News sites that I check when I have only a few seconds, sites that pick the most important stories in a way that I'm interested in:

• The Guardian
• BBC News
• Google News > For you [technology]
• Feedly
• Ars Technica [deals]
• The Hill

News sites I read when I have a little more time:

• Axios — politics, technology, science, Chicago, world, COVID-19
• Google News
  • Google News > For you
  • Google News > Politics
  • Google News > Technology
    • Google News > Gadgets
    • Google News > Video Games
    • Google News > new feature
• BBC News
• New York Times [fuck them!]
  • (Jamelle Bouie)
• The Guardian
  • The Guardian > US Politics
• Washington Post †
• Slate ($10/mo) *
• Salon
• The Atlantic †
• Vox
• Ars Technica
• NPR
• Politico
• AP News
• Reuters
• Al Jazeera

Technology:

• CNET
• PCMag
• The Verge
• Engadget
• Ars Technica
• Gizmodo

Local:

• Google News > Chicago
• Google News > Local
• Axios > Chicago
• WBEZ
• Chicago Tribune
• Chicago Sun-Times

Other:

• Rolling Stone
• Vanity Fair

Trending:

• Twitter trending
• trends.google.com

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† I have a digital subscription, because journalism is dying

* I currently have the Bypass Paywalls Clean extension enabled for this particular site, but I really should consider paying for a digital subscription. My justification is that I read MANY different news sites, and that it's hard to afford all the different sites that I consume from.

__ Indicates sources that I feel provide a somewhat different perspective to the other typical news sites.