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The death of Oklahoma student Nex Benedict has been ruled a suicide, according to a medical examiner’s report released Wednesday. The 16-year-old, who was transgender and used he and they pronouns, according to friends and family, died Feb. 8, a day after a fight at Owasso High School. His name has become a rallying cry among LGBTQ activists, who argue that an onslaught of legislation targeting the community has made schools less safe for queer and trans students like Nex. Nex had reportedly… Source link

via Facebook In a stunning turn of events, a South Carolina man was charged Tuesday with shooting troubled attorney Alex Murdaugh in the head in an assisted-suicide plot to secure $10 million in insurance money—just three months after Murdaugh’s wife and son were murdered. The alleged conspiracy was laid out in court documents released after Curtis Edward Smith, 61, was collared for the botched Sept. 4 shooting, which Murdaugh, 53, survived. “Mr. Murdaugh supplied Mr. Smith with a firearm… Source link

SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) — Google is remembering Swedish DJ Avicii on what would have been his 32nd birthday on Sept. 8, 2021 with a Google Doodle. Avicii, who’s real name is Tim Bergling, became a global sensation and a major player in the EDM genre. The Google Doodle on Tuesday becomes an animated video that plays his viral hit, ‘Wake Me Up.’ The doodle honors his legacy “as one of the first artists to elevate electronic music to mainstream global success,” Google… Source link

The mourning girlfriend of a man who died by suicide says she regrets not knowing what to do when he cried out for help. Trent Dance, from Ipswich southwest of Brisbane, had been struggling with the stresses of life but went downhill in the past couple of months and died suddenly on October 11. The 34-year-old dad was an avid powerlifter and had a loving girlfriend who he had been inseparable from since March. But his mental health was taking a silent toll. Trent Dance’s mental health was… Source link