Evening Edition: Cities grieve after two mass shootings leave 29 dead

Police identify 9 killed; 24-year-old gunman named; Mulvaney defends Trump in wake of rampages

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Cities grieve after two mass shootings leave 29 dead Officials in Texas have studied an anti-immigrant manifesto posted online as part of the case, while authorities in Ohio responded to another mass shooting hours later. By Robert Moore and Mark Berman · Read more Dayton, Ohio Police identify 9 killed; 24-year-old gunman named Police said the gunman used a .223-caliber high-capacity magazine and was fatally shot by officers. By Kevin Williams, Hannah Knowles and Peter Whoriskey · Read more   Mulvaney defends Trump in wake of rampages "This is not appropriate. This is way beyond the pale. These are sick people," the acting White House chief of staff said on ABC News's "This Week." By Felicia Sonmez and Paul Kane · Read more   Mexico plans legal action to protect Mexicans in U.S. Mexico will take actions under international law after 'barbaric' attack, the foreign minister said. By Mary Beth Sheridan · Read more   Iran says it has seized third foreign tanker in Persian Gulf The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps did not identify the ship, which it said was carrying roughly 185,000 gallons of smuggled diesel fuel. By Erin Cunningham · Read more   ADVERTISEMENT McConnell fractures shoulder in fall at Kentucky home Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R) was briefly hospitalized and will work from his home in Louisville, his office said in a statement. By Paul Kane · Read more   Hong Kong protesters paralyze a range of neighborhoods ahead of a planned general strike The protests, now in their ninth weekend, sent police on a chase through the city Sunday night and showed signs of intensifying ahead of a general strike on Monday. By Casey Quackenbush · Read more   A progressive Baptist church in Maryland will close its doors and give $1 million to nonprofits Twinbrook Baptist Church is among scores of congregations forced to shutter by dwindling membership. By Marisa Iati · Read more   Nuon Chea | 1926–2019 Khmer Rouge's infamous 'Brother Number Two' dies at 93 He was convicted of crimes against humanity for his role in atrocities committed under Pol Pot in Cambodia. By William Branigin · Read more   The lives lost in Dayton Nine people were killed in Dayton, Ohio, when a gunman opened fire early Sunday at a bar. Here are the stories of the victims. By Washington Post Staff · Read more   Perspective: Media's coverage of gun massacres must change "This is how we've always done it" does not rise to this ghastly American moment. By Margaret Sullivan · Read more   As world watches, some point at Trump's rhetoric There is growing alarm over a resurgence in white-supremacist ideology in the United States. By Ruby Mellen · Read more   Perspective: What perpetual war looks like in America Now tragedy at Walmart is part of the iconography of our domestic war zones. By Philip Kennicott · Read more   ADVERTISEMENT Recommended for you Get the Fact Checker newsletter Count the pinocchios: A weekly review of what's true, false or in-between in politics, from The Post's famous fact-checking team. Sign Up

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