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Former New York Yankees pitcher Hideki Irabu was found dead, an apparent suicide in the wealthy suburb of Rancho Palos Verdes.

Jeret Peterson, who had battled depression and alcoholism, was found dead in a remote canyon in Utah.

Police investigating the death of a woman found dead at the Spreckels mansion in Coronado are trying to interview anyone who spoke to her in the hours and days before her death to help determine whether she killed herself or met with possible foul play.

Clay Duke approached the front of the room, spray-painted a red "V" on the wall and brandished a small handgun. He ordered the room cleared of everyone but six men, witnesses say.

The owner of a failed security business barricaded himself in his soon-to-be foreclosed home, shot at deputies and then killed himself in this well-groomed Central Florida town built by Disney.

The double-shooting of Australian twin sisters that left one of the women dead was a suicide pact, investigators said Thursday after interviewing the surviving sister.

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

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.

Authorities say a 21-year-old man has plunged to his death in an apparent suicide jump off the Empire State Building during the evening rush hour.

The suspect in a fatal stabbing outside Manhattan’s main post office committed suicide in Philadelphia.