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Six Flags has temporarily closed nine rides across six parks following the death of a 42-year-old man on a roller coaster at Six Flags Over Georgia. Hassan Jihad Ibn Kariem, of Atlanta, died on Monday after falling from Goliath, a hypercoaster that reaches speeds of up to 70mph and stands 200ft high. Police said several other people were injured. A witness, Nick Mendenhall, said he had ridden Goliath with his teenage son just minutes before the incident. He described seeing the man “come straight up out of his seat”. “Everything felt like it was happening in slow motion,” Mr Mendenhall…

Parents Kim English and Philip, along with their sons Callum, 12, and Jayden, nine, died after their home was set alight while they slept. The deaths have left the community “shattered” following the house fire.

Applied Materials has unveiled a $5 billion semiconductor research facility in Sunnyvale, California, bringing together major chipmakers to develop processors and memory technology for the next generation of artificial intelligence systems. The EPIC centre, built over two years beside the company’s headquarters, is the largest US investment in advanced semiconductor equipment research and development, Applied Materials said. The 600,000 sq ft building is the most prominent structure in its surrounding Silicon Valley landscape. Intel, TSMC, Micron, SK Hynix and Samsung will have research teams working at the site alongside Applied Materials engineers. The companies will receive early access to new…

Indiana Democrat candidate Jaime West has delivered a heated anti-MAGA tirade at a forum for candidates standing for Fayette County Council, claiming she has received death threats before warning: “We have guns too.” West is running for the District 4 seat in Fayette County, Indiana. During the general election candidates’ forum, she was asked which policy she would support that might benefit the county but prove unpopular with voters. After considering the question, West said she wanted to “fire all MAGA Republicans”. She described them as racist and dumb, and said she did not like being around them. Her response…

Kamala Harris and JD Vance have emerged as the early front-runners for their parties’ 2028 presidential nominations, according to a new national poll conducted ahead of next month’s US midterm elections. Harris, the former vice-president and Democrats’ 2024 nominee, was backed by 32% of respondents who said they were considering voting in a Democratic primary. California governor Gavin Newsom was her nearest rival on 15%. Harris leads early Democratic field Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Pete Buttigieg each received 9%, while Georgia senator Jon Ossoff was chosen by 8%. Fourteen per cent of those questioned said they were unsure which Democrat they…

Police are investigating a series of alleged sexual offences against women on northern beaches walking trails, with five incidents reported around Narrabeen Lagoon within five days and a further assault reported earlier this month. Specialist detectives have formed Strike Force Mexvo to establish whether the incidents are connected or involved more than one offender. The first reported incident took place at about 3.55pm last Wednesday, when a woman walking along the Narrabeen Lagoon trail was allegedly sexually touched by a man riding an e-bike. He was described as slim, wearing a fluorescent yellow shirt and dark trousers, and left the…

An OpenAI employee has been arrested in California over allegations that he secretly planted a recording device in an executive conference room, the US Justice Department said. Abdulrahman Alfozan, 35, a Saudi national, was arrested on Friday and appeared initially in the US District Court for the Northern District of California on Tuesday. He is charged with attempting to use an electronic, mechanical or other device to intercept oral communications. Prosecutors allege that Mr Alfozan, who had worked as an engineer at OpenAI since July 2025, concealed the device in toilet paper before inserting it into a USB port on…

Father Anatoli Vihrov is involved in a dispute with tax accountant Shameam Burrows over ownership of a wedge of land between their homes in West Yorkshire. Ms Burrows, 45, is at the centre of the feud with the priest, which concerns who has the right to the contested strip of land.

Companies are preparing for sweeping workforce changes as spending on artificial intelligence is expected to exceed $730 billion this year, with some considering AI agents as part of their formal organisational structures. Amrita Ahuja, chief financial officer and chief operating officer at Block, said employees could increasingly be responsible for training and deploying those agents, as businesses seek to justify their investment in the technology. “Where things are headed—and I’ve already heard about a couple companies doing this, so we’re on the frontier—is you look at your work chart that your company publishes, and it will have not only units,…

Dolly Parton’s nephew has denied threatening people connected to Dollywood or the singer’s business partners, arguing in court documents that private text messages were taken out of context. Bryan Seaver said the messages were exchanged with Danny Nozell, Parton’s long-time manager, whom he described as one of his closest friends at the time. He said the pair had been venting about business frustrations following Parton’s death. Seaver acknowledged using harsh language, including references to destroying the Dollywood brand and pursuing its business partners. However, he said those comments referred to damaging reputations rather than physically harming anyone. He also rejected…