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Canada's Prime Minister Mark Carney says his country will retaliate against the 50% tariffs
“imposed by the White House on Canadian products, as Dan Carpenchek reports the move comes”
after talks aimed at heading off those levies collapsed just before last night's deadline. Prime Minister Carney says the new 50% tariffs amount to an economic attack on Canada, and he is vowing retaliatory tariffs on U.S. goods dollar for dollar starting September 8. And he called off talks just before the deadline after last minute requests from the U.S.
delegation, which he said were unacceptable. We're the partner of choice in many respects for countries around the world, and the Americans wanted to restrict that. They had language that they wanted to restrict that unacceptable. Carney also says the U.S. wanted changes to auto tariffs and to restrict Canadian protections
of language in culture and, in effect, sovereignty. Most provincial premiers say they support Carney's decision not to sign a bad deal for Canada. For NPR News, I'm Dan Carpenchek in Toronto. The national deficit reached $40 trillion this week, driven in part by several major tax cuts over the past 40 years.
“And Pierce Ron Alving says Washington is now trying to explain how the debt has grown so large.”
It's been an issue back to the earliest days of the Republic, and it was a big issue to many Republicans after the Depression in World War II and Vietnam had pushed the debt out to are you ready? One trillion dollars. President Ronald Reagan treated that like the crack of doom back in 1980, but it's
only gotten worse since then, and very much worse lately, and now we're at $40 trillion, and everyone blamed someone else.
According to the committee for a responsible budget during President Trump's second term,
the deficit has risen by almost $4 trillion, 10% of the entire debt. The last time the budget was balanced was during President Bill Clinton's time in office. Nearly 33,000 residents in northwest Indiana are still without power, 11 days after a deadly storm moved through the region. As Barb Angriana reports, the storm front caused widespread damage to trees that knew
lawsuit alleges utility provider Northern Indiana Public Service Company failed to properly control. A newly filed class action lawsuit is alleging NIPSCO failed to manage vegetation as well as conduct adequate inspections of utility polls and power lines. In a statement, the utility says it strongly disagrees with the characterization of NIPSCO's
vegetation management practices. Portig Indiana resident Cynthia Sanchez is still without power following the storms. She says nearby power lines were knocked down by trees, and that she remembers NIPSCO offering to cut back trees on her property a few years ago. "And we did take them up on it, so they did cut down one of our trees, but there are
so many trees in the neighborhood right by the lines." NIPSCO estimates power to be restored in the portage area on Tuesday. For NPR News, I'm Barb Angriana in Indianapolis. And you're listening to NPR News. The government of the Central African Republic has officially closed a gold mine there after
a collapse earlier this week that killed more than 100 people, several other people were injured. A government official says the closure came because the mine was out of compliance with regulatory procedures. A search for more survivors has been slowed by lack of expertise and equipments.
Officials in Spain's North African Enclave of St. Utah began Barrials Friday for migrants who died when tens of thousands of people tried to cross the border from Morocco last month. As Michael Coloky reports, Barrials were held for 18 of the more than 90 people who died. Friday's barrials took place in the territory of Muslim cemetery, with officials indicating
that further barrials are planned for the coming days. Utah is one of Spain's two autonomous cities in Northern Morocco. According to Spanish officials, at least 72,000 migrants entered the territory last month. Many have since voluntarily returned to Morocco. Several of those who died trying to make the crossing either drowned or killed during a
stampede in a border checkpoint. Spanish authorities say they have identified only six of the dead. Attributing delays to difficulties faced by relatives of the deceased, in obtaining authorization to travel to Sota. To provide DNA samples for identification purposes for NPR News on Michael Coloky.
Serena Williams will be teaming with Carlos Alcaras when she returns to the U.S. Open. The two were given a wildcard bid to play mixed doubles.
It will be Williams's first time playing at the open since 2022.
She returned to professional tennis this summer, but she is not planning on playing singles at the open. I'm Dale Wilman, NPR News. Money is named for the first amendment, which protects the freedom of the press and your freedom to speak out.
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