A South Korean soldier committed suicide, officials confirmed Tuesday, less than a month after his unit failed to detect a North Korean ship navigating territorial waters, leaving a suicide note berating himself for his incompetence.
Democrat gun control advocates gathered at the Capitol on Thursday to put out a rally call for the Senate to take up the universal background check for gun purchases bill the House passed 114 days ago, claiming 11,400 people have since died from “gun violence.”
A ten-year-old girl and her mother were found dead inside their New York City apartment Saturday afternoon and a man suffered a bullet wound to his head, police said.
Children and teens in Vermont who claim to be transgender could soon be able to have taxpayer-funded sex reassignment surgeries without having to wait until they are 21.
Pope Francis has weighed in on the case of a Dutch girl who committed suicide after enduring a rape as a child, calling for greater care for those who are tempted to despair.
Reports on Wednesday corrected a widespread story that a 17-year-old Dutch girl who died at her home Sunday had been euthanized, noting that she committed suicide.
Matt Naylor, president and CEO of the National World War I Museum and Memorial in Kansas City, MO, noted the Department of Veterans Affairs’ (VA) estimate of 140 weekly suicides among veterans, offering his remarks ahead of Memorial Day in a Friday interview on SiriusXM’s Breitbart News Tonight with host Rebecca Mansour and special guest host Rick Manning.
An enthusiastically positive profile of Communist Party leader Xi Jinping in the Chinese state news service Xinhua claims that reading the “To Be or Not to Be” soliloquy in William Shakespeare’s Hamlet – a monologue about contemplating suicide – inspired Xi to spread his totalitarian ideology through politics.
Facebook’s process for monitoring its users’ posts in an effort to predicting suicides has some healthcare experts worried that it can backfire and escalate mental-health crises.
Details about the tragic March 2018 deaths of Jennifer and Sarah Hart and their six adopted children have been revealed by authorities.
Freeda Foreman, boxing great George Foreman’s daughter, died from an apparent suicide in Texas, according to authorities.
A father of a Navy SEAL thanked President Donald Trump for making the issue of veteran suicides a priority.
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In a press release, Thursday, Instagram announced it would start banning “graphic” self-harm pictures uploaded to the platform.
Adam Mosseri, the head of Facebook-owned Instagram, admitted in an article for the Telegraph, Monday, that Instagram has failed to protect its users from posts which promote self-harm and even suicide.
A Chinese blogger is suspected to have taken her own life on Sunday after several botched attempts at cosmetic facial surgery.
David Hogg suggests efforts to declare a “national emergency” regarding border security could be better spent with action against “gun violence.”
A New York state Democratic senator sponsoring a bill that would require potential gun owners to submit to social media background checks told a Republican aide over Twitter on Tuesday to “kill” herself.
The death of Fox 2 meteorologist Jessica Starr of Novi, Michigan, was announced by her colleagues via social media on Thursday.
Investigators suspect suicide killed two Saudi sisters found dead 10 days ago along the rocky banks of the Hudson River in New York.
An 18-year-old allegedly massacred his fellow students with a shotgun on Wednesday at a vocational school in Crimea, the Ukrainian territory Russia annexed in 2014, killing 19 and injuring more than 50 others before committing suicide.
A man shot and killed five people in Bakersfield, California, Wednesday night despite the state’s strict gun control.
Construction has reportedly begun on a stainless steel wire net that will help prevent suicides on San Francisco’s Golden Gate Bridge, which is one of the world’s leading spot for suicides.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports that suicide rates have increased significantly all across the nation.
President Donald Trump reacted to the breaking news that celebrity chef Anthony Bourdain committed suicide in France on Friday.
“Suicide is a leading cause of death for Americans – and it’s a tragedy for families and communities across the country,” Schuchat said. “From individuals and communities to employers and healthcare professionals, everyone can play a role in efforts to help save lives and reverse this troubling rise in suicide.”
Far-left political commentator, convicted intelligence leaker, and senate candidate Chelsea Manning threatened to commit suicide on Sunday, posting a suicide note and a picture of a rooftop ledge, before being reported to be safe.
A man considered jumping off a Detroit-area freeway overpass early Tuesday morning, but little did he know thirteen truckers would park their tractor-trailers underneath to break his fall should he jump.
The infamous “club drug” ketamine may provide the key to helping people living on the edge of self-destruction.
A gay man and attorney who worked on high-profile LGBT cases, including a challenge the Boy Scouts ban on homosexual members, set himself on fire on Saturday at a public park in New York City to protest fossil fuels and climate change, according to a suicide note.
