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About 1,000 people die in American jails every year and about a third of those are suicides. Jails often house people who've never been in legal trouble before, and it can have a traumatic effect.

Recent studies show that people who survive a brother or sister's suicide are at great risk of mood disorders and mental health problems, including thoughts of harming themselves.

The former New England Patriots tight end was already serving a sentence of life without parole for a 2013 murder.

Two of the state's prominent Republicans, Tom Schweich and Spence Jackson, committed suicide just a month apart. Both men were upset about political attacks early in the state's gubernatorial primary.

The family of a Shawnee Mission West student who committed suicide in 2011 is holding a workshop Monday night for teens and their parents to talk about…

Ten times a day, on average, Facebook's AI-driven self-harm detection system alerts authorities to people who may be about to hurt themselves.

The attack is the latest in a series targeting the country's Christian minority. Irate protesters attacked people whom they suspected of being behind the explosions, killing at least one person.

Because suicides are so variable and unpredictable, advocates and health professionals say many different programs are needed.

The Islamic State has claimed that it carried out three attacks in different parts of the Iraqi capital. Two of the bombings targeted checkpoints, while another hit a crowded outdoor market.

A second suicide bombing occurred at a restaurant in the city's Rabweh district. The attacks, on the sixth anniversary of the Syrian uprising, are the latest to target the country's capital.