Yesterday, Facebook announced that they were launching a new suicide prevention program, enabling users to instantly connect with crisis counselors through their Facebook chat. Suicidal teens won't only have to rely on Mountain Dew anymore. more ›

Police say that a knife-wielding man attempted a "suicide by cop" in the offices of a newspaper in upstate Schenectady yesterday—and despite being shot three times, he is expected to survive. “At this point, we’re forced to believe that this was an attempt of suicide by the police. We have spoken with a family member, who indicates to us this subject lately has been expressing suicidal thoughts," said Public Safety Commissioner Wayne Bennett. more ›

Reports of a woman overboard from the Staten Island Ferry were sent to an NYPD boat patrolling near lower Manhattan around 7:50 last night, beginning a high stakes rescue of a possibly suicidal woman. The woman plunged into the water near the Statue of Liberty, jumping from—of all ships—the Andrew J. Barberi, aka the "Ferry of Doom." more ›

According to urine and blood samples tested, former Yankee Jim Leyritz apparently was not drinking earlier in the week when a Breathalyzer device installed in his car malfunctioned and said that he was. The failed test set the 1996 World Series hero off and led him to tell his wife, "Maybe it's better to end it all than go through this hassle." Leyritz's "hassle" stems from pending manslaughter chargers after running a red light and killing another driver while under the influence in 2007. Leyritz denies that he was ever considering suicide, telling the Daily News, "Aside from the pending trial I have a lot of other stress in my life. I can't provide for my family anymore. My brother-in-law has ALS, my children, friends and family are suffering." Leyritz has recently claimed that the victim of the DUI accident was the one who went through a red light and was also drunk. Last year Isiah Thomas accused police of a coverup after denying what appeared to be a suicide attempt. more ›

Jayson Williams, the former Nets player who faces another possible manslaughter trial for the death of a limo driver or a plea with prosecutors, was found acting "suicidal" and "violent" at the Embassy Suites Hotel earlier this morning. The Post reports Williams was taken to St. Vincent's for a psychological evaluation; a police source tells the Daily News (which says empty pill bottles were found in his suite), "He was barricaded, drinking, taking pills. He was overwhelmed. It all came crashing down." Apparently cops, who responded to a female friend's call, had to Taser Williams and needed two sets of handcuffs to restrain him. Back in 2002, limo driver Costas "Gus" Christofi was killed in a bedroom in Williams' sprawling NJ mansion; the Star-Ledger reported, "[Christofi] was inside, touring the house with the others [during a party], when Williams took out a loaded shotgun and snapped it shut in Christofi's direction. The gun discharged and he died within a few minutes." more ›