feat: add local ad-free newspaper

browser.py

@@ -863,11 +863,76 @@ if __name__ == "__main__":
             # Update cache every 15 minutes
             time.sleep(900)
 
+    def update_news_cache():
+        """Fetch top RSS news feeds (BBC, NPR) in background and cache as local JSON to bypass CORS/Ads."""
+        import xml.etree.ElementTree as ET
+        import re
+        cache_file = _HOME / "kiosk-home" / "news-data.json"
+        
+        feeds = {
+            "World News": "http://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml",
+            "National News": "https://feeds.npr.org/1001/rss.xml"
+        }
+        
+        while True:
+            payload = {}
+            for category, url in feeds.items():
+                try:
+                    req = urllib.request.Request(url, headers={"User-Agent": "Mozilla/5.0"})
+                    xml_raw = urllib.request.urlopen(req, timeout=12).read()
+                    root = ET.fromstring(xml_raw)
+                    
+                    stories = []
+                    channel = root.find("channel")
+                    if channel is not None:
+                        # Fetch up to 10 stories per category
+                        for idx, item in enumerate(channel.findall("item")):
+                            if idx >= 10:
+                                break
+                            title = item.find("title")
+                            desc = item.find("description")
+                            pub_date = item.find("pubDate")
+                            
+                            t_str = title.text.strip() if title is not None and title.text else ""
+                            d_str = desc.text.strip() if desc is not None and desc.text else ""
+                            
+                            # Clean HTML tags from description if any
+                            d_str = re.sub('<[^<]+?>', '', d_str)
+                            
+                            p_str = ""
+                            if pub_date is not None and pub_date.text:
+                                try:
+                                    p_str = " ".join(pub_date.text.split()[:4])
+                                except Exception:
+                                    p_str = pub_date.text
+                                    
+                            stories.append({
+                                "title": t_str,
+                                "summary": d_str,
+                                "date": p_str
+                            })
+                    payload[category] = stories
+                    print(f"Successfully cached {len(stories)} stories for category: {category}")
+                except Exception as e:
+                    print(f"Failed to fetch RSS category {category}: {e}")
+            
+            if payload:
+                try:
+                    cache_file.parent.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
+                    cache_file.write_text(json.dumps(payload, indent=2))
+                    print("Updated local news-data.json cache successfully")
+                except Exception as e:
+                    print(f"Failed to write news cache file: {e}")
+            
+            # Update news every 30 minutes
+            time.sleep(1800)
+
     def init_cdp():
         if cdp.wait_ready(timeout=30):
             print("CDP ready — persistent WebSocket connected successfully")
     
     threading.Thread(target=update_weather_cache, daemon=True).start()
+    threading.Thread(target=update_news_cache, daemon=True).start()
     threading.Thread(target=init_cdp, daemon=True).start()
 
     sys.exit(app.exec_())