WordNet
lead story
n. a news story of major importance [syn: lead]
Usage examples of "lead story".
This bar, which catered to Americans, had CNN on a large-screen TV next to the bar, and this was CNN's lead story around the globe.
Then his eyes shift up to the lead story and he suddenly feels his balls contract violently, crawling straight up into his belly.
It was the top of the hour, and the lead story was the thing in Vienna.
It was tuned to CNN, and the lead story - it was two in the afternoon there - was Rome, of course.
Jan looked up at the camera and did what most news anchors do when faced with a sudden interruption of their lead story.