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Are you the greatest musician the world has never heard? Unsigned artists, now's your opportunity to play the Tiny Desk. Enter the 2025 Tiny Desk Contest, our nationwide search for the next undiscovered star. The winner will play a Tiny Desk concert and a U.S. tour. To learn more, visit npr.org.tinydeskcontest. Live from NPR News, I'm Dale Willman. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says Canada will retaliate against tariffs being placed on Mexico, China and Canada by the Trump administration.

Dan Karpanchuk reports. Trudeau says Canada will target $155 billion of U.S. products with 25% tariffs of its own. $30 billion in goods will be affected as of Tuesday. The other $125 billion will come in 21 days to give Canadian companies time to prepare. In addition, some provinces are bringing in other measures such as barring US companies from procurement contracts and removing US-made wine and spirits from liquor store shelves. Trudeau spoke during a late Saturday news conference about a shared history and an economic partnership with the U.S., saying Canada does not want this conflict but will not shy away from it.

He said the coming days and weeks will be difficult, but he urged Canadians to buy Canadian products, vacation at home, and stand together. For NPR News, I'm Dan Karpenchuk in Toronto. CBS says it will give the unedited transcript of its 60 minutes interview last fall with then Vice President Kamala Harris to the FCC. As NPR's David Falkenflich reports, the news comes as talks are underway by CBS's parent company to settle a lawsuit filed by President Trump over its refusal to hand that same transcript over to his campaign. Trump had claimed CBS had edited the interview to make Harris look more coherent.

His lawsuit was filed in Texas under a deceptive trade practice claim. CBS has argued that's an intrusion into journalistic choices. Now, in a statement, CBS says it's legally required to comply with the demand from Trump's newly elevated FCC chairman, Brendan Carr. That said, broadcasters, including CBS, have challenged plenty of FCC edicts in court. Some CBS journalists are incensed. They consider the raw transcripts as part of their work product. But CBS is at a delicate moment. Its controlling owner is selling its parent company, a transaction the FCC gets to review. David Folkenflick, NPR News.

The Army has released the name of the third crewed member of the Blackhawk helicopter that slammed into an American Airlines flight in Washington D.C. this week. NPR's Tom Bowman has more. Captain Rebecca Lobach was 28 and from Durham, North Carolina. She was a distinguished military graduate from the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, commissioned in 2019 as an active duty aviation officer. She died along with fellow pilot Chief Warrant Officer Andrew Eaves and crew member Staff Sergeant Ryan O'Hara. Lobach's best friend, First Lieutenant Samantha Brown, an active duty field artillery soldier, described her as brilliant and dedicated, a fierce competitor. She would march 12 miles with a 45 pound pack at a pace faster than the standard

for infantry soldiers. Lohbach hoped to fly her a Blackhawk at some point in a combat deployment and dreamed of one day becoming a doctor. Tom Bowman, NPR News. And you're listening to NPR News. Costco and the Teamsters Union have reached a tentative deal on a new contract. Details of the agreement have not been made public yet. Costco has 617 stores in the U.S. and 219,000 employees. The company says the new deal only applies to workers at about 10% of those stores. The U.S. Copyright Office issued guidelines this week that clarify its stance on the copyright ability of artworks produced using Generative Artificial Intelligence. As NPR's Chloe Velpman reports, creative works still have to show a degree of human

agency in order to be registered. The question is, how much? For example, how much can an artist rely on issuing prompts to AI systems to produce, say, a song, poem or screenplay? Emily Chapuis is the Deputy General Counsel of the United States Copyright Office. Where prompts are the only human contribution, that's not enough for a copyrightable output. Chapuis says the new report is the result of many conversations with artists, tech companies and others since the Copyright Office released its initial AI guidelines in March of 2023. She adds her office makes determinations about copyrights on a case-by-case basis and that grey areas, especially when it comes to cases involving AI, are common.

Chloe Valtman, NPR News. Seb Straka has a one-stroke lead over Rory McElroy and Shane Lowry heading into the final round of the Pebble Beach Golf Pro-Am that's now underway in California. Straka had four birdies in the final five holes to finish the day with a 70. The tournament was hampered by a cold whipping wind and occasional rain. I'm Dale Willman, NPR News.