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Today's top searched stories with at least three news sources. Pick one to see why people are searching and ask a follow-up.
Updated
Showing stories from the past 7 days.
What do these labels mean?
We compare Google’s trend start, or our first search observation when that’s unavailable, with the earliest qualifying linked article. Older background coverage stays in Sources.
- News-first
- The news came first. The first linked article appeared more than an hour before the search trend began.
- Search-first
- Searches came first. The search trend began more than an hour before the first news story we track.
- Same time
- Searches and linked news coverage began within an hour of each other.
News-first
Democrats won the House and Senate.
10,000,000+ searchesSearch growth +1000%
5 news outletsSearch-first
Mississippi Senate race still too close to call with 95% of ballots counted
5,000,000+ searchesSearch growth +1000%
3 news outletsSame time
Patrick Stewart, ‘Star Trek’ Captain and Professor X on ‘X-Men,’ Dies at 86
5,000,000+ searchesSearch growth +1000%
3 news outletsSearch-first
Texas couple, their young children among 9 killed in Florida plane crash
2,000,000+ searchesSearch growth +1000%
3 news outletsSearch-first
Jack Campbell ‘is improving’ says Lions coach Dan Campbell - The Athletic
2,000,000+ searchesSearch growth +1000%
4 news outletsSearch-first
The Morning After...the Bears' Week 8 statement win vs. Seahawks
2,000,000+ searchesSearch growth +1000%
3 news outletsAbout the search figures and timing labels
Search figures use Google’s 48-hour measurement window. Timing labels compare qualifying linked article dates with the search timestamps; older background coverage is excluded; they do not establish cause or the first report anywhere.
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