Tag: Suicides
AP sources: Staffing hampered response to prison suicide
WASHINGTON — The radios crackled with a frantic call for backup at a federal prison in California: An inmate was found hanging in his...
Black man’s death in Mississippi: Lynching or suicide?
SCOTT COUNTY, Miss. — On the night of Feb. 8, 2018, Willie Andrew Jones Jr. and Alexis Rankin argued in the car on the...
Judge: City didn’t target dead lawyer in Mississippi scandal
A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit claiming a Mississippi city was at fault in the death of a lawyer who killed himself in...
Inmate’s suicide probed; lawyer says meds were discontinued
FALLS CHURCH, Va. — A northern Virginia inmate awaiting sentencing on federal bank robbery charges killed himself after jailers discontinued his psychotropic medication, according...
Man who killed himself in courtroom faced minimum of 7 years
FARGO, N.D. — A man who killed himself inside a federal courthouse in North Dakota after he was convicted for brandishing a weapon at...
Russia won’t block Twitter, but partial slowdown to continue
MOSCOW — Russian authorities on Monday backed away from threats to block Twitter, saying that the social media platform deleted most of the banned...
Public service in the US: Increasingly thankless, exhausting
STERLING HEIGHTS, Mich. — He scurries through his apartment, downing a quick mug of coffee, brushing his teeth, feeding his pet rabbit, Auggie, before...
Police seek motive in shooting at Colorado birthday party
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — Colorado authorities on Monday were investigating why a gunman opened fire at a weekend birthday party, killing his girlfriend and...
Massachusetts mom wants outside review of Black teen’s death
HOPKINTON, Mass. — Family members and activists are demanding answers in the death of a Black teen whose body was found near her home...
Army disciplines 21 at Fort Hood in probe of soldier’s death
WASHINGTON — The Army said Friday that it has taken disciplinary action against 21 officers and non-commissioned officers at Fort Hood, Texas, in connection...