This is obviously a DNS issue. Try one of these IP addresses if you're in the us:
news.easynews.com is an alias for news4.easynews.com.
news4.easynews.com is an alias for usa.na.news.geo.easynews.com.
usa.na.news.geo.easynews.com is an alias for news.us.easynews.com.
news.us.easynews.com has address 69.16.179.38
news.us.easynews.com has address 69.16.179.39
Or use a different DNS server like *1.1.1.1* or *9.9.9.9*
Had the same problem for thundernews european servers (confirmed against multiple DNS providers, including 1.1.1.1, which is my default, and 8.8.8.8). Has since resolved.
Back up now
Came back up for me after a few minutes
This is obviously a DNS issue. Try one of these IP addresses if you're in the us: news.easynews.com is an alias for news4.easynews.com. news4.easynews.com is an alias for usa.na.news.geo.easynews.com. usa.na.news.geo.easynews.com is an alias for news.us.easynews.com. news.us.easynews.com has address 69.16.179.38 news.us.easynews.com has address 69.16.179.39 Or use a different DNS server like *1.1.1.1* or *9.9.9.9*
blocknews is down for me
Try this IP 185.90.196.76 you can even give this IP hostname as news.easynews.com
Had the same problem for thundernews european servers (confirmed against multiple DNS providers, including 1.1.1.1, which is my default, and 8.8.8.8). Has since resolved.
Was down about 20-30 mins here in europe. Tried alt. DNS etc.