BOSTON (AP) — A young woman who as a teenager encouraged her boyfriend through dozens of text messages to kill himself is responsible for his suicide, Massachusetts‘ highest court ruled Wednesday in upholding her involuntary manslaughter conviction. The Supreme Judicial Court said in a unanimous decision in the novel case that Michelle Carter’s actions caused […]
10-Year-Old Seven Bridges allegedly committed suicide because of the relentless bullying over his colostomy bag, according to reports. His mother said she returned from the grocery store Saturday morning and found the fifth-grader had hanged himself in their Kentucky home, news station WHAS reports. “I saw my son dead,” his mom, Tami Charles, told the news station. […]
McKenzie Adams' grandmother found the fourth grader at their home after she hung herself on Dec 3.
Melanie “Mel B” Brown reveals in her new memoir “Brutally Honest” that she attempted suicide in December 2014 by swallowing 200 aspirin. The Sun reports that Brown writes in the book that the drama with her ex, Stephen Belafonte, made her feel like quitting life all together. “I felt ugly and detested by the very man who once promised […]
NEW YORK (AP) — Suicides and drug overdoses pushed up U.S. deaths last year, and drove a continuing decline in how long Americans are expected to live. Overall, there were more than 2.8 million U.S. deaths in 2017, or nearly 70,000 more than the previous year, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Thursday. […]
Tina Turner opened up to the BBC News on Friday about the tragic suicide of her son, Craig Turner. The eight-time Grammy award-winner still can’t wrap her head around what compelled her son to take his life. She says he had so much going for himself – having found a new job and even a new love. “I still don’t […]
Suicides are a public health emergency.
In the wake of both Anthony Bourdain’s and Kate Spade’s suicides, Jada Pinkett Smith admits that she “had considered the same demise…often.” The actress previously opened up about her hair loss and sex life, now she’s opening up about her mental health. “One thing I’ve learned in my life over the years is that mental health is something we should practice daily, not […]
NEW YORK (AP) — A former Playboy centerfold involved in a custody battle apparently jumped with her 7-year-old son to their deaths from the 25th floor of a Manhattan hotel, law enforcement officials said Friday. Stephanie Adams and her son Vincent fell 23 floors and were found on a second-floor balcony at about 8:15 […]
This week’s Human Being Of The Week are three boys out of the United Kingdom. Devonte Cafferkey, 13, and Sammy Farah, 14, and Shawn Young, 12, are responsible for saving a man from committing suicide. Don’t Miss Out! Follow The D.L. Hughley Show on Twitter and Instagram & Keep Up On Facebook Too!
A Memphis woman is in jail after admitting to choking and beating her 10-year-old son with an extension cord, but she claims that her son took his own life by stabbing himself in the chest with a kitchen knife. WMC Action News reports that officers were called to the apartment of Robin McKinzie October 30, […]
The family of 8-year-old Gabriel Taye, who committed suicide in January after being bullied, is suing the elementary school he attended for withholding critical information about the incident and hiding the environment that led to his death. A lawsuit filled in the district court of Cincinnati states that the lawyers representing Gabriel Taye’s family said that […]
