Today's Headlines: Rebuffing Israel, U.S. Allows Censure Over Settlements

[Obama, Trump and the Turf War That Has Come to Define the Transition] | View in [Browser] | Add [nytdirect@nytimes.com] to your address book. | [Unsubscribe] [The New York Times] [Most Popular] | [Video] | [Today's Headlines] Saturday, December 24, 2016 IN THIS EMAIL [NYT] [World] | [U.S.] | [Politics] | [Business] | [Technology] | [Sports] | [Arts] | [N.Y./Region] | [Travel] | [Today's Video] | [Obituaries] | [Editorials] | [Op-Ed] | [On This Day] | [CUSTOMIZE »] [Get The Times for as low as 99¢.] Top News [Samantha Power, center, the United States ambassador to the United Nations, votes to abstain on a resolution condemning Israeli settlement construction.] [Rebuffing Israel, U.S. Allows Censure Over Settlements] By SOMINI SENGUPTA and RICK GLADSTONE The administration's decision not to veto the United Nations resolution reflected its accumulated frustration over Israeli settlements. [The motorcade for Donald J. Trump entered the president-elect's Trump International Golf Club in Palm Beach, Fla. on Friday.] [Obama, Trump and the Turf War That Has Come to Define the Transition] By MARK LANDLER A Security Council vote on Israeli settlements in the West Bank is just the latest example of diverging opinions between President Obama and President-elect Donald Trump. [Anis Amri, the chief suspect in the Berlin terrorist attack this week, was killed in a shootout near Milan early Friday. One police officer was wounded.] [Hunt for Berlin Suspect Ends in Gunfire on an Italian Plaza] By ELISABETTA POVOLEDO, GAIA PIANIGIANI and RUKMINI CALLIMACHI Anis Amri, the 24-year-old Tunisian sought in connection with the rampage that killed 12 people at a Christmas market in Berlin, was killed by Italian police officers. For more top news, go to [NYTimes.com »] [Get the Morning Briefing in Your Inbox] What you need to know to start your day, delivered Monday through Friday. [Sign up »] ADVERTISEMENT Editors' Picks [A crowd of 28,500 attended F.C. Union Berlin's annual celebration Christmas caroling celebration, known as Weihnachtssingen, on Friday, four days after an attack on a popular Christmas market left 12 people dead.] SPORTS [After Terror, Berlin Finds Comfort and Joy in a Soccer Club's Ritual] By ANDREW KEH An offbeat Christmas celebration, melding pep rally and church service, was suddenly tasked with helping a city heal in the aftermath of a truck attack on a market this week. [George H. W. Bush and Mikhail Gorbachev in Moscow, July 1991.] OPINION | Op-Ed Contributors [President Gorbachev's Last Phone Call] By SVETLANA SAVRANSKAYA and THOMAS BLANTON Twenty-five years ago on Christmas, the leader of the Soviet Union called George H.W. Bush before he changed history. QUOTATION OF THE DAY "Of course the U.S. has more missiles, submarines and aircraft carriers, but what we say is that we are stronger than any aggressor." [VLADIMIR V. PUTIN], Russia's president, who vowed to continue modernizing his nation's nuclear weapons. World [Japanese soldiers approaching tanks in Hong Kong, which was under British rule, on Dec. 21, 1941. Hong Kong had asked for a battalion, maybe two, to reinforce its small garrison there.] [A Doomed Battle for Hong Kong, With Only Medals Left 75 Years Later] By CRAIG S. SMITH The highest-ranking Canadian soldier killed in action during World War II was shot in a largely forgotten fight left nearly 3,000 soldiers dead, 290 of them Canadian. [Migrants from West Africa aboard a rescue vessel in the Mediterranean in November.] ['Worst Annual Death Toll Ever': Mediterranean Claims 5,000 Migrants] By NICK CUMMING-BRUCE The number is one-third higher than in any other year, with 14 people, on average, drowning in the sea every day in 2016, the United Nations said. [Staff members wearing Santa hats at a restaurant in Jakarta, Indonesia, on Thursday. This month, a group of Indonesian clerics issued an edict barring Muslims from wearing Christmas clothing.] [In Indonesia, an Islamic Edict Seeks to Keep Santa Hats Off Muslims] By JOE COCHRANE A religious order that bars Muslims from wearing Christmas-themed clothing is adding to political and religious tensions prompted by the prosecution of Jakarta's governor. For more world news, go to [NYTimes.com/World »] ADVERTISEMENT U.S. [K.T. Jones has an aggressive type of Hodgkin's lymphoma. Getting immunotherapy in a clinical trial has kept him alive far past expectations. But few black patients participate in clinical trials.] [In Cancer Trials, Minorities Face Extra Hurdles] By DENISE GRADY As immunotherapy research takes off, the patients getting the treatment have been overwhelmingly white. Researchers know this and say they are trying to correct it. [Roy Cooper, a Democrat who will become governor on Jan. 1, narrowly defeated Pat McCrory, the incumbent Republican, in November.] [Battle Lines Turn North Carolina's Moderation Into a Distant Memory] By RICHARD FAUSSET and JONATHAN MARTIN Politics has become blood sport, a toxic twist on the historical tensions in a state that, much like the nation at large, is split down the middle. [People wait in lines to vote in West Valley City, Utah, the nation's fastest-growing state between 2015 and 2016.] [Growth of U.S. Population Is at Slowest Pace Since 1937] By NIRAJ CHOKSHI Census data reveal where people in America are moving (Utah), and where they are not (the Northeast). For more U.S. news, go to [NYTimes.com/US »] ADVERTISEMENT Politics [President-elect Donald J. Trump, with Michael T. Flynn, his national security adviser, spoke to reporters at his Mar-a-Lago estate in Palm Beach, Fla., on Wednesday.] [Trump Says U.S. Would 'Outmatch' Rivals in a New Nuclear Arms Race] By MICHAEL D. SHEAR and DAVID E. SANGER President-elect Trump told MSNBC that if a new arms race occurred, "We will outmatch them at every pass and outlast them all." [President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia could loosen restrictions on the use of nuclear weapons in response to a new arms race.] The Interpreter [Trump, Promising Arms Race, Could Set World on Uncertain Path] By MAX FISHER If Mr. Trump should follow through on instigating a new nuclear arms race, the consequences could be severe and possibly catastrophic. [The Radio City Rockettes performed at the ] [Rockettes Not Required to Dance at Trump Inauguration, Company Says] By KATIE ROGERS Dancers with personal objections can skip the performance, according to the company and the union for the dancers. Still, some will likely feel pressured. For more political news, go to [NYTimes.com/Politics »] Business [Deutsche Bank on Wall Street. Investors were relieved this week when the bank reached a $7.2 billion settlement with the Justice Department to end an investigation into the sale of toxic mortgage securities.] [Flurry of Settlements Over Toxic Mortgages May Save Banks Billions] By LANDON THOMAS Jr. and JACK EWING In Washington's rush to make deals before a new, possibly more sympathetic administration, banks may be paying billions less than once proposed. [.][Where Does the Mortgage Settlement Money Go?] [Trying out a virtual reality device for online shopping at a Taobao event in Shanghai in July.] [Alibaba Faces Growing Pressure Over Counterfeit Goods] By CAO LI The United States put the Chinese company's Taobao platform on a list of major markets for fakes, a move that Alibaba says may be politically motivated. [Kelly High School in Brighton Park, in southwest Chicago. The United Way branch in the city has focused on increasing graduation rates in the neighborhood.] [United Way Searches for Its Place in a World of One-Click Giving] By RON LIEBER An increasing number of donors are asking whether they need a charitable middleman when causes and data galore are at their fingertips. For more business news, go to [NYTimes.com/Business »] Sports [Shawn Harrington, who appeared in the 1994 documentary ] Sports Business [A 'Hoop Dreams' Sequel, Written by Gun Violence] By JOE NOCERA Shawn Harrington, who was in the 1994 movie "Hoop Dreams" and became a high school coach, has lost the use of his legs because of a 2014 shooting. [U.C.L.A.'s victory over Western Michigan on Wednesday drew 10,695 fans to Pauley Pavilion, the second-largest home crowd this season but still nearly 3,000 below capacity.] [At U.C.L.A., a Highly Rated Show Fails to Pack Them In] By BILLY WITZ After a fallow decade, the No. 2-ranked Bruins are undefeated, but fans have been slow to return to Pauley Pavilion, with only one sold-out game so far this season. [Thomas Bach, the president of the International Olympic Committee, at a news conference in Lausanne, Switzerland, on Dec. 8.] [I.O.C. Starts Proceedings Against 28 Russian Athletes Over Sochi Doping] By REBECCA R. RUIZ Disciplinary action could follow a report detailing tampering with competitors' urine samples by the host country at the 2014 Winter Games. For more sports news, go to [NYTimes.com/Sports »] Arts [Their Words to Live By: Artists We Lost in 2016] By ANDREW R. CHOW and LAURYN STALLINGS Remembering outsize cultural figures who died in 2016 through a sampling of their bon mots, song lyrics and more. [From left, Nick Kroll, Matthew Broderick and John Mulaney backstage at ] ['Too Much Tuna': Dinner for One Unlucky Guest in 'Oh, Hello'] By ALEXIS SOLOSKI The skit, which features a celebrity brought onstage, has become a highlight of "Oh, Hello on Broadway." [Carrie Fisher with a ] [Carrie Fisher in Intensive Care After Medical Episode on Plane] By CHRISTOPHER MELE Ms. Fisher, best known for her portrayal of Princess Leia in the "Star Wars" movies, was hospitalized in Los Angeles, The Associated Press reported. For more arts news, go to [NYTimes.com/Arts »] New York [A battle in North Brooklyn pits a community group against the Brooklyn Transfer Station, which residents say routinely violates the city's rules and no longer belongs in the neighborhood. ] [Where Trash Makes a Stop in Brooklyn, Neighbors Want It Gone] By MARC SANTORA Ambitious plans to change the way the city handles trash most likely will do little to help those living near a North Brooklyn transfer station. [Santa's Workshop, which opened in 1949, is among the last theme parks in the Adirondacks, a region once rich with such attractions.] [A Struggling Theme Park Asks: Do You Still Believe in Santa?] By ANNIE STOLTIE Attendance is dwindling at Santa's Workshop in the Adirondacks, bypassed by the Interstate and thrill-ride-inspired attractions. But its biggest hurdle? Santa's weakening hold on children. [Connor Golden, center, stepped on an explosive device in Central Park in July. The police have yet to name a suspect in the blast.] [Reward Is Doubled as Authorities Seek Leads in July Blast in Central Park] By ELI ROSENBERG More than five months after a mysterious substance exploded in Central Park and blew off part of a 19-year-old man's leg, many questions about the blast persist. For more New York news, go to [NYTimes.com/NewYork »] Obituaries [Marion Pritchard with Erica Polak, a Jewish baby she was hiding, in 1944.] [Marion Pritchard, Who Risked Her Life to Rescue Jews From Nazis, Dies at 96] By RICHARD SANDOMIR Ms. Pritchard said that by the end of the war she had "lied, stolen, cheated, deceived and even killed" to shelter Jews in the Netherlands. [Michèle Morgan with Humphrey Bogart in ] [Michèle Morgan, the First 'Best Actress' at Cannes, Dies at 96] By ANITA GATES Ms. Morgan was just 26 when she starred as a blind woman in Jean Delannoy's "Pastoral Symphony." She and the film won honors at the first Cannes festival. For more obituaries, go to [NYTimes.com/Obituaries »] Editorial Editorial [Mr. Trump Flirts With an Arms Race] By THE EDITORIAL BOARD By casually hinting at a seismic shift in fundamental policies, the president-elect is playing a risky game. [A rally in support of the Affordable Care Act in Philadelphia on Tuesday.] Editorial [Republicans Are in Denial on Health Care] By THE EDITORIAL BOARD They say Obamacare is a house of cards, but enrollment figures show it's working. [Capt. Niloofar Rahmani, the first female fixed-wing pilot in the Afghan Air Force, is seeking asylum in the United States.] Editorial Notebook [A Female Afghan Pilot Soars and Gives Up] By ERNESTO LONDOÑO Capt. Niloofar Rahmani was hailed as a pioneer in the Afghan Air Force. Now she desperately wants out. For more opinion, go to [NYTimes.com/Opinion »] Op-Ed Op-Ed | Peter Wehner [Humanizing Jesus] By PETER WEHNER As part of my own Christian pilgrimage, I wondered why God became not just the author of the human drama but an actor in it. [The Christmas market in Berlin, which reopened three days after a deadly attack on Monday.] Op-Ed | Anna Sauerbrey [Petrified Unity in Terror-Struck Berlin] By ANNA SAUERBREY German opinion on immigration is polarized, but stable, after the killing of 12 people at a Christmas market. [The Year in Illustration] ​A selection of notable art created for the Opinion section in 2016. For more opinion, go to [NYTimes.com/Opinion »] ON THIS DAY On Dec. 24, 1992, President Bush pardoned former Defense Secretary Caspar Weinberger and five others in the Iran-Contra scandal. 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