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[This month, I'm serializing my 2003 Harvard Law Review article, The Mechanisms of the Slippery Slope.] Multi-peaked slippery slopes can happen when a significant group of people prefers both extremes to the compromise position. One such situation is when A without B seems unfairly discriminatory. Consider the following example: Position…

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Japan toughens defamation penalties after wrestler's suicide

Japan’s parliament has approved tougher penalties for criminal defamation in a move prompted by a bullied wrestler’s suicide and that is raising free speech concerns

The Independent UK

Scot commits suicide after 'exhausting' battle with DWP over removal of disability benefits

A SCOT has taken her own life after fighting an “exhausting” battle with the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) to restore her disability…

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Boy ‘ends life’ after losing PUBG game

A ninth class student allegedly committed suicide after he lost in the PUBG game, in Krishna district on Sunday.

The Hindu

The teen sleep crisis

Lack of sleep for teens is connected to higher risk of suicide and higher likelihood of substance use

Salon

Joint probe on into Moosewala murder, says Maharashtra Home Minister

Police teams from four-five States are working to solve the case: Dilip Walse-Patil

The Hindu

Andhra Pradesh: YSRCP government has unleashed anarchy in State, alleges Naidu

‘Its rule so far is marked by political murders, farmers’ suicide, unemployment, and atrocities on girls and women’

The Hindu

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AOC slams Gaetz ‘bad haircut, cheap suit, here on papa’s money’ after he invokes suicide of Jamie Raskin’s son

New York rep jumps to defence of Democrat colleague after low attack by Florida Republican

The Independent UK

Julia Gillard calls for improved support for people like Alan, who have attempted suicide

Former PM Julia Gillard says suicide aftercare has been shown to dramatically reduce the chances of people making another suicide attempt, and she wants the incoming federal government to prioritise it.

ABC News

‘Is it really going to take a death?’: legal advocates say Don Dale must be shut down

Teenager hospitalised this week the latest in at least 54 self-harm or suicide attempts at NT youth detention centre since July 2021

The Guardian - AU

'Charley would be proud': Mum who lost daughter, 12, to suicide to meet ministers to demand law change

Charley Patterson, from Cramlington, died tragically in 2020 while awaiting mental health help

Chronicle Live

Raising the drinking age helped reduce crashes. Could age limits curb gun violence?

With gun violence now the leading cause of death among young people, gun control advocates say there is an urgent need to raise the minimum age to buy semi-automatic rifles and other long guns to 21.

WEKU

David Savage became a paraplegic after a suicide bomb attack in Afghanistan. Technology has allowed him to walk again

In 2012, an attack by a suicide bomber in Afghanistan almost killed David Savage and left him unable to walk — but he refused to accept his fate.

ABC News

Maharashtra: Wife held for killing her husband, passing it as suicide

PUNE: A 30-year-old woman was arrested in Pune in Maharashtra for allegedly killing her husband and later passing his death as suicide, police said on Wednesday.

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The Guardian - UK

Al-Qaida in Indian subcontinent plans revenge attacks over prophet remarks

Suicide bombings threatened after ‘slandering’ comments made by Hindu Bharatiya Janata party

The Guardian - UK

People at risk of suicide facing deportation to Rwanda told to try sudoku

Instead of being offered counselling, those assessed to be at risk of self-harm or suicide have been given ‘how to feel better’ handouts

Dynamite News

International: Central agencies 'seriously' looking into Al-Qaeda suicide attack threat

Central agencies are "seriously" looking into the threat letter sent by terror outfit Al-Qaeda regarding suicide attacks in Delhi, Mumbai, Uttar Pradesh and Gujarat to "fight for the honour of the Prophet", said top agency sources. Full story on Dynamite News:

Tribune News Service

Commentary: The gun industry’s six deadly lies

The mass murders in Uvalde, Texas, and Buffalo, New York, were the culmination of decades of lobbying and deceptive marketing perpetrated by the gun industry. Because of their lies, more Americans have died from gun violence — including suicides and accidents — since 1975 than in all of the wars…

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US Ex-teacher Pleads Guilty to Leading ISIS Women's Brigade

A former US schoolteacher who became a high-ranking ISIS official and organized an all-female military battalion, pleaded guilty Tuesday to supporting a foreign terrorist group, the Justice Department said. Kansas-born Allison Fluke-Ekren, 42, admitted to engaging in "terrorism-related activities" in Syria, Libya, and Iraq between 2011 and 2019. "Fluke-Ekren ultimately…

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Albury's Winter Solstice, a mental health event born out of tragedy, documented in powerful film

A filmmaker hopes her moving documentary about Albury's annual Winter Solstice event will encourage people to have shame-free conversations about mental health.

The Guardian - AU

Interruption to mental health services and psychological distress due to pandemic may be behind rise

Benzinga

Gov. Ricketts Says There's No Evidence Medical Cannabis Helps Veterans With PTSD As Suicide Rates Surge

In 2019, 6,261 veterans in the United States took their own lives, according to the most recent data retrieved from the 2021 National Veteran Suicide Prevention Annual Report.

McClatchy Washington Bureau

How a suicide in his family pushed a California congressman to fight for gun control

WASHINGTON — Salud Carbajal was 12, in his bedroom with his brother, when he heard a loud pop coming from another room.

The Independent UK

Attempted suicide rates lower in women who use hormonal contraceptives – study

Hormonal contraceptives, including the birth control pill, are among the most widely used drugs, the researchers say.

Daily Mirror

Dad of road-rage gangster Kenneth Noye's victim in drugs suicide after triple tragedy

Murder victim Stephen Cameron's dad Kenneth Cameron, who had been fighting depression since his wife Toni passed away, took his own life just hours after his dog died

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