Fix bugs for news (SSL, sources) and fred (SSL)

[simmonsj330]

Description

Fixes #2182 & also actually fixes the news bug #2524 instead of a patch that warns users. This error was occurring on these two commands because the installer could not find the ssl certs for a machine that is not* the machine that the installer was created on (ec2 instance). In this fix we point the installer to the certifi certs.

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