Yes. Although one of the '' featured-articles '' is often a news-item & link from there agree with you that news should have a prominent & easy-to-find link on that page.
News could easily replace the '' Tournaments '' feature-box for example & those could be highlighted elswhere...
Why Chess.com doesn't show the "news section" in the first page anymore? It was one of the main reasons I used to enter in this website. Now there is not a single link for the news...