Family sought help for man tasered by police while he allegedly stabbed woman

Police say Erich Stelzer died after he was tasered while allegedly stabbing a woman.

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The family of Erich Stelzer expressed sympathy for the victim in a statement released Saturday and said they had tried to get Stelzer help over the past days.

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The others, according to advisers and people briefed by their associates: Kamala Harris of California, Cory Booker of New Jersey, and Kirsten Gillibrand of New York.

?Cat Person? writer Kristen Roupenian.

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?Cat Person? author?s bad date story and her date with fame

A viral sensation, Kristen Roupenian?s ?Cat Person? has led to a hotly awaited collection, ?You Know You Want This,? due out Jan. 15.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/12/11/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/IMG_3233.jpg He begged for deportation. He still languished in jail

As ICE officials intensify efforts to remove unauthorized immigrants, those deportations are taking months ? often well beyond the legal limit of six months set by the Supreme Court.

Luis Campero of Boston entertained visitors at the Public Garden on Christmas Day.

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New year will start with mild temperatures. So where is winter?

New Year?s Eve may be rainy. Then, on the first day of 2019, the Boston area will see high temperatures in the 50s and sunshine.

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The former Boston College baseball star, who has ALS, was released just hours after a polar plunge in his name raised $40,000 to research the disease.

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Police and fire officials arrived to find the Stoneham woman sitting inside The Daily Scoop after driving her car through the store?s front bay window, officials said.

Man in critical condition after early morning shooting in Quincy

The 23-year-old man was taken to Boston Medical Center in critical condition, but is expected to survive, officials said.

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According to Labor Department data, 83 in every 10,000 educators is leaving their job voluntarily, the highest rate since the department started collecting data 17 years ago.

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The 2-year-old son of a Yemeni woman who sued for a waiver from the Trump administration?s travel ban to be with the ailing boy in the United States has died, an advocacy group said.

Peter DeMarco shook hands with Lynette Alberti, chief nursing officer, when he met with hospital executives Nov. 13 to discuss the death of his wife, Laura Levis.

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My wife?s death was senseless. Using it to save other lives is the only thing that makes sense to me

My quest to understand what happened to my wife, who died in 2016 after suffering an asthma attack, led to hard questions at Somerville Hospital.

Boston Bruins center Sean Kuraly (52) puts the game-winning goal past Buffalo Sabres goalie Carter Hutton (40) as defenseman Rasmus Dahlin (26) trails the play during overtime of an NHL hockey game in Buffalo, N.Y., Saturday, Dec. 29, 2018. The Boston Bruins beat the Buffalo Sabres 3-2 in overtime. (AP Photo/Adrian Kraus)

BRUINS 3, SABRES 2

Bruins rally to stun Sabres in overtime

Sean Kuraly potted the game-winner with 1:16 left in overtime after Jake DeBrusk tied the game for the Bruins with 2:29 remaining in regulation.

Boston Celtics guard Kyrie Irving (11) shoots next to Memphis Grizzlies center Marc Gasol (33) in the second half of an NBA basketball game Saturday, Dec. 29, 2018, in Memphis, Tenn. (AP Photo/Brandon Dill)

CELTICS 112, GRIZZLIES 103

Down 19, Celtics come back to beat Grizzlies

Kyrie Irving had 26 points and 13 assists and Al Horford hit five 3-pointers in the comeback win.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/12/29/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/Clipboard-24234.jpg Pair of popular Boston bars to reopen on New Year?s Eve

The Tam on Tremont Street and Sullivan?s Tap on Canal Street will reopen Monday at 5 p.m., a company spokesman said.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/12/29/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/Swensen18122930worcester0005.jpg 50 years later, Worcester remembers 5 teenagers killed in Indian Hill fire

Warren Briggs, Timothy Donohue Jr., and Ronald Vysniauskas, all 17, died on that cold night, along with Michael Foley and John Quinlivan, both 16.

Sarah Rapaport made the decision to euthanize PJ, a daschund, this month before heading to LA for Christmas on Dec. 19, for fear he would otherwise need to be put down while the family was away.

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?Get ready for an influx of sadness?: Why veterinarians dread the holidays

Come this time of year, veterinarians see a spike in pet euthanasia.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/10/01/BostonGlobe.com/ReceivedContent/Images/NUP_184516_0055.jpg A look at the top 10 ?Saturday Night Live? sketches from 2018

Here are 10 most popular ?SNL? sketches of 2018, based on YouTube hits.

Obituary

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/12/28/BostonGlobe.com/Obits/Images/suarez_kennedy16_pgone-7698775.jpg John C. Culver, Kennedy confidant and Harvard football star, dies at 86

The friendship formed in Cambridge lasted for almost six decades, through their time together on Capitol Hill and through some of Kennedy?s lowest moments.

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The beach shown was in Dutch New Guinea, not in Normandy. And the stamp used an image of the wrong craft.

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EDITORIAL

Fall River recall election is anti-democratic

No one would ever think that you?d need to recall a mayor twice. But that?s exactly what Fall River residents are grappling with.

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Another brick in President Trump?s wall

With the death of a second Guatemalan child in immigration custody, Trump is building a grim wall on the US border.

The Big Picture

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The Big Picture

A double diagnosis ? cancer when poor

Marie Cajuste couldn?t ignore it any more. She had noticed a hard lump in her left breast about a year before, but kept the discovery to herself. She literally could not afford to be sick.

Special reports

Shannon Goyette (left) and Cynthia Pierce became friends when their children were in kindergarten. Both mothers lost a son to suicide.

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After suicides in Acton and Boxborough, a communion of sorrow

The unthinkable has been an all-too-common companion in two small neighboring towns, where six young people took their lives in the short span of 30 months. The questions keep coming: What is happening? Why? When will it stop?

Podcasts

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/12/18/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/gladiator%20pic5.jpg Aaron Hernandez and Football Inc.

The story of a profoundly troubled young man and the ugly underside of America?s most popular sport.

Newsletters

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Follow the Celtics? quest for a title and other NBA news both on and off the court. Sign up here.

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It?s been a busy 2018 at STAT, but we still have found the time to see what other journalists are writing ? and get jealous we didn?t do it ourselves.

Love Letters: The Podcast

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In a special bonus episode, Meredith Goldstein explores what happens to summer romance when the summer ends, and ?Wet Hot American Summer? creator David Wain shares a girl-crazy memory from his own camp days.

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