Re. EVE you'll find the epics retold in many places. For more regular happenings there are (were?) a few dedicated news sites: Crossing Zebras, Eve News 24, The Scope. No promises any of those are still alive, and in any case i recommend against digging too much if you don't play or aren't somewhat aware of the political scene IG. You'll mostly find petty or obscure events.

However, regarding "wicked tragedies", Dwarf Forteress is a constant source of self-contained entertainment. For example https://lparchive.org/Dwarf-Fortress-Boatmurdered/Introducti...