15 h. ago US Capitol rioter ordered to pay damages for assaulting cop who later died by suicide

Jury awarded $500,000 to widow and estate of the police officer who killed himself nine days after the January 6 riotA federal jury on Monday awarded $500,000 to the widow and estate of a police officer who killed himself nine days after he helped defend the US Capitol from the mob that attacked on January 6, 2021, including a man who scuffled with the officer during the uprising.The eight-member jury ordered the man, 69-year-old chiropractor David Walls-Kaufman, to pay $380,000 in punitive damages and $60,000 in compensatory damages to Erin Smith for assaulting her husband, Washington DC metropolitan police officer Jeffrey Smith, inside the Capitol. They awarded an additional $60,000 to compensate Jeffrey Smith’s estate for his pain and suffering. Continue reading...

Events

22 h. ago Mikayla Raines dead: YouTube star who rescued foxes tragically dies by suicide aged 29

YouTuber and founder of an animal rescue organisation Mikayla Raines has died by suicide, her husband confirmed

Events

4 d. ago Grandma facing eviction after her son, who took his own life after robbing a bank, faked the deed to her home

Barbara Arnold, 77, of Texas, discovered her son allegedly forged her name on the deed of her longtime home after he died by suicide.

Events

2 w. ago Strictly's Shirley Ballas gets tattoo in honour of late brother who died by suicide

Strictly Come Dancing star Shirley Ballas has taken part in a tattoo charity fundraiser to help raise money and awareness for the anti-suicide charity CALM

Events

3 w. ago Baywatch vet Pamela Bach's last loving message to her daughter before she took her life at 61 is revealed

The Baywatch star, 61,  who was divorced from actor David Hasselhoff, 72, died by suicide in March , but according investigative documents, before she made that fateful decision she talked to her child.

Politics

3 w. ago My mother died of assisted suicide and now I'm doing the same for a heartbreaking reason

Price Carter, 68, from Kelowna, British Columbia, has chosen to die on his own terms, utlizing Canada's Medical Assistance in Dying (MAID) program.

Events

3 w. ago Suicide pod activist who 'brought capsule to Switzerland' dies by assisted suicide

In a statement following the announcement of his death, suicide pod creator Philip Nitschke claimed Florian Willet had been "broken" by allegations made against him

Events

3 w. ago Epstein accuser sues federal government saying FBI did ‘absolutely nothing’ after she reported her abuse

Politically-connected financier and convicted sex abuser died by suicide in a New York jail

Events

3 w. ago FBI claims it will release jail tape proving Jeffrey Epstein died by suicide

Epstein, 66, was found hanging inside a jail cell at the NYC's Metropolitan Correctional Center on the morning of Aug. 10, 2019. His death was ruled a suicide soon after.

Events

3 w. ago Jeffrey Epstein conspiracies debunked as FBI to release video that proves how he died

Deputy FBI Director Dan Bongino says the tape will definitively show the disgraced financier died by suicide without outside involvement, amid theories he was murdered in a New York prison

Events