John Barnett, a whistleblower who had been involved in a lawsuit against Boeing, died of an apparent suicide, according to officials in South Carolina. The 62-year-old was found dead “from what appears to be a self-inflicted gunshot wound,” the Charleston County Coroner’s office told The Epoch Times in a statement. The coroner did not release […]
Mark Epstein, the brother of convicted child sex predator Jeffrey Epstein, described in a recent interview how he went from initially accepting the official ruling that his brother’s death was a suicide to questioning the case of death. Epstein’s body was discovered in his jail cell in August 2019 after he reportedly hanged himself while […]
Multiple bank executives have committed suicide while the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) continues to purge its financial system. The president of an inter-provincial bank died of carbon monoxide poisoning earlier last year this month, according to authorities. “Days later, the president of a local branch of a major Chinese bank died after he fell from […]
NEW YORK—A husband and wife and their two sons, ages 10 and 12, were found dead in a suburban New York home Saturday in what authorities described as a murder-suicide by a police sergeant. Police officials said Watson Morgan, a sergeant with the Bronxville Police Department, fatally shot his wife, Ornela Morgan, 43, and their […]
PESHAWAR, Pakistan—A suicide bomber detonated his explosive-laden vehicle at a police station’s main gate in northwest Pakistan early Tuesday, killing at least 23 troops and wounding 32 others, and causing a part of the building to collapse, the military and officials said. The attack—one of the deadliest the country has seen in recent months—damaged businesses […]
DENVER—Investigators believe four men found dead inside a suburban Denver home on Tuesday died as the result of a murder-suicide, authorities said Wednesday. The men had all been shot and three of the four are believed to be related, said Sgt. Adam Sherman, a spokesperson for the Adams County Sheriff’s Office. The man who is […]
Coming up on America’s Hope. Two dynamic women, making a change not only for their communities but for the world. We’ll meet Miss NTD, Cynthia Sun and successful attorney, Elizabeth Yang, who is championing the cause for mental health awareness. All that and more, on America’s Hope.
Medical kidnapping is being put on trial: A court case that deals with parents’ rights to make medical decisions for their children kicked off in Florida this week. The parents of Maya Kowalski are suing Johns Hopkins Hospital for $220 million dollars after the hospital took custody of their child, which eventually led to her […]
Suicide rates soared to the highest number on record in 2022 as nearly 50,000 Americans took their own lives, according to a report published by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Aug. 10. The latest report suggests a notable increase in suicides since 2021 following two consecutive years of modest declines in 2019 […]
A New Jersey school district has agreed to pay $9.1 million to the family of a girl who died by suicide after she was bullied at school, the family’s attorney said. The settlement comes after Diane and Seth Grossman sued Rockaway Township School District in 2018, claiming that, despite repeated complaints, Copeland Middle School administrators […]
DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Pakistan—At least 42 people were killed and over 130 injured when a suicide bomber set off explosives at a political rally in Pakistan’s northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province on Sunday, police and rescue officials said. The blast took place at a gathering of the Jamiat Ulema Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) party, known for its links […]
The U.S. Coast Guard suspended their search for a man who reportedly jumped off the deck of a cruise ship off the coast of Florida on July 23. Late Sunday afternoon, staff on the Carnival Elation were alerted that a passenger had gone missing. Playback of deck surveillance camera footage soon revealed that the man […]
VERDIGRIS, Okla.—A woman and her three children were found dead in an Oklahoma home Thursday evening in what may be a murder-suicide following an hourslong standoff, authorities said. The names of the victims weren’t immediately released. The standoff began in the small town of Verdigris, a suburb east of Tulsa, when a police officer driving […]
Rep. Dan Crenshaw (R-Texas) demanded answers from a Yale School of Medicine assistant professor on which studies provide evidence of the benefits of cross-sex procedures. The questions came during a congressional hearing on June 15. Meredithe McNamara didn’t offer a single study before Crenshaw’s time ran out. The congressman is the sponsor of a bill […]
The son and 8-year-old grandson of a former Boston Red Sox player were found dead in an apparent murder-suicide in their Massachusetts home Friday as authorities searched for clues about the boy’s mother—who was reported missing more than four years ago, according to local officials. Police found the bodies of George Scott III and his […]
The CDC released a report in February that almost one in three teenage girls considered suicide in 2021, up 60 percent since 2011; and the number of girls feeling sad is almost twice as high as that for teenage boys. NTD spoke to Dr. Meg Meeker, a pediatrician and author, for her insights.
MIAMI LAKES, Fla.—Police in South Florida were investigating five deaths Friday in what they believe to be a murder-suicide. Miami-Dade police officers responded to a Miami Lakes home Friday morning after a relative requested a welfare check because she had been unable to contact the occupants, a news release said. After meeting with the relative, […]
QUETTA, Pakistan—A suicide bomber on a motorcycle rammed a police truck in Pakistan’s restive southwest, killing 10 police officers and wounding 12 in one of the deadliest attacks on security forces in recent months, authorities said. The newly formed Tehreek-e-Jihad al-Qaeda-aligned group hours later in a statement claimed responsibility for the attack, which took place on […]
