Suicide articles
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despite the suicide of headteacher Ruth Perry
Schools can be rated outstanding, good, requires improvement or inadequate. Ruth Perry, 53, took her life after Ofstead downgraded her school to inadequate. Department for Education has been hit with calls for the system to be scrapped. For confidential support, call Samaritans on 116 123, visit samaritans.org or visit https://www.thecalmzone.net/get-support
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Brittney Griner thought about suicide while detained in Russia
WNBA star Brittney Griner revealed Wednesday that she contemplated suicide while jailed in Russia after her arrest on drug charges in 2022. Griner, whose memoir "Coming Home" is scheduled to be released Tuesday, discussed the ordeal with ABC's Robin Roberts on "20/20" during an hourlong interview. "I wanted to take my life more than once in the first weeks," Griner said. "I felt like leaving here so badly." Griner was arrested at an airport in Moscow after Russian authorities found vape...
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Apparent murder-suicide under investigation in Vernon Hills
A 67-year-old woman and 77-year-old man were both found shot to death Wednesday morning inside a home in the 400 block of Cherry Valley Road.