hit the headlines

hit/make the headlines

to become important news and be reported in the newspapers and on the television and radio The latest scandal to hit the headlines is about a minister's son arrested for drug-dealing.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Zhenya	-	Russian, Bulgarian
Ampelius	-	Ancient Greek (Latinized)
Christal	KRIS-təl	English
Pravin	-	Indian, Marathi, Gujarati, Hindi, Kannada, Telugu, Tamil, Malayalam
Samİ	-	Turkish
Ronne	-	Frisian