A classifier for detecting significant news.
"A text is labeled as significant if it affects a significant number of people, changes the routines of daily life, and needs verification on the information presented."
| Text | Significant |
|---|---|
| A man suspected of viciously beating two homeless men to death in California was previously deported six times. | True |
| A shooting has reportedly occurred at Hebron High School in Carrollton, Texas, according to Fox 4 News. Police say the scene is now secure, and that one adult was shot during a junior varsity football game. No students were involved. | True |
| A body believed to be that of a 6-year-old boy with special needs who went missing in North Carolina was found in a creek near the park where he was last seen, authorities said. | True |
| At least 832 people now known to have died in Indonesian earthquake and tsunami - emergency officials | False |
| Kanye West doesn't see any reason why he can't support Donald Trump and Colin Kaepernick at the same time -- and he has the outfit to prove it. The 41-year-old rapper turned up at the New York office of The Fader rocking both a "redesigned" MAGA hat and a sweatshirt with the controversial football player's name printed across the chest on Thursday morning. | False |
| CHICAGO (AP) - Following years of reformulating at McDonald's, the company announced that seven of its burgers are now preservative-free. As of Wednesday, the world's largest burger chain the changes have been applied to their: hamburger, cheeseburger, double cheeseburger, McDouble, Quarter Pounder with Cheese, double Quarter Pound with Cheese and Big Mac. | False |