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Is It Possible to Eliminate Suicide?
Sweden has dramatically reduced traffic-accident deaths. Can it stop people from killing themselves?
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Kalief Browder commits suicide
A New York man who spent three years behind bars at Rikers Island without being convicted of a crime has taken his own life, his attorney told CNN. Kalief Browder was a 16-year-old sophomore when he was arrested, and later charged with second-degree robbery. He was released in 2013 when the charges against him were dropped. Browder's story drew national attention when he was profiled in a story in the New Yorker, which also reported on Browder's death.
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Suicide rate of female military veterans is called 'staggering'
New government research shows that female military veterans commit suicide at nearly six times the rate of other women, a startling finding that experts say poses disturbing questions about the backgrounds and experiences of women who serve in the armed forces. Their suicide rate is so high that it approaches that of male veterans, a finding that surprised researchers because men generally are far more likely than women to commit suicide.
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Suicide by bridge is gruesome, and death is almost certain. The fourth in a seven-part series on the Golden Gate Bridge barrier debate.
It's cold at Fort Baker. The water is frigid and the breeze chilly. It's quiet, except for the lapping of waves along the muddy shoreline. Every time a person jumps from the Golden Gate Bridge, his or her broken corpse is brought to Fort Baker by solemn sailors of the U.S. Coast Guard. There, the dead are met by an investigator from the Marin County coroner's office, which is responsible for tying up the loose ends of the jumper's life. Identification, notification, autopsy and death notice.
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Suicide Of 4 Children In Rural China Highlights Tragedy Of Millions Of ‘Left-behind Kids'
The father of the four siblings who committed suicide was away working. Premier Li Keqiang says the deaths are a tragedy that must not be repeated.
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Police chief calls for investigation into Kurt Cobain's death to be reopened
The death of Nirvana frontman Kurt Cobain should be reinvestigated to settle whether it was suicide or murder, according to the former chief of Seattle police. "I would tell you right now if I were the Chief of Police, I would reopen this investigation,” said Norm Stamper, who took over the police department months before Cobain's death. The 27-year-old rockstar was found dead from a gunshot wound in April 1994 at his home in Seattle and Mr Stamper's officers were called to the scene.
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This man has dedicated his life to patrolling Japan's lonely cliff-tops to prevent suicides
Japan has one of the highest rates of suicide in the world - but one man has devoted his life to help bring the unfortunate figure down and has saved over 500 lives to date.
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Healthy 24-year-old granted right to die in Belgium
Over 1,800 people were euthanised in Belgium in 2014, a 27% increase on the previous year.
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Coroner points to mental health shortfalls
The findings from an inquest into the death of a troubled young Perth man have highlighted deficiencies in mental health services.
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Principal commits suicide amid Common Core test scandal
The principal of an innovative West Harlem public school killed herself the day after her students took the state Common Core exams — which were later tossed out because she cheated
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Healthy retired nurse ends her life because old age 'is awful'
A healthy former nurse has ended her life in a Swiss suicide clinic because her experiences of caring for the elderly showed her old age is no fun.
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‘Get back in': Teen charged with pressuring boyfriend to commit suicide
A high school senior faces involuntary manslaughter charges in Massachusetts for urging her boyfriend to commit suicide, according to police. Michelle Carter, 18, is accused not only of failing to seek help for Conrad Roy III — who, police say, Carter knew intended to commit suicide — but also of texting him during the act and pressuring him to go through with it, according to authorities.
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Man trying to stop suicide plummets to his death
A man fell to his death while attempting to prevent a teenager from jumping off the ledge of a university dorm in Hawaii.
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South Korea: Suicide Nation
People & Power investigates South Korea's disturbing rise in suicides, particularly among the elderly.
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Michelle Carter's and Conrad Roy's messages before suicide
Conrad Roy, who was battling with depression, anxiety and suicidal thoughts, was seeking for help but instead was encouraged by his narcissistic 18-year-old girlfriend Michelle Carter to finish the business. When Conrad started to worry about the consequences of his suicide, Michelle promised it’s not a big deal. “Everyone will be sad for a while, but they will get over it and move on. They won’t be in the depression,” she wrote.
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Elderly men have the highest suicide rate - and ageism stops us from doing something about it
The most recent Australian suicide statistics from 2013 show that, out of the whole population, men aged 85 years and over have the highest suicide rates. While the attention these figures have garnered is a positive sign, this is hardly a new phenomenon. Over 38 men in every 100,000 of that age group die by suicide, which is more than double the rate among men under 35. The rate is around seven times higher than in women of all ages.
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Teen charged with encouraging her boyfriend to kill himself
At first glance, the text messages appear to show a disturbing case of cyberbullying: one teen urging another to kill himself. But the texts were not sent by a school bully. They were from a 17-year-old girl to her boyfriend, whom she called the love of her life. "You can't think about it. You just have to do it. You said you were gonna do it. Like I don't get why you aren't," Michelle Carter allegedly wrote to Conrad Roy...
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Attack on Afghan soccer match kills nine, wounds over 50
A suicide car bombing killed at least nine people and wounded more than 50 at a cricket match in Afghanistan on Sunday, officials said. The attack took place in southeastern Paktika province, on the border with Pakistan, the officials said. Authorities initially said the game being played at the time of the blast was soccer, but an interior ministry statement later said it was a cricket match. The attack probably targeted members of the local government watching the game, officials said.
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Cathriona White, Ex-Girlfriend of Jim Carrey, Found Dead in Apparent Suicide
The 29-year-old Irish-born makeup artist had been in an on-again, off-again relationship with Carrey, 53, since they first met in 2012.
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Jim Carrey -- Girlfriend Cathriona White Commits Suicide
Jim Carrey released a statement -- "I am shocked and deeply saddened by the passing of my sweet Cathriona. She was a truly kind and delicate Irish flower, too sensitive for this soil, to whom loving and being loved was all that sparkled. My heart goes out to her family and friends and to everyone who loved and cared about her. We have all been hit with a lightning bolt."
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