Subject: Afternoon Buzz: Shootings in D.C. claim four lives as homicide count surpasses last year’s total
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Date: Tue, 25 Sep 2018 20:08:03 +0000

Afternoon Buzz from The Washington Post

Washington has seen more than twice as much rain as Seattle and London this year; Ted Cruz and wife shouted out of D.C. restaurant over his support for Kavanaugh

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Shootings in D.C. claim four lives as homicide count surpasses last year’s total <https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/public-safety/shootings-in-district-claim-four-lives-as-the-homicide-count-surpasses-2017s-total/2018/09/25/fd9969fc-c0b6-11e8-be77-516336a26305_story.html?utm_term=.d5da466c66b5&wpisrc=nl_buzz&wpmm=1>

Ten people have been killed in the District since Sept. 21, police say.

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Washington has seen more than twice as much rain as Seattle and London this year <https://www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2018/09/25/washington-has-seen-more-than-twice-much-rain-seattle-london-this-year/?utm_term=.3a24f1f57666&wpisrc=nl_buzz&wpmm=1>

The rainfall here is also swamping totals in more tropical areas like Houston and New Orleans.

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The senator and his wife were ambushed inside an upscale Washington restaurant and left minutes later.

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