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WACO, Texas (AP) — Nine people are dead and 18 injured after a lunchtime meeting of rival motorcycle gangs at a restaurant in Waco, Texas, deteriorated into a shooting. Police say at least five gangs were gathered at the Twin Peaks restaurant to discuss turf and recruitment when a fistfight escalated. Police says the nine killed were all members of biker gangs, as were the 18 people who were taken to hospitals with injuries that include stab and gunshot wounds.
BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraq's prime minister has ordered the country's military forces in Anbar province not to abandon their posts. The order came as the Islamic State group seized control of the provincial capital, Ramadi, prompting Iraqi troops to abandon their weapons and armored vehicles and flee. Local officials say IS militants have carried out mass killings of Iraqi security forces and civilians.
SANAA, Yemen (AP) — The Saudi-led coalition is again targeting Shiite rebels in Yemen with airstrikes. The attacks on the southern port city of Aden come after the expiration of a five-day truce, aimed at allowing humanitarian aid shipments to reach civilians who have been struggling with shortages of food, water and medicine. But the cease-fire failed to halt all fighting in Yemen, and the Shiite rebels, known as Houthis (HOO'-theez), have refused to participate in talks on Yemen's future.
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — The Federal Railroad Administration has given Amtrak clearance to resume full service Monday along the Northeast Corridor. Amtrak will have speed control measures in place on the northbound tracks in Philadelphia where a speeding train derailed Tuesday as it headed into a curve. The railroad administration says Amtrak also has analyzed "the most significant curves" along the corridor between Washington, D.C. and Boston in an effort to boost safety.
CAMARILLO, Calif. (AP) — Gasoline prices have jumped 22 cents in the past three weeks. The latest Lundberg survey puts the average price of a gallon of regular nationwide at $2.80. In a survey of cities in the Lower 48 states, Los Angeles had the highest-priced gasoline at $3.95 a gallon. Baton Rouge, Louisiana, had the lowest at $2.32. Industry analyst Trilby Lundberg says gasoline supplies are expected to increase and that should slow or stop the price hikes.
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