About 170 motorcycle gang members charged with engaging in organised crime are each being held on a million-dollar bond (€883,000) in the wake of a deadly shootout in Texas, and authorities say capital murder charges are expected.

A Texas city was under near-lockdown today after a shoot-out between rival motorcycle gangs at a restaurant left nine bikers dead.

A criminal investigation has been launched into the massive Texas fertiliser plant explosion that killed 14 people, after weeks of largely treating the blast as an industrial accident.

A Texas woman lied about having breast cancer and spent $10,000 (€6,704) raised at a benefit to have her breasts enlarged, according to authorities in the US.

President George Bush could get a new title: juror No. 286.