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Explosion Kills 4 Americans At Bagram Airfield, Largest NATO Base In Afghanistan
NATO says at least 17 people were wounded in the suicide bombing attack — the second on a foreign installation in Afghanistan in the past week.
Ewald-Heinrich Von Kleist, Who Plotted To Kill Hitler, Dies
In 1944, Von Kleist volunteered to wear a suicide vest. After another bombing plot went wrong, Von Kleist ended up in a concentration camp. Somehow — and inexplicably — he was let go and he lived to see 90.
Manic And Depressed, 'I Didn't Like Who I Was,' Says Comic Chris Gethard
Gethard's one-man show Career Suicide, which debuts Saturday on HBO, is a comedy about "suicide, depression, alcoholism and all the other funniest parts of life." Originally broadcast Oct. 24, 2016.
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Rebecca Hersher is a reporter on NPR's Science Desk, where she reports on outbreaks, natural disasters, and environmental and health research. Since coming to NPR in 2011, she has covered the Ebola outbreak in West Africa, embedded with the Afghan army after the American combat mission ended, and reported on floods and hurricanes in the U.S. She's also reported on research about puppies. Before her work on the Science Desk, she was a producer for NPR's Weekend All Things Considered in Los Angeles.
Bomb Blasts In Nigeria Kill At Least 9
The bombs were detonated by suspected suicide bombers linked to extremist group Boko Haram.
Woman Charged In Death Of Fetus Is Out Of Jail
Shuai, a Chinese immigrant who lives in Indiana, is still facing charges of murder and feticide following a failed suicide attempt in Dec. 2010, when she was 33 weeks pregnant.
'Brutal Massacre' Of Civilians Unsettles Western Agencies In Afghanistan
International workers in Afghanistan are wondering if it's safe to stay on in the country, after a suicide bomb targeting foreign civilians killed 13 people, including two Americans.
Manic And Depressed, 'I Didn't Like Who I Was,' Says Comic Chris Gethard
Gethard tells stories of hitting rock bottom in his new one-man off-Broadway show, which is billed as a comedy about "suicide, depression, alcoholism and all the other funniest parts of life."
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A U.S. Army Tweet Asking 'How Has Serving Impacted You?' Got An Agonizing Response
In response to the May 23 tweet, thousands of veterans and their loved ones shared stories of trauma, depression, illness, sexual assault and suicide.
Missouri and Kansas answer more than 90% of 988 calls as mental health hotline hits 1 year
Last July, the cumbersome 10-digit National Suicide Prevention Lifeline became 988. At the one-year mark, there’s some success to report: Texts to the lifeline increased dramatically and average wait times across the line plummeted from 2 minutes 39 seconds to 41 seconds.
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