CodePen Embed - Dynamic Newspaper w/CSS Grid

<div class="paper">
  <div class="titleDiv">
    <div class="title">Metropolis Bugle</div>
  </div>
  <hr class="topHr">
  <hr class="bottomHr">
  <div class="aboutTitle">
    <div class="vol"></div>
    <div class="date"></div>
    <div class="price">50&cent</div>
  </div>
  <hr class="dateHr">
  <div class="content">
    <div class="item" id="item1">
      <a class="a1" href="" target="_blank">
        <h4 class="storyTitle1"></h4>
        <p class="by by1"></p><img class="image image1" src="">
        <p class="story story1"></p>
      </a>
    </div>
    <div class="item" id="item2">
      <a class="a2" href="" target="_blank">
        <h4 class="storyTitle storyTitle2"></h4>
        <p class="by by2"></p><img class="image image2" src="">
        <p class="story story2"></p>
      </a>
    </div>
    <div class="item" id="item3">
      <a class=" a3" href="" target="_blank">
        <h4 class="storyTitle storyTitle3"></h4>
        <p class="by by3"></p><img class="image image3" src="">
        <p class="story story3"></p>
      </a>
    </div>
    <div class="item" id="item4">
      <a class="a4" href="" target="_blank">
        <h4 class="storyTitle storyTitle4"></h4>
        <p class="by by4"></p>
        <p class="story story4"></p>
      </a>
    </div>
    <div class="item" id="item5">
      <a class="a5" href="" target="_blank">
        <h4 class="storyTitle storyTitle5"></h4>
        <p class="by by5"></p>
        <p class="story story5"></p>
      </a>
    </div>
    <div class="item" id="item6">
      <a class="a6" href="" target="_blank">
        <h4 class="storyTitle storyTitle6"></h4>
        <p class="by by6"></p>
        <p class="story story6"></p>
      </a>
    </div>
    <div class="item" id="item7">
      <a class="a7" href="" target="_blank">
        <h4 class="storyTitle storyTitle7"></h4>
        <p class="by by7"></p>
        <p class="story story7"></p>
      </a>
    </div>
    <div class="item" id="item8">
      <h4 class="storyTitle weatherTitle">Current Weather</h4>
      <h4 class="story conditions"></h4>
      <p class="story temp"></p>
    </div>
  </div>

  <hr class="dateHr">
</div>

body {
  background: #487279;
  font-family: "Noto Serif", serif;
  height: 100%;
}

a {
  color: #3a362b;
  text-decoration: none;
}

.paper {
  position: relative;
  width: 800px;
  color: #3a362b;
  border-radius: 2px;
  border-top: 1px dashed rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.5);
  border-bottom: 1px dashed rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.5);
  margin: 20px auto;
  box-sizing: border-box;
  padding-top: 10px;
  padding-bottom: 5px;
  background: rgba(204, 205, 191, 1);
  background: -moz-linear-gradient(
    top,
    rgba(204, 205, 191, 1) 0%,
    rgba(226, 222, 210, 1) 20%,
    rgba(226, 222, 210, 1) 67%,
    rgba(204, 205, 191, 1) 100%
  );
  background: -webkit-gradient(
    left top,
    left bottom,
    color-stop(0%, rgba(204, 205, 191, 1)),
    color-stop(20%, rgba(226, 222, 210, 1)),
    color-stop(67%, rgba(226, 222, 210, 1)),
    color-stop(100%, rgba(204, 205, 191, 1))
  );
  background: -webkit-linear-gradient(
    top,
    rgba(204, 205, 191, 1) 0%,
    rgba(226, 222, 210, 1) 20%,
    rgba(226, 222, 210, 1) 67%,
    rgba(204, 205, 191, 1) 100%
  );
  background: -o-linear-gradient(
    top,
    rgba(204, 205, 191, 1) 0%,
    rgba(226, 222, 210, 1) 20%,
    rgba(226, 222, 210, 1) 67%,
    rgba(204, 205, 191, 1) 100%
  );
  background: -ms-linear-gradient(
    top,
    rgba(204, 205, 191, 1) 0%,
    rgba(226, 222, 210, 1) 20%,
    rgba(226, 222, 210, 1) 67%,
    rgba(204, 205, 191, 1) 100%
  );
  background: linear-gradient(
    to bottom,
    rgba(204, 205, 191, 1) 0%,
    rgba(226, 222, 210, 1) 20%,
    rgba(226, 222, 210, 1) 67%,
    rgba(204, 205, 191, 1) 100%
  );
  filter: progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.gradient(
      startColorstr="#cccdbf",
      endColorstr="#cccdbf",
      GradientType=0
    );
  -webkit-box-shadow: 0px 3px 20px 0px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.75);
  -moz-box-shadow: 0px 3px 20px 0px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.75);
  box-shadow: 0px 3px 20px 0px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.75);
}

.titleDiv {
  position: relative;
  background-image: url("http://www.jarrodyellets.com/images/globe.png");
  background-position: center;
  background-repeat: no-repeat;
  background-size: contain;
}

.title {
  text-align: center;
  font-size: 4em;
  text-align: center;
  font-family: "Gravitas One", cursive;
  margin-bottom: 10px;
  line-height: 2;
  text-shadow: 4px 3px 0px #cccdbf, 9px 8px 0px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.15);
}

.topHr {
  border: 3px solid #3a362b;
  margin-top: 0;
  margin-bottom: 3px;
}

.bottomHr {
  border: 1px solid #3a362b;
  margin: 0;
}

.aboutTitle {
  position: relative;
  text-transform: uppercase;
  font-family: "News Cycle", sans-serif;
  font-size: 14px;
  font-weight: bold;
}

.vol {
  position: absolute;
  left: 5%;
}

.date {
  text-align: center;
}

.price {
  position: absolute;
  right: 5%;
  top: 0;
}

.dateHr {
  border: 2px solid #3a362b;
  margin-top: 2px;
  margin-bottom: 0;
}

.content {
  position: relative;
  display: grid;
  width: 100%;
  grid-template-columns: repeat(3, 1fr);
}

.item {
  padding: 5px;
}

.storyTitle {
  font-family: "Oswald", sans-serif;
  padding: 0 5%;
  margin: 0;
  font-size: 20px;
}

.storyTitle1 {
  text-align: center;
  font-size: 3em;
  font-family: "Oswald", sans-serif;
  margin: 0;
  padding: 0 5%;
}

.storyTitle2 {
  font-size: 2.5em;
}

.storyTitle3 {
  font-size: 24px;
}

.weatherTitle {
  font-size: 30px;
}

.story {
  padding: 0 5%;
  font-size: 14px;
}

.by {
  font-size: 11px;
  padding: 0 5%;
  font-weight: bold;
  text-transform: uppercase;
}

.image {
  display: block;
  width: 90%;
  margin: 0 auto;
  border: solid 2px black;
  background-size: cover;
  background-position: center;
  background-repeat: no-repeat;
  opacity: 0.6;
  filter: grayscale(50%);
}

.image3 {
  margin-top: 10px;
}

#item1 {
  grid-column: 1 / span 3;
  border-bottom: 1px solid #474342;
}

#item2 {
  grid-column: 1 / span 2;
  grid-row: 2;
}

#item3 {
  grid-column: 3;
  grid-row: 2 / 3;
  border-left: 1px solid #474342;
}

#item4 {
  border-right: 1px solid #474342;
}

#item6 {
  grid-column: 3;
  grid-row: 3 / 4;
  border-left: 1px solid #474342;
}

#item7 {
  grid-column: 2 / span 2;
  border-top: 1px solid #474342;
}

#item8 {
  grid-column: 1 / span 1;
  grid-row: 4;
  border-top: 1px solid #474342;
  border-right: 1px solid #474342;
  text-align: center;
}

.temp,
.conditions {
  font-size: 24px;
  font-weight: bold;
  margin: 5px;
}

@media (max-width: 850px) {
  .paper {
    width: 90vw;
    margin: none;
  }

  .aboutTitle {
    font-size: 12px;
  }

  .title {
    line-height: 1;
  }
}

@media (max-width: 600px) {
  body {
    font-size: 10px;
  }

  .aboutTitle {
    font-size: 10px;
  }

  .content {
    grid-template-rows: repeat(min-content, 1fr);
  }

  #item1,
  #item2,
  #item3,
  #item4,
  #item5,
  #item6,
  #item7,
  #item8 {
    grid-column: 1 / -1;
    grid-row: span 1;
    border: none;
  }
}

$(document).ready(function() {
  const apiKey = "837cfdfc79654129a9a0d4de5cb1d577";
  const apiUrl = "https://newsapi.org/v2/top-headlines?country=us&";
  let newsArr = [];
  let count = 1;
  let index;
  let lat;
  let long;
  let temp;
  let conditions;
  let date = new Date();
  let startDate = new Date("1981-05-24");
  let milisec = date.getTime() - startDate.getTime();
  let volNum = Math.round(milisec / (1000 * 60 * 60 * 24));
  let currDate = date.toDateString();

  getData();
  getLocation();

  function getData() {
    $.ajax({
      type: "GET",
      url: apiUrl + "apiKey=" + apiKey,
      datatype: "jsonp",
      success: function(data) {
        newsArr.push(data);
        insertData();
      }
    });
  }

  function insertData() {
    $(".date").append(currDate);
    $(".vol").append("Vol# " + volNum);
    for (let i = 1; i < newsArr[0].articles.length; i++) {
      index = i - 1;
      let news = newsArr[0].articles[index];
      if (news.description && news.source.id != "fox-news") {
        if (count < 4 && news.urlToImage) {
          $(".image" + count).attr("src", news.urlToImage);
          printData(news);
        } else if (count >= 4) {
          printData(news);
        }
        if (count === 8) {
          return true;
        }
      }
    }
  }

  function printData(news) {
    $(".storyTitle" + count).append(news.title);
    $(".story" + count).append(news.description);
    $(".by" + count).append("By: " + news.source.name);
    $(".a" + count).attr("href", news.url);
    count++;
  }

  function getLocation() {
    $.ajax({
      type: "GET",
      url: "https://extreme-ip-lookup.com/json/",
      success: function(data) {
        long = data.lon;
        lat = data.lat;
        getWeather();
      }
    });
  }

  function getWeather() {
    $.ajax({
      type: "GET",
      url:
        "https://api.darksky.net/forecast/3a616888226060540aaa82c98bfacdb9/" +
        lat +
        "," +
        long,
      dataType: "jsonp",
      success: function(data) {
        showWeather(data);
      }
    });
  }

  function showWeather(data) {
    conditions = data.currently.summary;
    temp = Math.round(data.currently.apparentTemperature);
    $(".conditions").append(conditions);
    $(".temp").append(temp + String.fromCharCode(176) + "F");
  }
});

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External CSS

https://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Noto+Serif|Gravitas+One|Oswald:400,700|News+Cycle

External JavaScript

https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/jquery/3.2.1/jquery.min.js