JSFiddle - React, Tailwind, and code Playground

HTML

<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.12.4/jquery.min.js"></script>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="https://maxcdn.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/3.3.7/css/bootstrap.min.css">
<script src="https://maxcdn.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/3.3.7/js/bootstrap.min.js"></script>
<button id="wiki" data-subject="Paris">Wikipedia</button>

<output id="results">
 <ul>
 </ul>
</output>

<div class="modal fade bs-example-modal-lg" tabindex="-1" role="dialog" aria-labelledby="myLargeModalLabel">
  <div class="modal-dialog modal-lg" role="document">
    <div class="modal-content">
    </div>
  </div>
</div>

JavaScript

$("ul").on("click", "a", function(e) {
  e.preventDefault();
  e.stopPropagation();
})
$("#wiki").one('click', function(e) {
  var articleName = $(this).data('subject');
  $.getJSON("https://it.wikipedia.org/w/api.php?callback=?", {
    srsearch: articleName,
    action: "query",
    list: "search",
    format: "json"
}, function(data) {
    $("#results ul").empty();
    $("#results ul").append("<h3>Results for <b>" + articleName + "</b></h3>").text();
    $.each(data.query.search, function(i, item) {
      $("#results").append("<div class='list-group'><a class='list-group-item' href='https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/" + encodeURIComponent(item.title.replace(" ", "_")) + "' data-toggle='modal' data-target='.bs-example-modal-lg'><h4>" + item.title.replace(" ", "_") + "</h4><p class='list-group-item-text'>" + item.snippet + "</p></a></div>");
        $("#results div a").attr("href", "#");
     });
     $('.modal').on('show.bs.modal', function (e) {
        $.getJSON("https://it.wikipedia.org/w/api.php?action=parse&format=json&callback=?", {
            page: e.relatedTarget.textContent, 
            prop:"text"
        }, function(data) {
            $(".modal-content").html(data.parse.text['*']);
        });
     });
 });
});