diff --git a/news/not_backgroundable.rst b/news/not_backgroundable.rst
index cb7a95a69..0f7909faa 100644
--- a/news/not_backgroundable.rst
+++ b/news/not_backgroundable.rst
@@ -12,11 +12,16 @@
     * cls
     * cmd
     * fish
+    * htop
     * ksh
     * less
     * man
     * more
     * mutt
+    * nano
+    * pacman
+    * ranger
+    * scp
     * sh
     * ssh
     * startx
diff --git a/news/scp_predict_false.rst b/news/scp_predict_false.rst
deleted file mode 100644
index ac4523f11..000000000
--- a/news/scp_predict_false.rst
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,13 +0,0 @@
-**Added:** None
-
-**Changed:** None
-
-**Deprecated:** None
-
-**Removed:** None
-
-**Fixed:**
-
-* Fix ``scp`` progress not being outputted
-
-**Security:** None
diff --git a/news/thread_pred.rst b/news/thread_pred.rst
deleted file mode 100644
index 61d95053b..000000000
--- a/news/thread_pred.rst
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,14 +0,0 @@
-**Added:**
-
-* added ``mvim``, ``pacman`` and ``nano`` to threadable predictors default-dict (all 
-  rely on ncurses)
-
-**Changed:** None
-
-**Deprecated:** None
-
-**Removed:** None
-
-**Fixed:** None
-
-**Security:** None
diff --git a/xonsh/commands_cache.py b/xonsh/commands_cache.py
index 31396c22a..76d824315 100644
--- a/xonsh/commands_cache.py
+++ b/xonsh/commands_cache.py
@@ -266,6 +266,7 @@ def default_threadable_predictors():
         'mutt': predict_help_ver,
         'nano': predict_help_ver,
         'pacman': predict_help_ver,
+        'ranger': predict_help_ver,
         'scp': predict_false,
         'sh': predict_shell,
         'ssh': predict_false,