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UWS murder-suicide family identified as building super, wife and sons

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Explore More The Upper West Side family found dead in a suspected murder-suicide at their apartment have been identified as the building’s super, his wife, and their two young sons, sources said Tuesday — noting that one of the kids’ bodies was so bloody, cops initially misidentified his gender. Edison Lopez, 41, is believed to have stabbed his wife, 40-year-old Alexandra Witek, and their two young sons – 3-year-old Lucian and 1-year-old Calvin – before taking his own life Monday, police sources told The Post. Read More...

Yo-Yo Ma on the importance of telling each other our stories

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Yo-Yo Ma: I am 63 years old, and I have been playing this four-stringed instrument for 59 years. The prelude to Bach's first Cello Suite is the first piece I ever learned. And I still love it. I was 4 years old at the time, one measure each day. As a child, the simple accomplishment of being able to play a whole song was very satisfying. But over the years, I have come to see that this music has a different force. Read More...

Bobby Doerr, Red Sox Hall of Famer and teammate of Ted Williams, dies at 99

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Bobby Doerr, an all-star second baseman who was the oldest living member of the National Baseball Hall of Fame and who, with teammate Ted Williams, helped make the Boston Red Sox of the 1940s perennial rivals of the New York Yankees, died Nov. 13 in Junction City, Ore. He was 99. The team announced the death but did not offer further details. During most of his years with the Red Sox, from 1937 to 1951, Mr. Read More...