Suicide

Why can't blue states allow people to die with dignity?

2013-05-20 16:13:00

Does Vermont's death with dignity legislation, signed�into law Monday,�make it any more likely that California�can now move in the same direction? Yes and no. There's no active effort under way in California to make it legal for doctors to prescribe...

After a suicide, classmates often think about it too, study says

2013-05-20 17:23:00

A schoolmate's suicide is associated with thinking about or trying suicide among teenagers, researchers report. There has long been a theory that suicide is "contagious," meaning exposure to it can increase the risk, but there have been few studies that...

Suicide bomb blast kills Afghan provincial leader, 12 others

2013-05-20 05:43:00

KABUL, Afghanistan -- A suicide bomb blast killed a top leader of a northern Afghan province and at least 12 other people Monday, the latest in a step-up of attacks by Taliban insurgents ahead of Washington’s planned troop withdrawal at the end of...

Former NASCAR driver Dick Trickle dies of apparent suicide

2013-05-17 07:38:00

Former NASCAR driver Dick Trickle died Thursday of an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound, authorities in Boger City, N.C., said. He was 71. Lincoln County sheriff's Lt. Tim Johnson said authorities received a call, apparently from Trickle, who said...

Six Americans among at least 15 killed in Afghanistan bombing

2013-05-16 11:28:00

KABUL, Afghanistan -- The U.S.-military contractor DynCorp International says four American employees were killed in a suicide car bombing Thursday in the Afghan capital, Kabul, bringing the number of Americans slain to six. Nine Afghan civilians were...

Afghan militants threaten more attacks after deadly bombing

2013-05-16 15:23:00

KABUL, Afghanistan — A militant group said its attack Thursday on a NATO convoy in the Afghan capital marked a stepped-up campaign against the foreign presence in Afghanistan, and promised more such assaults. The suicide bombing killed six...

Afghanistan suicide attack kills 15, including at least two Americans

2013-05-16 09:50:00

KABUL, Afghanistan – The death toll from a powerful suicide car bomb that shook the Afghan capital of Kabul on Thursday morning has increased to 15, including two American troops and four foreign civilian contractors, according to U.S. and Afghan...

Are multiple concussions driving suicides in the military?

2013-05-16 06:00:00

The U.S. military has faced two epidemics over the last decade of war in Afghanistan and Iraq. One is suicide. The annual rate of military personnel taking their own lives has doubled to about 20 per 100,000. That translated to a record 324 suicides...

Car bombings, shooting in Iraq kill at least 17

2013-05-16 08:06:00

BAGHDAD — Car bombs struck Shiite neighborhoods of the Iraqi capital and a northern city Thursday, killing 16 people, while gunmen in Baghdad shot dead the brother of a Sunni lawmaker, officials said. The attacks followed a wave of bombings...

12 killed as suicide car bomber hits NATO convoy in Kabul

2013-05-16 05:58:00

KABUL, Afghanistan -- A powerful suicide car bomb rocked Kabul on Thursday, killing six foreigners and at least six Afghan civilians, according to local officials. The attack took place around 8 a.m., a time when many people in the Afghan capital were...

Vermont House OKs right-to-die bill; governor expected to sign it

2013-05-14 14:21:00

Vermont is on track to become the fourth state to allow severely ill patients to end their lives under medical supervision. The state’s House of Representatives voted 75 to 65 on Monday night to approve the “Patient Choice at End of Life&...

Many kids with suicide on the mind have guns in the home

2013-05-06 13:49:00

More than 17% of children considered to be at risk of committing suicide have guns in the home that could make a passing destructive impulse deadly, and between 15% and 30% of those adolescents told researchers they had access to those guns, to bullets,...

A note from a distressed teen about a classmate who may have committed suicide.

2013-05-20 17:22:00

Shelly Olson, whose daughter, Rebecca Sides, committed suicide in Oviedo with a shotgun in December 2011, talks about her daughter's mental illness and the events that lead to her suicide in an interview in St. Petersburg in mid-April. Olson cradles her daugher's remains in an urn.

2013-05-19 00:00:00

Rebecca Sides committed suicide in Oviedo with a shotgun in December 2011. She left this suicide note for her loved ones.

2013-05-19 00:00:00