Newser Story Index from December, 2016

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.

Illinois Lost More People Than Any Other State This Year
Check Out What the Sun in Alaska Does on Winter Solstice
'Harry Potter' Busted Robbing Muggle Banks: Cops
Stunning Sight in Sahara: Snow
Pantsuit Nation 'Livid' at Founder's Book Deal
On 170 Acres Lived an Ex Cop —With 4 Dead Bodies
Lena Dunham Is Sorry for Wishing She Had Abortion
Obama Hits Russia With New Sanctions
World's Oldest Water Found in Canada
Obama Could Grant a Christmas Wish for 200K
Alec Baldwin Collects $1.4K Every Time He Plays Trump
Dozens Dead in Russia After Drinking Toxic Bath Oil
Rodrigo Duterte's Latest Nemesis: James Taylor
Menstruating Teen Sent to Outdoor Hut. She Didn't Survive
They Want California to Secede, Opened Moscow 'Embassy'
German Cops Stage Manhunt for Tunisian Truck Suspect
Sheriff in American Sniper Case Found Dead
Tom Arnold Sat on Vulgar Trump Tapes, Now Says 'It's On!'
Town Sues DuPont for 'Disaster Worse Than Exxon Valdez'
Missing Reality-TV Contestant Found in Shallow Grave
Group Linked to Trump Sons Offered Access for $500K
'80s Ballad Singer Takes Down Unruly Korean Air Passenger
Americans Sentenced to Death in 2016: Only 30
6 Major Retailers Agree to Stop On-Call Scheduling
Mexico Fireworks Tragedy: 'All of a Sudden It Started Booming'
The History of Why the Feds Spell Pot 'Marihuana'
Wealthy 'Genius' Claims Divorce Payday Too Low
Election 2016 Officially Over With Final Vote Tallies
Obama Makes It Much Harder for Trump to Drill in the Arctic
The Top 10 Movies of 2016 to End All Other Top 10 Lists
Joseph Kabila's Term Ended Monday. He's Not Leaving
Wife Wins Right to Let Her Husband Die
Morgan Freeman Is Jarvis to Mark Zuckerberg's Tony Stark
Stocks Set New Records Tuesday
Orlando Shooting Families Sue Facebook, Twitter, and Google
Error Sends Jet Into Path of Other Plane in California
Lawyer 'Appalled' by Warrant FBI Used in Clinton Email Case
Defiant Woman to Would-Be Rapist: 'Your Eyes Were Black'
Germany Releases Man Arrested in Berlin Attack
Pilot Shot Down in 2006 Buried at Arlington—3 Times
Study Questions Sugar Limits, but There's a Big Catch
Knife-Wielding Intruder Attacks Tennis Star
FDA Bans Its Second Medical Device Ever
Patients of Women Doctors Live Longer
Falling Tree Killed Mother of the Bride
First Time's the Charm for 2016 Rock Hall
Trump's Private Security Team Is 'Unprecedented'
No, This Assassination Isn't Like the One in 1914
Woman Jailed 7 Weeks Over 'Outrageous' 22-Year-Old Error
Thom Yorke's Longtime Partner Dead at 48
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