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People receiving treatment for severe acne may be at higher risk of attempting suicide, but that is probably caused by depression linked to the ...

Kanye West told an audience at a screening of his film, "Runaway," that he thought about killing himself, but now feels a responsibility to make a meaningful contribution to pop culture and art.

T.I. helped talk a man contemplating suicide off the ledge of a 22-story building yesterday. According to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution , the rapper was on his way to a video shoot when he heard that a man was threatening to jump off the 400 Colony Square Building.

Rutgers University paid a public tribute Saturday at a football game to a student who committed suicide last week after his sexual encounter was secretly streamed online.

A Rutgers University student apparently committed suicide after an internet broadcast showed him in a sexual encounter, New Jersey authorities said.

A student wearing a dark suit and a ski mask opened fire Tuesday with an assault rifle on the University of Texas campus before fleeing into a library and fatally shooting himself. No one else was hurt.

Nicholas A. Marsh, a Justice Department lawyer, was one of a team of officials under investigation for their conduct in the corruption case against former Senator Ted Stevens.

Denver Broncos wide receiver Kenny McKinley was found dead Monday from what authorities said appeared to be a self-inflicted gun shot wound.

A Belgian commission looking into sexual abuse by Catholic clergy says it has received testimony from hundreds of victims and that witnesses ...

Authorities in Boston say a former medical student accused of killing a New York City masseuse he met through Craigslist scrawled the name of his former fiancee on the wall of his cell — apparently in blood — before committing suicide.