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As the Beast’s former lead reporter on COVID-19, Olivia has top epidemiologists on speed dial and has tirelessly covered super-spreaders, hot spots, shaky reopenings, and how this insanity could eventually end. She previously covered crime, breaking news, and politics. She has one eye on Texas at all times.
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The ‘Shameful’ End of a Crucial Texas Muckraker
‘EGO-DRIVEN TANTRUM’It’s no exaggeration to say that without The Texas Observer, which will abruptly shut down this week, corruption will flourish in the Lone Star State.

She Only Has One Good Lung. She Can't Get the Vaccine.
HOLDING OUT HOPEAmericans with serious preconditions are stuck in the dark—and the panic is escalating.

The State Where ‘Connections’ Are King in Vaccine Hunt
Who Do You Know?The vaccine process has been a disaster nationally, but some rollouts have gone worse than others.

The Absurd Ways Desperate Old People Are Getting Vaccines
Warp Speed?Left to beg their younger relatives—or random strangers—for help, older Americans say the rollout is going even worse than you think.

CNN Reporter Breaks Down in Tears on Air Over COVID-19 Story
RELATABLE“I’m going to try to get through this,” she sobbed. “This is the tenth hospital that I have been in.”

Is the South African COVID-19 Mutation a Vaccine Killer?
Hang TightThe new variant is terrifying the British government. But is it really time to panic?

‘It’s Just Too Much’: Cops Raid Nashville Home After Bombing
NARROWING INA day after an RV blared a creepy warning and then detonated in downtown Nashville, investigators have reportedly narrowed in on a person of interest.

Two Boys Who Slept by Their Xmas Tree Killed in House Fire
REST IN PEACE“It’s unbelievable this is something to wake up to on Christmas,” their mom told a reporter after she was released from the hospital. “It’s just tragic.”

U.S. Took 46 Days to Make a COVID Test. Thailand Took Hours.
ANATOMY OF A FAILUREThe World Health Organization on Jan. 13 made public its recipe for a test to detect the coronavirus. Most countries deployed theirs in hours or days. It took us weeks.

Jon Ossoff Becomes Best-Funded Senate Candidate in History
GEORGIA ON MY MINDThe Democratic challenger has pulled in $106.7 million in his race against Georgia Sen. David Perdue, a Republican incumbent.
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