Newser Story Index from August, 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.

Hardly Anyone Buys the 'Smartest' Phone
Dad's Attempt to Stop Kids From Saying 'Mom' Goes Viral
Pope Wants You to Fast on Friday
Guy Pearce to Lead Rupert Murdoch Biopic
Philanthropies Pony Up $37M for Public Media
ICE Posts False Claim About Democrat, Leading to Threats
Trump: Smithsonian Fixates on 'How Bad Slavery Was'
Israeli Official Charged With Soliciting a US Minor
Musk May Be Preparing to Back JD Vance
Target Names New CEO Who's Coming in With 'Urgency'
Vegas Club Thought It Had Bieber on Stage. Nope
Eye on Gaza, Israel to Call Up 60K Reservists
Israel Meets Calls for Palestinian State With Controversial Settlement Project
Justice Dept. Is Taking a Look at DC's Crime Stats
Nebraska Plans Immigration Detention Center 'Cornhusker Clink'
David Byrne Is Engaged at 73
How 'Devil in the Ozarks' Made His Escape Disguise
Kevin Costner: Rape Scene Lawsuit a 'Bold-Faced Lie'
Weeks Away From Opening, Vet Clinic Explodes After Crash
More Texas Democrats Join Lawmaker 'Locked In' Capitol
US Citizenship Applicants to Be Screened for 'Anti-Americanism'
Newly Discovered Uranus Moon Is Remarkably Small
US Open Change Offers Fast Track to a Trophy
Florida Executes Woman's Killer
US Destroyers Head Toward Venezuela
Lead Contender Emerges to Host Russian Summit
A Dozen Shut Newspapers Are Back in Business
Trump Administration Pulls 37 More Security Clearances
Nvidia, Palantir Pull Indexes Down
Why Gary Oldman Passed on This Iconic Movie Role
Alpine Glacier Sees a 130-Year First
Pete Townshend, at 80: I've Got Years Left to Work
California Republicans Sue to Stop Democrats' New Maps
It's a Big Week for the Menendez Brothers
Switzerland: We Promise Not to Arrest Putin
In Hot Mic Moment, Trump Sounds Confident on Putin
22-Year-Old: It's Time to Rethink Work-Life Balance
On Alabama's Agenda: a Nitrogen Gas Execution
An Oyster Farmer Joins Race to Unseat Susan Collins
Next 10 Days May Be Crucial for Ukraine's Fate
FBI: Elite Gymnastics Coach Abused, Filmed His Students
Mark Rothko's Ex-NYC Digs Up for Grabs for $9.5M
Trump Promises No US Troops Are Going to Ukraine
Wasps Invade King Charles' Country Estate
Trump Jokes: These Talks Might Get Me Into Heaven
The Boston Celtics Have Sold
Maine Moose Face a Tiny, Deadly Foe
A Record 383 Aid Workers Were Killed in 2024
Amanda Knox Gets 'Relief,' Thanks to Monica Lewinsky
'Best Building of All Time' Makes a Very Slow Move
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