Is your standard for good news (aka a white pill) small or big, personal or societal?
Is it lukewarm acceptance, such as: Humanity is continuing to muddle along and didn't destroy civilization in a nuclear war today, huzzah!
Or is it personal? I got a promotion/laid/new job/won at a tournament, etc..... Life's tough, but I'm doing okay because I made a difference for me.
Or is it metaphysical? Life is suffering due to personal attachments, I am working towards ending my worldly attachment to material possession. Meh.
Granted, people by nature are primed to focus on the negative. There's plenty of bad stuff in this world. Worse, some people are existentially nihilistic and like a cancer they spread their misery to others. They can't handle their own personal powerlessness in the face of overwhelming suffering that has always been the lot of mankind.
But my friends, all this will pass away, and what you do with life echoes through eternity.
When life goes well, good news is anything that positively contributes to my family, friends, society, community, country, or the world at large in a measurable or meaningful way. Hope brings good news perpetually.
When life goes poorly and stress is high, good news is usually anything that is a relief, 'one less thing to worry about', 'good enough / holding steady' or something that comes in as a windfall or unexpected win. Political stuff is never good, and at best it's cynical.