I think authors don’t write titles.
Given that perhaps 75% of “readers” read the title, but nothing in the article, the authorship of titles is too important to leave to the article authors.
That’s the job of the news editorial boards, who really do the agend.... er, I mean job for the news organization owner (one of the handful that really run AP/rooters/etc).
I swear some of the people I work with are just idiots.
One fellow employee thinks the owner of the weapon should be charged with aiding and abetting because they didn’t have the weapon in a safe. Never mind the fact they had to do a B&E to get it.