From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishfront-page news/article/story etcfront-page news/article/story etcNEWSsomething that is printed on the first page of a newspaper because it is very important or exciting → front-page
Examples from the Corpus
front-page news/article/story etc• If even one of the cited companies faltered, even though it might later spring back, it became front-page news.• It became the stuff of front-page news.• It must have made front-page news.• The media besiege him, and his views are front-page news.• The war was no longer front-page news.• A front-page story about the Owens letter also was published.• Soon, the desegregation of education became front-page news again and forced the Kennedy administration to respond with force.• If she knew that each of these unhappy events would be international front-page news she would be even more upset. 