Category: suicide

Immediate Intervention Prevents Almost 100 Percent of Repeat Suicide Attempts: Experts

A special intervention program almost completely eliminated the number of suicides among those who attempted it at least once. The program was initiated in 2017 at Rambam Health Care Campus, in the northern district of Israel. The unique approach is meant to prevent repeated suicide attempts among those who end up in a hospital emergency…


Nonprofit Boosts Morale Among Border Patrol Agents Facing Crisis at Southern Border

After thousands in migrant caravans began arriving at the U.S. border with Mexico in 2018, one Anaheim Hills, California, couple decided to lend their support to border patrol agents dealing with the influx who they say were “unfairly maligned” amid political tensions. Known as the “Morale Boosters,” the couple created a nonprofit to aid the…


Rise in Suicide Deaths in Australia Following COVID-19 Pandemic

An increased number of Australians have committed suicide in 2022 as living cost pressures and personal debt remains the greatest threat to people’s mental health. According to data from the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, more people in the two states of Victoria and New South Wales (NSW) have taken their lives in 2022…


Deputy in California Slayings Killed Self With Service Gun

RIVERSIDE, Calif.—A Virginia sheriff’s deputy who police say traveled to California to kill three family members of a 15-year-old girl he tried to sexually extort online killed himself with a government-issued firearm, authorities said Saturday. Austin Lee Edwards, 28, drove across the country and on Nov. 25 killed the girl’s mother and grandparents and set…


14 Border Agents Committed Suicide in 2022

WASHINGTON—Fourteen Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agents who worked at the southern border committed suicide this year, according to members of Congress. The Republican and Democrat lawmakers released the grim, and growing, tally during a press conference on Dec. 7 at the House Triangle. Between 2007 and Nov. 2022, a total of 149 CBP agents located…


Capitol Report: Custom and Border Patrol Agent Suicides See Drastic Rise; Military Vaccine Mandate to Be Repealed

The vaccine mandate for military members is on the verge of being repealed. The White House is disapproving, while a few senators are pushing for more. Sen. Raphael Warnock’s win in the Georgia runoff ensures an outright Democrat majority in the Senate for the rest of Biden’s term. How are lawmakers reacting, and what does…


Capitol Report: Customs and Border Patrol Agent Suicides See Drastic Rise; Military Vaccine Mandate to Be Repealed

The vaccine mandate for military members is on the verge of being repealed. The White House is disapproving, while a few senators are pushing for more. Sen. Raphael Warnock’s win in the Georgia runoff ensures an outright Democrat majority in the Senate for the rest of Biden’s term. How are lawmakers reacting, and what does…


Suicide Bomber Hits Indonesian Police Station, Killing 1

BANDUNG, Indonesia—A terrorist and convicted bomb-maker who was released from prison last year blew himself up Wednesday at a police station on Indonesia’s main island of Java, killing an officer and wounding 11 people, officials said. The attacker entered the Astana Anyar police station with a motorcycle and detonated one of two bombs he was…


LIVE: Elon Musk Exposes Potentially Criminal Censorship and Collusion; Canada Promotes Suicide Message

Elon Musk is putting his money where his mouth is, with his pledge to restore citizen journalism on Twitter. The billionaire founder of Tesla began releasing what he calls “The Twitter Files,” which include internal communications from Twitter that detail how the U.S. government has been censoring Americans by using Twitter. The findings are being…


Elon Musk Exposes Potentially Criminal Censorship and Collusion; Canada Promotes Suicide Message

Elon Musk is putting his money where his mouth is, with his pledge to restore citizen journalism on Twitter. The billionaire founder of Tesla began releasing what he calls “The Twitter Files,” which include internal communications from Twitter that detail how the U.S. government has been censoring Americans by using Twitter. The findings are being…