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CNN API: List headlines by section

Lists CNN headlines in the order shown on a chosen news section page (top stories, US, world, politics, business, health, entertainment or science), with each story's summary, publication time, authors and image when available. Promotions and video-only items are left out.

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Inputs

Values from the run on Oct 31, 2026, shown under Output.

Section optionalsection

News section to list, for example world.

top stories

One of top stories, US, world, politics, business, health, entertainment, science. Default top stories.

Max Results optionalmax_results

Maximum number of stories to return, for example 20.

50

Whole number from 1 to 50. Default 20.

Output

From a run on Oct 31, 2026, shortened for this page.
{  "stories": [    {      "authors": [        "Steven Jiang",        "Issy Ronald",        "Mike Valerio"      ],      "section": "top stories",      "summary": "Two giant pandas on loan from the Chinese government as part of Beijing’s long tradition of “panda diplomacy” have arrived at Zoo Atlanta.",      "headline": "Panda diplomacy",      "image_link": "https://media.cnn.com/api/v1/images/stellar/prod/fu-shuang-7-750x500.jpg?c=16x9&q=w_800,c_fill",      "article_link": "https://www.cnn.com/2026/09/26/asia/two-giant-pandas-leave-on-a-flight-bound-for-zoo-atlanta-in-a-rare-loan-from-china-latam-intl",      "published_at": "2026-09-26T23:29:42.579000+00:00"    },    {      "authors": [        "Ashley Strickland",        "Jackie Wattles",        "Tal Yellin"      ],      "section": "top stories",      "summary": "SpaceX’s Starship rocket, the most powerful rocket ever made, made it to orbit for the first time despite engine trouble.",      "headline": "SpaceX",      "image_link": "https://media.cnn.com/api/v1/images/stellar/prod/2026-09-28t125953z-2009112740-rc2csnabzaqm-rtrmadp-3-space-spacex-starship.jpg?c=16x9&q=w_800,c_fill",      "article_link": "https://www.cnn.com/2026/09/28/science/live-news/spacex-starship-flight-14-launch",      "published_at": "2026-09-28T10:03:59.237000+00:00"    },    {      "authors": [        "Christopher Lamb"      ],      "section": "top stories",      "summary": "France may have a highly secularized culture, but it has given Pope Leo XIV a superstar welcome.",      "headline": "Pope Leo",      "image_link": "https://media.cnn.com/api/v1/images/stellar/prod/gettyimages-2297265842.jpg?c=16x9&q=w_800,c_fill",      "article_link": "https://www.cnn.com/2026/09/28/europe/pope-leo-france-visit-intl",      "published_at": "2026-09-28T13:58:45.499000+00:00"    }  ]}
Price
1 credit per completed run (1¢ with pay as you go); failed runs are free.
Method
cnn.com/list_headlines
Returns
headline, summary, published at, authors, section, image link, article link

Use it from your agent

Give your agent this line. It reads SKILL.md, gets a Fous API key and connects the Fous MCP server. Its run then takes the method cnn.com/list_headlines with the inputs above.

Ask your agent

  • What are the top 10 stories on CNN's politics page right now, with summaries and who wrote them?
  • Give me the latest world news headlines in the order they appear, up to 25 stories, including publish times and article links.
  • Pull the current health section headlines from CNN — just the first 5, with images if available.
  • I need a rundown of today's business news headlines with authors and when each was published, max 30.
  • Show me the current lineup of science stories, about 15 of them, with a short summary for each.
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    cnn.com/search_news
  • Reads a CNN article by link or headline and returns its headline, summary, authors, dates, section, tags, main image and public paragraphs. Subscriber stories return only a brief public preview; live blogs include their entries.

    cnn.com/read_article
  • Lists the article headlines shown on a BBC News section page, in page order, with summary, publish time, authors, image and link.

    bbc.com/list_headlines
  • Lists the headlines on an NPR section page in page order, with summaries, publication times, authors, images and article links.

    npr.org/list_headlines
  • Lists CNBC article headlines in the order they appear on a public news section page, with summary, time, authors and image.

    cnbc.com/list_headlines
  • Lists Fox News article headlines in the order shown on a news section page. Video-only items, ads and promotions are left out.

    foxnews.com/list_headlines
  • Lists the latest Yahoo News headlines for a section in page order, with summary, byline, original publisher, image and publication time when the article provides them.

    yahoo.com/list_headlines
  • Lists the latest Reuters stories from a news section (top stories, business, markets, world, technology, legal or sustainability) in page order.

    reuters.com/list_headlines