Opening links in News

I have never been able to open links within a story on News (I have Catalina). For example, if I open a story in the Food Network channel, and it includes a link within the article to click on a recipe, the link never works to open a new window and display the recipe. This is true no matter what channel I'm in. I've looked online for answers but have not been able to solve the problem. Anyone else have this issue, or is it just my ignorance?