Newser Story Index from February, 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.

Unusual Bets on Alien Life Raise Suspicions
Elderly Father-Son Duo Holds Eatery to Its Oyster Promise
Bill Clinton: 'I Did Nothing Wrong'
Pentagon Shoots Down DHS Drone With Laser
Scientists Find a New Wrinkle in Neanderthal-Human Mating
Pink Shuts Down Report of Split From Carey Hart
Churchill Statue Just Got Defaced Again
US Embassy in Israel to Staff: Get Out Now if You Want to Go
Op-Ed: Mexico's Cartel Gamble Is a Risk Worth Taking
Wholesale Inflation Jumps Past Predictions
Voter Turnout in Texas Might Make GOP Nervous
Novartis Settles With Lacks' Estate Over Her 'Stolen' Cells
Scouting America Shifts Gender Policy for Pentagon
FedEx: We'll Give Customers Any Tariffs Refund We Get
Shingles Shot May Offer More Benefits Than Thought
Latest to Flex Muscle on Yanking Food Dyes: Target
Jack Dorsey Cuts 40% of Workforce, Credits AI
In Oval Office Visit, Mamdani Trots Out the Tabloids
Suit: Crispin Glover 'Lured' Me to LA, Kept Me as 'Sex Slave'
Ellisons Could Soon Control a Massive Media Empire
24 Years After Disappearing, Missing Mom Is Arrested
Jake Tapper Reported Live on CNN's Fate
Nearly Blind Refugee Dies After Feds Drop Him at Doughnut Shop
Vance Insists Iran Strikes Wouldn't Cause Prolonged War
LAPD Cop Charged With Fraud After Going Skydiving
Pakistan Declares 'Open War' With Afghanistan
Columbia Student Detained by ICE, Then Abruptly Released
Hockey Star Doesn't Love White House's AI-Edited Video
Woman Sues Meta, YouTube: 'Too Hard to Be Without It'
Shia LaBeouf Ordered to Rehab After Mardi Gras Arrest
Anthropic CEO Stands Up to Pentagon
Miss. Town Fights xAI Plant: 'It's Hard to Be Outside for Long'
Trump's TV Audience: 32M
Old Apollo Rocks Tell Tale of Moon's Magnetic Field
Women's Team Accepted Party Invite, Flavor Flav Says
FIFA Has 'Complete Confidence' in Mexico for World Cup
Tennessee Children's Hospital Renamed for Dolly Parton
Airport Claims It's Cracking Down on Pajamas
Netflix Won't Call Rival Offer, Leaving Warner to Paramount
Melania Trump to Preside Over UN Security Council
Warner Bros. Declares Paramount's Offer Better
Ardern Moves 'Across the Ditch'
'Suitcase Murder' Convict Pleads Not Guilty in US
Ask Trump, Hillary Clinton Tells Panel Investigating Epstein
Nvidia's Plunge Pulls S&P Down
Repeat Airline Stowaway Is Detained Again
Trump Backers Circulate Order for Election Emergency
Short's Daughter Showed 'No Indication' of Distress: Neighbor
Trump Returns Fire After De Niro Slam
Severe Heart Attack Deaths Soar Among Under-55s