live updates - Government faces midnight shutdown deadline as Senate plans vote - The Senate plans to vote for a House-passed bill to keep the government open, but Democrats remain opposed ahead of a midnight deadline. Follow live updates here. updated 17M ago

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Entertainment - Asher Grodman on new season of "Ghosts" Asher Grodman, who plays Trevor on the hit CBS series "Ghosts," joins "CBS Mornings Plus" to talk about the new season and his role as the unforgettable pantless Wall Street bro. 1H ago - 05:52

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Kate McKinnon: From "SNL" to storytelling -- Kate McKinnon, the Emmy-winning "Saturday Night Live" alum, joins "CBS Mornings" to talk about her new book, "Secrets of the Purple Pearl," which is part of her series "The Millicent Quibb School of Etiquette for Young Ladies of Mad Science."

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Paige DeSorbo on new loungewear line -- Paige DeSorbo, former reality TV star and co-host of the "Giggly Squad" podcast, joins "CBS Mornings" to talk about her new loungewear brand "Daphne," a 100% cotton collection of tees, pants, and cardigans.

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Backlash over AI-generated actress -- Hollywood stars are raising concerns over an AI-generated actress known as Tilly Norwood. She was created by Eline Van der Velden, an actor who founded the world's first AI talent studio. Van der Velden said she's spoken with several talent agents vying to represent her AI character, drawing sharp criticism.

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Anticipation for Bad Bunny halftime show -- Some have expressed excitement after Bad Bunny was announced as the Super Bowl halftime performer, while others have criticized the pick. CBS News' Lilia Luciano reports.

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Science - Why crickets are as good as a thermometer - The chirping of crickets in your backyard can be a soothing seasonal sound, but did you know it's also an accurate way to tell the temperature - if you know the mathematical formula? Robert Krulwich and puppeteer Barnaby Dixon explain. Sep 28 - 04:55

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Million-year-old skull could rewrite human evolution timeline -- The findings have the potential to resolve the longstanding "Muddle in the Middle" of human evolution, researchers said.

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Sub discovers unexploded Nazi bombs teeming with marine life -- The study's author said "there is some irony" in the discovery that these "things that are meant to kill everything are now attracting so much life."

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Why humans love talking to pets -- Scientist and professor Justin Gregg joins "CBS Mornings" to discuss his new book, "Human-ish: What Talking to Your Cat or Naming Your Car Reveals About the Uniquely Human Need to Humanize." He explains why we talk to pets, name objects, and even connect with inflatable tube men - and what that reveals about human nature.

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Newly discovered dinosaur had a crocodile leg in its jaws -- The new find was possibly 23 feet long and hailed from a mysterious group of dinosaurs called megaraptorans.

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Flesh-eating bacteria kills 5th person this year in Louisiana -- Vibrio vulnificus is a bacteria that occurs in warm coastal waters and can be contracted through raw seafood or open wounds.

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Prehistoric insects trapped in amber give glimpse into ancient life -- Scientists have discovered prehistoric insects preserved in amber in South America for the first time.

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Wild chimps consume the equivalent of 2 cocktails a day, research finds -- A new study on chimpanzees in Uganda and C te d'Ivoire supports a theory that humans may have inherited a taste for alcohol from primate ancestors.

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Smoke-dried remains found in Asia may be world's oldest mummies -- Some ancient societies in Asia appear to have smoke-dried their dead, effectively mummifying them thousands of years earlier than their Egyptian counterparts, new research has found.

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The significance of Mars rover's latest discovery -- This week, NASA said scientists took the biggest step yet toward discovering whether there was ever life on Mars when a rock sample collected by the Mars rover Perseverance contained potential biosignatures, which could suggest ancient signs of life. Douglas Jerolmack, a professor of Earth and environmental science at the University of Pennsylvania, discusses the significance of the discovery.

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Pfizer to lower some drug prices as White House builds "TrumpRX" website -- The president has also said the U.S. will begin imposing 100% tariffs on patented pharmaceutical products if manufactured outside of the U.S.

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Coffee chain grapples with tariffs as java prices boil over -- "The last thing we want to do is just keep raising prices on our guests," Gregory's Coffee founder Gregory Zamfotis said. That might be easier said than done.

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ACA tax credits for 22 million are at the center of the shutdown drama -- With time running out to avert a government shutdown, millions of Americans who get health insurance under the Affordable Care Act could soon face sharply higher premiums.

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Trump, Hegseth rally troops at rare meeting, rail against "woke" standards -- Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth touted the new name, the Department of War, saying "the era of the Department of Defense is over."

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Senate Democrats press DOJ to end taxpayer reimbursements of Jan. 6 rioters -- A group of Democratic senators is asking the Justice Department to help prevent convicted U.S. Capitol rioters from being reimbursed by taxpayers for court-ordered fines.

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