diff --git a/themes/briar/layouts/_default/list.html b/themes/briar/layouts/_default/list.html
index f4437217e5d668bc9b01442b58d6fe0830512f11..817139e12162f008b2ef78beeb09b45740b2daf7 100644
--- a/themes/briar/layouts/_default/list.html
+++ b/themes/briar/layouts/_default/list.html
@@ -2,9 +2,11 @@
 <h2>{{ with .Title }} {{ . }} {{ else }} {{ .Site.Title }} {{ end }}</h2>
 <p><strong>Latest Release:</strong> Briar {{ .Params.releaseVersion }} ({{ .Params.releaseDate }})</p>
 <p><strong>Latest News:</strong>
-{{ range first 1 (where .Site.RegularPages "Section" "news").ByDate.Reverse }}
+{{ $num := 3 }}
+{{ range $k, $v := first $num (where .Site.RegularPages "Section" "news").ByDate.Reverse }}
  <a href="{{.Permalink}}">{{.Title}}</a>
-</p>
+ {{- if (lt $k (sub $num 1)) }} ~ {{ end }}
 {{ end }}
+</p>
 {{ .Content }}
 {{ end }}
diff --git a/themes/briar/layouts/partials/header.html b/themes/briar/layouts/partials/header.html
index 3a26f2f509dc7985693589cecf5e74a495c3aa40..de52964b8d16936cdf3d554702c878422515fe1e 100644
--- a/themes/briar/layouts/partials/header.html
+++ b/themes/briar/layouts/partials/header.html
@@ -29,8 +29,7 @@
       <ul id="menu">
         {{ $currentPage := . }} 
         {{ range .Site.Menus.main }} 
-        {{ $menu_item_url
-        := .URL | relLangURL }} 
+        {{ $menu_item_url := .URL | relLangURL }} 
         {{ $page_url:= $currentPage.RelPermalink | relLangURL }}
         <li>
           <a {{ if eq $menu_item_url $page_url }}id="is-active" {{end}}