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From breaking news to checking out the editorials, these apps can easily keep pace with the 24-hour news cycle we live in today. We have scoured the Windows Store and tapped a few apps ranging from official news apps to readers that pull news in from various sources for this collection. These are the best news apps for Windows 10.

Tickers is a simple and easy way to keep track of the headlines generated by your favorite news source. You can create tickers from a news website, blog or social media channel. Once subscribed, headlines appear on the live ticker allowing you to share or jump to that site to read all the finer details.

Some of the key features include:

• App is optimized for low data usage.
• Customizable dark and light themes.
• Displays trending headlines.
• Support for push notifications to avoid missing that breaking story.
• Do not disturb feature for times you want to take a break from the news.

While you can use Tickers without creating a user account, if you do create an account your subscriptions can be synchronized between devices using the Ticker Cloud.

Tickers offers a very clean appearance and friendly user-interface, making it easy to pick up on the news of the day at a glance. From there you can pick and choose as you like to dig a little deeper by jumping to the website for the full story. Tickers is a free app, available for Windows 10 PC and Mobile.

NPR One

NPR One is an audio news app that streams the latest public radio news and stories to your Windows 10 device. NPR One requires you to log into the app with your Microsoft, Facebook or NPR.org account. The app then locates your local NPR station for programing and allows you to listen in on the broadcast. When traveling, you can set the app to another local NPR station as needed.

NPR One's main display highlights the current story with the ability to view previously played items and view the upcoming stories. Each broadcast story includes options to mark the item as interesting (favorite) for easy reference, share the item and view the printed story via your local browser.

Stories and programming can be searched for archived content. This is a nice touch, allowing you to enjoy content on your own schedule. So, if you missed last week's installment of 'Wait, Wait… Don't Tell Me', it's only a quick search away.

NPR One is a free app, available for Windows 10 PC and Mobile. While the NPR One app is a little dull to look at, it is a great source for audible news programming.

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Readiy

Readiy is a Feedly client app and one of the best news readers available for Windows 10 PC. It is a simple, no frill, fast and intuitive Windows 10 news app that not only supports your Feedly account, but also has support for Instapaper and Pocket accounts.

The main page lines up your most recent feeds with two menus in the upper left corner — up top are app commands like marking items as read, settings such as font size, and the share tools, and across the bottom are filters to jump between your news feeds, starred items, and 'must read' posts. Other key features include:

• Multiple reading modes that include Instapaper, readability and inline browsing.
• Multiple themes (light, dark, gray and sepia).
• Live Tile support.
• Keyboard commands.

Individual articles can be tagged as favorite, saved to Pocket or Instapaper shared through email or launched in browser view. While Readiy is a feature-rich Windows 10 app, it lacks support for managing your feeds in-house and sends you to Feedly's website instead. It's not a deal breaker, but it would be nice to manage feeds within the app.

All in all, Readiy is an attractive and free news reader for Windows 10 PC and maybe one day we'll see a Windows 10 Mobile version come to light.

Newsflow

Newsflow is an uncomplicated news reader for Windows 10 that brings all the news of the day to your PC and Mobile devices. The app downloads and stores RSS feeds locally, allowing you to read them at your convenience. The layout is clean and simple with Live Tile and notification support.

Stories can be shared, marked to read later or tagged as a favorite. Tapping on a headline allows you to expand the article in your web browser, an in-house browser or copy the link to the story. Additional features for Newsflow include:

• Search news headlines by keyword.
• Support for portrait and landscape orientation.
• Organize your news feeds into categories.
• Watch YouTube and HTML videos within the app.

Adding feeds to Newsflow is rather simple. If you do not know the URL, just use the keyword search to hunt down the source and tap the + button to add it to your list.

There no registration requirement for Newsflow, but the app has a backup/restore feature, making it easier to set up multiple devices. Newsflow also supports OPML import and export if you have the need to migrate your feeds to another reader. Newsflow may not win any beauty contests, but this Windows 10 app covers the basics rather well. It is a free Windows 10 app, available for Windows 10 PC and Mobile.

CBS News

There are plenty of Windows 10 apps from the major news networks, but the CBS News app stands out from the pack. Available for Windows 10 PC and Mobile, the free CBS News app delivers the day's top stories, featured articles and full episodes of CBS News programs to the comfort of your PC or Mobile device.

While the layout still has that Windows 8.1 feel, it remains clean and filled with news images to illustrate the events of the world. A drop-down toolbar remains out of sight until needed and provides options to view the various news categories, view video news stories, access the CBS News lineup and search for news stories by keyword. Individual stories can be shared, bookmark and typography options are available to adjust the font size and style.

Along with the video clips, the CBS News app provides you access to full episodes of CBS News Programming such as the CBS Evening News, 60 Minutes, Sunday Morning and more. You also have access to CBSN, which is a 24-hour digital news channel from CBS. The CBSN channel provides live anchored news coverage, CBS News reporting and breaking news.

The CBS News app is a little dated, but continues to deliver the news to your Windows 10 device, much like the morning paper. The only thing missing from the CBS News app is the sports section. For that, you'll need to download the CBS Sports app.

If you have given any of these apps a try, let us know how things shook out. While these apps stood out from the pack, there are other quality news apps in the Windows Store such as the Guardian, the Windows Central app(an excellent tech site from what I hear), the Wall Street Journal and Flipboard. If you have a favorite news apps that wasn't mentioned, feel free to share your recommendation in the comments as well.

Update June 14, 2017: We have made a few changes to this article based on new releases, reader's input or staff discussion. There are some new titles in the mix, as well as those that we continue to view as the best from the Windows Store.

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Beginning with macOS Mojave, the News app has been available, not only on iPhone and iPad, but also Mac. It's almost identical to the version found on iOS, with a few quirks unique to the Mac. But your saved stories, favorite channels, and reading history all sync between your devices.

Here's your guide to the News app on the Mac and what you need to know about it.

What's new in the News app?

Apple is always tweaking, adjusting, and redesigning their software and the News app is no exception. As the app changes, we report on what's new.

How to get started with the News app for Mac

The first time you open the News app, all you need to do to get started is click Continue. If you've used News on your iPhone or iPad before, and haven't turned off iCloud syncing, your favorite channels and topics should soon populate the sidebar of the News app on Mac.

If you haven't used the news app, you're going to need to start following channels.

How to follow a channel or topic

1. Open News on your Mac.

2. Click the Search bar and search for your channel or topic you want to follow.

3. Click the heart icon next to the channel or topic.

How to unfollow a channel or topic

1. Click on the channel or topic you want to unfollow.

2. Click File in the menubar. There should be a checkmark next to Follow Channel.

3. Click Follow Channel so the checkmark disappears. You'll no longer be following the channel.

How to block a channel or topic

1. Click on a story from the channel or topic you wish to block or select that channel or topic from the sidebar if you've previously followed it.

2. Click File in the menubar.

3. Click Block Channel.

How to manage notifications in the News app

1. Open News from your Dock or Applications folder.

2. Click File in the Menu bar.

3. Click Manage Notifications.

4. Click on the switches to the green 'on' position for those publications from which you'd like to receive notifications. Click switches to the white/gray 'off' position if you want to turn notifications off.

How to read articles in the News app

1. Open News from your Dock or Applications folder.

2. Click on a channel or topic.

3. Click on a story.

How to save an article in the News app

1. Click File while reading an article.

2. Click Save Story.

How to like and share articles in the News app

1. Click the heart button while reading an article to like it. Click the heart with a slash through it to dislike.

2. Click the Share button for sharing options.

3. Choose one of the available options for sharing the article or sending it to another app.

How to view your reading history in the News app

1. Open News on your Mac.

2. Scroll down the sidebar and click History.

3. Click on a story to open it.

How to clear your reading history in the News app

1. Open News on your Mac.

2. Scroll down and click History.

3. Click Clear in the upper-right corner of the app.

4. Click Clear History, Clear Recommendations, or Clear All. Clearing recommendations will delete the recommendations that Apple News has made for you based on your reading history, clearing your history will delete your reading history, and Clear All will delete both.

How to restrict stories in Today in the News app

1. Open News from your Dock or Applications folder.

2. Click News in the Menu bar.

3. Click Preferences.

4. Click the checkbox next to Restrict stories in Today.

How to sign up for Apple's news subscription service, News+

Apple now has their own news subscription service, News+, which can be found within the News app on both iOS and Mac (macOS Mojave 10.14.4 required). News+ runs $10 a month and can be used with Family Sharing for up to six people for no additional cost. The first month is free.

With News+, you'll get access to news stories from premium paid newspapers like The Wall Street Journal and the Los Angeles Times, as well as access to over 300 digital magazines.

Signing up for News+ is an easy affair, and a subscription will get you access on both your iOS devices and Mac.

How to find magazines on News+ on your Mac

1. Launch Apple News on your Mac.

2. Click on the News+ tab in the sidebar.

3. Click on one of the category buttons in the horizontal scrolling ribbon at the top.

4. Scroll through the selection and click on the magazine you want to look at.

How to add a News+ magazine to your favorites on Mac

1. Using the steps above, find a magazine you're interested in.

2. Click on the magazine to view it.

3. Click on the magazine name at the top of the magazine detail view.

4. Click on the Heart button to add it to My Magazines.

   • Or you can click on the heart with the line through it to keep it out of your feed.

How to view your favorite News+ magazines on Mac

1. Launch Apple News on your Mac.

2. Go to the News+ tab from the sidebar.

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3. Locate My Magazines underneath the category browse buttons.

4. Scroll through your recent magazines horizontally, or click on See All to view them all.

How to read a News+ magazine on Mac

1. Launch Apple News on your Mac.

2. Jump on over to the News+ tab in the sidebar.

3. Find a magazine by using the methods above.

4. Click on the magazine you want to read.

On magazines that are specially formatted for Apple News+, you'll get a table of contents, where you can just click on a headline to view and read the article.

There are still a lot of magazines in News+ that are not specially formatted, and are essentially just digital PDF files. You'll have to navigate through these pages by multitouch gestures on a trackpad, or opening the magazine and clicking the page you want to go to, one-by-one.

Questions about the News app?

If you have any more questions about how to use the News app on iOS, let us know and we'll work to answer them.

March 2019: Updated with new screenshots and steps on using News+ in the Apple News app on Mac.

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