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Cancer and the number of teenagers with the disease is rising. The thames riverboat in which 51 people lost their lives. 30 years on, tributes are paid to those killed in the marchioness disaster. The government has reiterated its insistence that there is no prospect of a brexit deal until the eu agrees to scrap the irish backstop from the current Withdrawal Agreement. The backstop is intended to prevent a hard border on the island of ireland. Speaking earlier this evening, the Prime Minister, whos due to meet european and World Leaders this week, said he would try to persuade brussels to rene...

Outside the rest the world. In some ways, this is not a new thing. People have been brining people up and writing histories years civil war since after the conflict ended. A combination of the sesquicentennial from new rethinkings on what 19thcentury globalization is, and our current context where americans are rethinking what it means to be part of a larger world in a postcold war era has generated a lot of rich scholarship in the last decade or so that situates the u. S. Civil war in a broader context. We are fortunate to have three young and excellent scholars who are going to help guide us...

The war. The discussion was part of a conference by gettysburg colleges civil war institute. Hello, and welcome to the second roundtable this afternoon. Teachian shane, and i civil war and early republic at ohio university. The subject of this panel is sort of asking us to step up and think from what the civil war might have looked like from 5000 feet. Were going to be internationalizing this conflict that we like to selfishly think is americas domestic civil war. We will be thinking about how some broader International Developments shaped the civil war, and hopefully get a sense of whats goin...

Highway 13. It looks like theyre either in the process still or havent quite gotten to that point. The work is scheduled to end at 5 00 today. About a tenminute delay as you approach the highway 13 split. If youre continuing to the maze, everything looking okay here at the bay bridge toll plaza. Car pool lanes are open. No sign of the metering lights yet. Want to take you to pleasant hill. New this morning, a pickup truck crashed into a restaurant there. The driver may have been under the influence. You can see the truck went right through some glass windows at the sweet tomatoes restaurant on...

Little break from work. For a chance back tomorrow theres a little rest and really get a break. As far as the heat goes because we sure enough of it yesterday morning, john, i know today another hot one guys. That is definitely going to be a warm next couple of afternoons. Weve got to wait for that break for a few more days from now. And this morning weve got a lot going on out there. Lets start with this view from mount tam looking down into the bay. Got some sunshine up above a little fog down below. But im also tracking a very isolated thunderstorm. We do have enough a remnant tropical mois...