“This state” takes ten characters; “Nevada” takes six.

This is a forward reference headline, which goes out of its way to conceal what the corresponding story says.

It’s a consequence of click-based advertising and of course it makes our information streams less useful. The practice started among clickbait junk websites but has spread to CNN, the Washington Post, the New York Times, and others.

Sydney teenager Osama Suduh dies after battling Covid and pneumococcal meningitis - Meningitis Centre

A teenager from Sydney’s southwest has died after he contracted pneumococcal meningitis – despite being vaccinated against it – and Covid-19. Osama Suduh, 15, died on Sunday night after being hospitalised for meningitis while he also tested positive for Covid. Pneumococcal meningitis is a life-threatening infectious disease that causes inflammation of the layers that surround […]

Meningitis Centre

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"Tributes pour in for Osama Subuh, who died with Covid-19 after working at KFC Punchbowl"

https://www.news.com.au/lifestyle/health/tributes-pour-in-for-osama-subuh-who-died-with-covid19-after-working-at-kfc-punchbowl/news-story/940a04ee8a3f95238093375357a40029

"with"? "after"?

this story still bugs me.

fifteen year olds don't spontaneously die of lung bacteria in their brain "with" a virus coincidentally at the same time "after" working at a place with an airborne outbreak.

it's very "police involved shooting"