The sidebar includes:
Today, which presents top stories selected by Apple News editors and stories from the channels and topics chose not to have Siri suggest items—by your actions in Apple News. For example, whether you follow or block channels and topics, or ask for more or fewer suggestions similar to a story you’re reading. In some countries or regions, local news may be suggested based on your location.
On the right, scroll up or down to browse stories, then click a story to read it.
While reading a story, you can do any of the following:
save it to read later.
Move to the next or previous story by pressing the Right Arrow or Left Arrow keys.
Go directly to the channel’s feed. Click the channel name in the banner near the top of the window (if you don’t see the banner, scroll up until it appears). You can also click the Share button , then choose Stop Suggesting. If you change your mind and want Apple News to suggest the group again, search for it, then follow it.