.featured {
    height: 67rem;
    margin-bottom: 2.9rem;
}

.overlay {
    position: absolute;
    top: 0;
    right: 0;
    bottom: 0;
    left: 0;
    background: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.5); /* Dark overlay with 50% opacity */
    pointer-events: none; /* So clicks go through to the image/link below */
    z-index: 1;
}

.blog-item .blog-post-title, .blog-post-author {
    z-index: 10;
}

.blog-item a:hover, a:focus {
    opacity: 1;
    transform: scale(1.1);
    transition: transform 0.3s ease;
}

.blog-item img:hover, img:focus {
    opacity: 1;
}

.blog-image {
    position: relative;
    overflow: hidden;
}

.blog-image img {
    object-fit: cover;
    width: 100%;
    height: 100%;
}

.blog-post {
    height: 32rem;
    margin-bottom: 2rem;
    margin-top: 0;
    border-radius: 0;
}

.blog-post span {
    color: var(--theme-header-headline-color) !important;
}

.blog-post .blog-post-title {
    position: absolute;
    top: 1rem;
    left: 0;
    text-align: center;
    width: 100%;
    padding: 1rem 3rem;
    font-size: 2.3rem;
    font-weight: 600;
}

.blog-post .blog-post-author {
    position: absolute;
    bottom: 1rem;
    left: 0;
    text-align: center;
    width: 100%;
}

.featured-overlay-div {
    z-index: 10;
    position: absolute;
    top: 55%;
    left: 0;
    width: 90%;
    height: auto;
    background-color: var(--theme-header-color);
    padding: 0 2rem 2rem 2rem;
    transition: width 0.3s ease;
    color: var(--theme-header-headline-color) !important;
}

.featured-overlay-div h3 {
    color: var(--theme-header-headline-color) !important;
}

.featured-overlay-div h3:hover, h3:focus {
    opacity: 1;
    transform: scale(1.05);
    transition: transform 0.3s ease;
}