ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan will pay $2.58 million in compensation to the families of five Chinese engineers who were killed in March when a suicide bomber targeted the vehicle carrying them in the northwest, the finance ministry said. The Chinese were attacked in the town of Bisham as they were heading to Dasu Dam, Pakistan’s […]
May 23—Many people experience the aftershocks of infidelity and divorce — but not everyone’s reaction is to murder, First District Judge Lamont Berecz told Daniel Howard, right before he sentenced him to life in prison without parole . Howard, a 58-year-old former Idaho State Police trooper, “will die in prison,” Kootenai County Prosecutor Stanley Mortensen […]
Editor’s note: This story contains graphic details of a sexual assault account. An Idaho woman who was incarcerated at the Pocatello Women’s Correctional Center has sued the state’s prison system over allegations it “grossly failed” to protect her from a former correction officer who admitted he sexually assaulted her in November 2021. The lawsuit accused […]
SHAFTER, Calif. (KGET) — Local law enforcement is in mourning following the death by suicide of one of its own – an on-duty Kern County Sheriff’s senior deputy whose identity has yet to be confirmed by the coroner’s office. The deputy’s body was discovered inside his patrol car just off Seventh Standard Road, about a […]
The father of a 10-year-old boy who died by suicide after relentless bullying by classmates says he and his wife are themselves now being bullied by perfect strangers who say they failed as parents. Sam Teusch, whose son Sammy took his own life on May 5, told The Daily Beast that he’s still trying to […]
A former Boeing manager who raised safety questions about the aircraft maker and was found dead after several days of depositions in South Carolina took his own life, police said Friday after concluding their investigation. John Barnett, 62, of Louisiana, was found dead March 9, and police had said earlier that his injuries were self-inflicted. Barnett was a longtime […]
LAS VEGAS (KLAS) – Consumed by grief, the parents of a 12-year-old girl blamed the Clark County School District for not protecting their daughter from bullies. Their daughter, Flora Martinez, died by suicide on May 7. “I feel like the school had a duty to keep her safe, while she was in their care and […]
Country singer Kellie Pickler has come under fire from the family of her tragic late husband, who may demand that his body be exhumed to determine what really killed him. Kyle Jacobs was found dead with a self-inflicted gunshot wound inside the home he shared with Kellie, and his grieving parents, Reed and Sharon Jacobs, […]
If you or someone you know is dealing with suicidal thoughts, call the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 988 or text “Hopeline” to the National Crisis Text Line at 741-741. Debi Traeder knew in her gut that her friend’s life depended on someone temporarily taking away his six rifles. Temporarily is the operative word, but […]
May 9—A group of area veterans is organizing a walk to bring more attention to the issue of veteran suicide. Louisville American Legion Post 914 will be leading the walk and raising funds Saturday to help prevent future veteran suicides and shed light on what has long been viewed by many as a taboo subject. […]
Fewer than one-third of Veterans Affairs police officers completed their annual suicide prevention training last year, leaving thousands of law enforcement personnel underprepared to handle mental health crisis situations on department campuses, according to a report from department whistleblowers released Wednesday. VA leaders said they are looking into reports of the training shortfalls, which were […]
MISHAWAKA — The Mishawaka Police Department responded to a suicide attempt as a man, holding his 3-year-old son, jumped from an overpass and landed on the Indiana Toll Road. Officers responded to the call around 12:47 a.m., Wednesday, as two people observed a vehicle parked facing southbound in the northbound lanes on North Main Street […]