suicide

TAUNTON, Mass. (AP) - A Massachusetts woman accused of sending her boyfriend text messages encouraging him to kill himself is due in court for a pretrial hearing. Michelle Carter is charged with manslaughter in the 2014 death of Conrad Roy III...

Raising awareness and diminishing the stigma surrounding suicide is the goal of a community event in New Bedford this weekend. The Greater New Bedford Suicide Prevention Coalition is welcoming anybody affected by suicide or grappling with suicidal thoughts to join together at the free event Sunday...

PLAINVILLE, Mass. (AP) - A Massachusetts judge has ruled that statements made by a woman who sent her boyfriend text messages encouraging him to kill himself can be used by prosecutors at her manslaughter trial. The Sun Chronicle reports a Taunton Juvenile Court judge on Tuesday denied a motion by 20-year-old Michelle Carter's lawyers to suppress statements she made to police...

TAUNTON, Mass. (AP) - A Massachusetts woman charged with involuntary manslaughter for sending her boyfriend text messages encouraging him to kill himself is due in court. Lawyers for 20-year-old Michelle Carter are expected to argue Friday that a jury should not be allowed to hear about statements Carter made to police...

Boston (AP) - Lawyers for a Massachusetts woman charged with involuntary manslaughter for sending her boyfriend text messages encouraging him to take his own life have asked a judge to suppress statements she made to police. The Boston Globe reports the request was among almost two dozen motions filed by lawyers for 19-year-old Michelle Carter at Friday's court appearance...

BOSTON (AP) — Massachusetts' highest court has ruled that a teenage girl must stand trial on a manslaughter charge for encouraging her boyfriend to kill himself by sending him dozens of text messages and telling him to "get back in" a truck filled with carbon monoxide fumes...

A New Bedford man is found dead of an apparent suicide in Buttonwood Park. The man's body was found by a passerby hanging from a tree near the monument on Fuller Memorial Parkway between Brownell and Rockdale Avenues just before 6am this morning...

Los Angeles Police Chief Charlie Beck is confirming that a murder-suicide has left two people dead on the UCLA campus. Beck says the campus is now safe and that there is no longer a threat. He said there is evidence on the scene that could be a suicide note, but did not confirm reports that one was found on the scene...

Morton Hospital is banning the contractor that failed to effectively evaluate and recommend treatment to Arthur DaRosa.

Massachusetts' highest court is set to hear arguments in the case of a teenager charged with involuntary manslaughter for allegedly sending her boyfriend dozens of text messages encouraging him to kill himself.