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Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Schuylkill Haven will soon own the building that houses council chambers and the police department at 250 Parkway. Council conditionally approved buying the building for $336,000, along with a title search, asbestos inspection and facility condition assessment of the property. The borough currently leases the building. Jessica Seiders, borough administrator, said there are a few items in the agreement that are still being finalized.

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... East Penn Manufacturing Co. has been ranked among America’s best private companies in 2026 by TIME, in collaboration with Statista. The rankings recognize the top private companies in the United States based on employee satisfaction and company impact, according to a release. East Penn, a Berks County-based manufacturer of batteries and accessories, ranked 18th among 500 companies selected, with a score of 91.74.

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... The first move of new Philadelphia Union sporting director Jon Scheer is to undo a mistake of the previous regime. The Union Friday welcomed back Kai Wagner on a permanent transfer from Birmingham City. That’s the same Wagner that was sold to the English second division club in January. The fee then was a reported $1.5 million. It cost the Union $4 million to get him back, and he will become a designated player.

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... LIVERPOOL, Inglaterra (AP) — El centrocampista del Liverpool Dominik Szoboszlai acordó un nuevo contrato de cinco años el viernes. Szoboszlai juega en el Liverpool desde 2023, tras llegar procedente del Leipzig. El capitán de Hungría aún tenía dos años en su anterior contrato antes de firmar la ampliación para permanecer en Anfield hasta 2031. Szoboszlai, de 25 años, ayudó al Liverpool a ganar la Liga Premier en 2025.

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... The Associated Press LIMA (AP) — Perú informó el viernes que la superficie cultivada con hoja de coca, usada para elaborar cocaína, se redujo en 2025 por tercer año consecutivo al caer 5,8% en comparación con el año anterior. La agencia antidrogas peruana DEVIDA indicó en un informe que en 2025 se monitorearon 24 zonas del territorio peruano y que en total se detectaron 84.546 hectáreas cultivadas con coca.

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Por DÉBORA REY BUENOS AIRES (AP) — Cervantes y Borges. La tortilla y el asado. El flamenco y el tango. Argentinos y españoles están unidos por lazos de sangre y una relación de mutua admiración desde hace largo tiempo, pero la final del Mundial de fútbol entre los países hispanoparlantes ha puesto a varios de ellos en una encrucijada: ¿apoyar a la Furia o a la Albiceleste el próximo domingo?

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... By DÁNICA COTO SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — The U.S. government plans to auction off massive sections of water surrounding American Samoa for potential deep-sea mining in an unprecedented move that is expected to draw criticism from many countries. The area of the water surface planned to be auctioned off covers a total of 33 million acres (about 51,560 square miles).

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... By DEE-ANN DURBIN, AP Business Writer The World Cup has been a bonanza for beer in the U.S. Bars in Boston reported needing emergency deliveries to keep taps from running dry on some game days. Fans downed a total of 290,000 stadium beers during the six matches in Philadelphia, FIFA organizers said.

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... By MARIA SHERMAN NEW YORK (AP) — Regardless of World Cup allegiances, there is one thing everyone can agree on: There’s nothing better than a themed playlist to get pumped for Sunday’s big match. The Associated Press has you covered there. Whether you’re hoping Argentina will become the first repeat champion since Brazil in 1958 and 1962, or that young superstar Lamine Yamal will score for Spain, everyone’s a winner across these 10 tracks.

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Por STEPHEN WHYNO NUEVA YORK (AP) — Mikel Merino puede oler y ver el humo de los incendios forestales en Canadá, que están provocando condiciones brumosas en grandes partes de Estados Unidos, incluido el norte de Nueva Jersey, donde él y España tienen previsto enfrentar a Argentina en la final del Mundial el domingo. Merino intenta no concentrarse en ello. Sigue sin estar claro cuánto, si es que algo, afectará el humo a la final.