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
Jakob	YAH-kawp (German), YAH-kob (Danish)	German, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Icelandic, Dutch, Slovene
Kleopatra	-	Ancient Greek
Heron	-	Ancient Greek
Autumn	AW-təm	English
Weston	['westən]
Gocha	-	Georgian