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Priest killed by falling crucifix during livestreamed Mass as worshippers rush to help
A priest preparing Communion was fatally struck by a falling crucifix during a livestreamed Mass in Ecuador, turning a moment of worship into a frantic rush to save him.
Father Patricio Alfredo Sánchez Molinari was standing at the altar of Nuestra Señora del Perpetuo Socorro Church in Guayaquil on Saturday when the large wooden crucifix behind him suddenly fell forward and struck him.
Video of the service captures screams erupting inside the church as worshippers ran to his side and called for help.
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The Archdiocese of Guayaquil confirmed his death in a Facebook statement, identifying him as the parish priest of Perpetuo Socorro Church in its Central Vicariate.
"Our dear Fr. Patricio Alfredo Sánchez Molinari … has departed to the Father’s House to enjoy His presence and His glory," the archdiocese wrote in Spanish.
"Eternal rest grant unto him, O Lord. And let perpetual light shine upon him. May he rest in peace. Amen," the statement concluded in Latin.
The tragedy unfolded just one day after the archdiocese congratulated Sánchez Molinari on the anniversary of his ordination, Ecuadorian news outlet Primicias reported.
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The Mass was being livestreamed on social media when the crucifix fell, recording both the fatal incident and the desperate response from those inside the church.
"Father, Father … call an ambulance," a woman can be heard shouting in the video.
Sánchez Molinari belonged to the Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer, commonly known as the Redemptorists. Before serving in Guayaquil, he spent several years as parish priest at San Lorenzo in Vinces, in Ecuador’s Los Ríos province, according to Primicias.
His former parish mourned his death in a social media tribute, remembering the dedication and pastoral love he brought to its community, El Universo reported.
What caused the crucifix to fall remained unclear Sunday. Church officials had not publicly provided an explanation for the collapse.
French newspaper rips Macron after riots erupt across France: ‘Indelible stain’
A prominent French newspaper delivered a blistering critique of the country’s leadership after nationwide protests descended into riots, looting and arson.
The article, written by Vincent Trémolet de Villers for the conservative newspaper Le Figaro and published Sunday afternoon local time, blamed years of political failures for contributing to the unrest and took particular aim at President Emmanuel Macron.
It criticized what it described as a justice system that is "lenient toward criminals," accused far-left groups of carrying out violence with little consequence and took aim at France’s immigration and security policies.
"A judiciary that is lenient toward criminals but unrelenting toward decent citizens. The incomprehensible privilege of these far-left militias, who destroy, set fires, and kill with impunity," the article stated, according to a translation.
"An uncontrolled immigration, in which a portion of the immigrants rebels against the country that took them in."
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The article also took aim at Macron over his past calls for police to show greater empathy.
"Emmanuel Macron’s reprimands toward a police force he deemed insufficiently 'empathetic' — directed at officers under attack by bolts, cobblestones, and mortar fireworks — will remain an indelible stain," it stated.
The author argued that the unrest reflected deeper failures by France’s political establishment.
"If the far-left, criminals, and looters can turn France upside down in a matter of hours, it is primarily because a technocratic monarchy — intoxicated by its own self-importance — has methodically dismantled all the moral, security, cultural, and economic safeguards that allow a society to remain standing."
The scathing assessment followed a day of violence across France, where masked groups clashed with police, looted businesses, set fires and attacked public buildings, according to The Associated Press.
Macron addressed the nation Sunday, condemning the violence and vowing that those responsible would be held accountable.
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"Nothing will excuse their actions. We all tonight feel angry. We feel shame as well," Macron said, according to a translation of his televised remarks.
"There needs to be a response. Those people who looted need to pay for their crimes," he added.
The French president also acknowledged concerns raised by the youth about their economic prospects and futures.
"The youth of our nation are expressing great anguish and concern about the future, the conditions of where their careers will take them, what role they will be able to play in society," Macron said. "… I hear what they are saying, for the past ten years I've been fighting for them, so we need to pay heed to what they are saying."
Macron said he ordered officials to increase security around public buildings and businesses, with protests potentially restricted in some areas.
At least 2,400 people were arrested nationwide, including 855 in the Paris region, according to the AP.
More than 500 police officers, gendarmes and firefighters were injured, the AP reported, citing Interior Minister Laurent Nuñez.
Authorities estimated roughly 550,000 people took part in Saturday's demonstrations, while organizers put turnout at 800,000, according to the AP.
Hundreds of businesses were looted nationwide, and unrest continued Sunday in Paris, where police used tear gas as tensions flared around Place de la République.
The criticism also comes as Macron faces scrutiny over his decision to attend a Celine Dion concert with his wife, Brigitte, on Friday night, on the eve of the nationwide demonstrations.
The protests, fueled in part by anger over rising living costs, school conditions and public services, erupted into violence Saturday.
Macron's office and Le Figaro could not immediately be reached by Fox News Digital for comment.
Fox News Digital's Bradford Betz and The Associated Press contributed to this report.
Falcons rookie Kendal Daniels stretchered off field after helmet-to-knee collision in scary scene
Atlanta Falcons rookie linebacker Kendal Daniels needed to be stretchered off the field at Mercedes-Benz Stadium after colliding with a Chicago Bears player while trying to make a tackle.
Daniels was sprinting in to take down Bears tight end Colston Loveland when his helmet smashed into Loveland’s knee.
While he made the play, Daniels shook his head immediately and was clearly in some pain as his teammates started to converge around him.
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Daniels, who was taken in the fourth round out of Oklahoma in the 2026NFL Draft, was attended to by numerous medical staff as the entire Falcons sideline started to circle their teammate. Some even began to pray as the injury to Daniels became more serious.
Some reporters in the press box in Atlanta noted seeing Daniels having his jersey cut off by medical staff. Then, he was placed in a gurney with his body stabilized.
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"You just saw his left hand there – we have seen his hand move a couple times. He’s conscious and every precaution taken to give him the best care. I sure hope he’s OK," FOX Sports play-by-play announcer Kevin Burkhardt said over the broadcast.
It's great to see Daniels moving his extremities considering how scary those potential neck injuries can be on hits like that.
"Hard for these teammates to watch their partner go out there like that. They’re going to do the best they can to represent him the rest of the game," Tom Brady added over the broadcast.
Daniels has been a starter for Kevin Stefanski’s Falcons defense in all six games during his rookie season.
He’s played well, too, collecting 22 combined tackles, one sack and one pass defended over five games entering this tilt with the Bears on Sunday.
Daniels was transported to Grady Memorial Hospital to assess his injury, and prayers are with the young linebacker after this scary situation.
Major League Baseball's best team can't stop pretending to be the underdogs heading into World Series
The American League Championship Series is tied at two games apiece heading into Sunday evening's game five. After the Tampa Bay Rays offense scuffled against the Cleveland Guardians' pitching staff, they finally broke through in game four thanks to Yandy Diaz, Jonathan Aranda and Richie Palacios.
Not exactly the most famous names in Major League Baseball, sure, but an example of the Rays' depth and ability to create tough matchups for opposing pitchers up and down the lineup. Game five will pair two of the top ten pitchers in baseball in 2026, by FanGraphs WAR, Drew Rasmussen and Parker Messick. Again, not the most well-known names, sure, but based on performance, those two pitchers outperformed highly paid, big-name starters like Zack Wheeler, Framber Valdez, Kevin Gausman or Max Fried.
Given the inherent volatility and randomness of postseason baseball, trying to draw permanent or predictive conclusions from small sample size outcomes is ultimately pointless. But there is one clear pattern that's been obvious for years and become even more apparent in 2026: there are no underdogs in the playoffs. So why is the best team in baseball still acting like one?
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On the other side of the tournament bracket, the Milwaukee Brewers swept the very expensive Los Angeles Dodgers in the NLCS. The Brewers bullpen, behind Aaron Ashby, DL Hall, JoJo Romero, Abner Uribe and Trevor Megill, among others, was virtually unhittable. Well, not necessarily unhittable, but impossible to score runs against. Those pitchers allowed just two runs in 15.2 innings of relief in the NLCS, both from Uribe. In 13 innings from Ashby, Hall, Romero and Megill, not one runner who reached base scored. Not one. League-wide, the average left on base rate is roughly 75%. For Milwaukee's bullpen, outside one outing from Uribe, it was 100%.
Offensively, it was more of the same. League average for batting average on balls put in play is around .300. Here's the Milwaukee BABIP from the LCS:
Hilariously, Garrett Mitchell had a .000 BABIP because his only two hits were series-changing home runs off left-handed starting pitchers, despite having just two homers off lefties in his entire career. Milwaukee's starting pitchers, too, allowed just three earned runs, despite woeful strikeout-walk percentages of 0%, 10% and 10.5%.
Much of that comes down to, again, the randomness that's part of small sample sizes. Weird things happen in three or four games throughout the regular season all the time, without anyone noticing or caring. But with the spotlight on, outcomes become part of some mystical, usually made-up approach or perceived grittiness. The Brewers this postseason have been credited by baseball analysts for their supposed plan to put the ball in play. Make contact, see what happens, instead of just selling out for home runs and striking out instead.
What actually happened? Milwaukee outhomered the Dodgers 7-1 and had the highest "three true outcomes," or strikeouts-walks-home runs, rate of any team in postseason history. Whatever the Brewers' plan actually was, the reality is that their approach was exactly the one that analysts, former players paid handsomely to give their "expert" opinions and fans claim doesn't work in October. Clearly, it works.
Regardless, while the series might have had fluky components, between Milwaukee's fortunate luck on balls in play, runners in scoring position performance and pitching outcomes, the ultimate series result was anything but. The Brewers were once again the best team in baseball in 2026, just as they were in 2025. They had the best run differential in baseball, at +214. For reference, they were more than 170 runs better, over one run per game, better, than the very expensive San Diego Padres team they beat in the division series round.
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They've won more games than anyone in baseball since the start of the 2025 season. They were the best team in the league when it comes to outscoring their opponents over the course of the 2026 season. Before the NLCS, 13 of 15 ESPN writers picked the Brewers to beat the Dodgers. So why do they keep acting like nobody believes in them?
In 2025, Brewers manager Pat Murphy played the underdog card before that year's NLCS, acting as though his opponent had not heard of the team they were facing.
"I'm sure that most Dodger players can't name eight guys on our roster," Murphy told reporters. "No offense to them, they shouldn't have to know the names, but these are some guys that hopefully they know their names by the time it's over. You never know."
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As insufferable and absurd as that was, Murphy continued in the middle of the 2026 season, acting like his team's biggest division rival had also not heard of his players who were currently in first place.
"We know how these series go, you know, you erase it and just keep going," Murphy said about the Chicago Cubs. "It's not necessarily a game where they're ever going to be intimidated by guys, they don't even know most of our guys' names, so they're never going to be intimidated by us, but we're not looking for that."
Yes, of course, nobody knows the players on the team in first place in the division. You'd think that after winning 103 games, performing as the consensus best team in baseball, and sweeping the NLCS, Murphy would drop his shtick, but he couldn't even wait a few minutes before trotting it out yet again in the game four postgame celebrations.
"They got a bunch of hall of famers," Murphy said about the Dodgers. "We got a bunch of gamers. And the gamers won this week."
Ah. Sure.
Of course the Dodgers have an exceptional amount of talent, including Hall of Famers like Shohei Ohtani, Freddie Freeman and Mookie Betts. The Brewers have an exceptional amount of talent too, and Murphy's routine of pretending like his team is a bunch of humble farmers who were playing stickball out back a few days ago is absurd and offensive. Though apparently diminishing his own roster is part of the team's motivational playbook.
Jacob Misiorowski is 24-years-old, and a near-lock to win the NL Cy Young Award. He's so overwhelming that he was added to the 2025 NL All-Star team after just a handful of appearances in the big leagues. Obviously, Misiorowski is very early in his career, but who's to say he won't be a Hall of Famer later on? He's certainly on track after a year and a half. Misiorowski's salary is artificially limited by MLB's rules that punish young players, but were he available on the open market, he'd be making $50-60 million this season.
Jackson Chourio is only 22 and just set the MLB record for most home runs in a postseason career before turning 23. If that's not the start of a potential Hall of Fame career, what is? Chourio signed an $82 million contract with Milwaukee already that would have been significantly higher were it not buying out years of cheap team control.
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Christian Yelich was the 2018 NL MVP, the same season Betts won his lone MVP award. He's a three-time Silver Slugger Award winner, three-time All-Star and two-time batting champion. If he doesn't make the Hall of Fame, he'll certainly come up just short.
Brice Turang was a first round draft pick who won a Platinum Glove for his defense in 2024. Garrett Mitchell is another former first round pick out of UCLA. Total nobody. Logan Henderson was a top-100 prospect entering the season. Jake Bauers has been awful for most of his career, but graduated in 2018 as a top-50 prospect.
William Contreras has been so good in his five years as a starter that he already ranks No. 96 in career WAR among all catchers in baseball history. Should he keep up this pace for 10 more seasons, he'd amass 60 career WAR, putting him eighth all time at his position, ahead of surefire Hall of Famers like Buster Posey and Yadier Molina.
Milwaukee won the series not because they have "gamers," but because they have an immensely talented roster full of star-caliber players who are underpaid relative to their true value. That's not a criticism, it's a testament to their scouting, player development and front office. Like most playoff series, the only actual secret is having a pretty good team and hoping you get hot, and/or lucky, at the right time. That's what happened here. Pretending like they're hapless underdogs when, again, they are the best team in baseball, is ridiculous. Yes, the Dodgers have higher paid players. But money doesn't equal quality, particularly as players' age, which is what happens when organizations become reliant on free agents.
Murphy was so proud of his rehearsed line that he repeated it once again in the clubhouse celebrations. But here's the question: with the AL sending Cleveland or Tampa to the World Series, who spend even less on players and have fewer recognizable big names, how can he keep up the act? Can the Brewers keep pretending to be underdogs against the Guardians' No. 30 ranked payroll? Or will they be forced to finally admit that they just have a good team?
Seeing the social media reaction to Murphy's absurdist comments, the answer to that is, of course, no because underdog narratives, no matter how fake, are still immensely popular.
Chick-fil-A CEO addresses whether fast-food chain would ever consider opening on Sundays
Since its founding in 1946, fast-food chicken chain Chick-fil-A has remained closed on Sundays, and according to CEO Andrew Cathy, that policy will not be changing anytime soon.
"So it was open 24 hours a day, six days a week, and it was very common back in the 1940s that a lot of places were closed on Sunday," Cathy told NBC's "Today" co-anchor Craig Melvin in an interview.
"And so they wanted to do that. They wanted to have a chance to take a break … go to church, and for others just to take some rest."
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He noted that employees seem to appreciate the policy, and they like knowing that they’re guaranteed one day off every week.
Cathy, who has been Chick-fil-A’s CEO for the past five years, said he’s never considered how much revenue the chain might be missing out on by remaining closed on Sundays.
"And that’s being truthfully honest with you, I never have because it’s never something that we’re entertaining. It’s just too important for us," he said.
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He noted that it’s a benefit of being a private, family-owned business that they can choose to continue implementing a policy that’s not maximizing sales.
However, with an average annual sales volume of $9,161,239 in 2025, Chick-fil-A outperformed multiple major fast-food chains including Wendy’s and Burger King — despite being open six days a week.
The company receives about 150,000 franchise applications each year, Cathy told "Today."
Chick-fil-A opened 179 franchises and company-operated outlets in 2025, according to QSR Magazine, reaching 2,863 locations total.
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The fast-food chain has been using the same recipe for its classic chicken sandwich since 1967, when it was created by founder S. Truett Cathy.
The Cathy family’s Christian faith has long played a role in Chick-fil-A’s practices.
"It’s our anchor in the sense of what our corporate purpose states, that we’re in business to glorify God by being a faithful steward of all that’s entrusted to us, and have a positive influence on all who come in contact with Chick-fil-A," Cathy said.
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While certain aspects of the company are not open to change, some areas, such as the menu, are currently evolving.
The chain recently announced the release of a new sauce, its first in ten years.
Beginning Nov. 16, guests can order Spicy Chick-fil-A Sauce to enjoy with their meal — but still not on Sundays.
Fox News Digital reached out to Chick-fil-A for comment.
Investigation launched after Air Force airman fatally falls before UTSA football game
An Air Force service member died Saturday after falling while rappelling from the rafters of the Alamodome ahead of UTSA's game against Navy.
The airman was assigned to the 6th Combat Training Squadron, Detachment 2, out of Nellis Air Force Base. His identity has not been released, and the incident is under military investigation.
The demonstration was part of UTSA's annual Salute to Armed Forces & Veterans pregame ceremony. Four officers were scheduled to rappel onto the field 15 minutes before kickoff.
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The service member appeared to lose control during his descent, slid down the line, and crashed onto the turf. Medical personnel treated him onsite before transporting him by stretcher to a local hospital, where he later died.
The personnel involved in the demonstration are specialized tactical air controllers who embed with Army and Marine ground units to direct air and artillery strikes. Their operational training regularly includes rapid rope insertions from heights of 100 feet or more.
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Kickoff was delayed by 10 minutes. UTSA head coach Jeff Traylor called the incident "heartbreaking" and "tragic," noting the immediate shift inside the stadium.
"You could tell the energy was just gone," Coach Traylor said. "It just really puts things in perspective. It really does."
In a public statement, UTSA President Taylor Eighmy said:
"Our hearts are heavy following the tragic incident at the Alamodome prior to Saturday's UT San Antonio football game against the U.S. Naval Academy. What was intended to be a day of camaraderie, tradition and celebration has been marked by profound sadness. I want to extend my deepest and most heartfelt sympathies to the service member's family, his fellow airmen, squadron and all those whose lives have been touched by this heartbreaking tragedy."
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San Antonio Mayor Gina Ortiz Jones also issued condolences via social media:
"I am deeply saddened to hear of the passing of an Air Force service member following an unfortunate accident at Saturday's UTSA-Navy football game. We will keep his family in our prayers. May perpetual light shine upon him."
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Abdul El-Sayed invokes JFK to dismiss 'crazy' questions over family's alleged ties to Muslim Brotherhood
Michigan Democratic Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed compared himself to former President John F. Kennedy during a Saturday "MS NOW Reports" interview with Ali Velshi, likening questions about his family's alleged Muslim Brotherhood ties to scrutiny Kennedy faced over his Catholic faith.
El-Sayed invoked Kennedy's 1960 presidential campaign while arguing that questions about his family were intended to cast doubt on his allegiance to the United States.
"I also know that I tread a long history of this: when John F. Kennedy ran for president, he was asked about whether or not his allegiance would be to the Constitution or to the pope and the Vatican…" he began.
"The Constitution guarantees me the right as I choose to pray or any of us, to pray as we choose to pray or not to pray at all," he continued. "Nobody understands how important that document is like somebody who has their rights constantly threatened and so I will stand for that constitution. And it's a crazy thing to assume that somehow I'd have dual loyalties as somebody who's avidly running to protect the right to choose, who's running to protect LGBTQ rights, who's running to protect religious freedom…"
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Ted Goodman, communications director of the Michigan GOP, pushed back on El-Sayed's comparison in a statement to Fox News Digital, arguing that the allegations involving the Democrat's relatives were fundamentally different from the religious scrutiny Kennedy faced.
"Abdul El-Sayed’s comparison of scrutiny over his Muslim Brotherhood ties to the questions JFK faced about the Vatican is a false equivalence," Goodman said. "The Catholic Church and the Muslim Brotherhood are not analogous."
"The actual evidence against Abdul El-Sayed is not hearsay based on his faith, but actual facts as reported by numerous reputable news outlets," he continued.
Velshi asked El-Sayed how he responded to questions involving the Muslim Brotherhood, terrorism and radical Islamism. El-Sayed suggested the scrutiny was designed to raise doubts about his loyalty.
"Look, at the end of the day, the whole reason this question is being asked is to insinuate that somehow I have dual loyalties," he said.
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The controversy followed reporting on social media posts uncovered by the Washington Free Beacon in which El-Sayed's half-sister, Eman Abdelhadi, described her family's history with the Muslim Brotherhood.
In one 2012 post, Abdelhadi described a conversation with her and El-Sayed's mother, Fatten Elkomy, about her involvement with the organization during college in Egypt.
"Had an amazing talk with my mom about her activism in the Muslim Brotherhood during the early 70s while she was in college #respect."
In another post, Abdelhadi characterized her family's history with the organization.
"My family has long been MB, but I've always felt that it has navigated the political sphere poorly/destructively."
El-Sayed previously denied that he or his family had ties to the organization during an Oct. 11 appearance on NBC's "Meet the Press." Days later, he was pressed by NBC's Tom Llamas about his half-sister's statements and whether he had discussed the allegations with his mother.
El-Sayed maintained that he had no personal connections to the group and disputed the significance of his sister's posts.
"I have never had these conversations with my mother. I wasn’t raised by my mother..." he said.
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Goodman cited El-Sayed's father-in-law, Tayeb Jukaku, whose involvement with the Islamic Society of North America and CAIR's Michigan chapter was documented by the Washington Free Beacon. The outlet also reported that Jukaku contributed $200,000 to a super PAC supporting El-Sayed. The organization was named as an unindicted co-conspirator in the Holy Land Foundation terrorism-financing case.
The Treasury Department designated the Egyptian and Jordanian branches of the Muslim Brotherhood as Specially Designated Global Terrorists in January for providing material support to Hamas.
The allegations involving El-Sayed's relatives have not established that he personally belonged to the organization. El-Sayed's campaign previously rejected accusations involving his family in a statement to Fox News Digital, accusing Republican opponent Mike Rogers of using the controversy to attack his faith.
"Independent fact-checkers have repeatedly debunked Mike’s lies, but their campaign continues to use bad faith attacks on Abdul's faith and family," the campaign said.
Fox News Digital reached out to El-Sayed and Rogers for comment, but did not immediately receive a response.
Cindy Crawford mourns son Presley Gerber in heartbreaking tribute
Cindy Crawford, Rande Gerber and Kaia Gerber are remembering their late son and brother, Presley Walker Gerber, as a "sweet, beautiful soul" in heartbreaking tributes shared weeks after his death.
"Presley Walker Gerber. July 2, 1999—September 20, 2026," Crawford wrote on Instagram, alongside a photo of her son.
"We are beyond heartbroken to lose our beloved son and brother. We feel so blessed to have had Presley in our lives for 27 years," she continued. "He is a sweet, beautiful soul who loved and is loved, now and forever."
Crawford praised Presley for "how he showed up in the world, with kindness and vulnerability" and thanked the public for supporting the family since the devastating loss.
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"We are grateful for the outpouring of love and support from so many who know and love our family and even strangers who feel our pain," the model wrote. "Til we meet again our sweet boy. We love you forever, Mom, Dad and Kaia."
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Kaia, Presley’s younger sister, shared her own tribute on Instagram, describing her brother as her "ultimate teacher," "best buddy" and "great protector."
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"I don’t have the words," Kaia wrote. "And maybe the tiny mercy is that we didn’t need them all along. Words fail and words subtract and words summarize and words always lack truth."
"You know how much i loved being your sister: it has always been, and will forever be, my favorite thing about myself. i came into this world with a white-knuckle grip around you. i had more love for you than i knew what to do with. and now that it has nowhere obvious to go, i’m certain it’s going to swallow me whole."
"you believed — always believed — in people. you met cruelty not with anger, but with confusion. and curiosity. you believed people were inherently good because, presley, you are inherently good."
Kaia recalled being scared to get her ears pierced when the two were younger.
"i got scared before getting my ears pierced, so you went first. you always went first. but when i held the earring they took from your body, all i could think was: that belongs to you."
"and i really f—ing wish you hadn’t gone first this time."
In another passage, Kaia said she was still learning how to be Presley’s sister "in a world that I can’t reach for you in."
"I don’t know how to do that yet," she wrote.
She ended the tribute with a series of heartbreaking declarations.
"My darling brother. I do adore you," Kaia wrote. "I love my brother. My brother is dead."
"And this party sucks so bad without you, prez," she added.
Gerber died Sept. 20 at age 27 while staying at a rehabilitation facility, according to records from the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner.
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The model's cause of death was "deferred," according to online records from the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner.
The medical examiner told Fox News Digital that "the investigation is still ongoing and there is limited information available."
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Santa Monica Police Department officials are investigating the death as "a suspected overdose," according to a release from the department.
A representative for the family told Fox News Digital, "The family is asking for privacy during this very difficult and painful time."
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Months before his death, Presley Gerber shared a raw look at his battle with addiction and the treatment he hoped would help him find his way back to himself.
In March, the model posted a video of himself preparing to undergo an "ibogaine flood dose," a psychedelic treatment, at a wellness clinic in Cancún, Mexico.
According to Stanford Medicine, ibogaine is a naturally occurring psychedelic derived from the root bark of the Tabernanthe iboga shrub. It has "gained interest from the medical and scientific communities for its potential to treat opioid and cocaine addiction, and research has suggested that it increases signaling of several important molecules within the brain, some of which have been linked to drug addiction and depression."
The treatment is legal in some countries, but not in the United States.
"Quiet moment before everything changed," Presley Gerber wrote in the Instagram caption. "I was absolutely terrified, and I knew I would be again if I ever had to face something like this."
Gerber said letting go of control was difficult, but he trusted "there was something bigger than me guiding it."
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"I knew why I was there. I faced what I had been running from, and somewhere in all of it, I started finding my way back to myself," he wrote.
He also said he was "praying it’s the last time" he would need to return for treatment.
Presley Gerber’s post was one of several instances in which he publicly documented his recovery journey. In recent years, he had spoken candidly about depression, panic attacks, addiction and the challenges of seeking treatment.
During a 2023 episode of the "Studio 22" podcast, Presley Gerber discussed his experiences with depression and other mental health challenges.
"[Mental health] is an issue. It is such a big part of my life. It’s a 24/7 job, and there’s so much to it," he said.
"That’s really what I want to do is help people, whether you’re depressed, you’re struggling with something that is having a negative effect on your body," he continued. "I mean it could be anything, and there’s no judgment."
Gerber said he hoped his experiences could help other people avoid making similar mistakes.
"I’ve seen a lot of stuff, and I’ve learned a lot of things," he said. "What I hope I can do is have made the mistakes for some other people, so they don’t have to make the same mistakes that I made."
He also explained why he wanted to be open about his mental health journey.
"Having struggled with mental health, depression and some other things that come along with that, I think that whether I help one person or a hundred people get out of that place that I was in at one point in my life, that’s all I need to do," Gerber said.
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The Cowboys come into this game having lost their past two games and with a 2-3 record. Dallas was in control of two of those losses and couldn’t close out the game. The Packers are 3-2, having beaten their rival Chicago last week.
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Steelers coach Mike McCarthy injures himself and it was serious enough he never got to halftime locker room
It's been a rough day for Pittsburgh Steelers coach Mike McCarthy, and that's only partially because his team is struggling against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
The Steelers trailed the Bucs 13-3 at halftime with their offense obviously not scoring a touchdown and also converting only 1 of 6 third-down opportunities.
So it was time for McCarthy to get his team in the halftime locker room and rethink the game plan. That makes sense because, you know, McCarthy needed to address whatever was not working, make adjustments, and maybe yell some motivating words.
Except McCarthy never made it to the halftime locker room.
While he was walking off the sideline and headed to an interview with a CBS sideline reporter, McCarthy apparently suffered some sort of leg injury. Multiple reports said McCarthy appeared to twist an ankle.
The 62-year-old coach then had another Steelers' staffer help him off the field by serving as a bit of a human crutch.
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And then the coach went directly into the team's blue medical tent where he spent the entire halftime period.
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McCarthy returned to the sideline at the start of the second half and the club had informed CBS he is going to limp through the end of the game.
There is no word who exactly made whatever adjustments on offense the Steelers might have wanted at halftime.
McCarthy serves as both the team's head coach and offensive play-caller.