Online News Sources I like to use

The World is a big place sure enough but I don't believe that is what makes it difficult to keep up .
The problem I believe stems from us knowing what were told from a choice of a select few News sources and what they happen to be reporting on at any given time. I have found several websites that scour the planet for news that may matter and check in with them often for off the wall reports.

1) Millennium Ark  This website offers a lot of data daily. They tend to list news that pertains to world subject matter from many different sources.
With-in their website how ever you may want to have a look at this page called Threat Watch.
On that page you can find charts and or active online maps covering many important subjects such as: Tsunamis..Hurricanes..Fire Outbreaks..Flooding..Droughts..Global Incidents and Global Disasters and more.

2) Truthout.org  This is an at a glance news source. Something for everyone and they don't believe in having you denied news worthy stories.
 
3) The Union of Concerned Scientist  In their words -
"The Union of Concerned Scientists is the leading science-based nonprofit working for a healthy environment and a safer world".
UCS combines independent scientific research and citizen action to develop innovative, practical solutions and to secure responsible changes in government policy, corporate practices, and consumer choices.
Basically speaking you can find very helpful information from their website on everything from whats in your food to some of the latest thinking cocerning Global Warming.
I like this site plenty and I think you will too.

4) Sheriff Jim online  Sheriff Jim is a retired Sheriff and among others interest continuously updates his website with News you may not hear of anywhere else. It's part politics, part world events and much more. As he says "The Truth will set you free". That is what he is about. Identifying corruption and helping get the word out. Im sure you will find some of interest just in a single visit to his website. And may the Truth set you indeed set you free.