The phrase "a headline stating" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when referring to a specific headline that conveys information or a message.
Example: "The article begins with a headline stating the main findings of the research."
Alternatives: "a headline indicating" or "a headline announcing".
Issued before the release of the Ethics Committee findings, the statement from the senator's office carried a headline stating that Mr. Burris had been "cleared of legal wrongdoing" by the panel.
One study dating back to 2002 gave rise to many a headline stating that "feed a cold, starve a fever" wasn't an old wives' tale after all.
Not really anything wrong with a headline stating a fact, you know.
Unfortunately, my fear was realized in a recent NY Post story with a headline stating, "Bloomberg Calls Teachers Friending Students Inappropriatete".
His father Kevin leafed through The Charlotte Observer and came across a headline stating the sheriff of Madison County was in trouble, at which point he decided he liked the name.
After watching Trueblood act out the kneeling scene, Handy wrote an article that was published on the front page of the Chicago Tribune on May 8 , 1903 with a headline stating: "Learn Sly Cupid's Tricks; Students at Ann Arbor Take Lessons in Love Making".
The next morning, New York City tabloid The Daily News ran a front page headline stating: "Actress Shoots Andy Warhol".
The Telegraph had gone with a dramatic front-page headline stating: "It's Over" with large photographs from three of the many incidents of the Troubles.
This week, there was one such headline stating that the Muslim Brotherhood was "growing drugs in Sinai to finance terrorist operations".
CORRECTION: A previous headline stated that officers fired on John Crawford after he set his air rifle on the ground.
On January 14, 2016 a Washington Post headline stated Hillary Clinton's national lead is slipping faster in 2016 than it did in 2008.
