Show Today’s top stories

Opens the News app and switches to the Today tab, showing you Top Stories, Trending Stories, For You categories, magazines, the Editor’s pick, and curated categories based on your past browsing.

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Show Today Feed

Shows stories from the Today feed in Apple News.

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Show quartiles

Opens the “Quartiles” game available for Apple News+ subscribers in the News app.

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See issues from National Geographic

Opens to the “Issues” tab of the Nat Geo magazine in Apple News+, where you can open or download specific issues.

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Read about Music

Presents a menu to open into News stories about Music, Guitar, Bass, Drums, or Amps.

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Show Puzzles in Apple News

Opens the “Puzzles” section available for Apple News+ subscribers, which shows Crosswords, Crossword Mini, and Quartiles games.

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Check the Front Page

Pulls a scan from the New York Times or San Francisco Chronicle’s website with today’s front page.

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Read about photography

Presents a menu to browse stories around photography, cameras, editing, photoshop, or individual photographer

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Extra Details

Link to Run Shortcut

shortcuts://run-shortcut?name=Show%20Today%27s%20top%20stories

Link to Open Shortcut

shortcuts://open-shortcut?name=Show%20Today%27s%20top%20stories

AppleScript code

tell application “Shortcuts Events” run shortcut “Show Today’s top stories” end tell

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