body {
  padding: 15px;
}

.news-alerts {
    background: #8E0E00;  /* fallback for old browsers */
    background: -webkit-linear-gradient(to right, #1F1C18, #8E0E00);  /* Chrome 10-25, Safari 5.1-6 */
    background: linear-gradient(to right, #1F1C18, #8E0E00); /* W3C, IE 10+/ Edge, Firefox 16+, Chrome 26+, Opera 12+, Safari 7+ */
    color: #fff;
    width: 100%;
    max-width: 720px;

/*    margin: 10px auto;*/
    margin: 1px auto;
    height: 300px;

/*    padding: 15px;*/
    padding: 1px;

    overflow: hidden;
    background-color: #fff;
    border: 1px solid #ccc;
    font-family: "Archivo", sans-serif;
}

.news-alerts ul {
    list-style: none;
    margin: 0;
    padding: 0;
    position: relative;
}

.news-alerts ul li {
    padding: 10px 0px;
}

.news-alerts ul li a {
    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.80);
    font-size: 18px;
    text-decoration: none;
}

.news-alerts ul li a:hover {
    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 1);
    text-decoration: underline;
}