The two guards of the cell in which convicted sex-offender billionaire Jeffrey Epstein committed suicide will have to perform 100 hours of community service as part of a deferred prosecution deal with the Department of Justice (DOJ). According to a deferred prosecution agreement signed by one of the defendants, Michael Thomas, the DOJ will defer the…
Rhode Island Bus Driver Spots Man About to Jump off Bridge—so She Gets Out, Saves His Life
The Rhode Island Public Transit Authority (RIPTA) commended a bus driver for preventing a man from jumping off a bridge to commit suicide. The driver is being recognized for “exemplary compassion and selflessness” for intervening and saving the man’s life. “To say she went above and beyond is an understatement,” RIPTA’s chief executive officer, Scott…
China in Focus (May 13): Outcry Over Chinese Student’s Puzzling Death
A Chinese teenager was found dead on his high school campus. Thousands of people are now joining his mother’s call for transparency. But police have started arresting protesters. Nearly 300 Chinese maritime militia ships are sailing in Philippine waters. It marks Beijing’s largest-ever incursion in the area. China angers another of its neighbors. The regime…
Report Calls for ‘Fresh Approach’ to Indigenous Suicide Crisis
Living in safe and clean environments, having access to modern services that individuals find personally meaningful, possessing the necessary skills to function in the 21st century, developing a robust sense of self-worth, engaging in personally meaningful activities, and practising personal responsibility. These are the recommendations of a new Centre for Independent Studies report by Indigenous researcher…
22-Year-Old Who Weighed 435lb and Attempted Suicide Loses 235lb in 2 Years, Becomes Powerlifter
A young man from New Brunswick has proven that becoming strong on the outside takes inner strength, too. So, too, does losing 235 pounds (106 kg) when you’re overweight. At the height of his weight gain, Connor Terry, from Moncton, Canada, tipped the scales at 435 pounds (197 kg). That was two years ago. Now, at…
Police Identify 6 People Dead in Texas Murder-Suicide Pact
DALLAS—Authorities have identified six people found dead in a suburban Dallas home in what police said was an apparent murder-suicide plot. The Allen Police Department said investigators believe brothers Tanvir Towhid, 21, and Farhan Towhid, 19, made a pact to kill their parents, sister and grandmother before killing themselves. The bodies were found early Monday…
Suicide Rates Fell to 5-Year Low In 2020 But COVID-19 and Overdoses May Mask True Figure: Experts
New data shows suicide deaths across the United States dropped in 2020, though the full picture remains unclear, say experts, who worry that a sharp rise in fatal drug overdoses and possible cause-of-death misclassification in people who had COVID-19 at the time of their suicide, may be masking the true number. Preliminary data in a…
Suicide Rate Fell to 5-Year Low in 2020 But COVID-19, Overdoses May Mask True Figure: Experts
New data shows suicide deaths across the United States dropped in 2020, although the full picture remains unclear, say experts, who worry that a sharp rise in fatal drug overdoses and possible cause-of-death misclassification in people who had COVID-19 at the time of their suicide, may be masking the true number. Preliminary data in a…
Prosecutors Seek Life Term for Would-Be NYC Suicide Bomber
NEW YORK—A Bangladeshi immigrant who set off a pipe bomb attached to his chest in New York City’s busiest subway station should spend the rest of his life behind bars for a “premeditated and vicious” terror attack committed on behalf of ISIS terrorist group, prosecutors said Thursday. In papers filed in federal court in Manhattan,…
When Is Legalized Suicide Acceptable, and When Is It Not?
Commentary And now there are 11. Eleven jurisdictions in the United States have now legalized the act of suicide when it is the product of consultation between a terminally ill patient and a qualified medical person. New Mexico’s legislature is the latest to approve such a bill called the End-of-Life Options Act. Other states—California, Colorado,…
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