News worth remembering.
Most news is noise. We track major stories and measure what actually lasts using Wikipedia pageview data. Of 1,852+ stories tracked since 2025, only 17 have shown sustained public interest months later. The rest? Dead on arrival. Scroll down to see the evidence.
Our data pipeline runs daily, pulling fresh pageview signals and re-evaluating every story. New events are added as they break; classifications update automatically as the data matures. This page was last rebuilt on April 10, 2026.
These stories dominated headlines, consumed millions of hours of attention, and then vanished. Each one spiked in public interest and returned to baseline within weeks. The chart tells the story: a sharp peak, then nothing. All that coverage, all that panic, all that takes-on-takes - and the world moved on as if it never happened. This is where news goes to die.
67th Annual Grammy Awards The 67th Grammy Awards are held, with Kendrick Lamar's diss track "Not Like Us" winning all five of the awards it was nomina...
More than 100 people have died in the past three days after unseasonably heavy rain floods parts of India and Nepal. (Dawn)
Pope Francis appoints Sister Simona Brambilla as Prefect of the Dicastery for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life, becoming...
In a deal with 20th Television Animation, Fox announces a four-season, 15-episode renewal for The Simpsons, Bob's Burgers and Family Guy, along with A...
Death and state funeral of Jimmy Carter The body of former U.S. president Jimmy Carter arrives in Washington, D.C. for a three-day mourning period, in...
Boeing Crew Flight Test, SpaceX Crew-9 Astronauts Sunita Williams and Barry Wilmore return to Earth aboard the SpaceX Crew-9 Dragon 2 capsule after ni...
The Zika virus spread rapidly through the Americas, causing microcephaly in newborns and prompting the WHO to declare a Public Health Emergency of Int...
2025 California wildfires January 2025 Southern California wildfires An exceptional Santa Ana wind event reaching hurricane-force in some locations in...
South Korean researchers claimed to have created LK-99, a room-temperature superconductor. The announcement triggered global excitement and frenzied r...
2025 Australian federal election The Australian Labor Party under current Prime Minister Anthony Albanese increases its majority in the House of Repre...
49th Imam of Nizari Isma'ilism Aga Khan IV dies at the age of 88. His son Prince Rahim Al-Hussaini will be succeeded as Aga Khan V. (AP)
Death and funeral of Pope Francis Cardinal Kevin Farrell, Camerlengo of the Holy Roman Church, announces that Pope Francis has died early on Easter Mo...
82nd Golden Globe Awards The film Emilia Pérez and the television series Shōgun win the most awards at the 82nd Golden Globes with four each. The Brut...
2025 shootings of Minnesota legislators Minnesota state senator John Hoffman, state representative and former speaker Melissa Hortman, and their spous...
FTX, one of the world's largest cryptocurrency exchanges, collapsed after revelations that customer funds had been misappropriated. Founder Sam Bankma...
2025 Romanian presidential election Romanian President Klaus Iohannis announces his resignation. (DW)
July 2025 Central Texas floods At least 51 people are killed, including 15 children, with 27 more children missing, during a flood in Central Texas, U...
The U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization, eliminating the federal constitutional right to abortio...
Grenfell Tower fire United Kingdom Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner announces that Grenfell Tower in North Kensington, London, will be demolished f...
March 2025 lunar eclipse A total lunar eclipse occurs in the morning hours across the Western Hemisphere at night. (Space.com) (EclipseWise)
Illegal immigration in the United States, Murder of Laken Riley The U.S. Congress passes the Laken Riley Act following a 263–156 vote in the House of ...
2025 Prayag Kumbh Mela 2025 Prayag Maha Kumbh Mela crowd crush At least 30 people are killed in a crowd crush at a Hindu festival in Prayagraj, Uttar ...
2025 Polish presidential election Incumbent mayor of Warsaw Rafał Trzaskowski leads the first round of the Polish presidential elections with 31.4% of...
Facebook rebranded to Meta, betting its future on the metaverse - an immersive virtual reality vision. The company invested billions, but adoption sta...
China Evergrande Group, the world's most indebted property developer, defaulted on its obligations, raising fears of systemic contagion in China's rea...
Jet Set nightclub roof collapse At least 124 people, including Dominican politician Nelsy Cruz and former Major League Baseball players Tony Blanco an...
Apollo-type asteroid 2024 YR4 triggers global planetary defence procedures for the first time and rises to the top of the Palermo Technical Impact Haz...
2025 Philippine general election Filipinos vote to elect all 317 members of the House of Representatives and 12 members of the Senate, in addition to ...
2022 University of Idaho killings Bryan Kohberger, the suspect in the 2022 killings of four University of Idaho students, pleads guilty to all charges...
2025 Major League Baseball season 2025 World Series In baseball, the Los Angeles Dodgers defeat the Toronto Blue Jays 5–4 in Game 7 to win the World S...
Clubhouse, an audio-only social media app, became a Silicon Valley sensation during the pandemic, attracting celebrity users and a $4 billion valuatio...
China–India relations Following the meeting between Indian Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri and Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi in Beijing, China and I...
2025 Women's Cricket World Cup In cricket, the Indian women's team defeats South Africa by 52 runs to win the 13th edition of the Women's Cricket Worl...
Silicon Valley Bank collapsed in the second-largest bank failure in U.S. history, triggering fears of a broader banking crisis. The FDIC intervened, a...
2025 Cambridgeshire train stabbing Eleven people are injured, including nine in life-threatening conditions, in a mass stabbing attack on a London Nor...
Israel–Kazakhstan relations Kazakhstan formally joins the Abraham Accords, with the aim to enhance bilateral cooperation with Israel. (AP)
Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro is formally charged with leading the 2022 Brazilian coup plot, which attempted to overthrow current Presiden...
2025 Copa Libertadores 2025 Copa Libertadores final In association football, Flamengo defeats fellow Brazilians Palmeiras 1–0 to win their fourth Copa...
2025 Bangladesh earthquake A {{M|w|5.5}} earthquake strikes central Bangladesh, killing ten people and wounding over 350 more. (AA) (Jamuna Television...
2025 Turkish Air Force Lockheed C-130 crash Twenty people are killed when a Turkish Air Force C-130 Hercules cargo plane crashes near the Azerbaijan–G...
Cuba reports 33 deaths from dengue and chikungunya amid a widespread mosquito-borne disease outbreak, with health officials reporting thousands of new...
2025 Cameroonian presidential election, 2025 Cameroonian protests Anicet Ekane, a 74-year-old opposition politician and leader of the MANIDEM party, d...
2025 Georgian local elections Georgian president Mikheil Kavelashvili pardons opposition politicians Mamuka Khazaradze and Badri Japaridze, allowing t...
Killing of Charlie Kirk A 22-year-old is arrested as a suspect in the killing of American political commentator Charlie Kirk two days ago. (CNN)
Killing of Iryna Zarutska Ukrainian refugee Iryna Zarutska is killed in a stabbing incident on the Lynx Blue Line in Charlotte, North Carolina. The su...
3I/ATLAS The Minor Planet Center confirms an interstellar object is transiting the Solar System on a hyperbolic trajectory, the third of its kind to b...
Russia launched a full-scale military invasion of Ukraine, the largest conventional military attack in Europe since World War II. The conflict has res...
2022 University of Idaho murders Bryan Kohberger is sentenced to four consecutive life sentences in prison without parole after pleading guilty to the...
2025 US Open In tennis, Alexandra Eala becomes the first Filipino player to win a main draw match at a Grand Slam in the Open Era after defeating Denm...
2025 NBA Finals In basketball, the Oklahoma City Thunder win the NBA Finals in 7 games against the Indiana Pacers, winning their first championship in...
2025 Pacific typhoon season At least 22 people are killed and more than 90,000 people are displaced as Tropical Storm Wipha hits the Philippines and S...
A Chinese high-altitude surveillance balloon traversed the continental United States before being shot down by an F-22 fighter jet off the coast of So...
Online Safety Act 2023 Thousands of websites, such as Facebook and YouTube, begin implementing age verification to block "adult content" for British v...
France–South Africa relations South African ambassador to France and former sport, arts and culture minister Nathi Mthethwa is found dead outside his ...
The Lithuanian Seimas elects Inga Ruginienė as the country's new prime minister. (Euronews)
Gaza war protests Gaza war protests in the United Kingdom More than 70 people are arrested at a pro-Palestine protest in London, England, United Kingd...
Human trafficking in Southeast Asia Chinese actor Wang Xing went missing at the Thailand-Myanmar border. He was rescued later (Jan 7) by Thai authorit...
Former U.S. President Donald Trump faced multiple criminal indictments across federal and state jurisdictions, including charges related to classified...
These are the rare ones. Out of 1852+ stories we track, these refused to fade. Months after breaking, they're still generating sustained public interest - not because the media keeps pushing them, but because they changed something real. Policy shifted. Markets restructured. Institutions transformed. These stories earned their place in your attention.
OpenAI released ChatGPT, a large language model chatbot that demonstrated unprecedented conversational AI capabilities. It sparked a global AI race, w...
Kočani nightclub fire At least 59 people are killed and more than 152 others are injured after a fire breaks out in a nightclub during a concert in Ko...
Kingdom Holding announces the resumption of construction on the {{conv|1000|m}}-tall Jeddah Tower in Saudi Arabia, which is expected to be the world's...
2025 Potomac River mid-air collision A PSA Airlines Bombardier CRJ-700 operating as American Eagle Flight 5342 collides with a U.S. Army Sikorsky UH-6...
Assassination of Miguel Uribe Turbay Colombian senator and pre-candidate in the 2026 presidential election Miguel Uribe Turbay is shot during a campai...
2024–25 NFL playoffs In American football, the Philadelphia Eagles and Kansas City Chiefs win their respective conference championship games to reach ...
2026 Beninese presidential election Benin's ruling coalition, composed of the Progressive Union Renewal and the Republican Bloc, nominates finance min...
2025 Kamchatka earthquake A {{M|w|8.8}} earthquake strikes off the coast of Russia's Kamchatka Peninsula. Tsunami alerts have been issued along the Pa...
Assassination of Charlie Kirk American right-wing political activist Charlie Kirk is shot dead during a debate at Utah Valley University in Orem, Utah...
The Syrian Civil War, beginning as part of the Arab Spring, escalated into a multi-sided conflict involving regional and global powers. It displaced m...
President of Peru José Jerí appoints {{ill|Ernesto Álvarez Miranda|es}} as the new Prime Minister. (Reuters)
2025 New York City Democratic mayoral primary Zohran Mamdani leads the primary to become the Democratic Party nominee for the 2025 New York City mayor...
International Court of Justice President Nawaf Salam becomes the prime minister-designate of Lebanon after winning an absolute majority of votes from ...
2025 Guinea-Bissau coup d'état, Foreign relations of Nigeria Nigeria grants asylum to Guinea-Bissau opposition leader and presidential candidate Ferna...
Wang Fuk Court fire Hong Kong police arrest thirteen people on suspicion of manslaughter in connection with the fire, while officials report that some...
The Game Awards 2025 Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 receives thirteen nominations and nine wins, the most in the show's history, including Game of the Ye...
2025 Central African general election The {{ill|Constitutional Court of the Central African Republic|fr|Cour constitutionnelle de la République centra...