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Pakistan Taliban Warn of More Attacks against Police after Compound Raid

Pakistan's Taliban warned Saturday of more attacks against law enforcement officers, a day after four people were killed when a suicide squad stormed a police compound in Karachi. The police are often used on the frontline of Pakistan's battle with the Taliban and frequently a target of militants who accuse…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Feb 18, 2023

Mum of schoolgirl who 'received online rape threats' before suicide attempt slams social media firms

The girl's mum has spoken out about the horrific levels of abuse her daughter suffered from at the hands of bullies in wake of the Record's Our Kids, Our Future campaign.

Daily Record · Feb 18, 2023

Kellie Pickler’s husband, songwriter Kyle Jacobs, dies by suicide in Nashville home

Country singer Kellie Pickler’s husband, songwriter Kyle Jacobs, died by suicide Friday at the couple’s home in Nashville, Tennessee.

Tribune News Service · Feb 18, 2023

Will Bunch: We need a national conversation about the 8 students who died at NC State

The rituals of death have become far too familiar at North Carolina State University this school year.

The Philadelphia Inquirer · Feb 17, 2023

Alex Murdaugh describes getting shot in his own words in recording played to murder trial jury

WALTERBORO, S.C. — Jurors in Alex Murdaugh’s double-murder trial on Thursday heard for the first time Murdaugh in his own words describe his plan to die in an assisted attempted suicide after the murders of his wife and son in June 2021.

Tribune News Service · Feb 16, 2023

MDMA and psilocybin treatment to be offered in the Hunter

'These people are facing death by suicide if they don't get an alternative medication.'

Newcastle Herald · Feb 16, 2023

Linkin Park’s Mike Shinoda opens up about grief after losing Chester Bennington to suicide

‘For me, it just felt like too much,’ he says

The Independent UK · Feb 16, 2023

This Texas town has the highest rate of youth attempted suicides in the state. A grieving father hopes to reverse it.

According to a new analysis by a national health care company, Lubbock has the highest rate of attempted suicides by children between the ages of 6 and 17. A local leader suggests a dearth of resources isn’t helping.

The Texas Tribune · Feb 16, 2023

Ex-Edinburgh Hearts striker reveals tragic struggle with mental health and suicide plan

Stevenson was moved by former Dundee and Ross County striker Sean Higgins’ brutally honest account of a booze battle that struck after his own full-time days came to an end a decade ago.

Edinburgh Live · Feb 16, 2023

‘Do you think I killed Paul?’: Jurors watch video of Alex Murdaugh’s final interview with investigators

WALTERBORO, S.C. — Judge Clifton Newman ruled Wednesday that jurors in the Alex Murdaugh double-murder trial can hear testimony about Murdaugh’s 2021 Labor Day botched roadside suicide attempt, an unexpected reversal of a ruling he issued the same morning.

Tribune News Service · Feb 16, 2023