Is the part “category” fixed to an URL to an archive or post?
By default, the URL to an article does not include “category”. Only URLs to category archives do, so it sounds like something has already been re-configured. Anyway, to get the string you want, go to wp-admin->Settings->Permalinks and set the permalink structure to “/news/%postname%/”. That will put the blog posts at “/news/” If you also want … Read more