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One Cambodian voter defaced his or her ballot with a lively reference to a dog’s anatomy. Others ticked every single box, or crossed out the entire thing.https://nyti.ms/2KcsbHe 

There it was: Glowering red on the dashboard of the sky like an astrological warning light next to the full Blood Moon Friday. Mars.https://nyti.ms/2AtEn6z 

New Jersey, in a first-of-its-kind initiative, has set aside millions to pay for community journalism. "It’s one of the smartest investments that government can make to protect our democracy and our rights.”https://nyti.ms/2Kf5bar 

News of Laos Dam Failure Didn’t Reach Them, but the Water Didhttps://nyti.ms/2Klm4R2 

Florida has an algae problem, and it’s big. A toxic bloom in the waters off the state’s southwestern coast is killing wildlife and making some beaches noxious.https://nyti.ms/2LXqfaB 

His mother ran toward him, her heart racing. "I cried and hugged him — but he didn't even care. He stood there frozen," she recalled.https://nyti.ms/2AwqEw0 

An astrophysicist finds even more evidence for climate change on Earth — in outer spacehttps://nyti.ms/2AsPDAt 

Mueller Passes 3 Cases Focused on Illicit Foreign Lobbying to Prosecutors in New Yorkhttps://nyti.ms/2OudMt8 

"This is really frightening if this is the new normal," said an energy industry analyst in Norwayhttps://nyti.ms/2AtJHH7 

Nationals 25, Mets 4: Mets Endure Most Lopsided Defeat in Franchise Historyhttps://nyti.ms/2LTvJmz 

Aloha Poke Co., which sent cease-and-desist letters to restaurants with similar names, has apologized after being accused of cultural appropriationhttps://nyti.ms/2LR7ogZ 

The remains of a Tuskegee Airman whose plane went down in 1944 have been identified, ending his daughter's quest for answershttps://nyti.ms/2OwoD5K 

The small town of Blandford, Massachusetts, lost its entire police force when all 4 officers quit, saying their jobs had grown unsafe and untenablehttps://nyti.ms/2LRclX7 

A Florida sheriff defended his decision not to arrest a white shooting suspect who killed an unarmed black man. “I didn’t get it wrong,” the sheriff said.https://nyti.ms/2Kfhwvg 

It has been a bruising time for Billboard, involving allegations of editorial interference and inappropriate behavior for top executives. Now, the music trade publication is confronting its culture.https://nyti.ms/2OuU1BX