Electricity in the news? (7)
I believe the answer is:
current
I believe this clue is a double definition.
'electricity' is the first definition.
(current electricity is a kind of electricity)
'in the news?' is the second definition.
(thesaurus)
(Other definitions for current that I've seen before include "Up-to-date" , "Electrical flow" , "In vogue" , "Of the present time" , "Contemporary" .)