Other than passively through social media (Lemmy) and hearing people talk about stuff, I listen to the local public radio that syndicates NPR pretty much every day. I've also got some sites bookmarked, mostly AP and then local stuff, but I don't look at them every day.

There's some stuff that shows up in my YouTube that I'll watch regularly, mostly Channel 5. Matt Bernstein shows up a lot, but it's usually celebrity or social media gossip with a political element rather than news.

I wouldn't say that any of these are especially useful, but it's enough that when I hear somebody talking about something that's going on, I've usually already heard about it.

And it's not a news source, but there's an infrequent indie talkshow called "Going Down with Ella Yurman" that I quite like, and I feel would probably be well-regarded among the Lemmy crowd.