diff --git a/ui/lib/fetchNewsData.ts b/ui/lib/fetchNewsData.ts
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index 11b08be..0000000
--- a/ui/lib/fetchNewsData.ts
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@@ -1,14 +0,0 @@
-mport fs from "node:fs/promises";
-import path from "node:path";
-
-export async function fetchNewsData(id: string) {
-  try {
-    const dataDirectory = path.join(process.cwd(), "public", "data");
-    const filePath = path.join(dataDirectory, `${id}.json`);
-    const fileContents = await fs.readFile(filePath, "utf8");
-    return JSON.parse(fileContents);
-  } catch (error) {
-    console.error("Error reading news data:", error);
-    return null;
-  }
-}