Add news ticker functionality with RSS feed

Author: Web4application

assets/js/News.js

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+const ticker = document.getElementById("ticker");
+
+// FIXED RSS (The Verge)
+const RSS_URL = "https://www.theverge.com/rss/index.xml";
+
+async function loadNews() {
+  try {
+    const api = `https://api.rss2json.com/v1/api.json?rss_url=${encodeURIComponent(RSS_URL)}`;
+    
+    const res = await fetch(api);
+    const data = await res.json();
+
+    if (!data.items) return;
+
+    const feed = data.items.slice(0, 8).map(item => {
+      return `[${item.title.toUpperCase()}]`;
+    }).join(" • ");
+
+    ticker.textContent = feed + " • " + feed;
+
+  } catch (err) {
+    ticker.textContent = "NEWS OFFLINE • SYSTEM RUNNING LOCAL MODE";
+  }
+}
+
+loadNews();
+setInterval(loadNews, 600000);