Uprising crushed

Uprising crushed

beirut

Syria used gunboats for the first time Sunday to crush the uprising against Bashar Assad’s regime, hammering parts of the Mediterranean coastal city of Latakia after thousands marched there over the weekend to demand the president’s ouster.

At least 25 people were killed, according to activists.

Hotel bomb kills 12

quetta, pakistan

A bomb attached to a timer ripped through a two-story hotel in Pakistan’s southwestern Baluchistan province Sunday, reducing the building to rubble and killing 12 people, police said.

The attack in the town of Dera Allah Yar also wounded 23 people, said Jawed Iqbal Gharshin, the police chief in surrounding Jafferabad district. Police have taken two people into custody, he said.

6 dead, 1 arrested

london

A man was arrested Sunday on suspicion of stabbing six people to death, including three children, on the British island of Jersey, police said.

Neighbors said the victims were members of the same family. The dead, all Jersey residents, were a man, two women and three children, police said.

The 30-year-old suspect, who was not identified, sustained unspecified injuries that were not life-threatening.

Autism risks for sibs

chicago

A new study suggests nearly one in five children with an autistic older sibling will develop the disorder, too — a rate much higher than previously thought.

Researchers followed 664 infants who had at least one older brother or sister with autism. Overall, 132 infants or about 19 percent ended up with an autism diagnosis, too, by their third birthdays. Previous smaller or less diverse studies reported a prevalence of between 3 percent and 14 percent.

The study was published online today in Pediatrics.

Bull fatally gores man

madrid

A killer bull has claimed another victim after fatally goring a 29-year-old man during festivities in Spain’s eastern Valencia region, an official said Sunday.

The man, whose name was not released, died at a hospital in the town of Xativa late Saturday, an official said. The official spoke on condition of anonymity in keeping with government rules and said an investigation into the goring had been opened.

The 1,100-pound bull — named “Raton,” which means mouse — has killed two other members of the public during festivals.

Gert gets stronger

hamilton, bermuda

People in Bermuda prepared for Tropical Storm Gert, which slowly strengthened Sunday over the Atlantic as it approached the wealthy British archipelago.

A tropical storm warning was is in effect for Bermuda. Gert is the seventh tropical storm of this year’s Atlantic hurricane season. The storm, which formed Sunday afternoon, could get stronger as it makes its way toward Bermuda.

Associated Press