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Family Alleges ChatGPT's Drug Tips Killed Their Son

Suit filed Tuesday alleges wrongful death and the unauthorized practice of medicine

(Newser) - OpenAI is now facing a wrongful-death lawsuit that treats its chatbot less like a search engine and more like a potentially defective product. In the New York Times , Kashmir Hill reports on the case filed Tuesday by the parents of Sam Nelson, a 19-year-old college student who died in 2025...

Man Fatally Struck on Runway Is Identified

Authorities in Denver say the 41-year-old committed suicide

(Newser) - A man who got onto an active runway at Denver International Airport and was hit by a departing jet last week has been identified as 41-year-old Michael Mott, and officials say his death appears to be a suicide. Sterling McLaren, the Denver medical examiner, said Mott died after being drawn...

Martin Short Breaks Silence on Daughter's Death

Actor sees her suicide as the 'last stage of an illness'

(Newser) - Martin Short is publicly reckoning with the loss of his eldest child for the first time. In an interview on CBS News Sunday Morning , Short described the death of 42-year-old Katherine Short in Feburary as "a nightmare for the family." The Los Angeles County medical examiner ruled her...

Handwriting Pros Have Some Thoughts on Alleged Epstein Note

Experts say supposed suicide note likely written by same person who wrote another note found in cell

(Newser) - A note that a former cellmate said he discovered after Jeffrey Epstein's first suspected jail suicide attempt was all but certainly penned by the same person who wrote a note that authorities found in the millionaire sex offender's cell after he killed himself, handwriting experts say. Three forensic...

Suspect in 'Infamous' 1990 Killings Found Dead in Jail

Floyd Parrott suspected of committing suicide ahead of extradition hearing

(Newser) - The man arrested last month in the "infamous" 1990 killings of a young couple in Houston has died in jail in Nebraska. Floyd Parrott, facing capital murder charges and possibly the death penalty in the brutal slayings of Cheryl Henry and Garland "Andy" Atkinson, was discovered dead of...

Kim Jong Un Lauds Troops Who 'Opted for Self-Blasting'

His comments confirm suspected battlefield policy of suicide over capture

(Newser) - Kim Jong Un has publicly applauded North Korean troops who reportedly killed themselves with grenades rather than risk capture while fighting alongside Russian forces in Ukraine, "confirming a long-suspected battlefield policy," reports the BBC . In a Monday speech in Pyongyang, Kim hailed those who "unhesitatingly opted for...

Air Traffic Controllers Are Suffering in Silence

Fear that their mental health issues could disqualify them from work keeps many controllers quiet

(Newser) - The Wall Street Journal is pulling back the curtain on a job that demands perfection—and, some say, punishes honesty about mental health. Its latest piece is centered on 38-year-old Seattle-area air traffic controller Joshua Adams, who died by suicide last fall after years of hiding his depression from the...

'The Gambler' of Storage Wars Is Dead at 67

Police say reality star Darrell Sheets died of apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound in Arizona

(Newser) - Reality TV has lost one of its longtime personalities in the Arizona desert. Darrell "The Gambler" Sheets, a core figure on A&E's Storage Wars, was found dead early Wednesday at his Lake Havasu City home, police say. He was 67. Officers responding around 2am discovered Sheets with...

After 988 Hotline Launched, Fewer Suicides Than Projected

Thousands fewer deaths than projected were seen among teens and young adults

(Newser) - Nearly 4,400 fewer US teens and young adults died by suicide than projected in the first two-and-a-half years of the 988 mental health crisis hotline, a sign the program is working even as it faces long-term funding challenges, the AP reports. Suicide deaths among 15- to 23-year-olds were 11%...

In Virginia, 'Victory' for Those Affected by Suicide

Bill signed by Gov. Spanberger decriminalizes taking one's own life, helping to erase stigma

(Newser) - Virginia is set to erase a crime that's been on the books for hundreds of years: taking one's own life. Gov. Abigail Spanberger has signed a bill ending suicide's status as a common-law crime in the state, with the change taking effect in July 2027, per WTOP...

Abusive Husband Jailed 8 Years for Causing Wife's Suicide

Landmark Scottish case links sustained domestic abuse to wife's bridge death

(Newser) - A Scottish court has delivered a first-of-its-kind verdict in a domestic abuse case that ended with a woman jumping from a motorway bridge. Forty-year-old Lee Milne was sentenced to eight years in prison after being found guilty of culpable homicide in the death of his wife, 28-year-old Kimberly Milne, who...

China: Scholar Died After 'Hostile' Meeting With US Feds

Officials call for full investigation of Danhao Wang's suspected suicide at UM

(Newser) - A death on the University of Michigan campus is now entangled in a diplomatic dispute between Washington and Beijing. Chinese officials are urging the US to fully investigate the March 20 death of 32-year-old researcher Danhao Wang, alleging he died by suicide after "hostile questioning" by federal agents about...

In the Netherlands, a Fierce Debate on Teen Euthanasia

Atlantic looks at controversy over allowing it for mental illness

(Newser) - Teenagers in the Netherlands can now ask psychiatrists not just for therapy, but for a medically arranged death—and a single doctor has become the lightning rod for that shift. In the Atlantic , Charles Lane profiles Menno Oosterhoff, a 70-year-old Dutch child psychiatrist who has overseen euthanasia for a dozen...

GOP Congressman Admits Affair With Aide

Rep. Tony Gonzales faces House ethics probe, vows to remain in race

(Newser) - Rep. Tony Gonzales on Wednesday reversed weeks of denials and acknowledged an extramarital affair with a staffer who later died by suicide , calling the relationship "a mistake" and "a lapse in judgment" as a House Ethics Committee investigation gets underway , the Texas Tribune reports. The Texas Republican, who...

Revenge of the Nerds Star Robert Carradine Dead at 71
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Robert Carradine's Cause of Death Revealed

Actor, 71, took his own life by hanging, per the LA medical examiner

(Newser) - The death of Robert Carradine has officially been ruled a suicide, according to the Los Angeles Medical Examiner's Office. Its report found that the 71-year-old Lizzie McGuire actor died on Monday of "sequelae of anoxic brain injury" from hanging. Page Six cites the Brain Injury Association of America...

Short's Daughter Showed 'No Indication' of Distress: Neighbor

Shows with Steve Martin in Milwaukee, Minneapolis are delayed after death of Katherine Hartley Short

(Newser) - Martin Short is temporarily stepping away from the stage after the death of his 42-year-old daughter, Katherine Hartley Short. The Los Angeles County coroner confirmed to People that Katherine died by suicide at a Hollywood Hills home on Monday, after the Los Angeles Fire Department responded to a call there....

Instagram Will Alert Parents to Teens' Self-Harm Searches

Alerts will include guidance for parents on mental health conversations

(Newser) - Parents could soon get a digital heads-up if their teen is looking for the darkest corners of Instagram. Meta says that beginning next week, adults who've enabled Instagram's supervision tools will be notified when a teen repeatedly carries out searches for content or terms tied to suicide or...

ASOS Co-Founder Dies After Fall in Thailand

Thai police say initial investigation into death of Quentin Griffiths points to possible suicide

(Newser) - ASOS has lost one of its original design creators. Quentin Griffiths, who helped launch the British fashion retailer in 2000, died in Thailand after falling from a 17th-floor balcony in the coastal city of Pattaya on Feb. 9, Thai police say, per Reuters . Officers said they found the 58-year-old British...

Rep Accused of Affair With Aide Who Self-Immolated

Republican Tony Gonzales previously called affair rumors 'completely untruthful'

(Newser) - Texas Rep. Tony Gonzales' reelection campaign has been rattled by allegations that he had an affair with an aide who died in September by setting herself on fire. A former aide who claims to have been friends with the woman shared text messages with the San Antonio Express-News in which...

Tehran Creator Dies During Filming in Greece

Police reportedly attribute Dana Eden's hotel death to suicide

(Newser) - The creative force behind Apple TV+ thriller Tehran has died while working on location on the Emmy-winning show's upcoming season. Dana Eden, 52, was found dead Sunday in her Athens hotel room by her brother, Greek police said. She had arrived in Greece on Feb. 4 to oversee production...

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