A major story can fill the news while someone is deciding what to make for dinner.
There are still groceries to buy, dishes to wash, and people to meet. Those things can seem oddly small beside whatever is leading the news. But they are also what a day consists of.
Life still goes on, to a certain extent.
That qualification matters. Some events change daily life completely. For the people directly affected, what is on the news may also be what is happening outside their door.
Still, there are days when the headlines change far more than the routine does. A story develops, another takes its place, and the ordinary things keep needing attention.
Someone following the news might describe the day by its biggest headline. Someone else might describe it by who came over for dinner.