By: Thor Benson/Attn: Chester Bennington, lead singer of the rock band Linkin Park, died by suicide on Thursday, according to TMZ. He was 41 years old. Linkin Park bandmate Mike Shinoda confirmed the suicide in a tweet. Shocked and heartbroken, but it's true. An official statement will come out as soon as we have one. — Mike Shinoda…
Security Robot Commits Suicide In Fountain Because The World Is Terrible
By: Jonathan O’Callaghan/IFL Science In this day and age of climate change-denying presidents, lack of healthcare, and anti-vaxxers, it’s easy to get downtrodden about the world. For one robot, things got a bit too much, and it appears to have thrown itself into a fountain in a somber act of robot suicide. The robot was a Knightscope K5,…
Teen Boy Dies, But When Grieving Mom Scrolls Through His Last Text Messages, She’s Shocked
By: Barbara Diamond/The Little Things 16-year-old Daniel Briggs was a junior in high school. He loved nature and the outdoors. He was smart and caring. He was excited to go to college and pursue his dreams. “He had a soft side of him that was second-to-none for a kid his age,” says his mother, Amy. But…
Wisconsin Town Passed Law That Forces Parents To Pay Large Fine If Their Child Is A Bully
By: Jake Manning/Shareably In recent years, bullying-related suicides account for more than 6,000 deaths per year for individuals ages 15-24. In rare cases, the victims are sometimes even in grade school. As more and more attention is drawn to the connection between bullying and suicide, the topic becomes more of a gray area. Today, too many…