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Staff Writer @TIME @TIMEHistory @TIMECulture, covering all things History. Native New Yorker. olivia.waxman@time.com and @obwax on Bluesky

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Olivia B. Waxman’s Biography

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Olivia writes and reports for TIME.com. She graduated with honors from Columbia University's Graduate School of Journalism in May 2012. She has written for TIME, The Daily Meal, Talking Points Memo, and NY1 News.

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Hook Me Up: Are IV Clinics for You?

Hook Me Up: Are IV Clinics for You?

Chicago residents have a new way of curing a hangover or flu: getting an IV. Since its grand opening in the W…

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Polar Bear Plunges: Are They Good for Your Health?

Polar Bear Plunges: Are They Good for Your Health?

They’re popular events throughout the winter, but do they provide any health benefits?

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All You Need Is (Facebook) Love: 'Compliments' Accounts Go Viral at Colleges and Universities

All You Need Is (Facebook) Love: 'Compliments' Accounts Go Viral at Colleges and Universities

College can be stressful, so students are taking to Facebook to stress the positive.

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Can Influenza Sorbet Relieve Your Flu Symptoms?

Can Influenza Sorbet Relieve Your Flu Symptoms?

Forget chicken soup or hot tea. There is a new batch of home flu remedies - and they don't skimp on the alcoh…

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Massacre of the Innocents: Chilling Details About the Gunman in the Schoolhouse

Massacre of the Innocents: Chilling Details About the Gunman in the Schoolhouse

Barbara Sibley was being a good mom-but she did not know she would have to walk into hell to prove it.

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Why Restoring New York's Power Isn't Easy: The Trouble with Salt

Why Restoring New York's Power Isn't Easy: The Trouble with Salt

On a cold, dark Thursday night at 10:00 p.m., a blue and white Con Edison van is parked across the street fro…

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The True Story Behind Tony Original

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Before Anthony Bourdain was a famed chef with eight Emmys for his travel series Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown, he started out as a dishwasher in Cape Cod’s hippie enclave Provincetown in the mid-1970s. Tony, out in theaters Aug. 7, explores this period in Bourdain’s life, imagining how that kitchen job whet his palate for working in the restaurant industry.
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The True Story Behind Netflix's The Idaho Murders: College Nightmare Original

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In July 2025, a judge sentenced criminology graduate student Bryan Kohberger to life in prison after he pleaded guilty to stabbing four college students to death on Nov. 13, 2022, at a house near the University of Idaho’s Moscow, Id., campus. The students were Ethan Chapin, 20, Kaylee Goncalves, 21, Xana Kernodle, 20, and Madison Mogen, 21.
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A Toxic Love Story Retraces the Bizarre Case of a Former U.S. Marshal Who Framed His Ex for a Crime Original

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On June 1, 2016, Ian and Angela Diaz approached local authorities in Anaheim, Calif. to report a case of online harassment that seemed to have a clear culprit. For weeks, Angela had been receiving emails from the address “Lilith is Truth.” In some folklore stories, Lilith is a woman who ran away from Adam in the Garden of Eden to live a more independent life.
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Have you ever used a typewriter?

Yes, when I encounter them in antique stores.

Who's your favorite fictional journalist?

I have two: The Borowitz Report and The Onion.

What's the funniest news-related #hashtag you've seen?

There are a few: #PerryHistory, #McBookTitles, and #BuzzFeedBooks.