Canada saw a record number of citizens end their lives by assisted suicide, with an official report documenting that over 5% of all deaths in the country were as a result of the controversial procedure.
Tensions have escalated in Pakistan after a suicide bomber killed 12 people and injured dozens by blowing himself up in the capital, making it the first strike against civilians in the area in more than a decade.
Illinois will soon allow doctors to prescribe lethal drugs to terminally ill patients and become the next state to legalize physician-assisted suicide, igniting backlash from faith leaders who warn of a slippery slope toward death on demand.
Following a suicide attempt and a later confession that it was due to guilt over embezzling an undisclosed sum of money from the Lake Tahoe Community Presbyterian Church, Tamara Wallace, the mayor of the city of South Lake Tahoe has resigned.
Claiming she was racked by guilt over her sin, Tamara Wallace, the mayor of South Lake Tahoe and administrator for the Lake Tahoe Community Presbyterian Church, has confessed to embezzling an undisclosed sum of money from the church, which led to a failed suicide attempt.