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An expensive manhunt and long investigation ends with a finding of an elaborately staged suicide and accusations of embezzlement, shocking Lt. Charles Gliniewicz's Fox Lake neighbors.

Last month, Howard Brookins was raising the alarm about troublemaking urban squirrels. Then one hurled itself at his bicycle — "like a suicide bomber, getting revenge," he told the Chicago Tribune.

Military chaplains, most of whom are Protestant Christians, are assigned many secular advising duties, including marriage, family and suicide counseling. But as many as 40,000 U.S. military service members identify as atheists, agnostics or humanists, and a retired Army captain is leading the charge to instate military chaplains who share their beliefs.

Taliban militants in suicide belts early Thursday attacked a Pakistani air base, where some of the country's nuclear weapons may possibly be kept. The home-turf assault comes as Pakistani forces prepare an operation in tribal areas and shows how militants remain on the offensive, able to attack the military even where it's most secure. NPR's Lauren Frayer reports from Islamabad.

A suicide bomber detonated explosives just as prayers were getting underway at a mosque in Mubi, in Nigeria's northeast. There was no immediate claim of responsibility, but Boko Haram is suspected.

In 1978, more than 900 followers of the Rev. Jim Jones committed mass suicide in Guyana. In his new book, The Road to Jonestown,journalist Jeff Guinn details how Jones captivated so many .

Private prisons generally don't have to reveal what goes on inside. Mother Jones' reporter Shane Bauer went underground as a prison guard. NPR's Lynn Neary discusses his investigation.

Grant money approved this month by the Johnson County Commission will go towards hiring at least 14 full-time staff positions for various mental health care and service needs throughout the county.

Stress is a part of every human’s life, but the way it feels and how we handle it varies based on the individual. That’s one of the reasons stress is such a challenging topic for scientists to study. Dr. Rajita Sinha of Yale’s Stress Center says new brain imaging technology is helping us better understand our stress biology, the lasting effects of chronic stress, and healthy ways of dealing with it.

Doctors Without Borders spent 11 months treating asylum seekers and refugees as well as locals. In early October, the government of the tiny island nation told them to shut down their operation.