Suicides

Abbott says top Malaysian leaders suspected pilot of MH370

PERTH, Australia (AP) — Former Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott has claimed the “top levels” of the Malaysian gover...
8:02 19 February 2022

Portugal police: Banker in Angola scandal hangs himself

LISBON, Portugal — A Portuguese banker named in a major Angolan money-laundering and corruption scandal has died in an apparent suicide at his home, p...
15:49 23 January 2022

Lebanese help each other as economic crisis crushes lives

BEIRUT — Panic set in on a WhatsApp group used to organize Lebanese protests when one member said he intended to kill himself because he can’t provide...
6:18 25 December 2021

Ambitious Texas law fails to make dent in jailhouse suicides

In a county jail in central Texas, an inmate on suicide watch begins strangling himself with a phone cord. The guard watching him does not rush in bec...
15:17 21 December 2021

AG Barr: Epstein’s death was a ‘perfect storm of screw-ups’

ABOARD A US GOVERNMENT AIRCRAFT — Attorney General William Barr said he initially had his own suspicions about financier Jeffrey Epstein’s death while...
10:24 22 November 2021

The Latest: Feds: Video shows no one entered Epstein’s cell

NEW YORK — The latest on charges against two correctional officers responsible for guarding Jeffrey Epstein the night he killed himself (all times loc...
18:45 19 November 2021

Police: Oklahoma double-murder suicide was domestic-related

OKLAHOMA CITY — A man confronted his ex-wife and another man in an Oklahoma Walmart parking lot, shot and killed them both through the windshield of a...
18:39 19 November 2021

Epstein jail guards charged with falsifying records

NEW YORK — Two correctional officers responsible for guarding Jeffrey Epstein the night he killed himself were charged Tuesday with falsifying prison ...
16:24 19 November 2021

Toyota worker’s suicide ruled work-related after harassment

TOKYO — An engineer at Toyota killed himself after being constantly ridiculed by his boss, authorities have ruled.
11:23 19 November 2021

Parents, 3 sons die in apparent murder-suicide in San Diego

SAN DIEGO — A husband and wife and three of their young children died Saturday morning at the family’s San Diego home in what police believe was a mur...
23:24 16 November 2021

AP sources: Jail guards at time of Epstein death reject deal

WASHINGTON — Federal prosecutors offered a plea deal to two correctional officers responsible for guarding Jeffrey Epstein on the night of his death, ...
6:33 16 November 2021