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10 Things to Know for Tuesday

Arriving from Baghdad, federal police forces arrive to create a barricade to protect the Habaniyah military base near Ramadi, Iraq, in eastern Husaybah town, 8 kilometers (5 miles) east of Ramadi on Monday, May 18, 2015. Islamic State militants searched door-to-door for policemen and pro-government fighters and threw bodies in the Euphrates River in a bloody purge Monday after capturing the strategic city of Ramadi, their biggest victory since overrunning much of northern and western Iraq last year. (AP Photo)
Arriving from Baghdad, federal police forces arrive to create a barricade to protect the Habaniyah military base near Ramadi, Iraq, in eastern Husaybah town, 8 kilometers (5 miles) east of Ramadi on Monday, May 18, 2015. Islamic State militants searched door-to-door for policemen and pro-government fighters and threw bodies in the Euphrates River in a bloody purge Monday after capturing the strategic city of Ramadi, their biggest victory since overrunning much of northern and western Iraq last year. (AP Photo) Arriving from Baghdad, federal police forces arrive to create a barricade to protect the Habaniyah military base near Ramadi, Iraq, in eastern Husaybah town, 8 kilometers (5 miles) east of Ramadi on Monday, May 18, 2015. Islamic State militants searched door-to-door for policemen and pro-government fighters and threw bodies in the Euphrates River in a bloody purge Monday after capturing the strategic city of Ramadi, their biggest victory since overrunning much of northern and western Iraq last year. (AP Photo)

Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about Tuesday:

1. RAMADI ROUT PUTS US IRAQ STRATEGY UNDER SCRUTINY

The Islamic State group’s capture of the provincial capital calls into question the U.S. approach of rebuilding the Iraqi army – and bombing militant targets without committing American ground troops.

2. SOME 170 BIKER GANG MEMBERS FACE CHARGES IN TEXAS SHOOTOUT

The crowd of suspects in the deadly melee in Waco is so large that authorities open a convention center to hold them all.