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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 Jersey high school says it will now leave a seat empty at its graduation ceremony for a teenager who died by suicide last year after initially denying requests from the boy’s family and classmates to do so. “After careful consideration and more input from traumatic loss professionals, parents, students, and staff, the district has decided to incorporate...

The family of a teenager who died by suicide is asking his school in New Jersey to be honored at graduation with an empty chair. NBC New York’s Jen Maxfield reports on the growing controversy.

An NYPD commander died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound Monday evening, according to department sources

An NYPD commander died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound Monday evening, according to department sources. NBC New York’s Checkey Beckford 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.

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.”

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

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.

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

The video shows officers rush to into an Upper West Side apartment building where a man was holding a knife and threatening to jump from a window more than 100 feet above ground. NBC New York’s Marc Santia reports.

Paul Federico, he detective who was found dead in the apparent suicide was previously featured on News 4 on behalf of a 9/11 first responder who was in desperate need of help from the Victims Compensation Fund. NBC New York’s David Ushery reports.

The detective vigorously fought to get necessary funding for an NYPD officer who was sick as a result of his time at Ground Zero on 9/11, and later talked with NBC New York about his tireless work.

The 5-year-old girl who miraculously survived after her father jumped onto the subway tracks in the Bronx while holding on to her, toured the NYPD — spending a custom-tailored day with those in blue.

Authorities say a man who provided a woman with an illegally purchased shotgun that she used to kill herself has been charged with reckless manslaughter.

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

A forensic pathologist hired by the family, and paid by Fox News to appear on their programming, says he believes Jeffrey Epstein’s death may have been a homicide rather than a suicide, as the medical examiner ruled. NBC New York’s Jonathan Dienst reports.

A law enforcement think tank wants police departments dealing with a suicide crisis in their ranks to rethink how they make one of their toughest decisions: when to take guns away from troubled officers.