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A Maryland Eastern Shore judge who was about to be arrested at his home on federal charges of sexual exploitation of a child was found dead Friday, officials said.

Research compiled by the Costs of War Project at Brown University found an estimated 30,177 active duty personnel and veterans who have served in the military since 9/11 have died by suicide, compared with 7,057 killed in post 9/11 military operations.

A new app at a suburban school district gives students a way to deal with hardships like stress, abuse, bullying and suicide. NBC 5’s Kye Martin reports.

Former child actor Houston Tumlin, who played the son of Will Ferrell’s character in “Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby,” has died by suicide, authorities said Wednesday.

Gabrielle Union has never been one to shy away from a candid conversation, especially when the topic at hand affects so much of the population.

A Chicago police officer was reportedly found dead in an apparent suicide at a North Side police station early Monday.

The parents of a Maine teenager say “COVID-19 isolation” led to their son’s recent suicide. Spencer Smith, 16, of Brunswick, died by suicide on Friday, according to NBC affiliate News Center Maine. Smith’s parents said he left a note saying he felt “locked in the house” and was growing apart from his friends. “He’s loved by so many that...

Melinda Coleman had died by suicide at 58 years old, four months after the untimely death of her daughter Daisy Coleman. Daisy was a subject of the 2016 documentary, “Audrie & Daisy.”

In 2019, Sharita Sloan of Glenwood lost the love of her life to liver cancer. Following his death, Sloan battled depression and suicidal thoughts, compounded by the pandemic. “If I could have just said okay and stopped breathing, I would have,” said Sloan. “I couldn’t get out of the bed.” Two months before her husband’s death, he had asked...

Military suicides have increased by as much as 20% this year compared to the same period in 2019, and some incidents of violent behavior have spiked

Chicago-area health officials are asking everyone to keep an eye on loved ones as suicide rates rise in 2020. NBC 5’s Lauren Petty reports.

TikTok says it’s working to remove videos of a man apparently taking his own life and banning users that keep trying to spread the clips on the popular social media platform.

A 30-year member of the Chicago Police Department who recently was promoted to a deputy chief has died by suicide, the department said Tuesday.

Note: A 2 p.m. press conference from the department will be streamed live in the player above. Chicago police are set to deliver an update Tuesday afternoon after an incident was reported at the department’s Homan Square facility. Heavy police presence was seen at the facility around 9 a.m. in the 1110 block of South Homan. Soon after, a procession…

A procession of Chicago Police Department vehicles lined up Tuesday in honor of Deputy Chief Dion Boyd who died by suicide.

The U.S. government is launching a national campaign aimed at reducing high suicide rates, particularly among veterans.

A 49-year-old man wanted for attempted murder was found dead Tuesday afternoon after a self-inflicted gun shot in a Princeton Park home, authorities said. Chicago police said around 3:30 p.m. the man fled inside a home located in the 9300 block of South Princeton after an attempt to make contact with him. When Chicago Police set up a perimeter around…

The medical examiner who ruled Jeffrey Epstein’s death a suicide pushed back against the suggestion that some of the evidence indicates homicide