Instagram said Thursday it will start alerting parents if their kids repeatedly search for terms clearly associated with suicide or self-harm.
The White House updated its National Strategy for Suicide Prevention, which aims to reduce substance abuse, train more personnel and address underserved communities.
The family of a Los Angeles sheriff's deputy who died by suicide last month filed a precursor to a lawsuit against L.A. County and the sheriff's department, blaming mandatory overtime for his death.
LGBTQ+ youth who report having at least one accepting adult in their lives were 40% less likely to report a suicide attempt in the past year, said Terra Russell-Slavin, chief impact officer at the Los Angeles LGBT Center.
The death of 43-year-old Billy Miller, an actor best known for his role in the soap opera "The Young and the Restless," was due to suicide.
The department currently has 34 mental evaluation teams that consist of a deputy and a mental health specialist, but Sheriff Robert Luna wants hundreds more.