Video Shows Hanging Death of Homeless Black Man Was Suicide

VICTORVILLE — Video has confirmed that a Black man found hanging from a tree at a Southern California homeless encampment killed himself after breaking up with his girlfriend, it was reported Friday. Surveillance video from a nearby vacant building that was...
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Woman Charged in Boyfriend’s Suicide Pleads Not Guilty

BOSTON — A former Boston College student made her first court appearance Friday to face charges that she encouraged her boyfriend to take his own life in what prosecutors describe as a toxic and abusive relationship. They say You isolated Urtula from his fr...

Epstein: How he Died and What It Means for His Accusers

NEW YORK — Financier Jeffrey Epstein killed himself while awaiting trial on sex-trafficking charges in New York, officials said Saturday. His death angered some accusers who had hoped to confront him in court and see him serve a long prison sentence. It als...
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Gilroy Festival Gunman Killed Himself, Coroner Says

The gunman in the deadly Gilroy Garlic Festival shooting killed himself, according to a finding by the Santa Clara County coroner's office that contradicts earlier police accounts that officers fired the fatal ...
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Graphic Suicide Scene Edited out of ’13 Reasons Why’ Finale

LOS ANGELES — Netflix has decided to remove a graphic suicide scene from the Season 1 finale of its show "13 Reasons Why" as the series prepares to launch its third season. Show creator Brian Yorkey says in a statement on Twitter the intent in portraying th...