"Positional asphyxia" is a suspected contributor to the death of 17-year-old Alegend Jones, who died days after an altercation with counselors at Youth Villages, according to the full autopsy report ...

Archaeologists have discovered the remains of three women in a Neolithic tomb in France, with the positioning of two of the bodies suggesting they may have been ritualistically murdered by asphyxia or ...

FORT WORTH, Texas — The Tarrant County Sheriff's Office has updated its use-of-force policy to include detailed instructions about the use of chemical spray and what to do to avoid positional asphyxia ...

One intent was to limit the use of prone restraint. Yet AP found instructors at several state-certified training centers continue to teach — wrongly — that holding someone facedown doesn’t cause death ...