Meaning of “a homicide in Palermo is news”

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“Palermo, in the 1980s, counted a dead person a day, they were so common people were almost used to them. Now, a homicide in Palermo is news,” he says.

Source: How the Mafia's Murder of an Italian Prosecutor Became a Turning Point in Italy's Fight Against the Mob

I am a little bit puzzled by the bolded part in the above sentence. I presume that the author wants to say that murders are in current Palermo a rare phenomenon. Does the word "news" have such a meaning in the context of my sentence?

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“Palermo, in the 1980s, counted a dead person a day, they were so common people were almost used to them. Now, a homicide in Palermo is news,” he says.

Source: How the Mafia's Murder of an Italian Prosecutor Became a Turning Point in Italy's Fight Against the Mob

I am a little bit puzzled by the bolded part in the above sentence. I presume that the author wants to say that murders are in current Palermo a rare phenomenon. Does the word "news" have such a meaning in the context of my sentence?

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“Palermo, in the 1980s, counted a dead person a day, they were so common people were almost used to them. Now, a homicide in Palermo is news,” he says.

Source: How the Mafia's Murder of an Italian Prosecutor Became a Turning Point in Italy's Fight Against the Mob

I am a little bit puzzled by the bolded part in the above sentence. I presume that the author wants to say that murders are in current Palermo a rare phenomenon. Does the word "news" have such a meaning in the context of my sentence?

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“Palermo, in the 1980s, counted a dead person a day, they were so common people were almost used to them. Now, a homicide in Palermo is news,” he says.

Source: How the Mafia's Murder of an Italian Prosecutor Became a Turning Point in Italy's Fight Against the Mob

I am a little bit puzzled by the bolded part in the above sentence. I presume that the author wants to say that murders are in current Palermo a rare phenomenon. Does the word "news" have such a meaning in the context of my sentence?

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News can mean "something that is unusual, interesting or important". A dog biting a man is not news; a man biting a dog is news. In the 1980s, murders in Palermo were everyday events. Now they are not.

5. uncountable noun
   
   If you say that someone or something is news, you mean that they are considered to be interesting and important at the
   moment, and that people want to hear about them on the radio and
   television and in newspapers.
   
   [informal]
   A murder was big news. If you
   are a celebrity, you are headline news.

News (Dictionary)

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News can mean "something that is unusual, interesting or important". A dog biting a man is not news; a man biting a dog is news. In the 1980s, murders in Palermo were everyday events. Now they are not.

5. uncountable noun
   
   If you say that someone or something is news, you mean that they are considered to be interesting and important at the
   moment, and that people want to hear about them on the radio and
   television and in newspapers.
   
   [informal]
   A murder was big news. If you
   are a celebrity, you are headline news.

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  I think you mean unusual.
  – Barmar
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News can mean "something that is unusual, interesting or important". A dog biting a man is not news; a man biting a dog is news. In the 1980s, murders in Palermo were everyday events. Now they are not.

5. uncountable noun
   
   If you say that someone or something is news, you mean that they are considered to be interesting and important at the
   moment, and that people want to hear about them on the radio and
   television and in newspapers.
   
   [informal]
   A murder was big news. If you
   are a celebrity, you are headline news.

News (Dictionary)

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edited 1 hour ago

answered 10 hours ago

Michael Harvey

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• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  I think you mean unusual.
  – Barmar
  1 hour ago
  

  
  
  
  

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News can mean "something that is unusual, interesting or important". A dog biting a man is not news; a man biting a dog is news. In the 1980s, murders in Palermo were everyday events. Now they are not.

5. uncountable noun
   
   If you say that someone or something is news, you mean that they are considered to be interesting and important at the
   moment, and that people want to hear about them on the radio and
   television and in newspapers.
   
   [informal]
   A murder was big news. If you
   are a celebrity, you are headline news.

News (Dictionary)

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answered 10 hours ago

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News can mean "something that is unusual, interesting or important". A dog biting a man is not news; a man biting a dog is news. In the 1980s, murders in Palermo were everyday events. Now they are not.

5. uncountable noun
   
   If you say that someone or something is news, you mean that they are considered to be interesting and important at the
   moment, and that people want to hear about them on the radio and
   television and in newspapers.
   
   [informal]
   A murder was big news. If you
   are a celebrity, you are headline news.

News (Dictionary)

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edited 1 hour ago

edited 1 hour ago

edited 1 hour ago

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answered 10 hours ago

Michael Harvey

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answered 10 hours ago

Michael Harvey

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• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  I think you mean unusual.
  – Barmar
  1 hour ago
  

  
  
  
  

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• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  I think you mean unusual.
  – Barmar
  1 hour ago
  

  
  
  
  

I think you mean unusual.
– Barmar
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I think you mean unusual.
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