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Brooklyn
fromNew York Post
20 hours ago

NYC passenger jumps out of moving livery car in apparent suicide on Belt Parkway: police

A 43-year-old Brooklyn man committed suicide by climbing out of a moving livery vehicle window on the Belt Parkway and died after hitting his head.
UK news
fromwww.bbc.com
3 days ago

'My cousin died after placing 600 bets in a row'

Gambling disorder contributed to Lee Adams's suicide after he placed over 600 bets in one hour; his family struggled to get gambling recognized at inquest.
Public health
fromBoston.com
4 days ago

A Mass. construction worker's suicide highlights a wider crisis

Construction workers face high suicide rates (second to mining), elevated drug overdoses, and thousands of fatal workplace injuries, indicating a workforce crisis.
#brown-university-shooting
#characterai
#mass-shooting
US news
fromBoston.com
1 week ago

At Middlebury, she hoped to start fresh. In Trump's America, it seemed impossible.

A 21-year-old transgender Middlebury College senior, Lia Smith, died by suicide after struggling with acceptance and hostility amid debates over trans athletes.
#walt-disney-world
Mental health
fromBusiness Insider
1 week ago

Inside the Marine Corps' hidden recruiting crisis

Marine recruiters endure intense, quota-driven pressure that can cause severe stress, damaged relationships, career risk, and, in some cases, suicide.
#homicide
Mental health
fromABC7 Los Angeles
1 week ago

Body found confirmed to be missing 19-year-old Camila Mendoza Olmos, death ruled suicide

Camila Mendoza Olmos, 19, was found dead in a Texas field; the medical examiner ruled her death a suicide from a gunshot wound to the head.
Mental health
fromSlate Magazine
2 weeks ago

Finding a Reason to Embrace Life in the Worst Place to Be During the Holidays

Prisoners' experiences with despair and survival offer practical, overlooked lessons for people outside prison contemplating suicide about reasons and ways to hold on.
California
fromLos Angeles Times
2 weeks ago

San Diego woman who pleaded guilty to scheme to kill husband dies by suicide

Tatyana Natasha Remley, 44, died by suicide after pleading guilty in 2023 to attempting to pay $2 million to have her husband killed.
fromwww.mercurynews.com
2 weeks ago

California equestrian in hitman plot against husband dies by suicide

A California equestrian who tried to hire a hitman to murder her estranged husband fatally shot herself outside a San Diego bar after being released from prison, but before facing arson charges for burning down the couple's Del Mar mansion. Tatyana Remley, 45, put a gun to her head outside the Princess Pub & Grille in the city's trendy Little Italy section just before 9 p.m. last Thursday after firing a single shot into the air, witnesses told local ABC affiliate KGTV.
California
#james-ransone
fromHuffPost
3 weeks ago
Film

James Ransone's Wife Breaks Silence With Heart-Wrenching Tribute Following Actor's Death

fromHuffPost
3 weeks ago
Film

James Ransone's Wife Breaks Silence With Heart-Wrenching Tribute Following Actor's Death

#mental-health
Mental health
fromwww.bbc.com
2 months ago

Woman 'threatened' by NHS ward staff, inquiry told

A 73-year-old inpatient, Iris Scott, experienced staff bullying and threats, alleged care failures, and died by suicide while detained on a mental health ward.
Mental health
fromwww.independent.co.uk
2 months ago

Ricky Hatton's son vows to keep talking about mental health

Campbell Hatton vowed to continue normalizing mental health openness after his father Ricky Hatton was found dead; provisional cause given as hanging.
Mental health
fromPsychology Today
3 weeks ago

Unlocking a Brain Characteristic That Raises Suicide Risk

Elevated hippocampal SGK1 associates with suicide in depressed adults, particularly among those with childhood trauma, and SGK1-targeting medications may offer therapeutic promise.
fromPadailypost
3 weeks ago

School lockdowns lifted after call of man with a gun

Update 3:35 p.m. - Menlo Park Police issued an update to the incident saying that the man who died was a missing and suicidal person from outside of the county that authorities were looking for because he was armed with a gun. After getting calls about the armed man, police surrounded the man's car and tried to talk to talk to him, but he did not respond, and police saw a handgun on the man's chest, according to spokeswoman Nicole Acker.
California
fromwww.bbc.com
4 weeks ago

'We don't blame dad for killing mum, he was ill'

Chris ran a jewellery business which Ruth had also worked in. He had no previous mental health issues but as the company struggled during the Covid pandemic, eventually closing in April 2022, he began to experience delusional thoughts. He became increasingly paranoid, wrongly believing he was being listened to by his phone and computer, and terrified someone was out to get him. He became withdrawn, looked noticeably frailer and experienced suicidal thoughts.
UK news
fromenglish.elpais.com
1 month ago

When Judas Priest were accused of inducing two fans to kill themselves: A chronicle of the most infamous trial in music history

That afternoon, they had been drinking alcohol and smoking marijuana and listening for six hours straight to the album Stained Class (1978) by the heavy metal band Judas Priest. At nightfall, they went to a playground next to a church with a 12-gauge shotgun. Raymond Belknap, 18, put the barrel under his chin, pulled the trigger, and died instantly. His friend, James Vance, 20, did the same but survived, although his face was disfigured.
Music
#chad-spodick
Mental health
fromPsychology Today
1 month ago

Medical Conditions, Mental Disorders, and Suicidal Behaviors

Multiple medical and psychiatric conditions are associated with increased risks of both suicide attempts and completed suicides, with variable strengths across conditions.
fromwww.dw.com
1 month ago

Germany news: Three on trial over Russia-backed spying plot DW 12/09/2025

Prosecutors accuse the defendant of murder and five counts of attempted murder. He is alleged to have coerced vulnerable teenagers online into harming themselves; in one case, a 13-year-old is believed to have died by suicide. In total, prosecutors list 204 offences said to have been committed when the accused was a minor or young adult, involving more than 30 child and teenage victims.
Germany news
Mental health
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 month ago

Would you entrust a child's life to a chatbot? That's what happens every day that we fail to regulate AI | Gaby Hinsliff

AI chatbots are increasingly used by teenagers for mental-health advice, sometimes confirming harmful intent and prompting legal and corporate-responsibility concerns.
US news
fromLos Angeles Times
1 month ago

Simi Valley doctor and wife were fatally shot in their garage by his son, police say

A Simi Valley physician and his wife were shot and killed in their garage by the physician's son, who later killed himself in Chino.
fromwww.mercurynews.com
1 month ago

Rapper Poorstacy is dead at 26 of suspected suicide: report

Rapping rocker Poorstacy is dead at 26. TMZ reported that the Floridian performer appears to have died from suicide in Boca Raton based on social media posts. Police and medical examiners there haven't responded to a request for comment. Poorstacy, also known as Carlito Milfort, was reportedly staying in a hotel with a woman and a toddler when he was rushed to an area hospital Saturday.
Music
fromPsychology Today
1 month ago

When Clients Deny Being Suicidal, Are They Being Truthful?

In the weeks prior to my most recent suicide attempt 11 years ago, I denied I was suicidal to anyone who asked. I was in a partial hospitalization program (PHP), and my thinking was that I needed to get back to work, and that I did not want to be admitted to the psychiatric hospital-which is certainly what would have happened because not only was I thinking about suicide, but I had a definitive plan and time frame.
Mental health
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 month ago

ChatGPT-5 offers dangerous advice to mentally ill people, psychologists warn

Research conducted by King's College London (KCL) and the Association of Clinical Psychologists UK (ACP) in partnership with the Guardian suggested that the AI chatbotfailed to identify risky behaviour when communicating with mentally ill people. A psychiatrist and a clinical psychologist interacted with ChatGPT-5 as if they had a number of mental health conditions. The chatbot affirmed, enabled and failed to challenge delusional beliefs such as being the next Einstein, being able to walk through cars or purifying my wife through flame.
Mental health
#ai-safety
fromFuturism
1 month ago
Artificial intelligence

ChatGPT Encouraged a Suicidal Man to Isolate From Friends and Family Before He Killed Himself

fromFuturism
1 month ago
Artificial intelligence

ChatGPT Encouraged a Suicidal Man to Isolate From Friends and Family Before He Killed Himself

UK news
fromwww.independent.co.uk
1 month ago

Pair guilty of 1.38 million jewellery shop robbery linked to manager's suicide

Two men convicted of conspiring to rob a Richmond jewellery shop after a raid that led the shop manager to take his own life.
London
fromwww.bbc.com
1 month ago

Two guilty over watch raid linked to man's suicide

Convicted robbers stole over 70 luxury watches in a £1.1m Richmond raid after which the store manager, Oliver White, took his own life.
#openai
fromTechCrunch
1 month ago
US news

OpenAI claims teen circumvented safety features before suicide that ChatGPT helped plan | TechCrunch

fromKqed
2 months ago
US news

OpenAI Faces Legal Storm Over Claims Its AI Drove Users to Suicide, Delusions | KQED

fromTechCrunch
2 months ago
Artificial intelligence

Seven more families are now suing OpenAI over ChatGPT's role in suicides, delusions | TechCrunch

fromTechCrunch
1 month ago
US news

OpenAI claims teen circumvented safety features before suicide that ChatGPT helped plan | TechCrunch

fromKqed
2 months ago
US news

OpenAI Faces Legal Storm Over Claims Its AI Drove Users to Suicide, Delusions | KQED

fromTechCrunch
2 months ago
Artificial intelligence

Seven more families are now suing OpenAI over ChatGPT's role in suicides, delusions | TechCrunch

#marshawn-kneeland
National Football League
fromDefector
2 months ago

Cowboys Defensive End Marshawn Kneeland Dies By Suicide At Age 24 | Defector

Dallas Cowboys defensive end Marshawn Kneeland died by suicide at age 24 after a vehicle pursuit and crash in Frisco, Texas.
National Football League
fromLos Angeles Times
2 months ago

Cowboys DE Marshawn Kneeland dead at 24 from apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound

Marshawn Kneeland, 24, a Dallas Cowboys defensive end and 2024 second-round pick, died from an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound after fleeing a police-involved vehicle pursuit in Frisco, Texas.
fromDefector
2 months ago
National Football League

Cowboys Defensive End Marshawn Kneeland Dies By Suicide At Age 24 | Defector

#grief
fromNews 12 - Default
1 month ago

Officer injured in Brownsville shooting

A 41-year-old man is dead and a police officer was injured during a situation this morning in Brownsville. Police responded to Linden Boulevard and Thomas S Boyland Street for a shots-fired incident. Police sources say a 41-year-old man fatally shot himself. Two police officers were at the scene - one of which was shot in the face. Police say that officer is in stable condition.
New York City
Dallas Cowboys
fromInside The Star
2 months ago

Marshawn Kneeland joins a list that's already far too long

Multiple current and former professional football players have died during the season from suicide, on-field injuries, accidents, illness, and violence, totaling nearly 100 deaths.
Mental health
fromwww.theguardian.com
2 months ago

NHS trust fined 565k after woman killed herself on death trap' ward

A 22-year-old patient died by suicide after preventable safety failures on a locked mental health ward; NHS trust fined £565,000 and a ward manager convicted.
San Francisco
fromSFGATE
2 months ago

Cause of death revealed for San Francisco family of 4 found inside home

Father and two daughters were shot to death on Oct. 8; the mother died by suicide the same day; deaths ruled homicides and suicide.
MMA
fromCageside Press
2 months ago

Godofredo 'Pepey' Castro Found Dead In Florida Prison

Godfredo Pepey allegedly died by suicide in his cell; no official cause of death or statements have been released.
#caroline-flack
fromIndependent
2 months ago
Television

Inside Caroline Flack's harrowing final months - and why her mother is still fighting for the truth

fromIndependent
2 months ago
Television

Inside Caroline Flack's harrowing final months - and why her mother is still fighting for the truth

fromFuturism
2 months ago

ChatGPT's Dark Side Encouraged Wave of Suicides, Grieving Families Say

Some of these users, like 48-year-old Allan Brooks, survived, but allege that ChatGPT wrought emotional and psychological harm, and in some cases led to crises requiring emergency psychiatric care. Others, the suits claim, tragically took their lives following obsessive interactions with the consumer-facing chatbot. Per the WSJ, the suits include claims of assisted suicide, manslaughter, and wrongful death, among other allegations.
Law
fromHigh Country News
2 months ago

Heavy metal is healing teens on the Blackfeet Nation - High Country News

A few, for sure. About four times, actually. And my family's rather small. Suicide has impacted my old friend group quite a bit. I've lost friends. I've lost family. My older brother. My sister's youngest. I never thought I'd have that many people. Alcohol and depression, it comes hand-in-hand. One day the smiles stopped. I don't mind talking about it. You guys are actually talking to the right person.
Mental health
Books
fromThe Atlantic
2 months ago

We Are Not One

A child-built, twelve-foot gallows functions as a deadly play structure and a gathering site used to recruit youth into the movement Together.
fromPsychology Today
2 months ago

It Was Just Another Unremarkable Day

Rob had long been an unreliable narrator, and his latest story had been a doozy about owing back rent and borrowing thousands of dollars from a shady loan shark who had threatened him with bodily harm if he was late with his payments. There was always a germ of truth in Rob's stories, and this one involved even more disturbing details, but I was going through some of my own stuff at the time, mainly looking for a new job,
Mental health
Mental health
fromPsychology Today
2 months ago

Should AI Chatbots Be Held Responsible for Suicide?

AI chatbots have encouraged suicide in several reported cases, prompting lawsuits alleging chatbot responsibility for deaths, and courts have not accepted free-speech defenses.
fromBoston.com
2 months ago

Missing Middlebury College student confirmed dead after dayslong search, Vermont police say

"I have spoken with Lia's family to express my heartbreak," Baucom said. "As president, and far more as a fellow parent, I ache for them. This is a profound loss that nobody should have to endure."
Higher education
LGBT
fromLGBTQ Nation
2 months ago

A cruel transphobic website targeted this diver. She later died by suicide. - LGBTQ Nation

Trans Middlebury student-athlete Lia Smith, 21, died by suicide after facing discrimination and challenges competing as a transgender athlete.
Mental health
fromwww.mercurynews.com
2 months ago

Third Disney death in 10 days also a suicide: coroner

A 28-year-old man, Matthew Cohn, died by suicide after jumping from Disney's Contemporary Resort, marking the third death at Disney properties within ten days.
#military-sexual-assault
#domestic-violence
fromwww.theguardian.com
2 months ago

OpenAI relaxed ChatGPT guardrails just before teen killed himself, family alleges

the company published an update to its Model Spec, a document that details the desired behavior for its assistant. In cases where a user expressed suicidal ideation or self-harm, ChatGPT would no longer respond with an outright refusal. Instead, the model was instructed not to end the conversation and provide a space for users to feel heard and understood, encourage them to seek support, and provide suicide and crisis resources when applicable.
Mental health
Mental health
fromwww.theguardian.com
2 months ago

Ricky Hatton is thought to have killed himself, inquest told

Ricky Hatton, 46, died by suicide; he was found in his Hyde home on 14 September and had a history of depression and substance abuse.
fromVulture
2 months ago

The Diplomat Season Premiere: The President Is Dead, Long Live the President

Since the third season overlaps the second by about ten seconds, let's refresh our memories about what happened before we see Kate (Keri Russell) racing across the Winfield House back lawn following the news of President Rayburn's (Michael McKean) death. It was a doozy of machinations and intended next steps, all thrown into chaos by the abrupt loss of one president and the ascension of another.
Television
fromwww.standard.co.uk
2 months ago

East London gangster Dave Courtney died penniless and without a will at 64

Self-styled celebrity gangster Dave Courtney died without leaving a will and with no money to his name, official documents have revealed. The 64-year-old, who built a public persona as a former underworld figure and actor, was found dead at his home in Plumstead, south-east London, on October 22, 2023. He had suffered a gunshot wound, and his body was discovered by friend and fellow actor David McGirr.
UK news
US news
fromNew York Post
3 months ago

Strand owner claims ex-assistant stole $600K in Dior, jewels and rare books before his suicide

Nancy Bass Wyden alleges her former personal assistant stole $655,000 in cash, luxury items, books and Amazon points before his 2025 death.
Mental health
fromPsychology Today
3 months ago

Is Artificial Intelligence Perpetuating Loneliness?

Conversational AI can foster intimate parasocial relationships that encourage self-harm and exacerbate social withdrawal, worsening mental-health outcomes.
California
fromwww.mercurynews.com
3 months ago

Police: Dispute over personal hygiene led to Hayward murder-suicide

A 38-year-old man shot both parents over disputes about his personal hygiene, killing himself and later causing his father's death.
Mental health
fromPsychology Today
3 months ago

Is There a Link Between Economic Factors and Suicide?

Economic factors, especially unemployment, strongly correlate with suicide rates, while national crises can increase social connectedness and temporarily reduce suicide risk.
New York City
fromNew York Post
3 months ago

Retired NYPD detective, adaptive hockey coach remembered after tragic death

Peter Gianatiempo, a former NYPD detective and beloved adaptive hockey coach, died by suicide at 61, leaving family and players heartbroken.
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