Newser Story Index from December, 2025

Welcome to the Newser Story Index. Here you find stories written by Newser writers and editors, assembled with supporting photos and videos from the files of the news story.

Taylor Swift Opens Up Her Checkbook for Charities
Martha Stewart Joins Pal Snoop as Soccer Team Owner
Judge to Hawaii: Go Ahead and Tax Those Cruise Ships
Thieves Make a Giant Mess in Attempt to Steal ATM
Former Child Performer in Lion King Dies in Stabbing
Pediatrics Group Goes After HHS
Trump Gets in a Coal Joke in Holiday Call With Kids
Someone in Arkansas Is Having a Powerball Christmas
Pope Leo Says Shunning Poor Is Turning Away From God
Deluge Begins in Southern California
Grand Jury Declines to Indict Father in Campus Shooting
Trump-Backed Candidate Declared Winner in Honduras
Rubio Bars 5 Europeans From US Over Tech Censorship
FDA Issues Recall for Potentially Radioactive Shrimp
UK Sends Woman Charged in Children's Killings to US
19 States Sue HHS Over Transgender Youth Care
DOJ Says It Found 1M More Epstein Documents
Zelensky Proposes Making Parts of Donetsk a DMZ
Amazon Prime Adds Free News Hub
Controller Lost Contact Before Medical Flight Crash in Texas
Analysts Call Trump's Policy 'Resource Nationalism'
Toxic Plane Fumes Linked to Mysterious Deaths of Pilots, Crew
Stocks Hit More Records on Holiday-Shortened Day
Trump Administration Makes a Move on Deep Seabed Mining
Ukraine's Dancing With the Stars Returns—With War Heroes
Suspect in National Guard Shooting Hit With New Charges
Father-Son Ellison Duo Are Aiming to Reshape the Media
Holidays Bring Fresh Pain for Camp Mystic Families
Faithful Converge on Bethlehem After 2 Years of Chaos in Gaza
23 Years Later, Scott Peterson's Legal Fights Continue
Butterfly Brains Could Show Us Secrets of Magnetic Navigation
Man Went From Hosting Palm Beach Elite to 'Alligator Alcatraz'
Trump Administration Planning Vast Migrant Warehouses
This Could Be the Role to Earn Chalamet His Oscar
When SNAP Payments Stalled, a Surprise $50 Gift Came
Man Arrested for Murder Days After Nonprofit Bailed Him Out
Reindeer Herders on Record Wolf Attacks: Blame Russia
Her Love for Sammy Davis Jr. May Have Tanked Her Career
Days After Tragedy, a Final 'Warm Hug' From Biffle Family
Cops Approaching 'Suspicious Individual' Killed in Russia Blast
Hageman Launches Wyoming Senate Bid, With Big Endorsement
Those Epstein Redactions Weren't So Redacted
Death Certificate Lists Michele Reiner as 'Widowed'
TikTok Creator Arrested After Alleged Fatal Livestream Crash
Sean Combs Wants Out of Prison, Now
Santa Claus Is an ICE Agent in Ad Pushing Self-Deportation
Californians Warned: Maybe Don't Drive for Christmas
Top Libya General, 4 Others Killed in Plane Crash
At Least 2 Killed in Nursing Home Explosion
After Washington Floods, a Warning on Toilet Rats