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A Maryland Natural Resources Police officer is being praised for saving a suicidal woman who jumped from a pier into a river near Chesapeake City.

ABC News’ “Gun Violence Tracker” pads numbers by counting officer-involved shootings as suicides as gun violence. 

Veteran Kyle Killinger is running 3,000 miles across America, beginning in California and stopping in Washington, DC, to raise awareness for veterans who die by suicide.

The Teton County coroner has revealed the cause and manner of death for Robert Lowery, the missing hiker found deceased in Wyoming near the place Gabby Petito’s remains were discovered.

Stranded polar bears and penguins are being replaced by human victims across the country who are suffering from ‘climate despair.”

UFC fighter Brendan Schaub became a hero for rushing to the scene of a car accident and pulling injured children out of the wreckage.

A grim report from Japan’s Asahi Shimbun on Thursday told the stories of people who died alone and went undiscovered for up to six months because the Wuhan coronavirus pandemic eliminated their social interactions.

Five times as many children died of suicide during the first year of the coronavirus pandemic in Britain as died of the virus itself.

Transgender activists continue to fear-monger that more young people will commit suicide if not affirmed in their new gender identity.

Veteran Affairs Sec. Denis McDonough said the Department of Veteran Affairs will make “gender reassignment” surgery available to veterans.

A 14-year-old Belgian girl committed suicide four days after a group of youths allegedly gang-raped her in a cemetery in Ghent.

American Gold Star Mothers were the guests of honor at the Rolling to Remember event on Sunday, leading thousands of bikers as they rode by war memorials on the National Mall to honor fallen soldiers, those still missing in action or prisoners of war, and the military men and women who take their own lives.

Terry Sharpe treks every year from his home in North Carolina to Washington, DC, to raise awareness about military suicides.

Thousands of bikers gathered at RFK stadium in Washington, DC, on Sunday for the Rolling to Remember event to draw attention to the men and women who made the ultimate sacrifice.

The number of young, single Tokyo residents requesting professional cleaning services for their apartments has skyrocketed over the past year due to a pandemic phenomenon known as “garbage houses,” in which people allow trash to accumulate inside their homes for months.

A security officer working on the protection detail for Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan was found dead in his apartment on Tuesday. His death was ruled a suicide, as a note was found saying that he could no longer endure insults and threats from his superiors.

The yearly suicide rate for Japanese schoolchildren surged to 479 in 2020, the highest figure recorded since Japan began keeping records of the statistic in 1980, Japan’s education ministry revealed Monday.

Video footage captured the tense moments between a Pennsylvania man and his neighbors, who were shoveling snow outside their home, that authorities say turned into a murder-suicide.

Amid record-high deaths from alcohol, an increase in reports of children committing self-harm, and more people experiencing suicidal thoughts during the lockdown, Prime Minister Boris Johnson has appointed an ‘Ambassador for Mental Health’. The Prime Minister has tapped TV personality

A West Virginia mother whom law enforcement say shot and killed her five kids before burning down their home and killing herself last year was reportedly obsessed with witchcraft.

Virginia state Sen. Creigh Deeds (D) is pushing legislation to mandate background checks for state residents who wish to shoot firearms at a gun range.

One of the largest school districts in America is planning to phase back into in-person learning following a rise in student suicides.

Five children found shot to death after a house fire last year in West Virginia were killed by their mother, who then killed herself, officials said Thursday.

Italy has seen a marked spike in attempted suicide among children and youth during the coronavirus crisis, tied to a lack of school and sports activities, local media report Tuesday.

Monthly suicide rates in Japan increased by 16 percent from July to October 2020 compared to the same period the previous year, Japanese researchers have found. The three-month interval coincided with Japan’s second wave of Chinese coronavirus outbreaks, Reuters reported Sunday.

Donald G. Tober, who became famous for putting Sweet’N Low packets on millions of tables, died Friday by suicide.

A 24-year-old Canadian man allegedly committed suicide days after being arrested for breaking Chinese coronavirus lockdown restrictions.

Japan’s Nikkei Asian Reviews highlighted the emergency of “virus vigilantes” in the country on Tuesday: enforcers that use peer pressure to keep people from violating lockdown restrictions without actually having any legitimate authority.

The number of suicides in Japan rose in October to the highest level recorded in over five years, Japanese police data revealed on Tuesday.

The number of people having suicidal thoughts has tripled under lockdown, as Reform UK party leader Nigel Farage warned that lockdowns meant to stop the spread of coronavirus were proving to be detrimental to other aspects of Britons’ health.

London Ambulance Service callouts to suicides or suicide attempts have almost doubled in a year, with the organisation saying it had seen a rise in the number of visits related to mental health issues since the start of the pandemic.

China’s state-run Global Times reported on Wednesday that it received a statement from the police in Webster Groves, Missouri, indicating that the October 7 death of Qiang “David” Liu, formerly a representative of the Confucius Institute at Webster University, was a suicide.

A Japanese man dubbed the “Twitter Killer” has pleaded guilty to murdering nine people after arranging meetings with them via the social network, in what has become one of the country’s most shocking and high-profile serial killings. 

An Omaha bar owner who fatally shot a protester in May — during the weekend riots across the country following the death of George Floyd — has allegedly died by suicide after being indicted last week on charges involving the incident.

Rates of self-harm, depression, and suicide have increased significantly among South Koreans during the coronavirus pandemic, government statistics revealed this week.

Japan’s suicide rate has declined during the coronavirus pandemic according to a study published Wednesday, which suggested that reduced working hours and government financial support at the height of the nation’s outbreak could have contributed to the decrease.