Today is World Suicide Prevention Day, a day created by theInternational Association for Suicide Prevention (IASP) to put a spotlight on what can be done to prevent suicide.
In the United States alone, around 1.4 million people are estimated to attempt suicide every year. Someone in your life could be struggling right now and you may not even realize it, experts say.
Behind the statistics of suicide attempts are real people, survivors, who struggled in their darkest days and were able to break through.
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The Senate early Thursday took a first step toward repeal of the health care law by adopting a fiscal 2017 budget resolution following a seven-hour voting session.
Senators voted 51-48 to adopt the budget resolution, with Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky casting the only Republican vote against it. The chamber considered 19 amendments before the final vote — and stymied each one, mostly through procedural votes.
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Caffeine-starved drivers from a sleepy Moscow suburb will now have a chance to get their hot brew without stepping out of the car after Starbucks opened Russia’s first drive-through coffee branch on Friday.
A decade after opening its first Russian branch in 2007, the American coffee chain is now ready to test the country’s appreciation for the frappuccino on the road. The drive-through was opened on the Krasnoarmeyskoye Highway in the city of Pushkin, the Vedomosti business daily reported Friday.
Chris Eubanks has had a remarkable season on the world tennis stage, rising to popularity for his impressive Wimbledon debut, where he entered as the 77th-ranked player in the world and reached the quarterfinals.
"Honestly, I just want to roll the balls out and play -- at the end of the day, I'm here because of what I can do on the court, so I'm ready to get back out there on the court,"