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The National Suicide Hotline has changed its emergency number to 988

The new number will replace the current ten-digit number to reach help

The Independent UK

988: US to launch mental health and suicide prevention hotline

Top US health official says the number, set to go live on Saturday, aims to make care accessible for more Americans.

Al Jazeera

Here’s what you need to know about 988, the new mental health crisis hotline

The current National Suicide Prevention Lifeline will still remain available by calling 1-800-273-8255, but experts say the new three-digit code will be easier to remember during mental health emergencies.

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A new national mental health hotline launches Saturday. What to know about 988

PHILADELPHIA — Calling for help in a mental health crisis will now be as simple as remembering a new three-digit hotline.

The Philadelphia Inquirer

New 988 hotline is the 911 for mental health emergencies

Quick help for suicide thoughts and other mental health emergencies may soon be as easy as 9-8-8

The Independent UK

The new 988 mental health hotline is live. Here's what to know

Mental health advocates hope the new hotline will make it easier to get support if you're in crisis or helping someone who is. Here's how it works and what could stand in its way.

WEKU

Ready or not, 988 mental health hotline prepares for launch

A new three-digit national suicide prevention and mental health hotline— 988 — debuts tomorrow, but it's not clear whether the service will be ready for primetime in many parts of the country.

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US Actress Constance Wu Says Attempted Suicide after Twitter Storm

US actress Constance Wu made a suicide attempt three years ago, bruised by a bitter social media backlash, the "Crazy Rich Asians" star said Thursday. Wu, 40, faced a torrent of criticism in 2019 over remarks she made on Twitter about the sitcom "Fresh Off the Boat," which she starred…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Delhi: Woman 'forced to undergo abortion 14 times', kills self

NEW DELHI: Days after a 33-year-old woman allegedly killed herself in southeast Delhi's Jaitpur, having been "forced to undergo abortion 14 times" by her live-in partner in a span of eight years, police have booked the man on charges of rape, forced abortion and abetment of suicide. The accused is…

The Times of India

Constance Wu Has Opened Up About Her Suicide Attempt FOTB Trauma In A Heartbreaking Interview

"It made me feel like Asian Americans feel like it would be better if I just didn’t exist."

Pedestrian.tv

Constance Wu reveals she attempted suicide following Fresh Off The Boat backlash

Crazy Rich Asians and Fresh Off The Boat actress Constance Wu made the shocking revelation on Thursday evening on Twitter following a three-year hiatus from the social media platform

Daily Mirror

Distributing Government-Released Autopsy Photos in Controversial Case Isn't Tortious

So the Tennessee Court of Appeals held yesterday, in Andreacchio v. Hamilton (in an opinion by Chief Judge D. Michael Swiney, joined by Judges Andy Bennett and Kenny Armstrong): In February 2014, Plaintiffs' son, Christian Andreacchio, died in Meridian, Mississippi. The Meridian Police Department ruled his death a suicide. However,…

Reason

Constance Wu said she attempted suicide after ‘Fresh Off the Boat’ tweet backlash

Constance Wu, known for her lead roles in “Fresh Off the Boat” and “Crazy Rich Asians,” said she attempted suicide three years ago after receiving backlash for tweets she wrote about the hit TV show.

Tribune News Service

Constance Wu says she attempted suicide after Twitter backlash in 2019

In her first post in nearly three years, the Hustlers actor said she tried to kill herself after a negative response to tweets she had sent

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Mark Fleischman, former Studio 54 owner, dies from assisted suicide at 82

NEW YORK — Mark Fleischman, the man who operated the favorite club of celebrities in the early 1980s at Studio 54, died Wednesday from assisted suicide. He was 82.

The Hindu

Andhra Pradesh stands third in farmers’ suicide, says Nadendla Manohar

Pawan Kalyan to offer aid on July 16 to the next of kin of the 60 farmers who ended their life since mid-2019

The Guardian - UK

Kemi Badenoch ‘completely wrong’ about online safety bill, say ministers

Culture secretary Nadine Dorries asks Tory leadership hopeful if suicide comes under ‘hurt feelings’

Evening Standard

Ex-Studio 54 owner Mark Fleischman dies by assisted suicide in Zurich

Former owner of the legendary Studio 54 nightclub Mark Fleischman has died by assisted suicide in Switzerland, his former business partner has said.

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The Independent UK

Ex-Studio 54 owner Mark Fleischman dies by assisted suicide in Switzerland

‘We didn’t realise how much pain he was in’

The Guardian - AU

Woman fears her teen grandson may die if transferred with other boys to WA adult prison

Noongar grandmother fears for boy’s safety if state government moves him from Banksia Hill juvenile centre to maximum security jail

The Times of India

2021 West Bengal post-poll violence: CBI registers FIR into alleged killing of BJP activist in Kolkata

NEW DELHI: The CBI has taken over the investigation into the alleged killing of a BJP activist in Kolkata in May last year, officials said on Wednesday. On the Calcutta High Court's orders to probe post-poll violence in Bengal, the CBI has re-registered a case of abetment to suicide against…

The Hindu

Fleeing murder convict lands in the police net

Climbs on to tree and threatened suicide

AAP

Murder trial told suicide a possibility

The murder trial of Sydney woman Samah Baker who disappeared on January 4, 2019 has been told that she may have taken her own life.

ABC News

Swan Hill mother emboldened by family tragedy campaigns for suicide prevention

Kurk Abraham was 23 years old when he died by suicide in 2021. Now his mother, Ruth, is taking action so others don't experience the same heartache.

The Independent UK

Disgraced legal scion Alex Murdaugh is to be charged with murders of wife and son this week

Alex Murdaugh has had a spectacular fall from grace involving unsolved murders, millions of dollars of embezzled funds, a suicide-for-hire plot and several mysterious deaths that are now under investigation

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