Riders became stuck on the Goliath roller coaster at Six Flags.

The headline does not identify which Six Flags location was involved.

It gives no details about how many riders were on the ride.

It does not say how long they were stuck.

The PCO urged voters to cast blank ballots in Brazil’s presidential runoff between Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and Flávio Bolsonaro.

The decision was approved on October 11 at the party’s national conference in São Paulo.

The move reverses the PCO’s support for Lula in 2022, though the party also backed him in several earlier elections.

The PCO says neither candidate represents working-class interests.

Russia says it arrested a Japanese journalist in the Sakhalin region on suspicion of spying.

The man worked for Japan’s Hokkaido Shimbun newspaper, but Russian officials have not named him.

Russia’s Federal Security Service alleges he gathered information about the country’s defense capabilities for a Japanese intelligence agency.

It says he was preparing to leave Russia when arrested, then was flown to Moscow and placed in custody.

Australia’s Reserve Bank has raised interest rates four times this year to slow spending and bring inflation back below 3%.

The increases have pushed rates to their highest level in 15 years and raised mortgage costs.

Household spending is still nearly 7% higher than a year ago, even as economic activity has slowed.

Some of the increase reflects higher prices for essentials, but Australians are also spending on electric cars and overseas travel.

Apple has introduced the HomePod Mini 2, its first small-speaker update since 2020.

The speaker has a new S10 chip, and Apple says a future software update will bring its latest Siri AI features.

With a compatible iPhone or iPad, Siri can use personal information to help with tasks such as finding a message or adding ingredients to a shopping list.

The speaker also adds Sound Glow, which matches its lights to album art, and can work as a Mac’s default speaker.

Marvin Harrison Jr. has officially joined the Houston Texans after passing his physical on Monday.

The 24-year-old wide receiver was traded from the Arizona Cardinals, who selected him fourth overall in the 2024 draft.

Houston sent Arizona a 2027 second-round pick and a seventh-round pick, and received Harrison and a 2027 sixth-round pick.

Harrison reunites with quarterback C.J. Stroud, his former teammate at Ohio State.

Actor Ahn Jae Hyun shared a sashimi picnic by Seoul’s Han River in a YouTube video posted on October 12.

He bought sashimi in Noryangjin and chatted with nearby fans, sharing food before sitting down to relax.

Asked about having time for leisure, he said he had debuted too early, then added that this might have been better.

Ahn began working as a model in 2009 and later moved into acting and variety shows.

The DEA has proposed emergency restrictions on four kratom-linked substances found in some concentrated products.

The proposal would place the substances in Schedule I, the federal category for drugs considered to have a high potential for abuse and no accepted medical use in the United States.

Kratom comes from a tree native to Southeast Asia and is sold in the United States in products such as powders, capsules and liquids.

It is marketed for pain relief and other uses, but as an herbal supplement it does not face the same safety testing rules as prescription medicines.