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.

Elon Musk has given at least $276 million to Republican groups since July for the 2026 U.S. midterm elections.

His known political giving for the election cycle, which began in January 2025, is about $366 million.

The largest share, $158 million, went to a group backing Republican Senate candidates, while $20 million went to a group supporting House Republicans and $76 million to Musk’s America PAC.

America PAC is working to turn out voters in competitive races, and other donations support Republican candidates and organizations.

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.

The IMF raised its forecast for Italy’s 2026 growth in its World Economic Outlook, presented in Bangkok.

It now expects the economy to grow by 0.8%, up from 0.5% in its July forecast.

For 2027, the IMF raised its growth estimate from 0.5% to 0.6%.

Italy’s economy grew by 0.5% in 2025, so the new forecasts point to continued modest growth.

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.

Saud Abdulhamid started for Lens against Sporting Lisbon in the Champions League on Tuesday.

The 27-year-old right-back became the first Saudi player to appear in the competition.

Lens is a French club, while Sporting Lisbon is from Portugal.

Abdulhamid joined Lens from Roma in 2025 and had made 33 appearances for the club in all competitions, scoring four goals and assisting eight.

Carmelo Hayes returned on WWE Raw on October 12, ending an absence from television that began in August.

He joined 946 during its fight with The Bloodline, which includes Solo Sikoa and Jimmy and Jey Uso.

The main event began as a match between the groups but turned into a brawl around the arena in Bossier City, Louisiana.

Hayes struck Sikoa with a crowbar just as Sikoa appeared ready to finish Royce Keys.

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.