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First there was self-checkout. Then Amazon’s cashier-free Go stores. Now there’s pay when you feel like it — we trust you.https://nyti.ms/2Oq5dPu 

For young sea turtles, ingesting just a little more than a dozen pieces of plastic in the ocean significantly increases their risk of deathhttps://nyti.ms/2N8YqNC 

At least 1 person was killed and more than 20 were injured in the explosions, which the governor of Massachusetts said were caused by gas leakshttps://nyti.ms/2OoULrS 

Jeffrey Klein of the Bronx, a renegade Democrat whose alliance with Republicans gave them control of the State Senate, lost his primaryhttps://nyti.ms/2Oltbvg 

Tracking Hurricane Florence: The storm’s path, damage and impacthttps://nyti.ms/2OhW3Vi 

To reveal the secret workings of a plant’s threat communication system scientists sent in munching caterpillars, they slashed leaves with scissors and they applied neurotransmitters that made mustard plants blaze with fluorescent lighthttps://nyti.ms/2Omj0XH 

Letitia James won the Democratic primary for attorney general, positioning her to become the first black woman in statewide elected officehttps://nyti.ms/2Nc4LIo 

The storm surge in the Carolinas could be deadly. But for inland towns, it’s the water that will fall afterward that could really bring disaster.https://nyti.ms/2OjU8Qc 

Hurricane Florence is bearing down on the Carolina coast, raising environmental concerns about Superfund sites, coal ash ponds and thousands of hog farms with lagoons full of wastehttps://nyti.ms/2N94B4g 

New York primary election live resultshttps://nyti.ms/2Na8SEF 

Gov. Andrew Cuomo defeated Cynthia Nixon, turning aside a challenge from the left that led to a bitterly contested New York primaryhttps://nyti.ms/2NbbXo0 

Evening Briefing: Here's what you need to know at the end of the dayhttps://nyti.ms/2OeE4iy 

First election results are coming in from the New York primary. Follow the vote here.https://nyti.ms/2OjV4Ef