News Break: Local Stories App

Local news updates can bring you closer to your community, and we need that now more than ever. Health scares and shutdowns are leaving us separated. Connection is key during these turbulent times. Get ready for your day with an app that delivers local news at scale across the U.S. Receive local headlines, breaking news, and relevant stories that matter to you straight to your phone, with News Break. Be one of the 45M+ locals that trust us to deliver your local news.

Now you can get news you care about directly from your home screen with our newly designed, customizable news widget for iOS 14. It's the best news widget that allows you to follow local and national news topics without any hustle.

Make your home screen a portal to your local community and the world. Get local news, US news and a personalized selection of news stories that matter to you.

Whether you’re interested in celebrity news, political news, business news or any other local news, News Break can help you find it. See all the trending news and get news alerts for what matters to you.

Know what’s going on in your local community and around the world. From curated local briefings to hand-picked national/world headlines, emergency alerts to crime stories, News Break is your must-have news app.

Local News Highlights

• Get a curated daily brief about local news, traffic, events, crime and more.

Follow local news, events and activities.

• Get local weather reports at a glance.

National News

• Stay up to date with our coverage around protests and public safety.

• Browse national headlines and read comprehensive, in-depth stories.

• Use the discovery engine to discover stories from over 10,000 trusted sources, including Fox News, CNN, Business Insider, Newsweek, HuffPost, Reuters, The Associated Press (AP), Bloomberg, Time, and more!

Personalized News Feed

• Get the stories that matter to you with a highly personalized feed, relevant to your likes and dislikes.

• Keep up with celebrity news, business news, sports news and more – whatever you’re interested in!

• Our news aggregator collects and delivers the news that matters to you.

• Get news alerts customized to your tastes.

Your Community News

• Find local restaurants, deals, shop openings, and more ahead of time.

• Read personal and vivid stories from our local writers and content creators.

• Treat us as your personal newsstand, magazine collector, restaurant reviewer, and more.

Create Civic Value - Support the Cause

• Use News Break to revive the local news ecosystem and support small publishers

• Increase local story volume and geographic coverage to stimulate local storytelling and community power

Follow or Block the Trend - It’s Up to You

• It’s totally cool to stay on top of some topics, or totally hate them!

• News Break allows you to follow what is trending, or completely block some topics you don’t appreciate.

• You can laugh, share, think, cry, upvote, downvote, comment, reply...

• News Break is a free ground that welcomes you to express emotions & opinions.

Download News Break today and stay informed on local news!

Better informed, better life.