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COVID-19 Isolation Caused Maine Teen to Kill Himself, Parents Say
The parents of a Maine teenager say “COVID-19 isolation” led to their son’s recent suicide. Spencer Smith, 16, of Brunswick, died by suicide on Friday, according to NBC affiliate News Center Maine. Smith’s parents said he left a note saying he felt “locked in the house” and was growing apart from his friends. “He’s loved by so many that...
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Daisy Coleman's Mom Dies by Apparent Suicide 4 Months After Daughter's Death
Melinda Coleman had died by suicide at 58 years old, four months after the untimely death of her daughter Daisy Coleman. Daisy was a subject of the 2016 documentary, “Audrie & Daisy.”
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Suicide-Related 911 Calls Spiking in NH Amid Pandemic, Emergency Responders Say
Emergency responders in New Hampshire say suicide-related 911 calls are spiking amid the coronavirus pandemic and it’s getting even worse as we head into the stressful holiday season. “The calls are coming in and they’re coming in at a rate that we’ve not seen before,” said Mark Doyle who is the Director of the New Hampshire Division of Emergency...
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NH Seeing Alarming Increase in Suicide-Related 911 Calls Amid Pandemic
Emergency responders in New Hampshire say suicide-related 911 calls are spiking amid the pandemic and it’s getting even worse as we head into the stressful holiday season.
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Health Workers Worry Loneliness From COVID Is Driving Depression in Kids
Pediatricians say the side effects of the isolation of remote learning can sometimes be worse than the effects of the coronavirus on children.
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Exploring COVID's Impact on Children's Mental Health
Pediatricians are becoming worried that loneliness imposed by the coronavirus pandemic can be far worse than the health effects of the virus itself.
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Military Suicides Up as Much as 20% in COVID Era
Military suicides have increased by as much as 20% this year compared to the same period in 2019, and some incidents of violent behavior have spiked
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TikTok Scrambles to Remove Suicide Video Clips, Ban Users
TikTok says it’s working to remove videos of a man apparently taking his own life and banning users that keep trying to spread the clips on the popular social media platform.
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Memorial Created for Boston Police Officers Who Died by Suicide
A memorial honoring officers who have taken their own lives was unveiled Tuesday at Boston’s police headquarters.
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US Government Launches Campaign to Reduce High Suicide Rates
The U.S. government is launching a national campaign aimed at reducing high suicide rates, particularly among veterans.
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Student Dead After Apparent Suicide Inside NH High School
Police are investigating the circumstances surrounding the apparent suicide of a student at a high school in Concord, New Hampshire.
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Deaths of Mother, Children Investigated as Murder-Suicide
The deaths of a mother and her two children Christmas Day in Boston’s Roxbury neighborhood are being investigated as a murder-suicide, according to the district attorney’s office.
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NYC Medical Examiner Pushes Back Against Claim Jeffrey Epstein's Death Was a Homicide
The medical examiner who ruled Jeffrey Epstein’s death a suicide pushed back against the suggestion that some of the evidence indicates homicide
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Girlfriend Allegedly Was Abusive Before Man's Suicide
A former Boston College student was indicted in connection to the suicide of her boyfriend, who leapt to his death just before he was set to graduate.
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Police Face Dilemma Over When to Take Suicidal Officer's Gun
A law enforcement think tank wants police departments dealing with a suicide crisis in their ranks to rethink how they make one of their toughest decisions: when to take guns away from troubled officers.
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Family Identified in Apparent Murder-Suicide in Abington
The three children and two adults who were found dead Monday morning in a suspected murder-suicide at a condo complex in Abington, Massachusetts, have been identified by the Plymouth County District Attorney’s office.
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Husband, Wife Dead in Murder-Suicide in Northborough, Mass.
Officials in Northborough, Massachusetts, say a husband and wife are dead in an apparent murder-suicide that happened at a home on Tuesday night. After receiving a call for a domestic dispute at about 10 p.m., police responded to a home on Pond View Way, where officers found 57-year-old Thomas Blasko dead and his 57-year-old wife Debra critically wounded. Authorities said...
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Comedian Brody Stevens Dies at 48
Brody Stevens, a well-known voice in the Los Angeles comedy scene, died Friday in LA, his talent agency confirmed. He was 48.
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Charo Breaks Her Silence After Suicide of Husband Kjell Rasten
Charo is mourning the death of her husband Kjell Rasten. In a statement shared with E! News Tuesday morning, the singer and actress remembered her husband of nearly four decades with a special tribute. “Yesterday, Kjell, My husband of forty years and the love of my life killed himself. There are no words to describe what we are feeling now....
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Alabama 9-Year-Old Dies by Suicide After Racist Taunts and Bullying, Her Family Says
A fourth-grader in Alabama died by suicide after being bullied with racist taunts, according to the child’s family. McKenzie Nicole Adams, 9, a U.S. Jones Elementary School student, was found dead in her home on Dec. 3 by her grandmother, according to Tuscaloosa News. Eddwina Harris, the girl’s aunt, told Tuscaloosa News that the bullying her niece experienced stemmed from...