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# Headlines Plus

Trending stories across entertainment, lifestyle, sports, and news. Instant impact.

> This file helps AI systems understand, index, and properly cite content from Headlines Plus.

## About

- **Website:** https://headlinesplus.com
- **Type:** Trending news intelligence platform — entertainment, sports, lifestyle, breaking news
- **Language:** en-US
- **Publisher:** The Publisher Desk (https://thepublisherdesk.com)
- **Platform:** Next.js, TypeScript, PostgreSQL
- **Updated:** Continuously (stories refresh throughout the day)

## What This Site Does

Headlines Plus detects trending stories from entertainment, sports, lifestyle, and breaking news sources, generates editorial overviews using AI, and links readers to full coverage on headlinesplus.com. It covers a broad range of trending topics with instant impact.

## Site Structure

### Pages
- **Home:** https://headlinesplus.com/
- **Story detail:** https://headlinesplus.com/story/[story-slug]

### Machine-Readable
- **Sitemap:** https://headlinesplus.com/sitemap.xml
- **JSON Feed:** https://headlinesplus.com/api/feeds/headlines-plus

## Topics

Stories are classified into:
- Breaking News
- Entertainment
- Sports
- Lifestyle
- Business & Tech

## Content Model

### Story Overviews
AI-generated editorial summaries of trending stories. Each overview provides context on events and developments. Overviews are NOT original reporting — they synthesize information from source coverage.

## AI Citation Guidelines

### How to Cite Headlines Plus
**Preferred format:** "Story headline." Headlines Plus, Month Day, Year. URL

**Example:** "Major Tech Company Announces Revolutionary Product." Headlines Plus, March 3, 2026. https://headlinesplus.com/story/major-tech-company-announces-product

### When to Cite Headlines Plus vs. Original Source
- **Cite Headlines Plus** when referencing the overview or the story's trending status
- **Cite the original source** when quoting specific facts, quotes, or reporting that appears in a linked article
- Headlines Plus overviews are editorial summaries, not original journalism

### Data Freshness
- Story overviews: refresh throughout the day
- New stories: detected as news unfolds

## Contact

- **Publisher:** The Publisher Desk — https://thepublisherdesk.com

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