See news stories chosen just for you on iPad

The Today feed in the News app presents top stories selected by Apple News editors, the best stories from the channels and topics you follow, and stories and issues from Apple News+. The Today feed also includes stories suggested by Siri, trending stories that are popular with other News readers, My Sports, and more. Depending on your location, the Today feed can also include local news with your local weather conditions and puzzles.

Note: Local news and puzzles aren’t available in all countries or regions.

Access stories in the Today feed

  • Open a story: Tap the story.

  • Read more stories within a group: Tap the arrow at the bottom of the group.

  • Play a video: Tap the Play button in the thumbnail.

  • Get newer stories: Pull down to refresh the Today feed with the latest stories.

Follow, unfollow, block, and unblock channels and topics

You can influence what appears in the Today feed by following and blocking channels and topics.

  1. Do any of the following:

    • Open a channel feed: Touch and hold a story, tap the channel name, then tap Go to Channel. Or tap a story in the Today feed, then tap the channel name at the top of the story.

    • Open a topic feed: Tap the topic title—Movies or Travel, for example.

  2. At the top of the feed, do any of the following:

    • Follow: Tap the Follow button.

    • Unfollow: Tap the More button, then tap Unfollow Channel or Unfollow Topic.

    • Block: Tap the More button, then tap Block Channel or Block Topic.

    • Unblock: Tap the More button, then tap Unblock Channel or Unblock Topic.

Note: When you browse Top Stories and other areas that feature stories curated by Apple News editors, stories from channels you blocked show a gray headline and a message indicating that you blocked the channel. To read a story from a blocked channel, tap it, then tap Read Story.

See the Apple Support article Block and unblock channels and topics in Apple News.

Manage your favorites

Favorites shows the channels and topics from your Following list that you like best (you can have only a limited number of Favorites). You may already have some channels and topics that have been automatically added to Favorites, but you can customize this list at any time. Adding channels and topics to your Favorites makes them quicker and easier to access.

Note: Only channels and topics that you currently follow can be added to your Favorites.

Favorites appear near the top of the sidebar on iPad. (If you don’t see the sidebar, tap the Sidebar button in the top-left corner.)

Tap Edit at the top of the sidebar, then do any of the following:

  • Add a channel or topic to your Favorites: Tap the Add Favorite button next to a channel or topic you want to mark as a favorite, then tap Done.

  • Remove a channel or topic from your Favorites: Tap the Remove Favorite button next to a channel or topic you no longer want as a favorite, then tap Done.

  • Change the order of your favorites: Touch and hold the Reorder button, drag favorites to the order you prefer, then tap Done,

Stop suggesting specific channels and topic groups in the Today feed

Suggested channels and topic groups may appear in the Today feed, but you can stop these suggestions.

  1. Tap Today in the sidebar.

  2. Tap the More button in a channel or topic group, then tap Stop Suggesting.

The channel or topic isn’t blocked, but News stops displaying the story group in Today.

Tell News what kind of stories you prefer

  1. Tap Today in the sidebar.

  2. Tap the More button below a headline, then tap Suggest More or Suggest Less.

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