A child was hospitalized on Saturday after being hit by a drone that was part of an Orlando, Florida holiday drone show.

According to the Orlando Fire Department, a 7-year-old boy was transported to the hospital because of injuries sustained from the falling drones, FOX 35 in Orlando reported. 

In a video posted online by X user MosquitoCoFl, hundreds of drones being used as part of an aerial light show appeared to be flying into position before several started falling from the sky before slamming to the ground.

A man could be heard saying to children nearby, “Oh no! I don’t believe they’re supposed to be falling.”

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Geese also appear on the water, flapping their wings to try and get out of the way of the chaotic scene.

City officials told the station the holiday drone show was permitted by the FAA.

Still, after one drone show went wrong, the city chose to cancel the second that night at 8 p.m. due to “technical difficulties.”

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Several drones malfunctioned during a drone show in Orlando, Florida on Saturday, sending the unmanned aerial objects crashing to the ground. (Credit – X/MosquitoCoFL)

The FAA told Fox News Digital it will investigate the cause of the drone show malfunction.

“Several small drones collided and fell into a crowd during a holiday drone show over [Eola] Lake in Orlando, Florida,” the FAA said. “The incident occurred around 6:45 p.m. local time on Saturday, December 21.”

According to the agency, drone arrays and light shows are subject to FAA regulations and typically require a waiver to a regulation that prohibits operating more than one drone at a time.

For each drone show application, the FAA looks at things like the software controlling the drones, procedures for setting up safe and restricted areas to keep people a safe distance from the show, procedures if drones fail, and procedures for when an aircraft gets too close to the show.

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Several drones malfunctioned during a drone show in Orlando, Florida on Saturday, sending the unmanned aerial objects crashing to the ground. (Credit – X/MosquitoCoFL)

Additionally, the FAA reviews how the operator will keep the drones inside a confined area using Geofencing, and whether the operator has an adequate number of people to run the show.

For the second year, the City of Orlando used Sky Elements Drones as its vendor to operate the drones, the station reported.

Sky Elements Drones did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital’s request for comment on the matter.

In a statement to Fox 35, the vendor said, “Sky Elements Drones wants to extend our sincere hope for a full and speedy recovery to those impacted at our Lake Eola show in Orlando on Saturday, Dec. 21.

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“The well-being of our audience is our utmost priority, and we regret any distress or inconvenience caused,” the company continued. “We are diligently working with the FAA and City of Orlando officials to determine the cause and are committed to establishing a clear picture of what transpired. Millions of people see our shows annually, and we are committed to maintaining the highest safety regulations set forth by the FAA.”

Jennifer Lopez has admitted there are “no coincidences” in life as the pop star revealed how she deals with “hardships.”

Lopez, 55, found a way to “embrace” life lessons in the wake of her divorce from ex Ben Affleck, 52.

“I think the way I overcome things is not by thinking of them as happening to me but happening for me and what is the lesson that needs to be learned in the moment,” the musician said in an interview published by British Vogue.

“When I think of things that way and stay in … more positive mindset about it, it’s easier to kind of embrace it for the lesson that it is.”

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“Because that’s really what our hardships are in life,” she continued. “What am I supposed to learn here?”

“There are no coincidences. This is not happening, you know, just randomly. It’s happening for a reason. What can I learn and how can I come out the other side better, stronger, more knowledgeable and kind of evolve and grow from this point?”

Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck rekindled their romance after spending 17 years apart. (Rich Fury/WireImage)

Lopez previously revealed she doesn’t regret giving her ex a second chance. Affleck and the “Let’s Get Loud” singer famously rekindled their romance after 17 years apart in 2021 before getting divorced.

“That doesn’t mean it didn’t almost take me out for good,” Lopez noted in a conversation with Nikki Glaser for Interview magazine. “It almost did. But now, on the other side of it, I think to myself, “F—, that is exactly what I needed. Thank you, god. I’m sorry it took me so long. I’m sorry that you had to do this to me so many times. I should have learned it two or three times ago. I get it. You had to hit me really hard over the head with a f—— sledgehammer. You dropped the house on me. Don’t have to do it again.”

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Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck divorced in 2024. (John Shearer/Getty Images for The Recording Academy)

Lopez filed for divorce on Aug. 20 in Los Angeles County Superior Court. Her petition for the dissolution of her marriage to Affleck was filed on the two-year anniversary of their Georgia wedding.

Rumors surrounding the couple’s marriage plagued the Hollywood heavyweights for months before Lopez chose to file for divorce.

Affleck and Lopez first said “I do” during a surprise Las Vegas wedding in 2022.

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Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck married in 2022. (Jennifer Lopez/ OntheJLo.com)

The newlyweds then hosted a backyard ceremony for friends and family one month later at the $8 million Georgia mansion Affleck purchased when the couple first began dating 20 years ago.

Lopez and Affleck first met while filming “Gigli” in 2002. The couple planned to marry in 2003 before postponing the wedding. By early 2004, the two had ended their engagement.

Affleck and Lopez reunited once again before the summer of 2021, and Affleck proposed in April the following year.

Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez first met on the set of their film “Gigli.” (Kevin Winter/Getty Images)

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Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas admitted “in hindsight” that executive action could have been taken to counter the “irresponsible politics” that killed bipartisan border negotiations. 

CBS’ “Face the Nation” host Margaret Brennan pressed Mayorkas Sunday on why President Biden waited until only five months before the election to finally enact executive orders to stem the flow at the border.

Mayorkas insisted the administration pressured Congress to act on the border, continuing to blame politics for preventing border funding from being passed. 

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“Remember where we were when the president took office,” Mayorkas said. “We were in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic. The prior administration had imposed Title 42, which is a public health authority, and enabled us to expel individuals, to continue to expel individuals at the border as the prior administration had done. There was tremendous pressure to maintain the workings of Title 42, which we did. That held until May of 2023.” 

He continued, “We then turned to Congress, and we asked for supplemental funding that was desperately needed to make our administration of a broken immigration system work much better. We were denied. We went back to Congress a second time and requested supplemental funding. Denied. We then turned to the bipartisan negotiations, which proved successful, which were then killed. The result of it a really terrific solution was killed by irresponsible politics.”

A bipartisan border bill failed to advance in the Senate earlier this year. (Justin Hamel/Getty Images)

The “bipartisan negotiations” referred to a Senate border bill negotiated by Republican Sen. James Lankford, Okla., and Democratic Sen. Chris Murphy, Conn., and Sen. Kyrsten Sinema, Ariz. Although the White House has largely blamed Republicans for blocking the bill from passing, the bill failed to advance in the Senate through a 43-50 vote with bipartisan opposition.  

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“Looking back now in hindsight, in 2020, if we had known that irresponsible politics would have killed what was clearly a meritorious effort and a meritorious result, perhaps we would have taken executive action more rapidly,” Mayorkas said.

Mayorkas has testified saying the border was secure despite record crossings.  (AP/Mark Schiefelbein)

As recently as April 2023, Mayorkas insisted the border was “secure,” despite record numbers of border crossings during the Biden administration. This was a claim he has repeated despite facing scorn and ridicule from Republicans.

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Denzel Washington received his minister’s license as the 69-year-old movie star takes on a new role in life. 

Washington was baptized by Archbishop Christopher Bryant at the Kelly Temple in New York City on Saturday.

“It took a while, but I’m finally here…If [God] can do this for me, there’s nothing He can’t do for you,” Washington said, according to Bryant. “The sky literally is the limit.”

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Bryant shared photos of the moment Washington gave his life to Christ in a Facebook post.

“We celebrate the addition of Minister Denzel Washington into the clergy, having received his minister’s license in the Church of God in Christ today, in a truly uplifting moment,” the post read.

“He is dressed that way because, in the same service, he received water baptism,” Bryant added. “Both the baptism and the licensing took place at the Historic Kelly Temple in NYC, a place close to his heart. Denzel Washington attended this church as a child and testified to being filled with the Holy Spirit after visiting another church with actor Robert Townsend in the 80s.”

Denzel Washington was baptized at the Kelly Temple in New York City. (Stephane Cardinale – Corbis/Corbis via Getty Images)

Fox News Digital reached out to Washington’s representative for additional comment.

“Denzel Washington’s recent commitment to faith and service is truly inspiring,” Bryant added in a separate Facebook post. “His baptism and licensing to preach is the culmination of a life of faith.”

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Washington recently admitted you “can’t talk” about religion in the industry.

“When you see me, you see the best I could do with what I’ve been given by my lord and savior,” the “Gladiator II” star wrote for Esquire. “I’m unafraid.”

Denzel Washington received his minister’s license on Saturday. (Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP)

“I don’t care what anyone thinks. See, talking about the fear part of it – you can’t talk like that and win Oscars. You can’t talk like that and party. You can’t say that in this town,” Washington added.

“I’m free now. It’s not talked about in this town. It’s not talked about. It’s not talked about. It’s not fashionable. It’s not sexy. But that doesn’t mean people in Hollywood don’t believe. There’s no such thing called Hollywood anyway. What does that even mean? That to me means a street called Hollywood Boulevard,” he wrote.

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Denzel Washington began his career in the ’80s. (Photo by Rich Fury/Getty Images)

However, the Academy Award-winning actor isn’t sure how many other actors believe in God.

“It’s not like we all meet somewhere and discuss what we believe. So, I don’t know how many other actors have faith. I didn’t do no poll. How would I find that out? I mean, there’s no Church Actor Meetings I’ve been to.”

Washington landed his breakthrough role in the medical drama “St. Elsewhere” in 1982. He earned multiple nominations for his work on the show and eventually was able to break into film.

Washington is known for films such as “Fences,” “Training Day,” “The Book of Eli,” “Cry Freedom” and “Malcom X.”

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Rep. Jim Clyburn, D-S.C., brushed off Elon Musk’s statement about funding moderates in key Democratic districts and said he didn’t know anyone in his party that was afraid of Musk’s “money.”

CNN’s Victor Blackwell asked Clyburn on Saturday about Musk’s statement posted to X and wondered how Democrats would respond to Musk’s potential financial involvement in Democratic races. 

“Well, you outwork them. That’s what you do. You’re at work now. Look, I’m a child of the 60s. I grew up here in South Carolina. I missed a vote yesterday because I was a part of eulogizing the gentleman from very modest backgrounds who brought that flag down off the statehouse dome and started that effort all over the south to get rid of all of these Confederate emblems. We did that with a lot of money against us,” Clyburn began. 

Musk posted to social media, responding to a video of Rep. Richard Neal, D-Mass., and said “forgot to mention that I’m also going to be funding moderate candidates in heavily Democrat districts, so that the country can get rid of those who don’t represent them.”

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“When I worked for John Lewis back in the 60s, a lot of the money and power was against us. We did what we had to do. And I don’t know of a single Democrat who is afraid of Elon Musk’s money because we stay close to our constituents and we will outwork him,” he added.

Prominent Democrats and members of the media have deemed Musk to be the real president, not Trump, in recent weeks and have blasted the billionaire over his role in government as an un-elected official. 

CNN’s Scott Jennings unloaded on Democrats criticizing Musk’s role in government and said they should read the Wall Street Journal’s reporting on President Biden from Thursday, which said people noticed issues with Biden’s stamina very early on in his presidency.

“Un-elected people have been running the government for the last four years. I hear Democrats criticizing the influence of billionaires on our politics when you’ve got this Soros punk running around collecting Democrat politicians like my kids collect Pokémon cards,” Jennings said.

“I think all the criticism of Musk coming from the left is totally hypocritical, totally over the top,” he added.

Musk posted to social media, responding to a video of Rep. Richard Neal, D-Mass., and said “forgot to mention that I’m also going to be funding moderate candidates in heavily Democrat districts, so that the country can get rid of those who don’t represent them.” (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

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Clyburn, a close ally to Biden, also helped convince the president to pardon his son, Hunter Biden, despite months of saying he wouldn’t issue the pardon. 

“I am absolutely okay with it. I don’t know how many people urged him to do so, but I did,” Clyburn revealed in a different CNN appearance.

When CNN’s Laura Coates asked him what Biden’s reaction was, Clyburn replied, “He seemed to be a bit reticent about it, but I emphasized the fact that we as fathers have obligations to our children.”

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Christmas, Navidad in Puerto Rico, extends far beyond Dec. 25. 

The island proudly proclaims itself as having the “longest holiday season in the world,” according to the website Discover Puerto Rico. 

On average, the holiday festivities in Puerto Rico last about 45 days, per the source, commencing right after Thanksgiving, and stretching all the way through mid-January. 

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The holiday season in Puerto Rico is full of rich traditions beloved by families. 

One tradition those who visit Puerto Rico will immediately notice during the holiday season is decorations. 

In Puerto Rico, decorations are typically put up by Thanksgiving, and kept up until the season concludes in mid-January, with opportune picture moments at every corner. 

Parrandas, Christmas caroling, is a holiday staple. 

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Carolers choose houses of family and friends to visit, typically starting around 10 p.m., performing aguinaldos (traditional Christmas songs), with not only their voices, but often with instruments as well, according to Discover Puerto Rico. 

The group you begin caroling with is likely not the same group you end with. 

In Puerto Rico, when carolers visit a house, they’ll often stop inside for conversation, food and drink before moving to the next residence. 

Coquito is a popular beverage enjoyed during the holiday season in Puerto Rico. Coconut, vanilla and rum are among the ingredients. (Mayra Beltran/Houston Chronicle via Getty Images)

Usually, the residences of the house visited will join the group for the next house, according to Discover Puerto Rico. 

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A night of serenading loved ones can last quite a while, often stretching into the early morning hours of the following day, according to the source. 

The biggest day of the holiday season in Puerto Rico actually isn’t Christmas, but instead, the night before. 

In Puerto Rico, Dec. 24 is Nochebuena. On that day, loved ones gather for the exchange of gifts, caroling and a large feast. 

Many families will also attend a midnight Mass on the day, known as Misa de Gallo. 

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After Christmas passes, the festivities go on in Puerto Rico. 

Another big event in the holiday lineup is Three Kings Day on Jan. 6, a holiday that “commemorates the visit that the Three Wise Men paid to Jesus after his birth,” according to Discover Puerto Rico. 

On the eve of the day, children fill up a shoebox with grass to be left for camels to munch on while the Three Kings leave behind gifts for them, according to PuertoRico.com. 

For a particularly festive Three Kings Day, Juana Díaz is the place to go, as it hosts the largest celebration in Puerto Rico for the holiday. In Juana Díaz, there is an annual festival and parade in honor of Three Kings Day that brings together over 25,000 people every year, according to Discover Puerto Rico. 

Gifts are primarily exchanged between loved ones on Christmas Eve in Puerto Rico. (iStock)

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Then, eight days later is Octavitas, a post-holiday celebration where families get together and celebrate one last time for the season. 

The end of the holiday season is marked with the San Sebastián Street Festival.

This festival, spanning over multiple days, takes place in Old San Juan, and is filled with live music, dancing, shopping and parades. 

As Christmas approaches, the message of glimmering hope in the darkness might feel more relevant than ever. Whether inspired by the weight of a corrupt world, personal sorrow or the gloom that lingers during the short days of winter, people seem increasingly drawn to finding the light.

That’s the message to take away from Cardinal Timothy Dolan, the Archbishop of New York who leads midnight mass this Christmas.

Cardinal Dolan shared this sentiment during an exclusive sit-down interview with Maria Bartiromo at St. Patrick’s Cathedral in New York City, where he reflected on signs that Americans are rejecting the “caricature” of faith as “nasty, destructive, harmful and antiquated,” prompting sales of the Bible and other books on spirituality to rise.

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“There seems to be a newfound appreciation for the role of faith, especially in our country,” he told the “Sunday Morning Futures” host.

“I think President Trump tapped into that. I’ve had talks with him before in the past. He was pretty blunt [that] he can’t say that he was raised as a very zealous Christian, but he takes his Christian faith seriously. He has a lot of memories about Norman Vincent Peale, the famous preacher here in New York, down… on Fifth Avenue, and I think he means it.”

He continued, “I think the assassination attempts kind of renewed in him, ‘There’s something beyond me that I think is watching over me, and it’s got a task for me.’ And what he expresses personally seems to be expressed more and more throughout the world. And that’s part of America.”

Perhaps there is something bigger watching over the world, he suggested, pointing to former President Ronald Reagan and Pope John Paul II, two figures whose contributions helped define the latter part of the 20th century. They both survived assassination attempts very close to one another, each going on to help make the world what it is today.

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“When the two of them met for the first time, Ronald Reagan said to Pope Saint John Paul II, ‘Mother Teresa told me that she thinks the Lord spared me because the Lord has something special in mind for me, and Pope Saint John Paul II smiled and said, ’She told me the same thing.’ They both believed that, and look what they were able to accomplish. The world was changed for the better because of them,” he reflected.

Cardinal Dolan walked the grounds of St. Patrick’s Cathedral with Bartiromo, showing her a photo of a drawing from imprisoned Hong Kong freedom fighter, Jimmy Lai, depicting Christ on the cross. 

As billions across the world prepare to celebrate the Christmas and Hanukkah holidays, Dolan says his message this midnight mass will focus on the “triumph of light.”

“The Lord’s always inviting us to go out of ourselves. That gives us hope.”

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Rep. Kay Granger, R-Texas, has been living in a retirement facility, a source told Fox News on Sunday. The source also denied a local news report that said she was in a memory care facility.

Granger, who is retiring at the end of this congressional term, has largely remained absent from the Capitol in recent months, having last cast votes on July 24. She was not present for over 54% of votes.

The Dallas Express investigated the 81-year-old congresswoman’s absence, publishing a report on Friday that quoted a constituent of her district who said that Granger was residing in a memory care facility in Texas. The report was later picked up by other news outlets.

Fox News spoke with a source from Granger’s office who denied that Granger was in a memory care unit. The source told Fox News that Granger is in a retirement facility where memory care is provided, though not in the memory care unit itself.

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Granger released a statement to Fox News, saying that she has faced “health challenges” and is “deeply grateful for the outpouring of care and concern” over the weekend.

“As many of my family, friends, and colleagues have known, I have been navigating some unforeseen health challenges over the past year,” Granger said in the statement. “However, since early September, my health challenges have progressed making frequent travel to Washington both difficult and unpredictable. During this time, my incredible staff has remained steadfast, continuing to deliver exceptional constituent services, as they have for the past 27 years.”

Rep. Kay Granger, R-Texas, speaks during a news conference with other Republican members of the House of Representatives at the Capitol on July 21, 2020, in Washington, D.C. (Samuel Corum/Getty Images)

Granger, who did not seek reelection for the coming term, has served in the House since 1997. She previously served as the first female mayor of Fort Worth, Texas.

While Granger appears to not have cast a vote since July, she did return to the Capitol in November for the unveiling of her portrait as Appropriations Committee Chairwoman, and a reception that followed. House Speaker Johnson and House Majority Leader Steve Scalise both spoke at the event.

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One senior Republican source told Fox News that Granger did not step down earlier due to the paper-thin GOP House majority.

“Frankly, we needed the numbers,” the source told Fox News.

The slim majority presents a challenge for the speaker of the 119th Congress, in which vote attendance could be the difference between success or defeat for Republicans.

Fox News reached out to Johnson’s office for comment.

Granger’s long absence was blasted by Rep. Ro Khanna, D-Calif., in a post on X.

“Kay Granger’s long absence reveals the problem with a Congress that rewards seniority & relationships more than merit & ideas,” he wrote. “We have a sclerotic gerontocracy. We need term limits. We need to get big money out of politics so a new generation of Americans can run and serve.”

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Khanna was one of the few lawmakers who previously criticized what he referred to as the “gerontocracy.” In May 2023, he called on Democratic Rep. Dianne Feinstein, who was then aged 89, to step down as her own health issues kept her away from the Capitol. Feinstein died months later in September 2023.

Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., on Sunday said he “couldn’t be happier” with President-elect Trump’s Cabinet nominees, saying he will work to push them through as quickly as possible.

When Paul was asked during an appearance on “Sunday Morning Futures” whether he would support all of Trump’s picks for his inner circle, the senator responded, “I couldn’t have picked better.”

“The vast majority I will support on day one,” the senator said. “We’ll try to get Kristi Noem through Department of Homeland Security, Russ Vought for [Office of Management and Budget]. … I think in the first week you’ll have half a dozen of them approved in the first week.”

Paul said that he will control one committee in charge of confirming the nominees, adding, “I pledge to get them through as quickly as possible.”

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Paul has said that he will chair the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee with the start of the new Congress in January. 

Trump has handpicked an array of establishment and unconventional officials for the 15 top posts in his Cabinet, including Health and Human Services pick Robert F. Kennedy Jr., FBI Director selection Kash Patel and Sen. Marco Rubio as the nominee for Secretary of State.

Paul said he “couldn’t be happier” with President-elect Trump’s Cabinet nominees. (Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images, File)

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Some of Trump’s picks proved controversial, such as Patel, Defense Secretary pick Pete Hegseth and Director of National Intelligence nominee Tulsi Gabbard.

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In late November, Fox News Digital learned that nearly a dozen of Trump’s Cabinet nominees and other appointees tapped for the incoming administration were targeted with “violent, unAmerican threats to their lives and those who live with them.”

The Baltimore Ravens clinched a playoff berth with their victory over the Pittsburgh Steelers on Saturday, but head coach John Harbaugh had an important message to share before he addressed the team’s success on the field. 

Speaking to reporters after the 34-17 victory, Harbaugh began with something he said was “important” to him and many people around the world. And that was to acknowledge the spirit of Christmas.

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“I read this to the team in our postgame prayer and it’s this – this is Mary. Mary, the mother of God, said this when she was with Elizabeth. She said this, ‘My soul magnifies the Lord and my spirit rejoices in God, my Savior.’ So, I just want to wish everybody a Merry Christmas, happy holiday season, and rejoice,” he said. 

“Rejoice. Rejoice in life. Rejoice in your circumstances. Rejoice in the tough games. Rejoice in the losses. Rejoice in the wins like we’re blessed to do today as a football team, and just rejoice in the people that you love, the people that are close to you. Rejoice. We aren’t here on this Earth to worry about every little thing and spar with one another. We’re here to rejoice in one another and with one another and love one another. Let’s try to remember that this week. This is a big football week – it’s also a big life week. It’s a big spiritual week.”  

Ravens head coach John Harbaugh talks to reporters following the Pittsburgh Steelers game on Saturday, Dec. 21, 2024, in Baltimore. (AP Photo/Nick Wass)

The Ravens will return on a short week to play the Houston Texans on Christmas Day.

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The game comes after a big win over division rival Pittsburgh in what could’ve meant the Steelers clinching the division title with a win. Instead, the Steelers and Ravens are now deadlocked. 

“I feel like we’ve been busting our behind all season long, had ups and downs throughout this whole season, but to clinch a playoff against a great team like that, that’s great,” quarterback Lamar Jackson said. “That means we’re moving in the right direction.”

Jackson improved to 2-4 against the Steelers as a starter and recorded his NFL-leading 37th touchdown. 

Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Russell Wilson tacked at M&T Bank Stadium. (Tommy Gilligan-Imagn Images)

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The Steelers will also play Christmas day against the Kansas City Chiefs. 

The Associated Press contributed to this report. 

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