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.

President Prabowo Subianto chaired a meeting on Indonesia’s continuing forest and land fires on October 12.

About 639 hectares across six provinces remain under suppression: West, Central and South Kalimantan, South Sumatra, Riau and Jambi.

The government is concentrating efforts in Central Kalimantan and South Sumatra, with more than 60,177 joint personnel involved in ground operations.

Water bombing from the air and weather-modification operations are also being used, and officials say daily suppression success averages more than 80% of the area newly burned.

Ethiopian forces have advanced into towns in Tigray as they push back fighters from the Tigray People’s Liberation Front, or TPLF.

The towns include Adwa, near Eritrea, and Zalambessa, on the Ethiopian side of the border.

Residents said TPLF forces had left Adwa, while people in contact with Zalambessa residents said government troops had reached that town; control there was not fully confirmed.

The fighting began in late September when the TPLF launched an offensive, reviving a conflict that killed hundreds of thousands between 2020 and 2022.

The United States is due to announce the 2027 Social Security cost-of-living adjustment on Wednesday, Oct.

14, after September inflation data is released.

The adjustment, known as COLA, changes Social Security and Supplemental Security Income payments to help recipients keep up with rising prices.

Forecasts put the increase at 3.5% or 3.6%, though the official figure has not yet been announced.

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.