CNN anchor Anderson Cooper on Friday won $50,000 on 'Jeopardy!,' which he donated to the Trevor Project. CNN anchor Anderson Cooper on Friday won $50,000 on Jeopardy!, which he donated to the Trevor Project. California-based The Trevor Project focuses on crisis and suicide prevention efforts for gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) youth. The non-profit's Lifeline is the nation's only 24-hour, toll-free confidential suicide prevention hotline for gay and questioning young people. Cooper competed against Thomas Friedman, columnist for The New York Times, and Kelly O'Donnell, White House correspondent for NBC, during the game show's Power Players week. (The video is embedded in the right panel of this page. Visit our video library for more videos.) It was Cooper's third appearance on Jeopardy! ?The first time I did really well,? Cooper said in a pre-show interview, ?It was against Maria Bartiromo, Kweisi Mfume and a power player. And I destroyed them. That made me very confident

Dharun Ravi on Monday was sentenced to 30 days in jail for bullying roommate Tyler Clementi. Dharun Ravi on Monday was sentenced to 30 days in jail for bullying roommate Tyler Clementi. Ravi was instructed by Judge Glen Berman to report to the Middlesex County Adult Correctional facility on May 31. The 20-year-old Ravi was convicted in March of 15 criminal counts, including invading the Rutgers University freshman's privacy and tampering with evidence. Eighteen-year-old Clementi jumped off the George Washington Bridge to his death in the fall of 2010 after learning that Ravi, his roommate, had secretly streamed live video of him having sex with another man onto the Internet. Prosecutors charged that Ravi attempted to deceive them by destroying evidence of his participation, including a Twitter feed in which he allegedly twice invited followers to watch his roommate's sexual encounters on the Internet. A day after Ravi's tweets, Clementi, a gifted violinist, wrote on his Facebook page,

Mary Kennedy, the estranged wife of Robert F. Kennedy Jr, committed suicide by hanging, authorities said Thursday.

Mary Richardson Kennedy, the 52-year-old estranged wife of Robert F. Kennedy Jr, has died, her family said Wednesday, in what local media called an apparent suicide at her home in suburban New York.

A wealthy Chinese expatriate who crashed his million-dollar Ferrari into a taxi killing himself and two others has sparked outrage in Singapore, where anti-immigrant sentiment is on the rise.

German referee Babak Rafati has broken his silence over his reasons for attempting to commit suicide last November, just hours before he was due to officiate a Bundesliga match between Cologne and Mainz.

Nirvana frontman Kurt Cobain was working on a solo album when he committed suicide in 1994, a former guitarist for the band of Cobain's widow said in an interview with music TV channel Fuse.

Hundreds of Greek mourners shouting defiant slogans attended the funeral on Saturday of a retired pharmacist who shot himself this week saying austerity cuts had left him in deep poverty.

People diagnosed with cancer have a sharply higher risk of suicide and fatal heart attacks immediately after receiving their diagnosis, a Swedish study published on Thursday showed.

A retired pharmacist who shot himself in the head in Athens' busiest square, sparking clashes between protesters and police, left a suicide note lamenting poverty and despair, excerpts showed Thursday.

An elderly man shot himself in the head on Wednesday in Athens central Syntagma Square, a focal point of anti-austerity protests, reportedly crying out that he did not want to leave his children in debt.

An elderly man shot himself in the head early Wednesday on central Syntagma Square, a focal point for anti-austerity protests, reportedly crying out that he did not want to leave his children in debt.

Bob Bergeron, whose self help book for mature gay men was about to be published, stunned his family and friends when he took his own life. Bob Bergeron, whose self help book for mature gay men was about to be published, stunned his family and friends when he took his own life in early January. Bergeron's life ? and the possible reasons behind his sudden suicide ? are parsed out in a profile published Friday in The New York Times. It starts with informing readers that Bergeron was so cheery that people sometimes found it off-putting, then posits that he was obsessed with his fading beauty. The 49-year-old therapist had set out to help other gay men grow older gracefully. ?I've got a concise picture of what being over 40 is and it's a great perspective filled with happiness, feeling sexy, possessing comfort relating to other men and taking good care of ourselves,? he said on his website. ?This picture will get you results that flourish long-time.? Bergeron's book, The Right Side of Forty

Ten years after they became the first countries to legalise euthanasia, the Netherlands and Belgium now provide assisted suicide to 4,000 people a year.

A young Buddhist monk has self-immolated in southwest China, becoming the latest Tibetan to take his own life to protest Beijing's rule, a rights group and exiles said Thursday.

Apple's new chief executive Tim Cook has held talks with officials in China, the US tech giant said Tuesday, the workshop of its products but where its operations have faced difficulties.

A Taiwanese woman committed suicide while chatting to friends on Facebook after growing suspicious that her boyfriend was having an affair, police and media said Tuesday.

Dharun Ravi guilty verdict should not be used to promote a gay agenda, FRC's Tony Perkins has said. Dharun Ravi guilty verdict should not be used to promote a gay agenda, Tony Perkins, president of the Christian conservative group Family Research Council (FRC), has said. The 20-year-old Ravi on Friday was found guilty on 15 counts of bias intimidation, invasion of privacy and tampering with evidence by a New Jersey jury. The charges stem from Ravi's involvement in the death of 18-year-old Rutgers University freshman Tyler Clementi, who jumped off the George Washington Bridge to his death in the fall of 2010 after learning that Ravi, his roommate, had secretly streamed live video of him having sex with another man into the Internet. Ravi was not charged with Clementi's death. He faces up to 10 years in prison, because the charges are being identified as a hate crime, and the possibility of deportation to his native India. Legal scholars think the verdict could send a powerful message ab

Dharun Ravi on Friday was found guilty of bullying Tyler Clementi, tampering with evidence and invading the Rutgers University freshman's privacy. ?Dharun Ravi on Friday was found guilty of bullying Tyler Clementi, tampering with evidence and invading the Rutgers University freshman's privacy, the Star-Ledger reported. Eighteen-year-old Clementi jumped off the George Washington Bridge to his death in the fall of 2010 after learning that Ravi, his roommate, had secretly streamed live video of him having sex with another man onto the Internet. The jury found Ravi guilty on 15 counts of bias intimidation, invasion of privacy and tampering with evidence, among others. Ravi, 20, was not charged with Clementi's death. Ravi faces up to 10 years in prison because the charges are being identified as a hate crime. He was also found guilty of attempting to deceive prosecutors by destroying evidence of his participation, including a Twitter feed in which he allegedly twice invited followers to wat

Ellen DeGeneres, Anderson Cooper and Rachel Maddow are to blame for Tyler Clementi's death, according to a minister. Ellen DeGeneres, Anderson Cooper and Rachel Maddow are to blame for Tyler Clementi's death, according to a minister. Clementi is the 18-year-old Rutgers University freshman who jumped off George Washington Bridge to his death in the fall of 2010 after learning that his roommate, Dharun Ravi, had secretly streamed live video of him having sex with another man onto the Internet. On Friday, Ravi was found guilty of a hate crime. Bill Keller of LivePrayer.com pointed the blame for Clementi's death at DeGeneres, Cooper and Maddow and away from Ravi. ?Anderson Cooper, Rachel Maddow, Ellen DeGeneres, the media, and gutless pastors are guilty for the death of Rutgers student Tyler Clementi, not Dharun Ravi1? ?The fact is, suicide is exponentially higher amongst those who choose the homosexual lifestyle, and while those in the media want to blame people like myself who take a Bib