Newser Story Index from January, 2026

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.

Noem Says Hundreds of Agents Are Being Sent to Minneapolis
Pilots Getting Worried About SpaceX Tests
Activists Put Death Toll in Iran's Protests at Over 500
An Inmate Became Like Family to the Reiners
Buddhist Monks Are on a Very Long Walk in the South
Meet the Next Pickleball
You May Want to Skip the Coffee, Tea on Your Next Flight
Fire and Ash Keeps Its Grip
Germany Rips Kennedy's Claim
Winter Games to Open With Andrea Bocelli, Mariah Carey
At Seemingly Cursed Reservoir, an Even Darker Backstory
To Protect Colony, Sick Baby Ants Sacrifice Themselves
Hamas Suggests When It Will End Government of Gaza
Singer Yeison Jiménez Dies at 34 in Plane Crash
Pro Tournament Let Her Play. It Did Not Go Well
Suspect Held After Arson at Mississippi Synagogue
Aides Brief Trump on Options Against Iran
Pizza Chains Are Losing Their Slice of the Pie
To Power Data Centers, Meta Goes Nuclear
Smithsonian Removes Text About Trump Impeachments
Two Suffer Broken Ankles on British Airways Flight
Bannon Reportedly Eyes 2028 Run
The Next Frontier for Your Carbon Footprint: Toilet Paper
A Leading Christian Author Admits Affair
She Tried to Hack Her Personality in 6 Weeks
Grateful Dead's Bob Weir Is Dead at 78
Gunman Kills 6 Across Three Locations in Mississippi
Despite Threats, Iranian Protesters Turn Out, Praise Deposed Monarchy
Bigger Houses May Be Stealing Our Joy
US Strikes ISIS Targets in Syria
Your Phone Could Lead ICE Right to You
Trump Blocks Creditors From Venezuelan Oil Money in US
'World's Most Mysterious Book' Might Be Decoded With a Cipher
Triplets Gunning for a Spot at the Winter Olympics
Pay System Is Fueling a Shortage of Mechanics
'Signs of Life' in Trash Pile Cause Search to Intensify
Latest Entry in Race Is Rioter Who Took Pelosi's Lectern
America's Most, Least Healthy States
Syrian Fighting Escalates as US Envoy Intervenes
There's No Drought in California
In One State, 99 New Measles Cases in 3 Days
We'll Soon Get to See Where David Bowie Grew Up
Lawsuit: Sorry, the McDonald's McRib Has Zero Rib Meat
Leaders of Greenland Ask US to Curb Its 'Contempt'
Sketch May Hold Key to the da Vinci DNA Code
Top Catholic Paper Accuses VP of 'Gaslighting' on ICE Shooting
N. Korea Vows Retaliation for South's 'Unpardonable Hysteria'
Home Alone Actor Daniel Stern Cited in Prostitution Raid
Google's Founders Appear to Be Cutting California Ties
Amid 'Operational Chaos,' Judge Rules on Child Care Grants