suicide

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.

The signing event at the White House is scheduled to begin at 1:45 p.m. EST

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.

Environmentalism has a long history of attracting cranks, loons and zealots. There was the Unabomber, whose Manifesto was all but indistinguishable from Al Gore’s Earth In Balance.

Former Swedish theatre director Benny Fredriksson is said to have taken his own life earlier this week after resigning from his position as head of the Kulturhuset Stadsteatern, Stockholm’s arts and culture centre, due to sexual misconduct actions that have turned out to be false.

Men account for three-quarters of the suicides in the UK, new statistics have confirmed.

China’s state-run media revealed on Tuesday that General Zhang Yang, formerly one of the most powerful military officials in the Communist nation, killed himself at his home in Beijing on on November 23rd.

Facebook hopes to detect suicidal users on their platform through the use of artificial intelligence after successfully testing the feature in the United States.

While the journalists fixate on anecdotes such as the suicides of high-profile players such as Junior Seau and Dave Duerson, scientists examine the data.

A team of scientists at Carnegie Mellon University has created an algorithm that can detect suicidal thoughts or tendencies in people by analyzing their brain scans.

LONDON (AP) — Britain’s High Court has rejected a terminally ill man’s request to be killed with medical help.

An Austin, Texas, police officer resigned after he allegedly faked his own death and fled to Mexico.

Cyberbullies are 20 percent more likely to attempt suicide than others, according to a report.