/* =========================================================
       FEATURED NEWS — HOMEPAGE
    ========================================================= */

    .featured-news-section {
        --fn-primary: #003399;
        --fn-accent: #0d6efd;
        --fn-text: #182b49;
        --fn-muted: #6b7788;

        padding: 55px 0;
        color: var(--fn-text);
        background: #f0f8f8;
    }

    .featured-news-section *,
    .featured-news-section *::before,
    .featured-news-section *::after {
        box-sizing: border-box;
    }

    .featured-news-container {
        width: 100%;
        max-width: 100%;
        min-width: 0;
        margin: 0;
        padding: 0;
        box-sizing: border-box;
    }

    /* Section heading */
    .featured-news-heading {
        margin-bottom: 28px;
        text-align: center;
    }

    .featured-news-eyebrow {
        display: inline-block;
        margin-bottom: 9px;
        color: var(--fn-accent);
        font-size: 12px;
        font-weight: 700;
        letter-spacing: 2px;
        text-transform: uppercase;
    }

    .featured-news-heading h2 {
        margin: 0 0 10px;
        color: #000000;
        font-size: clamp(27px, 3vw, 38px);
        font-weight: 700;
        line-height: 1.2;
    }

    .featured-news-heading p {
        margin: 0;
        color: #000000;
        font-size: 15px;
        line-height: 1.7;
    }

    /* Main layout */
    .featured-news-layout {
        display: grid;
        grid-template-columns: minmax(0, 1.65fr) minmax(0, 1fr);
        gap: 14px;
        align-items: stretch;
    }

    .featured-news-main,
    .featured-news-small {
        min-width: 0;
        margin: 0;
    }

    /* Image containers */
    .featured-news-main-image,
    .featured-news-small-image {
        position: relative;
        display: block;
        width: 100%;
        overflow: hidden;
        border-radius: 6px;
        color: #ffffff;
        background: #25374b;
        text-decoration: none;
    }

    /* Main story fills the height of the right column */
    .featured-news-main-image {
        height: auto;
        min-height: 0;
        aspect-ratio: 16 / 9;
    }

    /* News cover images */
    .featured-news-main-image img,
    .featured-news-small-image img {
        position: absolute;
        inset: 0;
        width: 100%;
        height: 100%;
        object-position: center;
        transition: transform 600ms ease;
    }

    .featured-news-main-image img {
        object-fit: contain;
    }

    .featured-news-small-image img {
        object-fit: cover;
    }

    .featured-news-main-image:hover img,
    .featured-news-small-image:hover img {
        transform: scale(1.035);
    }

    /* Image overlay */
    .featured-news-overlay {
        position: absolute;
        z-index: 1;
        inset: 0;
        pointer-events: none;
        background: linear-gradient(
                180deg,
                rgba(10, 24, 43, 0.03) 15%,
                rgba(10, 24, 43, 0.35) 50%,
                rgba(10, 24, 43, 0.90) 100%
        );
    }

    /* Main headline and Read More button */
    .featured-news-main-content {
        position: absolute;
        z-index: 2;
        right: 30px;
        bottom: 30px;
        left: 30px;
        opacity: 0;
        transform: translateY(40px);
        animation: featuredNewsRise 850ms ease 180ms forwards;
    }

    .featured-news-label {
        display: inline-block;
        margin-bottom: 12px;
        padding: 6px 10px;
        border-radius: 3px;
        color: #ffffff;
        background: var(--fn-accent);
        font-size: 10px;
        font-weight: 700;
        letter-spacing: 1.2px;
    }

    .featured-news-main-content h3 {
        display: -webkit-box;
        max-width: 640px;
        overflow: hidden;
        margin: 0 0 20px;
        color: #ffffff;
        font-size: clamp(23px, 2.5vw, 35px);
        font-weight: 700;
        line-height: 1.3;
        -webkit-box-orient: vertical;
        -webkit-line-clamp: 2;
    }

    .featured-news-read-button {
        display: inline-flex;
        align-items: center;
        gap: 12px;
        padding: 11px 17px;
        border: 1px solid #ffffff;
        border-radius: 4px;
        color: #ffffff;
        font-size: 13px;
        font-weight: 600;
        transition: background 200ms ease, color 200ms ease;
    }

    .featured-news-main-image:hover .featured-news-read-button {
        color: #1999ad;
        background: #ffffff;
        border-color: #ffffff;
    }

    /* Three supporting landscape stories */
    .featured-news-side {
        display: grid;
        grid-template-rows: repeat(2, minmax(0, 1fr));
        gap: 12px;
        min-width: 0;
        height: 100%;
    }

    .featured-news-small-image {
        height: 100%;
        min-height: 0;
        aspect-ratio: auto;
    }

    .featured-news-small-image .featured-news-overlay {
        background: linear-gradient(
                180deg,
                transparent 15%,
                rgba(10, 24, 43, 0.85) 100%
        );
    }

    .featured-news-small-content {
        position: absolute;
        z-index: 2;
        right: 14px;
        bottom: 13px;
        left: 14px;
    }

    .featured-news-small-content h3 {
        display: -webkit-box;
        overflow: hidden;
        margin: 0 0 7px;
        color: #ffffff;
        font-size: 15px;
        font-weight: 700;
        line-height: 1.35;
        -webkit-box-orient: vertical;
        -webkit-line-clamp: 2;
    }

    .featured-news-small-content time {
        color: #ffffff;
        font-size: 11px;
    }

    /* Entrance animation */
    @keyframes featuredNewsRise {
        to {
            opacity: 1;
            transform: translateY(0);
        }
    }

    /* Tablet */
    @media (max-width: 991.98px) {
        .featured-news-section {
            padding: 45px 0;
            background: #ffffff;
        }

        .featured-news-container {
            padding: 0 20px;
        }

        .featured-news-layout {
            grid-template-columns: minmax(0, 1fr);
        }

        .featured-news-main-image {
            height: auto;
            aspect-ratio: 1672 / 941;
        }

        .featured-news-side {
            grid-template-columns: repeat(2, minmax(0, 1fr));
            grid-template-rows: none;
            gap: 12px;
            height: auto;
        }

        .featured-news-small-image {
            height: auto;
            aspect-ratio: 1672 / 941;
        }

        .featured-news-small-content {
            right: 9px;
            bottom: 9px;
            left: 9px;
        }

        .featured-news-small-content h3 {
            font-size: 12px;
        }
    }

    /* Mobile */
    @media (max-width: 575.98px) {
        .featured-news-section {
            padding: 35px 0;
        }

        .featured-news-container {
            padding: 0 14px;
        }

        .featured-news-heading {
            margin-bottom: 20px;
        }

        .featured-news-main-content {
            right: 14px;
            bottom: 14px;
            left: 14px;
            opacity: 1;
            transform: none;
            animation: none;
        }

        .featured-news-main-content h3 {
            margin-bottom: 10px;
            font-size: 19px;
        }

        .featured-news-side {
            grid-template-columns: minmax(0, 1fr);
            grid-template-rows: none;
        }

        .featured-news-small-image {
            aspect-ratio: 1672 / 941;
        }

        .featured-news-small-content h3 {
            font-size: 14px;
        }
    }

    /* Respect reduced-motion preferences */
    @media (prefers-reduced-motion: reduce) {
        .featured-news-section *,
        .featured-news-section *::before,
        .featured-news-section *::after {
            animation: none !important;
            transition: none !important;
        }

        .featured-news-main-content {
            opacity: 1;
            transform: none;
        }
    }