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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.

The mother was thankful for the people who were able to help save her 5-year-old daughter from beneath a train that her husband jumped in front of in the Bronx. NBC New York’s Michael George reports.

Sealed court records contain the names of hundreds of third parties who were mentioned in a civil case involving sexual abuse allegations against the late financier Jeffrey Epstein, a federal judge said Wednesday.

The federal judge is asking the warden at the MCC why Epstein was taken off suicide watch after the first reported suicide attempt, in an effort to learn more about what led up to the night when the accused pedophile hanged himself. NBC 4 New York’s Jonathan Dienst reports.

Investigators are looking into whether two guards tasked with checking on Jeffrey Epstein at the Metropolitan Correctional Center the night of his death may have been sleeping when the accused sex trafficker apparently hanged himself in his cell, two officials familiar with the investigation tell NBC New York.

The warden at the MCC has been moved as the investigation continues. Meanwhile, the FBI raided Epstein’s private villa in the Caribbean, and President Trump had some curious words regarding the investigation. NBC 4 New York’s Jonathan Dienst reports

A spokesperson for the FDNY tells NBC News it has completed its review of a 4chan message board posting regarding Jeffrey Epstein’s death and determined it did not come from within the department.

Federal agents raided Jeffrey Epstein’s mansion in the U.S. Virgin Islands Monday searching for evidence related to the wealthy financier’s past sex-trafficking crimes, an FBI spokesman told NBC 4.

Amid revelations about the circumstances around Jeffrey Epstein’s death, federal authorities have intensified parallel inquiries into what went wrong at the Manhattan jail where he was behind bars and who now may face charges for assisting or enabling him in what authorities say was his rampant sexual abuse of underage girls.

FBI agents in the Virgin Islands are searching Jeffrey Epstein’s mansion there for evidence related to Epstein’s past sex-trafficking crimes as investigation into his death continues. Jonathan Dienst reports.