can I assign individual sounds to notifications on my SamsungS4 Active

[AC Question]

All notifications have same "ping". I'd like to differentiate between 'local news' and CNN world news, for example.

 

[Rukbat]

Check the apps - some allow you to choose notification tones (I have AOL's "you've got mail" for my email), some use only the default. If the app allows you to choose it, that's where you'd change it for that app.