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    James Staley, who was a top private banker at JPMorgan and the main advocate of Jeffrey Epstein as a client, left the bank in January 2013. The lender cut ties with Mr. Epstein later that year.
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    JPMorgan Tries to Deflect Blame for Long Relationship With Jeffrey Epstein

    Depositions from the bank’s chief executive, Jamie Dimon, and another top executive paint a picture of leaders who rarely communicated about Mr. Epstein.

     By Matthew Goldstein

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    Executives from three of the leading A.I. companies, including Sam Altman, chief executive of OpenAI, have signed an open letter warning of the risks of artificial intelligence.
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    A.I. Poses ‘Risk of Extinction,’ Industry Leaders Warn

    Leaders from OpenAI, Google DeepMind, Anthropic and other A.I. labs warn that future systems could be as deadly as pandemics and nuclear weapons.

     By Kevin Roose

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    Regulators said Amazon had violated the federal children’s online privacy protection law by keeping children’s Alexa voice recordings indefinitely.
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    Amazon to Pay $25 Million to Settle Children’s Privacy Charges

    Regulators said the tech giant kept children’s Alexa voice recordings “forever,” violating a children’s privacy law.

     By Natasha Singer

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    Customers exchanging 2,000-rupee notes at a bank in New Delhi last week.
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    India Is Scrapping Its Largest Bill. The Race Is On to Spend It.

    The move to retire 2,000-rupee notes, worth $24, has triggered bad memories of a similar campaign in 2016. It has also left some businesses short of change.

     By Sameer Yasir and Mike Ives

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    A memorial at the intersection where a 7-year-old child was killed in Albuquerque last year.
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    U.S. Proposes Requiring New Cars to Have Automatic Braking Systems

    The Transportation Department wants new cars to automatically stop when they detect an accident is likely.

     By Neal E. Boudette

  1. This Nonprofit Health System Cuts Off Patients With Medical Debt

    Doctors at the Allina Health System, a wealthy nonprofit in the Midwest, aren’t allowed to see poor patients or children with too many unpaid medical bills.

    By Sarah Kliff and Jessica Silver-Greenberg

     

  2. Billy Joel Will End Madison Square Garden Residency in 2024

    The singer-songwriter, one of New York’s most beloved musicians, will conclude his monthly gig at the Manhattan arena after his 150th career concert there.

    By Ben Sisario

     
  3. DealBook Newsletter

    Investors Exhale as Debt Limit Deal Clears a Big Hurdle

    Global markets edged higher as the prospect of the United States defaulting on its debt grows more remote.

    By Andrew Ross Sorkin, Ravi Mattu, Bernhard Warner, Sarah Kessler, Michael J. de la Merced, Lauren Hirsch and Ephrat Livni

     

  4. ‘We Have No Days Off’: The Nonstop Work of Ukrainian Air Defenses

    Russian air attacks on Kyiv have come in relentless waves. Yet very little has penetrated the patched-together but increasingly sophisticated air defense network. Here’s why.

    By Marc Santora

     

  5. Eurozone Inflation Slides to Lowest in More Than a Year

    The rate of price increases slowed to an annual rate of 6.1 percent in May, but food costs continued to keep inflation uncomfortably high.

    By Liz Alderman

     
  6. Q. and A.

    Iceland Is a Magnet for Tourists. Its First Lady Has Some Advice for Them.

    Eliza Reid, a former U.N. tourism ambassador and the wife of President Gudni Johannesson, welcomes her country’s many visitors, and has a few suggestions on safety, respect and how to meet locals.

    By Paige McClanahan

     
  7. Scratch

    What Belongs in Your Survival Kit, From 8 People Who Know Something About Disasters

    Instant coffee, a stash of singles, a good rapport with your neighbors and … Pringles. Here’s what you really need to prepare for extreme weather events and other disasters.

    By Julia Rothman and Shaina Feinberg

     

  8. An Appeals Court Gave the Sacklers Legal Immunity. Here’s What the Ruling Means.

    In return for the shield, the billionaire owners of Purdue Pharma are committed to paying up to $6 billion to help compensate communities and individuals for the ravages of the opioid epidemic.

    By Jan Hoffman

     

  9. Why Chick-fil-A Is Drawing Fire Over a ‘Culture of Belonging’

    The fast-food chain, once a darling of conservatives, has joined other corporations in pursuing diversity, equity and inclusion policies, prompting some on the right to accuse it of going “woke.”

    By Jesus Jiménez

     

  10. F.D.A. Approves Pfizer’s R.S.V. Vaccine for Older Adults

    Though agency advisers had some safety concerns, the Pfizer shot is expected to be available before the winter R.S.V. season.

    By Christina Jewett