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In the wake of several suicides of noteworthy people, including the daughter of Martin Short, and actor Robert Carradine, Minnesota mental health providers are using this time to educate, and hopefully prevent it from happening.
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After some high-profile suicides, mental health providers use time to educate, and hopefully prevent it more

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Salesforce CEO calls for AI regulation to prevent suicides
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Salesforce CEO calls for AI regulation to prevent suicides

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What do the new Epstein files reveal about his death?

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Meta says teenagers on Instagram will be restricted to seeing PG-13 content by default and won’t be able to change their settings without a parent’s permission.
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Instagram says they are safeguarding teens by limiting them to content that is equal to PG-13 content

Instagram's Tara Hopkins explains the company will uses AI to make sure users are the age they claim they are
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Barron County, Wisconsin authorities say a 17-year-old boy is dead of a self-inflicted gunshot wound days after shooting his pregnant girlfriend, and uploading a video of the violence to social media.
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17-year old is dead of self-inflicted gunshot after shooting pregnant girlfriend

Barron County, Wisconsin Sheriff says the girlfriend is hospitalized and baby was delivered due to her injuries
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Gun violence resulted in 564 deaths in 2024, a number that is alarming people like Maggiy Emery with the gun violence protection group Protect Minnesota.
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Alarming Trend: Minnesota saw 564 gun deaths in 2024, a 6% increase over 2023 with the majority coming from suicides

"We are one of the only states in the entire nation where gun deaths increased instead of decreased last year"
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"This is an unimaginable, heartbreaking tragedy,” said Minneapolis Police Chief Brain O’Hara after a man appears to have shot his 2-year old daughter before taking his own life.
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Minneapolis Police investigate tragic murder-suicide with man appearing to take own life after shooting 2-year old daughter

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Russ Hanes (right), founder and executive director of the Invisible Wounds Project, a non-profit based in Forest Lake that works to positively impact the mental health and wellness of those who served or serve in the military, police, fire, EMS, frontline medical staff, corrections, dispatch, and their families.
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Opioid settlement grant funds local work to save the lives of veterans and first responders

“The helpers need help,” said Russ Hanes, founder and executive director of the Invisible Wounds Project
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Preliminary data released this week by the Minnesota Department of Health shows Minnesota's suicide rate plateaued last year compared to the year slowing a two-decade climb.
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Minnesota suicide data shows rural rates are twice that of metro areas - but trends could be slowing

"There's a pretty clear linear relationship between the increasingly rural counties and higher suicide rates"
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For autism advocate Sheletta Brundidge, news that her sixth grade daughter Cameron, who is on the spectrum, had been bullied by a classmate came as a shock.
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After bullying is blamed for suicides of three 11-year-olds, a Cottage Grove sixth-grader speaks out about her experience

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Teen dies by suicide after becoming obsessed with AI chatbot

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Older Minnesotans are not alone when they face the blues. That was the uplifting message at a recent educational event at Sabathani Community Center in Minneapolis.
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Local experts speak candidly about mental health with older adults at Sabathani Community Center

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Suicide rates are climbing once again, especially among adolescents
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Suicide rates are climbing once again, especially among adolescents

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Teen arrested for aiding girlfriend's suicide

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Disney beefs up security after suicides

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Rev. Lisa Pierce talks with Smiths Station Mayor Bubba Copeland beside the small shack she lives in for a week as a fundraiser for the Alabama Rural Ministry in Auburn, Al., on Tuesday October 12, 2021. Rural04
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Pastor dies by suicide after ‘thick transgender’ alter-ego exposed

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July 7, 2022; Glenwood Springs, CO, USA; Riders experience the new Defiance rollercoaster at Glenwood Caverns Adventure Park in Glenwood Springs, Colorado. Mandatory Credit: Trevor Hughes-USA TODAY
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Heavily armed man discovered dead at amusement park

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