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5 min readLive from NPR News. I'm Dale Wilman. Fire crews in Colorado are continuing to work a blaze that's now consumed more than 74,000 acres. Officials say the Aspen Acres fire has destroyed more than 160 structures and forced the evacuation of thousands of residents. Custer County Sheriff Lloyd Smith says they're getting more equipment to help. The fire is one of about forty uncontained large fires, burning mostly in the Western U.S. this weekend. Among them is the Cottonwood fire in Utah, which is also threatening structures.
The Trump administration has elected not to extend a trade deal between the U.S., Canada, and Mexico, but there's still a decade to renegotiate. As in Pierre Kimelodominowski reports, the agreement is especially important to U.S. automakers. Treatment for qualifying goods made in North America. That's crucial for automakers because auto parts can cross borders multiple times in the production process. Every major automotive trade group has expressed support for preserving the trilateral nature of the agreement, calling The United Auto Workers Union, meanwhile, has called for major changes, including a continent wide wage floor, and without those changes, supports withdrawing from the deal. Camila Donas
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- 1 (00:04) **Colorado Wildfire Update** - The Aspen Acres fire has consumed over 74,000 acres, destroyed more than 160 structures, and forced thousands to evacuate
- 2 (00:38) **Trump Administration Lets USMCA Trade Deal Lapse** - The administration has elected not to extend the trilateral trade agreement between the U.S., Canada, and Mexico, though a decade remains for renegotiation
- 3 (01:31) **Iran Begins Funeral for Supreme Leader Killed in Israeli Strike** - Days-long ceremonies begin for Ayatollah Khamenei, killed in an Israeli air strike last February
- 4 (02:29) **Deadly Shooting at Dearborn, Michigan Mall** - A fight at a shopping mall led to a shooting, leaving two dead and one injured
- 5 (03:01) **Keiko Fujimori Declared Winner of Peru's Presidential Runoff** - The 51-year-old conservative politician, daughter of a disgraced former president, won on her fourth attempt
- 6 (03:19) **Hong Kong Bookseller Lam Wing Ki Dies at 70** - The former bookseller, seized by Chinese authorities in 2015, has died in Taiwan, according to Taiwan's official central news agency
- 7 (04:17) **Turkish Comedian Jailed for Insulting President** - Denis Gotus was ordered to jail on Friday for a stand-up routine in which he called the president a dictator
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