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Tuesday, September 01, 2026 1:18 AM ET

CBS News - Science

2 dead, at least 1 missing after Grand Canyon hit by flash floods -- Violent flash floods hit the Grand Canyon's Bright Angel Canyon and Phantom Ranch area, causing "extensive damage" to the park's water infrastructure.

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Army Secretary Dan Driscoll resigning after friction with Hegseth -- Army Secretary Dan Driscoll is resigning, the White House confirmed.

5 hours ago

Guilty verdict in 1996 murder of Tupac Shakur -- Duane "Keffe D" Davis, 63, was charged with murder with a deadly weapon with the intent to promote, further or assist a criminal gang in Shakur's death.

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Live - Trump says more coming as U.S., Iran trade strikes for first time in weeks - President Trump says the U.S. will hit Iran hard after it targeted American bases, which Tehran said was in retaliation for U.S. attacks in the Strait of Hormuz. 7H ago

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Supreme Court continues to allow construction of Trump's White House ballroom -- The Supreme Court divided 5-4 in allowing construction of the new White House ballroom to continue.

7 hours ago

Trump inks deal with 9 pharmaceutical companies to lower drug costs -- The White House said the agreements will reduce costs to treat Parkinson's disease, macular degeneration, glaucoma, liver disease and other illnesses.

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Tropical Storm Edouard threatens Louisiana, Texas coasts -- The National Hurricane Center issued a tropical storm warning for parts of the Gulf Coast of Texas and Louisiana ahead of Tropical Storm Edouard.

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John Galliano's Met Gala exhibit canceled amid backlash -- The Met's decision to highlight the work by designer John Galliano sparked widespread controversy due to his history of antisemitic and racist comments.

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Will Trump's Venezuela oil deal ease U.S. gas prices? -- The deal involves developing 17 strategic oil fields in Venezuela, an undertaking that experts said could take years.

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Science - 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. Aug 28 - 5:09

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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."

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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.

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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.

14 days ago

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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New space object called "black hole star" discovered by astronomers -- The newly discovered object looks like a star the size of our solar system, but produces 100 billion times more energy than any star.

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