Your Friday Evening Briefing

Aretha Franklin, Nafta, U.S. Open | View in [Browser]( | Add nytdirect@nytimes.com to your address book. [The New York Times]( [The New York Times]( Friday, August 31, 2018 [NYTimes.com »]( [Your Friday Evening Briefing]( By JOUMANA KHATIB AND VIRGINIA LOZANO Good evening. Here’s the latest. Eric Baradat/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images 1. A sigh of relief for Nafta. The White House indicated it wanted to [include Canada in the pact]( capping a day of tense talks between U.S. and Canadian negotiators. Above, Chrystia Freeland, Canada’s foreign affairs minister. Earlier in the day, as representatives struggled to come to an agreement on several points and President Trump continuing to disparage Canada and its trade practices, there were fears that the last-ditch talks to salvage the trade agreement could falter. The U.S. had threatened to move ahead with a bilateral trade pact with just Mexico if an agreement between the three countries could not be reached by Friday. The talks will resume next week. _____ Win Mcnamee/Getty Images North America 2. A lobbyist linked to Paul Manafort admitted to helping Russian and Ukrainian businessmen [illegally buy tickets to President Trump’s inauguration](. The lobbyist, Sam Patten, pleaded guilty to failing to register as a foreign agent, and agreed to cooperate with prosecutors as part of his agreement. He could provide insight into a range of activity and individuals relevant to the special counsel investigation, as well as possible connections between Mr. Trump, his associates and Russia. _____ Laura McDermott for The New York Times 3. A homegoing for Aretha Franklin. Thousands gathered at Greater Grace Temple, a Baptist church in Detroit, to [remember the Queen of Soul]( including Bill Clinton, Stevie Wonder, Smokey Robinson and the Rev. Jesse L. Jackson. Outside, more than 100 pink Cadillacs lined up as part of the funeral procession. During the five-hour service, Mr. Clinton described himself as a “groupie.” And as Mr. Sharpton put it: “We don’t all agree on everything, but we agree on Aretha.” _____ Erin Schaff for The New York Times 4. Meanwhile, in Washington, members of Congress [gathered at the Capitol to remember John McCain](. Mr. McCain did not want President Trump to attend his remembrances, and Vice President Mike Pence came as an emissary of the White House. “We respect his service to the country,” Mr. Pence said. The services for Mr. McCain will continue over the weekend. _____ Climate Impact Lab/The New York Times 5. No, you’re (probably) not imagining things: Your hometown may be getting hotter. As the world warms because of human-induced climate change, most of us can expect to see more days when temperatures hit 90 degrees Fahrenheit (32 degrees Celsius) or higher. Some parts of the globe — especially already hot tropical cities like Jakarta and New Delhi — could see even more heat in the future. But it’s all about adaptation, experts say. So if you’re one of the 40 percent of households in Montreal without air conditioning, you may need to rethink things soon. [Try out our tool]( to predict how your town is expected to fare. _____ Facundo Arrizabalaga/EPA, via Shutterstock 6. Consumers are spurning sugary drinks, but Coca-Cola is trying to lure them with something different: coffee. The American beverage titan said Friday that it [planned to buy Costa]( one of the world’s biggest coffee chains, for 3.9 billion pounds, or $5.1 billion, in cash. It would be Coke’s biggest acquisition of a brand, and comes after five years of falling sales. _____ Karsten Moran for The New York Times 7. “Unfortunately and fortunately we have to play each other.” [Serena and Venus Williams will face off]( tonight at the U.S. Open — their 30th time squaring off in over 20 years. The last time they played one another, in 2017, Serena prevailed despite being two months pregnant, with Venus one of the select few aware of the circumstances. “It was two against one,” Venus recalled. “At least this time it will be fair.” Theirs is the headline match this evening, so be sure to check back for [live updates and results](. _____ Drew Angerer/Getty Images 8. The Village Voice, the storied alternative weekly that helped define a new generation of publications, [will close](. Its death comes as something as of anticlimax. The paper’s owner, Peter Barbey, shuttered its print edition last year, and its top editor, who left in May, was never replaced. “This is a sad day for The Village Voice and for millions of readers,” Mr. Barbey wrote in a statement. “As the first modern alternative newspaper, it literally defined a new genre of publishing.” _____ Dmitry Kostyukov for The New York Times 9. “Spring forward, fall back” no more — at least in the E.U. The bloc’s leaders indicated they would [drop a rule requiring member states to abide by daylight saving time]( leaving it to countries to decide for themselves whether to change clocks. Millions of Europeans who responded to a survey were overwhelmingly in favor of abolishing it, and the bloc had been pressured to scrap the rule by places like Finland, Poland and the Baltic States. _____  10. Finally, your briefing writers are observing the holiday weekend, so there won’t be a Weekend Briefing on Sunday or Morning Briefing on Monday. But we have you covered. Try your hand at this week’s [news quiz]( or find suggestions on what to read, watch and listen to from the [Book Review]( [Watching]( or our music critics’ [latest playlist.]( Have a great weekend, and we’ll see you Tuesday. _____ Your Evening Briefing is posted at 6 p.m. Eastern. And don’t miss Your Morning Briefing. [Sign up here]( to get it by email in the Australian, Asian, European or American morning. 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