TIRUVANNAMALAI: Two teenage boys were electrocuted in Tiruvannamalai town on Monday night when they climbed on a transformer to erect a banner extending birthday greetings to their friend.

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with the car going over a concrete parking block and breaking through a rusty fence before flipping onto its roof on the patio below. Seattle Times reporter Caitlyn Freeman contributed to this report.

The town of Banner Elk has a vibrant live music scene available for residents and visitors this spring and summer. Sunday with Sam Fanthorpe at Kettell Beerworks Brewery (567 Main Street E) was ...

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Seattle councilmember Rob Saka introduced a resolution to completely cut ties with any commitments to defund the police. After the murder of unarmed Minneapolis resident George Floyd in 2020, the ...

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