The Weekly Wrap-Up For October 7, 2023

This Week’s Most (And Least) Engaged Headlines

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Top Ten Most Engaged News Headlines (Per Engagement Data)

 1-Even Travis Kelce thinks the NFL is ‘overdoing it’ with Taylor Swift coverage    (Thursday – 10/5/2023)

 2-Charlotte Sena, 9-year-old girl feared to have been abducted, found alive, suspect in custody            

   (Tuesday – 10/3/2023)

 3-Interviewing Biden ‘the saddest thing’ as he ‘couldn’t finish his sentences,’ ex-ESPN host Sage Steele says                

   (Thursday – 10/5/2023)

 4-Ann Coulter compared Republicans wanting former President Trump back in office to an abused spouse making excuses for their partner in a podcast interview   

   (Thursday – 10/5/2023)

 5-Dick Butkus, Hall of Fame linebacker and Bears legend, dies at age of 80        

   (Thursday – 10/5/2023)

 6-Iranian police deny claim that officers assaulted teen girl over hijab           

   (Tuesday – 10/3/2023)

 7-Kevin McCarthy ousted as speaker, throwing Washington into chaos

   (Tuesday – 10/3/2023)

 8-Jason Derulo signed hopeful singer to a deal and then expected sex, she alleges in lawsuit

   (Thursday – 10/5/2023)

 9-MyPillow lawyers say CEO Mike Lindell owes them millions of dollars

   (Friday – 10/6/2023)

 10-US monitoring large Serbian force along Kosovo border, White House says

   (Saturday – 9/30/2023)

Almost-Ran Headlines (Ranking 11 – 15)

 11-Tom Hanks warns fans about ‘˜AI version of me’ promoting dental plan

   (Monday – 10/2/2023)

 12-Twin Cities Marathon canceled due to hot weather conditions

   (Sunday – 10/1/2023)

 13-Tom Brady’s Raiders ownership stake stalled over discount price he was given

   (Thursday – 10/5/2023)

 14-Whistleblower says Arkansas Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders’ office illegally altered, withheld records related to a $20,000 podium purchase

   (Saturday – 9/30/2023)

 15-5 people were wounded in a shooting after a homecoming event at Morgan State University in Baltimore

   (Wednesday – 10/4/2023)

And The Almost-Irrelevant Story Of the Week

217-New California law raises minimum wage for fast food workers to $20 per hour, among nation’s highest https://t.co/9O2jIJlCV6

   (Friday – 9/29/2023)

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