I know you are specifically asking for websites, but I thought it would be worth mentioning that many popular news outlets have been ported to the Gemini protoc

I know you are specifically asking for websites, but I thought it would be worth mentioning that many popular news outlets have been ported to the Gemini protocol, which is far less bloated than many modern websites. NewsWaffle is one I found recently that I really liked: gemini://gemi.dev/cgi-bin/waffle.cgi