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Presley Gerber's Family Shares Raw Tributes to Him

Cindy Crawford, husband, daughter share family's grief, recalls son's kindness

(Newser) - Cindy Crawford is publicly mourning son Presley Gerber nearly a month after his death at 27, People reports. In a black-and-white photo tribute posted to Instagram on Sunday and signed by Crawford, husband Rande Gerber, and daughter Kaia, the family write that they are "beyond heartbroken" and described Presley...

Clooney: Death of Presley Gerber 'Devastating' to Parents

Actor, a close family friend, calls 27-year-old's death 'worst thing that could ever happen'

(Newser) - George Clooney is publicly grieving the death of Presley Gerber , calling it "one of the most devastating things" his close circle has ever faced. Speaking to Entertainment Tonight at the Albies on Friday, Clooney, standing beside wife Amal, described the 27-year-old's death as "the worst thing that...

Presley Gerber Put His Struggles Online, for All to See

Cindy Crawford's son openly chronicled his addiction, mental health battle

(Newser) - Presley Gerber didn't just hint at his struggles—he built a kind of video archive of them. In a feature for the New York Times , Jesse McKinley reports that the 27-year-old son of Cindy Crawford and Rande Gerber spent the last few years publicly dissecting his addiction and mental...

Frat Saw Arrest, Overdose Hours Before Alleged Rape

Student paper questions why Chi Phi wasn't placed on suspension

(Newser) - Campus police should not have been surprised by witness claims of drug use at Cornell's Chi Phi house around the time of an alleged gang rape because, as Fox News reports, officers had already found drugs at that very location. The campus crime log shows a student was arrested on...

Botched Execution Puts Sedative in the Spotlight

Two doses of pentobarbital failed to kill Christa Pike in Tennessee

(Newser) - The drug used by Tennessee in its unsuccessful attempt to execute Christa Pike on Wednesday night is more commonly used to treat emergency seizures than end lives. Pentobarbital, commonly sold as Nembutal, is a short-acting barbiturate that depresses the central nervous system, explains USA Today . It's primarily used as...

What We Know About Death of Cindy Crawford's Son

Presley Gerber died at a rehab facility of a suspected overdose, say police

(Newser) - Authorities don't suspect foul play in the unexpected death of 27-year-old Presley Gerber —son of supermodel Cindy Crawford. Instead, police in Santa Monica say they are investigating the case as a suspected overdose, reports NBC News . Gerber was pronounced dead at 9:45am Sunday at a high-end rehab...

New Supercharged Opioid Linked to 16-Year-Old's Death
Teen Dies From Opioid
Far More Potent Than Fentanyl
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Teen Dies From Opioid Far More Potent Than Fentanyl

NYT examines alarming rise of cychlorphine in San Francisco

(Newser) - San Francisco officials didn't learn a new, ultra-potent opioid had arrived in the city from lab tests or drug busts. They learned it from the autopsy of a 16-year-old. In the New York Times , Jenna Russell reports on the April death of Dante Lacourte, whose mother assumed fentanyl was...

Report: Perez Hilton Thinks It's 2016, Is 'Not All There'

Meanwhile, TMZ reports that gossip blogger sought suicide by cop

(Newser) - Perez Hilton's recent mental health crisis may have been even more dangerous than first reported. Citing dispatch call logs, TMZ reports that the celebrity blogger allegedly said during a livestreamed TikTok that he wanted to die via "suicide by cops" and was willing to harm officers to make...

New Detail on Panettiere Emerges From BF's Brother

Zach Hickerson says his sibling administered Narcan to actor after they found her unconscious

(Newser) - Hayden Panettiere's final moments are coming into sharper focus, with her boyfriend's brother now saying that an overdose-reversing medication was used in an attempt to save her. "Brian gave her Narcan," Zach Hickerson told TMZ , referring to sibling Brian Hickerson, Hayden's boyfriend, administering the med...

Here's What We Know About Panettiere Death

Law enforcement mentioned possible overdose of actor discovered in cardiac arrest

(Newser) - Hayden Panettiere's final hours are coming into sharper focus. Police and EMS responded Sunday afternoon to a 911 call about an unresponsive woman at a Greenville, SC, residence; the 36-year-old was later identified as Panettiere, authorities say. Law enforcement dispatch audio referenced an "overdose" and "cardiac arrest,...

America Is Trying to Decide What to Do About Kratom

Some want it banned entirely; others say it's a savior for those with chronic pain

(Newser) - A plant-based powder you can pick up with your lottery tickets and energy drink is now at the center of a fierce drug fight. The Wall Street Journal's Sumathi Reddy reports on kratom, which comes from a Southeast Asian tree leaf and is legally sold in gas stations and...

It's Good News, Bad News From CDC on US Death Rate

Overall death rate hits record low, but flu and pneumonia deaths are on the rise

(Newser) - America just logged its lowest overall death rate since federal recordkeeping began, but a couple of old killers are quietly creeping back up the chart. New CDC data show the US death rate fell 4.6% in 2025, to 689.2 deaths per 100,000 people, down from 722.1...

First Responders Isolated After Responding to Overdose Call

3 people were found dead in New Mexico home

(Newser) - Three people are dead and more than a dozen first responders are quarantined after a report Wednesday of a suspected drug overdose at a rural New Mexico home. State Police said they were dispatched to a home in Mountainair after reports that four people inside might have overdosed; three of...

Emergent Orphines Are Far More Potent Than Fentanyl
There's an Emerging
Street Drug to Be Feared
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May 9, 2026 11:55 AM CDT

There's an Emerging Street Drug to Be Feared

New synthetic orphines evade standard drug tests

(Newser) - A synthetic opioid you've likely never heard of is quietly surfacing in street drugs across the US, and it makes fentanyl look weak. The New York Times reports that "orphines," an experimental opioid class first developed in the 1960s and abandoned because of dangerous side effects, have...

Cher Learns She Has a Teenage Granddaughter: Report

Julie Andrews' granddaughter says she has a daughter with Elijah Blue Allman

(Newser) - Cher's family story is getting more complicated, if claims from a former model are accurate. Kayti Edwards—granddaughter of Julie Andrews—tells the US Sun she had a daughter named Ever with Cher's son Elijah Blue Allman in 2010, and that Cher only became convinced she was a...

Drug 100x Stronger Than Fentanyl Is a 'Murder Weapon'

Carfentanil is a weapons-grade chemical that's now surging across the US, with deadly consequences

(Newser) - Nearly two decades after drug addiction sent him to rehab as a teen, 36-year-old Michael Nalewaja had settled into a quiet life in Alaska where he worked as an electrician. That all came crashing down days before Thanksgiving 2025, when he and a mutual friend unknowingly took a lethal cocktail...

Family of 'Looksmaxxing' Star 'Very Concerned' After Clip

'Clavicular' hospitalized after having what seemed to be a medical emergency during livestream

(Newser) - Influencer Braden "Clavicular" Peters collapsed during a livestream on Tuesday evening, and his family is now "very concerned," a source tells Vanity Fair . The 20-year-old, known for his extreme "looksmaxxing" content, lost consciousness at a Miami restaurant, with friends initially assuming he was joking. Online clips...

California Motel Closed After 2 Women Die in Same Room

Officials cite carbon monoxide, fire code violations in motel shutdown

(Newser) - Two women died in the same Eureka, California, motel room five days apart, and now the entire facility is shut down, the Guardian reports. Police say they were first called to the Lamplighter Inn on Feb. 21 for a report of two unconscious people in a room after a possible...

Feds Abruptly Reverse Cuts to Addiction Programs

U-turn follows 'furious lobbying' from both parties, also affects mental health treatment

(Newser) - The federal government has abruptly reversed cuts of around $2 billion to mental health and substance abuse programs. On Wednesday, the Health and Human Services Department rescinded termination notices that were sent out Tuesday night through the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, the Wall Street Journal reports. The...

Andy Dick Found Unresponsive on Hollywood Street

Comedian was taken home by friends after apparent overdose

(Newser) - Andy Dick was reportedly found unresponsive on a Hollywood sidewalk Tuesday afternoon, but was "taken home by a friend," according to the Los Angeles Police Department, though officers did not confirm the comedian's identity. Emergency responders were called to a 7-Eleven at Highland Avenue and Yucca Street...

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