.wp-featured-posts {
    display: flex;
    flex-direction: column;
    gap: 0px;
    margin-top: 15px;
}

/* New Wrapper to Hold the Two Posts */
.featured-posts-wrapper {
    display: flex;
    gap: 30px;
    flex-direction: column;
}

.layout-two #myownadlabel1 {
    display: none !important;
}

.featured-item {
    flex: 1;
    min-width: 45%; /* Ensures two posts are side by side on wider screens */
    padding: 0;
}

.featured-image {
    width: 100%;
    height: auto;
    margin-bottom: 0 !important;
}

.featured-category {
    margin: 3px 0 0 0;
    padding: 5px 0px;
    background-color: #ffffff;
    color: #d10600;
    font-family: Aviano new Sans!important;
    font-size: 12px!important;
    line-height: 1!important;
    font-weight: 400!important;
    text-transform: uppercase!important;
    letter-spacing: 1px!important;
    margin-bottom: 0 !important;
}

.featured-title {
    font-size: 18px;
    font-weight: bold;
    margin: 0 0 5px 0;
    line-height: 1.3;
}

.layout-two .featured-title {
    font-family: Manrope!important;
    font-size: 14px!important;
    line-height: 1.4!important;
    font-weight: 600!important;
}

.layout-single .featured-title {
   margin: 5px 0 10px 0 !important;
   font-family: Manrope!important;
   font-size: 26px!important;
   line-height: 30px!important;
   font-weight: 600!important;
   letter-spacing: 1px!important;
}


.layout-single .featured-excerpt {
    color: #000000;
    margin: 0 0 15px 0;
    column-count: 1;
    column-gap: 48px;
    font-family: Manrope!important;
    font-size: 15px!important;
    line-height: 1.5!important;
    font-weight: 500!important;
}

.featured-title a:hover {
    color: #d10600;
}

.author {
    font-family: Aviano new Sans!important;
    font-size: 10px!important;
    line-height: 10px!important;
    font-weight: 500!important;
    text-transform: uppercase!important;
    letter-spacing: 1px!important;
    margin-top: 10px;
    margin-bottom: 10px !important;
    color: #222 !important;
}
.author a {
    color: #222 !important;
}
.author a:hover {
    color: #ec3535 !important;
}