I like Wikipedia's current events portal [1]. Does not (generally) include frivolous news, and provides a much wider perspective than most news outlets
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Current_events/November...
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Current_events/November...
[1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33417715
[2] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33417336