After UN vote, Israel places hopes in Trump

Donald Trump had tried to scuttle the UN resolution and called for a US veto, and afterwards vowed ??things will be different after Jan. 20th.??

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Investigators are looking at all possible reasons, including terrorism, for the crash that killed 92, among them members of Russia?s famous military choir.

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The acclaimed Russian activist, who was married to a Vermont lawyer, was among 92 people presumed dead Christmas morning.

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After some criticized a message that appeared to compare Donald Trump to Christ and call him ?a new King,? RNC spokesman Sean Spicer struck back.

Worcester, MA -11/16/2016 - A short time out of the intensive care unit at UMass Memorial Medical Center, in Worcester, Michael Champigny (cq) waits for a liver transplant. (Dr. Adel Bozorgzadeh (cq) is chief of transplant surgery.) Photo by Pat Greenhouse/Globe Staff Topic: livertransplant Reporter: Lizbeth Kowalczyk

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A nation divided, even on organ transplants

Patients in Mass. could get transplants faster if they were allowed to use donor livers from Ga. and S.C., but the idea has its critics.

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Because of the holiday no one was home when the fire began, and no residents were injured. Two firefighters sustained minor injuries.

BOSTON, MA - 8/19/2014: BUÕs National Emerging Infectious Diseases Laboratories on Albany Street, Boston. Dr. Ron Corley, the biolab's associate director stands in the Bio Safety Lab Level 4 with positive pressure protection suits. (David L Ryan/Globe Staff Photo) SECTION: METRO TOPIC 22biolab(2)

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BU biolab gets approval for research on deadliest pathogens

The contentious proposal still must get a go-ahead from the Boston Public Health Commission.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/12/25/BostonGlobe.com/Foreign/Images/AFP_I42QH.jpg Fake news story sets off Israel-Pakistan Twitter feud

A fake news story has touched off a confrontation between nuclear power Pakistan and Israel, believed to have a nuclear arsenal of its own.

FOXBORO, MA - NOVEMBER 13: Tom Brady #12 of the New England Patriots reacts with head coach Bill Belichick and offensive coordinator Josh McDaniels during the fourth quarter of a game against the Seattle Seahawks at Gillette Stadium on November 13, 2016 in Foxboro, Massachusetts. (Photo by Billie Weiss/Getty Images)

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BEN VOLIN | SUNDAY FOOTBALL NOTES

Who?s on the hot seat and who are the top coaching candidates this year?

Plenty of job vacancies will make for a hectic holiday season for many NFL teams.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/12/25/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/Bedford_161225_CARDINAL_005.jpg In Christmas homily, O?Malley focuses on the homeless

?Jesus wants us to see our homeless brothers and sisters through his eyes,? said Cardinal Sean O?Malley. ?Jesus himself was homeless at birth.?

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/12/20/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/Rinaldi25framingham01.jpg Church looks to heal after politics, faith collide

An anti-Trump sermon at The Plymouth Church in Framingham leaves hurt feelings and division in the community.

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Melissa Ananias and Peter Butler never expected to find love there. No one ever has.

Will Poulter (left) and Bill Milner in ?Son of Rambow,?

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Ty Burr

Here?s a list of 10 good movies you probably haven?t seen

Because there may be times when everyone wants to watch something, but the On Demand menu is a vast desert of direct-to-cable chum.

IDEAS | CASS R. SUNSTEIN

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/12/16/BostonGlobe.com/Ideas/Images/1225sunsteinforweb.jpg Everyone thinks you should read this

People support policies because they think other people support them ? as Donald Trump seems to know.

Alex Beam

Words we can live without

As we say goodbye to 2016, let?s also say goodbye to these words.

An angry mob holding torches in a still from the film, 'Frankenstein,' directed by James Whale, 1931. (Photo by Getty Images)

Opinion | Stephen Kinzer

The Enlightenment had a good run

Around the world, voters have placed their faith in authoritarian leaders.

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Carrie Fisher in stable condition after medical emergency

Fisher?s mother tweeted Sunday that the family would share any updates and thanked the public for its ??prayers & good wishes.??

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Every doctor told the Lacey family their son would die ? except one

Pat and Dina Lacey had been parents for only a few months when doctors discovered a tumor in their new baby?s chest. Told to take their son home to die, they put their faith in a young doctor who wouldn?t accept death as the answer.

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One Texas city took on mental health as a community and became a national model. Why can?t Mass. do the same?

The story behind ?Spotlight?

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?Spotlight? is based on the stories and the reporters behind the investigation of sexual abuse in the Catholic Church.