Authorities in Lakeland, Fla., responded to the suicide of 12-year-old Rebecca Ann Sedwick with unprecedented force last week when they charged the two young girls accused of bullying her with aggravated stalking, a third-degree felony. So reports USA Today.

A bill signed into law by California Governor Jerry Brown last week requires the state to consider suicide barriers during the construction of new bridges or the rebuilding of a bridge with a known suicide history. So reports the Associated Press.

A 25-year-old man sustained only minor injuries as a result of being hit by a train in Topeka, Kansas, last week. The man didn't hear the train's warning horn because he was wearing headphones. So reports the Daily Mail reports.

An Ohio probate court judge last week refused to reverse a 1994 declaration that Donald Eugene Miller Jr. is legally dead despite the fact that Miller stood, apparently alive, in front of the judge in his courtroom. So NPR reports.