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Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... By ALI SWENSON In a speech to the nation Thursday evening, President Donald Trump said Americans deserve secure elections, and he claimed to be using federal authority to prevent them from being “stolen.” In fact, one of the strongest security features of U.S. elections is the fact that they aren’t conducted at the federal level.

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... By ELAINE KURTENBACH and MATT OTT, AP Business Writers Wall Street was on track to close the week with losses on Friday as the sell-off of chipmakers and other AI-related shares again dragged markets lower. Futures for the S&P 500 declined 0.8% while futures for the Dow Jones Industrial Average were down 0.5%. Nasdaq futures tumbled 1.6%.

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Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Water and sewer rates for customers of Pennsylvania American Water are set to rise following approval from a state commission for the company to increase revenue by $74.9 million. The Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission on Thursday approved the annual revenue increase — which was much smaller than the hike asked for by Pennsylvania American Water — to support ongoing critical infrastructure improvements.

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Dawn Fear had her T-shirt sleeves rolled up to her shoulders as she sat in the yard of an Amity Township home, painting a stairway to a deck out front. The Thursday morning sun was softened through a haze of Canadian wildfire smoke blanketing the East, but the temperatures were still climbing into the high 80s as she worked.

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... By JILL LAWLESS LONDON (AP) — Andy Burnham was officially declared leader of Britain’s governing Labour Party on Friday, clearing his final hurdle to taking office as prime minister next week. The center-left party announced the result of a leadership contest to replace departing Prime Minister Keir Starmer, in which Burnham was the only contender.

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — China afirmó el viernes que nunca ha interferido en las elecciones de Estados Unidos y que no tiene interés en hacerlo, e instó a Washington a dejar de plantear lo que describió como “acusaciones infundadas”, después de que el presidente Donald Trump señaló a Beijing por una supuesta intromisión en los comicios de 2020.

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... By JON GAMBRELL DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The United States expanded its airstrike campaign against Iran early Friday by hitting more bridges, energy sites and collapsing a tower at a key Iranian port, part of U.S. President Donald Trump’s threats to start striking infrastructure to pressure Tehran to ease its chokehold on the Strait of Hormuz.

For information on submitting an obituary, please contact Reading Eagle by phone at 610-371-5018, or email at obituaries@readingeagle.com or fax at 610-371-5193. Most obituaries published in the Reading Eagle are submitted through funeral homes and cremation services, but we will accept submissions from families. Obituaries can be emailed to obituaries@readingeagle.com. In addition to the text of the obituary, any photographs that you wish to include can be attached to this email.

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... FRANCONIA — Business leaders and local and state officials have vowed to help those impacted by the shutdown of the JBS Souderton meat packing plant, expected to leave more than 1,500 people out of work when it closes August 14. “JBS corporate leadership has expressed surprise at the significant level of government interest following the announcement of the planned closure of its facility,” said state Rep. Donna Scheuren, R-147th Dist.