Sad rituals play out in cities devastated by mass shootings, as nation wonders when epidemic of gun violence ends

Two cities are mourning their victims of gun violence by gunmen filled with rage and hate.

The heartbreaking ritual in El Paso, Texas and Dayton, Ohio — tearful vigils, stacks of flowers and candles at the sites of carnage, wrenching eulogies — has become sickeningly familiar as survivors wonder...