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Inquest into four Tasmania Police suicides exposes harsh toll on officers

Overworked, enduring nightmares of dead bodies, self-medicating with alcohol and other drugs, with the help from well-meaning colleagues in some cases doing more harm than good: An inquest examining the suicides of four police officers in four years has laid bare the torment members can face.

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Ex-‘Grey’s Anatomy’ writer Elisabeth Finch admits she lied about having cancer, brother’s suicide

Former “Grey’s Anatomy” writer Elisabeth Finch has come clean about lying about a terminal illness and her brother’s suicide.

Tribune News Service

AP seeks to protect access to records of death row inmate

The Associated Press has filed a motion seeking to protect public access to records detailing the treatment of a Tennessee death row inmate who cut off his penis while on suicide watch

The Independent UK

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'Ripple effect' of Tas police suicides

The former head of Tasmania Police has told an inquest about the ripple effect of the suicide deaths of four police officers between 2016 and 2020.

AAP

Kevin Conroy voices Batman in the Suicide Squad game

Rocksteady stealthily announced the Suicide Squad release date in a new trailer and revealed Kevin Conroy's last appearance as Batman

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Man driven to suicide attempt on motorway bridge after cruel couple preyed on him and left him penniless

"These were extremely mean and unpleasant offences that could have had a catastrophic impact on the victim."

Manchester Evening News

South Sudanese community leaders say suicide among young people is 'out of control'

Depression and mental illness are having fatal consequences in Melbourne's South Sudanese community – and leaders say the issue is worsening.

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17 Year Old in MP's Gwalior Uses Father's Licensed Rifle To End Life: Police

A 17-year-old youth in Madhya Pradesh's Gwalior district has allegedly committed suicide by apparently shooting himself with his father's licensed rifle, the police said. Read on for details:

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Panthers LB Frankie Luvu raising awareness for meaningful mission

Panthers LB Frankie Luvu is raising awareness and providing support for a cause that's very close to his heart.

USA Today Sports Media Group

‘The fear of a bad death’: France to begin citizens' debate on end-of-life care

A French citizens' council of 150 members of the public will meet Friday to begin discussions on end-of-life care, including whether assisted suicide should be legalised. As French laws have evolved over the last two decades, calls have increased to allow medically assisted deaths for terminally ill patients.

France 24

Rower's family says abusive coach pushed athlete to suicide

The family of a former University of California-San Diego rower who committed suicide in January 2021 says he was pushed too far by his coach

The Independent UK

Suicide bomber attacks police station in Indonesia, kills 1

A policeman was killed and 10 others were injured Wednesday when a suicide bomber blew himself up inside the compound of a police station on Indonesia's Java Island, police said.

Bangkok Post

Suicide doesn't increase during the holidays, but the media perpetuates that myth, new study finds

(This story contains references to suicide. If you or someone you know is thinking of suicide, call or text 988.)

The Philadelphia Inquirer

‘Humanity has become a weapon of mass extinction’: UN

UN chief Antonio Guterres says the COP15 talks on biodiversity must stop humanity from ‘committing suicide by proxy’.

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Bombing at Indonesian Police Station Kills Officer, Hurts Several

A man blew himself up Wednesday at a police station on Indonesia’s main island of Java, killing an officer and wounding seven people, officials said, in what appeared to be the latest in a string of suicide attacks blamed on militants. The attacker entered the Astana Anyar police station with…

Al Jazeera

Indonesian police station attacked in suspected suicide blast

One police officer was killed and eight people wounded after a man detonated a device during morning roll call.

The Independent UK

Explosion outside Indonesian police station injures several

A man blew himself up Wednesday outside a police station on Indonesia’s main island of Java in what appeared to be the latest in a string of suicide attacks in the world’s most populous Muslim nation

Axios

Republicans launching investigation into handling of U.S. Afghanistan withdrawal

The operation was clouded by a suicide attack that left 13 Americans and roughly 200 Afghans dead.

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What to stream: Heineman’s new documentary 'Retrograde' examines US withdrawal from Afghanistan

Documentarian Matthew Heineman’s sixth documentary feature, “Retrograde,” arrives on streaming services this week, hitting Disney+ on Friday and Hulu on Sunday. The film is stunning, visceral and startlingly immersive look at the United States’ chaotic and tragic withdrawal from Afghanistan in 2021. The filmmakers, who start out embedded with the…

Daily Mirror

Suicide rates in war-torn Syria triple as the hopeless turn to deadly gas pills

WARNING UPSETTING CONTENT: Suicide cases in north-west Syria more than tripled in the first half of 2022 as the deadly use of “gas pills” becomes more widespread and youths see no hope for the future

Wales Online

Strictly's Shirley Ballas urges fans to ‘check in’ on loved ones as she remembers late brother

The Strictly head judge lost her brother, David, to suicide

Reason

Brickbat: Our Final Offer

Christine Gauthier, a paraplegic former member of the Canadian army, told members of the House of Commons that she contacted Veterans Affairs Canada trying to find out why it was taking so long to get a wheelchair ramp in her home. She said she got a letter back offering her…

The Guardian - UK

Martin Lewis charity highlights mental toll of cost of living crisis

Survey finds nearly a fifth of respondents have had suicidal ideation about financial problems

The Independent UK

More limits should be put in place over debt collector contact, says charity

The Money and Mental Health Policy Institute is urging the Government to charge regulators with limiting how often debt collectors can contact people.

ABC News

Healthcare workers sound the alarm on a mental health crisis in the industry

A study of over 7,000 frontline healthcare workers shows one-in-10 had thoughts of suicide or self-harm during the pandemic.

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