on Wednesday, with a reporter asking President Biden whether it was the governor’s responsibility to take the vice president’s calls.ROOF OF TROPICANA FIELD RIPPED OPEN BY HURRICANE MILTON”All I can tell you is I’ve talked to Governor DeSantis,” Biden answered. “He’s been very gracious. He thanked me for all we’ve done. He knows what we’re doing, and I think that’s important.”Biden has had multiple phone calls with DeSantis since hurricane Helene began barreling down on the southeast two weeks ago, followed by Hurricane Milton making landfall late Wednesday, and told both DeSantis and Tampa Mayor Jane Castor to “call him directly” if any further support is needed. HURRICANE MILTON FORCES ST. PETERSBURG CRANE COLLAPSEDeSantis, meanwhile, noted Tuesday morning that all his federal requests for more support have been answered.Harris has accused DeSantis of “playing political games” amid the hurricanes.”People are in desperate need of support right now and playing political games with this moment, in these crisis situations, these are the height of emergency situations, it’s just utterly irresponsible, and it is selfish,” Harris told reporters Monday.Biden, by contrast, had instead referred to the Florida governor as “cooperative.”



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The Queen of Country may have finally found her king.While country music star Reba McEntire, 69, continues to be head over heels for “love of my life” Rex Linn, she opened up about settling down with her beau after two failed marriages. McEntire admitted that her nearly five-year relationship with Linn, 67, has changed her for the better.REBA MCENTIRE SHARES THE TERRIFYING ACTIVITY SHE AND HER BOYFRIEND ENJOY TOGETHER: ‘SCARES HIM TO DEATH’She said she has “a newfound strength” during a cover interview with Us Weekly, explaining that “Once you’re confident in your love life, your at-home life, then you can go out and conquer the world.”When asked if that realization brought on “new possibilities,” she answered, “It seems so. I didn’t expect it. But everything just gelled, the success of us getting to work together, my touring and everything else fell into place. Timing is everything and everything happens for a reason.”She also said that in her relationship, “I think we have made each other better. Rex brings out the little girl in me and I have fun. I’m dorky, I’m goofy. He is too. We love to laugh, and we love each other.”When asked what the key to their relationship is, the “Voice” coach replied, “I have his back, and he has mine. That’s very important. I feel very safe with Rex.” Although McEntire said she is smitten with Linn, she revealed whether marriage is in the cards for them in the near future.”It really makes no difference to me. I’m fine with the way we are. If Rex ever wants to get married, then we’ll talk about it, but I’m fine. I love our relationship 100 percent.”The country star was previously married to her former manager, Narvel Blackstock. The couple divorced in 2015. REBA MCENTIRE ‘DOESN’T HAVE MUCH FAITH IN’ MARRIAGE AFTER 2 FAILED ATTEMPTS, BUT WOULD MARRY BEAU REX LINNHer first husband was cattle rancher Charlie Battles, who she was married to from 1976 through 1987.She continued to share what her relationship with Linn is like on and off-screen, as the loving couple work together on the sitcom “Happy’s Place.””Rex and I are best friends. We have the same likes and dislikes. We’re foodies. We love to cook. We each wanted to be a cowboy and a cowgirl. Then we got into the entertainment business instead. Our dynamic works on and off-screen,” McEntire gushed. This is not the first time McEntire and Linn have worked together on set. LIKE WHAT YOU’RE READING? CLICK HERE FOR MORE ENTERTAINMENT NEWSMcEntire and Linn first met on set of the 1991 movie, “The Gambler Returns: The Luck of the Draw.”

The pair additionally appeared together in popular television series “Big Sky” and “Young Sheldon.”Although they both have a passion for acting, McEntire confessed that the two have not set any ground rules about working together.”No. We love to act. We want to be prepared. So, he and I rehearse a lot,” she remarked. CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR THE ENTERTAINMENT NEWSLETTER”We get real serious about rehearsals, and we know our dialogue for sure. To have fun and be comfortable with dialogue, you’ve got to know it. We work hard on that.”As for the couple’s recent project together, “Happy’s Place,” the sitcom follows the story of Bobbie, played by McEntire, who inherits her father’s restaurant after his death. The plot intensifies when she learns she will be running the place with her business partner Isabella, played by Belissa Escobedo, who also happens to be the younger half-sister she never knew she had.Linn and Melissa Peterman star on the show as the restaurant’s bartender and cook. McEntire first appeared alongside Peterman in the hit sitcom “Reba,” which aired on The WB and then The CW, for six seasons from 2001 to 2007. The show was a huge success, and aside from the dynamic characters, it is remembered for its iconic theme song, “I’m a Survivor,” sung by McEntire herself.



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