My possibly better option: choose a boring news service. Deutsche Welle, for instance. You learn of important news, but it is not written in a way to make you emotionally light up like a Christmas tree.
In my opinion, DW is the best news source out there. Even on TV, the DW channel is such a pleasure to watch. Their news seem to be way more wholesome, and, instead of just providing same 'breaking news' ad nauseam, does so much more. I invariably feel more enriched after watching it.
BBC and PBS are the only others which I watch besides DW.
Mr. Money Mustache once suggested "slow news" as a way to keep up but not be involved in every little thing. His suggestion was The Economist. Any source that doesn't publish on a daily schedule should be able to provide more valuable context.
