{foreach from=$news_items key=item item=article}
<div class="news_item" id="news_item_{$article.id}">
  <a href="/media/news-releases.html?article={$article.id}">
    <h3>{$article.pubDate|date_format:"%B %e, %Y"}</h3>
    <p>{$article.title}</p>
  </a>
</div>
{/foreach}