Police in northern Switzerland say several people have been detained and a criminal case opened in connection with the suspected death of a person in a new “suicide capsule”. The “Sarco” capsule, which has never been used before, is designed to allow a person inside to push a button that injects nitrogen gas into the […]
More Americans committed suicide in 2022 than in any other year on record, according to data released by the CDC on Wednesday. The National Center for Health Statistics recorded nearly 50,000 suicides last year, up 2.6 percent increase from the prior year. The 2022 suicide rate of 14.3 per 100,000 Americans is the highest since […]
A total of 49,449 Americans died by suicide in 2022, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Thursday. This is a 2.6% increase from 48,183 in 2021 and the highest number ever recorded, according to provisional numbers released in a new report from the federal health agency. The greatest increase was seen among adults […]
The NCAA Division 1 Men’s Basketball Tournament, which just got underway, is the pinnacle of college sports, an annual all-American rah-rah celebration of athletic competition. The Big Dance. The Final Four. March Madness! It is also, increasingly, a chance for a lot of people to bet a lot of money. From the casual fun of […]
Naomi Judd died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound, according to daughter Ashley Judd. Ashley appeared Wednesday on “Good Morning America” to speak out about her mother’s death. “She used a weapon… my mother used a firearm,” Ashley said. “So that’s the piece of information that we are very uncomfortable sharing, but understand that we’re in […]
Disturbing new audio reveals Vicky White pleading with her prison lover Casey to ‘get out and run’ as they were chased by police in Indiana, seconds before she shot herself dead. The audio was released on Tuesday night as Casey was brought back to Alabama to face charges. In the 7-minute audio clip, Vicky can […]
A Maryland state judge died by suicide before being arrested on a federal charge of sexual exploitation of a child. Caroline County Circuit Judge Jonathan Newell was pronounced dead at 6:43 a.m. Friday morning, the U.S. attorney’s office in Maryland said in a statement. When FBI agents went to Newell’s home to arrest him, they […]
SAN FRANCISCO — A heartbroken young Turkish man shot himself on Facebook in the latest example of troubling content being streamed live on the giant social network. Erdogan Ceren, 22, who had broken up with his girlfriend, told viewers of the live video: “No one believed when I said I will kill myself. So watch this.” The first time Ceren […]
WASHINGTON — More than one-third of calls to a suicide hotline for troubled veterans are not being answered by front-line staffers because of poor work habits and other problems at the Department of Veterans Affairs, according to the hotline’s former director. Some hotline workers handle fewer than five calls per day and leave before their […]
