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Gun-related suicides among young adults in Missouri had been declining since at least 1999, according to a new analysis from the University of Missouri-Kansas City. But after the state eliminated its permit-to-purchase requirement in 2007, firearm suicide rates among adults ages 19 to 24 jumped by nearly 22%.

Rashaan Salaam won the 1994 Heisman Trophy as college football's most outstanding player.

Jeremy Richman spoke openly and often about the depth of his grief over the death of his 6-year-old daughter, Arielle. He said he wanted people to "hear the reality of it."

Michigan State Police and local officials rounded up a group of 13 semitruck drivers to park below a freeway overpass to shorten the fall of a man trying to jump to his death.

An attack on Medina has particular significance in a country whose ruler is known by the title Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques.

The horrifying pattern is a sign of shifting strategy for the militant group, now in its eighth year of conflict. Twenty-seven children were used in suicide attacks in the first three months of 2017.

The attacks happened in a normally peaceful area of southwestern Afghanistan. Some news outlets are reporting that officials say more than a dozen would-be suicide bombers were involved, but that several were killed or captured.

The man was under FBI surveillance and police say he was planning to bomb the U.S. Capitol in a suicide attack.

Mental health advocates are urging parents to watch for suicide warning signs as school lets out for summer.“The first thing that we have to do is be okay…

When snow falls, the steep slope at 57th and Brookside, known for decades as Suicide Hill, is a favorite place for metro area kids to go sledding, but one…