Sunday's Headlines: Acoustic system offers fuller picture of nation’s gunfire

On policies, Cruz shifts his stance to suit a fractured GOP; Trump seeks to quell scrutiny over leaked comments about 'playing' a 'part'; Behind Japan's most salacious crime news: An American engineer; They laughed when Diddy launched a fashion line. Then he changed the industry.;   The morning's most important stories, selected by Post editors   Top Stories Acoustic system offers fuller picture of nation's gunfire The more common ways to measure gun violence count deaths and injuries, but those records fail to account for all the times when no one is hit. A more telling number might be "shots fired," which a system called ShotSpotter is tracking in municipalities from San Francisco to Washington. By Todd C. Frankel  •  Read more » On policies, Cruz shifts his stance to suit a fractured GOP To please all the party's factions — each with a different definition of "conservative" — the senator from Texas has veered to the right on immigration, the federal budget and the military, piling on new ideas, which sometimes don't fit with the old. By David A. Fahrenthold and Katie Zezima  •  Read more »   Trump seeks to quell scrutiny over leaked comments about 'playing' a 'part' Two days after comments by his chief strategist raised eyebrows among GOP critics, the candidate said, "What I say here, it's always got to be said in a different way. Depends on your audience." By Jose A. DelReal  •  Read more »   Behind Japan's most salacious crime news: An American engineer Gangsters, porn stars, gruesome deaths, crooked cops. The more sensational, the better for the man who created the Tokyo Reporter, which offers an image of Japan at odds with what the government and many in the media want to portray. By Anna Fifield  •  Read more »   They laughed when Diddy launched a fashion line. Then he changed the industry. Sean Combs wasn't just another celebrity looking to extend his brand with a piece of the garment trade. He saw the future and changed the face of fashion. By Robin Givhan  •  Read more »   ADVERTISEMENT   Opinions   What happens when a mass murderer is buried in a small town By Ann Neumann  •  Read more »   For flight attendants, passengers' racism is part of the job. By Gillian Brockell  •  Read more »   Why Harvard shouldn't push its all-male final clubs to go co-ed By Caitlin Flanagan  •  Read more »   Comments are making the Internet worse. So we got rid of them. By David Lat  •  Read more »   How Ford beat Reagan at the last contested GOP convention By Craig Shirley  •  Read more »   Five myths about Harriet Tubman By Kate Clifford Larson  •  Read more » ADVERTISEMENT   More News   Tracing the path of terrorists sent to Europe by the Islamic State They masqueraded as migrants but were sent by the militant group to join the Paris attacks. Two of the men were arrested in Austria. The two others would detonate suicide vests near the Stade de France sports complex. This is the story of their journey. By Anthony Faiola and Souad Mekhennet  •  Read more » In Trump's German ancestral home, angst — and irritation — over the U.S. election The Trump connection has brought a new brand of political tourist to a village whose inhabitants prefer it to be known as a mecca of fine wine and a sausage delicacy. By Frances Stead Sellers  •  Read more » Heavy-handed or heroes? Israel border police are on the front line. For Palestinians, they are a symbol of the occupation. But Israelis say they are brave defenders against violence. By Ruth Eglash  •  Read more » Solar-powered plane completes journey across Pacific Ocean Solar Impulse 2 landed in California shortly before midnight Saturday, completing a risky, three-day flight across the Pacific Ocean as part of its journey around the world. The Associated Press  •  Read more » Jon Jones shakes off 15 months of rust to win unanimous decision at UFC 197 Jones's lackluster victory over Ovince Saint Preux was overshadowed by Demetrious Johnson's explosive first-round TKO of Henry Cejudo. By Jeff Wagenheim  •  Read more » Sanders: I've lost primaries to Clinton because 'poor people don't vote' "That's a sad reality of American society," the Democratic hopeful said during a taping of a Sunday morning television show. By John Wagner and Anne Gearan  •  Read more » The first black president The first room in our virtual museum highlights the implications of, and your reactions to, the first black president. By Washington Post staff  •  Read more » Obama to Black Lives Matter activists: 'You can't just keep on yelling' Speaking at a town hall in London, he offered some unsolicited guidance to those pressing for change back home. By Greg Jaffe  •  Read more » The love that remains after Bill becomes Kate It was an operation he'd long ago dismissed as unattainable — but one his wife said he deserved to have. She'd traveled the arc of his life, supportive even after Bill's bombshell confession. By Amy Ellis Nutt  •  Read more » Several things a server shouldn’t say Readers rant about inopportune inquiries from restaurant staff, odd-numbered nibbles and more. By Tom Sietsema  •  Read more » How to make your own mudroom With a few purchases and some organizing know-how, you can bring order to chaos. 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