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Smuggler who used tunnel under U.S.-Mexico border pleads guilty -- Prosecutors said Mexican smuggler Luis Carlos Davalos-Lopez helped run an illicit operation that charged migrants as much as $30,000 to cross into the U.S.

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Trump to take Qatari Air Force One to Ireland, sources say -- The September trip will be the first time the new plane is flown overseas since Mr. Trump traveled to Turkey for a NATO summit.

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Live - Price of diesel in U.S. hits record as Vance downplays Iran war impact - Vance says gas prices could have been "much higher were it not for our efforts," as the Iran war pushes pump prices to expected Labor Day weekend records. 1H ago

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Indictment details alleged lies by ICE officer charged in Minneapolis shooting - The federal indictment against ICE officer Christian Castro has been unsealed, detailing charges accusing him of lying to investigators about a north Minneapolis shooting of a Venezuelan immigrant in January. updated 5M ago

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Clancy murder trial jury says it's deadlocked -- The jury in Lindsay Clancy's murder trial says it's deadlocked and will not be able to reach a verdict in the case. Plymouth Superior Court Judge William Sullivan said he will declare a mistrial but issued a one-hour stay. Tony Dokoupil anchored this CBS News special report.

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Live -- Lindsay Clancy murder trial judge declares mistrial but allows emergency delay -- A mistrial was declared in Lindsay Clancy's murder trial Friday, but the judge granted her attorney an emergency stay.

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Latest CBS News Videos - Clancy's lawyer files emergency appeal - Lindsay Clancy's attorney, Kevin Reddington, has filed an emergency appeal before the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts to prevent Plymouth Superior Court Judge William Sullivan from calling a mistrial. CBS News' Shanelle Kaul reports. 46M ago - 7:06

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The history behind Labor Day -- Labor Day, a federal holiday, dates back to 1894 and represents the achievements of American workers and the movement for safe and fair labor. Randy Korgan, secretary-treasurer of Teamsters Local 1932, comments on the history and future of American labor.

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Ig Nobel prizes go to scientists studying cockroach milk, nose-blowing, more -- Ten research teams were honored at a satirical science awards ceremony that was hosted outside the U.S. for the first time due to travel concerns. A study of cockroach milk was among the winners.

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Vote on the fattest marmot now -- Marmots, not bears, are the largest "true" hibernating mammal, UCLA marmot researchers Katie Adler and Emily Renkey say. The two share more fun facts about these cute creatures and explain how to vote for the fattest marmot.

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NASA plans to launch new space telescope -- NASA's new telescope could change the way we see space. With a wide-field camera that will reveal an area up to 200 times larger than the Hubble Space Telescope, and an orbit a million miles from Earth, the Nancy Grace Roman telescope is expected to find tens of thousands of unknown exoplanets.

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Invasive Joro spiders are "slowly spreading." Here's what to do if you see one. -- The Great Smoky Mountains National Park told visitors Tuesday that invasive Joro spiders "may be hanging in a web near you." -- Aug 20

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A summer of extremes: Weathering a hotter world -- July was the hottest month ever in the Lower 48 States - another escalation of our world into a hotter, more dangerous planet, where extreme weather events - such as heat waves, wildfires and hurricanes - will become more common and more extreme. -- Aug 16

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A summer of extremes: Weathering a hotter world -- July was the hottest month ever in the Lower 48 States, breaking a record last set during the Dust Bowl - just another step in the escalation of our world into a hotter, more dangerous planet. Correspondent Jonathan Vigliotti talks with climate journalist Jeff Goodell and atmospheric scientist Maria Molina about how changes in Earth's climate are increasing the likelihood that extreme weather events - such as heat waves, wildfires and hurricanes - will become more common and more extreme.

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Views of the total solar eclipse in Europe -- A total solar eclipse was visible in parts of Europe for the first time since 1912. Rob Marciano reports.

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Europe sees total solar eclipse -- A total solar eclipse turned day into night across a slice of Europe and North America on Wednesday, and put millions in unique contact with the heavens above. Meteorologist Rob Marciano reports from Spain.

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Astronomy professor on how eclipses work -- Janna Levin, professor of physics and astronomy at Barnard College, joins CBS News to discuss Wednesday's total solar eclipse.

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How a total solar eclipse stopped a war -- Columbia University astronomy professor Dr. Janna Levin joins CBS News to discuss Wednesday's total solar eclipse, saying it's a reminder that humans share this Earth together and "we're all part of something larger."

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Trump is sitting on a $400 million war chest. But how will he spend it? -- Securing American Greatness, a nonprofit with ties to Mr. Trump's super PAC, MAGA Inc., unveiled its first ads to air nationwide.

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Exclusive - Illinois senators blast FAA for holding air traffic controller raises "hostage" The Homeland Security and Further Additional Continuing Appropriations Act set aside​ $140 million to give controllers a 3.8% pay raise, but they have so far only received the 1% raise given to all government employees. 6H ago

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Is a far-right party on the precipice of power in a German state? -- AfD Saxony-Anhalt is a racist extremist group, according to the German state's intelligence agency. The party may well trounce its rivals in this weekend's state election.

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2 Nepal workers rescued from tunnel 9 days after floods; more voices heard -- Rescuers in Nepal pulled two workers alive from a hydropower tunnel as emergency teams continued efforts to reach others believed to be trapped and still alive inside, officials said.

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DOJ reviving dormant prize law to try to claim Iranian oil tankers -- The Justice Department is planning to try to use a legal regime last used during the Spanish-American War to speed up the seizure of ships and their cargo during the Iran conflict.

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Panel discusses Lindsay Clancy case -- The trial of Lindsay Clancy has sparked conversations about maternal mental health and postpartum psychosis nationwide. Psychiatrist Dr. Gail Saltz, USA Today columnist Nicole Russell, trial attendee Ashlyn Rizzo and postpartum psychosis survivor Kathryn Myers join "CBS Mornings" to discuss the case.

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Vance on Iran war -- Vice President JD Vance says he wouldn't call the conflict with Iran a war and provides more details on the latest tensions with Tehran. CBS News' Aaron MacLean has more.

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FDNY band played at funerals after 9/11 -- After 9/11, a band of New York City's bravest played at hundreds of memorial events and funerals to honor fallen brothers lost to the terror attacks.

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