Six Flags to add seat belts to roller coasters after Georgia man falls
Six Flags announced Friday it would add seat belts to the roller coaster from which a man was ejected and died earlier this month. In a press release, the theme park announced it was adding seat belts to the Goliaths at Six Flags Over Georgia near…
East Peoria developer under contract to buy Eastland Mall
The Bloomington City Council will consider several items to spur redevelopment of the Eastland Mall, as an East Peoria developer is under contract to purchase the property. The city announced in a news release Friday that East Peoria-based Cullinan…
Six Flags adds seat belts to some roller coasters after death
The Goliath ride opened in 2006 and features a 200-foot (60 m) rise, 170-foot plunge, 540-degree spiral and speeds of up to 70 mph (112 km/h), according to the park’s website. On its “thrill scale,” Six Flags ranks Goliath at level four out of…
Autumn Day Sale 2026: the best deals to buy
Wayfair’s annual Way Day sale is finally here, and it’s offering some of the retailer’s best deals on storage, organization, furniture, popular appliances and more, with discounts up to 84% off. Way Day is like Wayfair’s…
Gen Z treats the midterm elections like a market event. Baby boomers treat them like the weather
Gen Z investors are working to protect their portfolios from political uncertainty as the midterms approach, but their anxiety could end up costing them. According to a Nationwide Retirement Institute survey, 72% of Gen Z investors said they have already…
Rising Cocoa and Gas Prices Scare Some Early Halloween Candy Buyers
Halloween candy sales are off to a slow start this year as U.S. consumers grapple with high costs of living and eye-popping products. chocolate price. Halloween candy sales fell 6.7% in the month ending Oct. 17 compared to the same period last year,…
PHP’s collapse shows how AI makes bugs more exploitable
Welcome to Kernel panic, a weekly newsletter written by Lily Hay Newman and Matt Burgess about the new world of digital privacy and security. To receive this newsletter in your inbox every week, sign up here. As security teams and web administrators…
Banks are bracing for the aftermath of an unprecedented AI-driven disaster
Sign up to see the future, today Unmissable innovations at the cutting edge of science and technology Catastrophic talk about the coming AI apocalypse is no longer reserved for the outbursts of a few tech billionaires. Today, major U.S. banks whose…
The Royal Carribean cruise to the Bahamas went to Canada instead
It was a confusing cruise. More than 5,000 passengers expecting a week of fun in the sun in the Bahamas ended up heading to cold Canada after stormy weather forced their Royal Caribbean cruise to change course. The Oasis of the Seas left New Jersey on…
WATCH: 200-foot office tower imploded in seconds in metro Atlanta – WSB-TV Channel 2
CHAMBLEE, Ga. — A towering office building that stood for 45 years is nothing more than a pile of rubble after a planned implosion in Chamblee. (DOWNLOAD: Free WSB-TV News app for breaking news alerts) The 18-story glass tower on Century Boulevard…