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
Ludis	-	Latvian
Dalal	-	Arabic
Ruggiero	rood-JYE-ro	Italian
Mira (2)	-	Bulgarian, Macedonian, Slovene, Croatian, Serbian, Polish
Skyler	SKIE-lər	English (Modern)
Lilliana	lil-ee-AN-ə	English (Modern)