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‘IT’S AN ARSENAL!’
Gun owners across the U.S. who leave their firearms unsecured in cars—and then don’t even bother to lock the doors—are aiding a wave of thefts this year.
Michael Daly is a special correspondent with The Daily Beast. He was previously a columnist with the New York Daily News and a staff writer with New York magazine. He was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize for commentary in 2002 and has received numerous awards. He is the author of Under Ground and The Book of Mychal. His third book, Topsy, was released in 2013.
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PRIORITIES
“They’re so quick to pay something like that, but they don’t value human life.”
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‘MY PREDICAMENT’
Del Bigtree desperately needed a transfusion. But first he had to track down the blood of a donor who hadn’t been vaccinated—and his doctor friend in Mexico was ready to oblige.
opinion
PAC-ING IT IN
Yang moved to Georgia to help the Dems win. Now he’s happy to take cash from two billionaires who helped the Republicans.
A WORLD AWAY
Stranded by pandemic restrictions, she couldn’t get back to her spouse’s deathbed, leaving her teen son to preside at the funeral.
opinion
‘SAFE RETURN’
Ashu Mahajan was told he must wait until 2022 to return to his wife and kids in the U.S. after flying to India to care for his dying dad. He’s finally back—but many more are not.
opinion
GRAY GARDENS VIBES
First the feds took it. Now the bank is foreclosing on it. And the guy who pushed through the mortgage is about to go on trial.
opinion
DO NO HARM
A protégé says Ayman Abu al-Ouf had no interest in politics—only his patients.
GUT-WRENCHING
“I have to choose between my daughter and my family,” Manveen Kaur Sethi said of the bureaucratic nonsense that kept her thousands of miles away from her dying mother.
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HER LAST RACE
Dolores Perri was a protégée of “natural living” guru Gary Null, who calls the COVID-19 vaccine a fraud. She didn’t get one—and died of the virus.
