Bethania Palma
Bethania Palma is a journalist from the Los Angeles area who started her career as a daily newspaper reporter and has covered everything from crime to local government to national politics. She has written for a variety of publications as a staffer and freelancer, including the Los Angeles News Group, the LAist, LA School Report, the OC Weekly and Raw Story. She earned a B.A. in political science from the University of California at Irvine and an M.A. in history from California State University at Northridge. When researching bizarre phenomena, she's holding out for the day when the conclusion will be, "Aliens did it."
Written by: Bethania Palma
May 24, 2022 (Updated: May 25, 2022)
We found no evidence supporting the claim Salvador Ramos, 18, was undocumented.
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May 24, 2022
A collection of dubious claims and debunked rumors in the wake of mass casualties.
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May 24, 2022
A widely-viewed screenshot prompted jokes about ordering one's own death certificate prematurely.
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May 23, 2022
A satirical headline apparently fooled some readers.
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May 23, 2022
Various Jif peanut butter products were recalled due to potential salmonel ...
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May 20, 2022
Video footage of the trial observer leaving, seemingly because of uncontrollable laughter, captu ...
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May 19, 2022 (Updated: May 20, 2022)
The rumor was spread via "copypasta," or text that has spread by internet ...
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May 19, 2022
There's no doubt that being left-handed brings some annoyances.
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May 17, 2022
Research presented by scientists in 2013 sparked years of fascination with the notion of preciou ...
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May 16, 2022 (Updated: May 18, 2022)
The picture has been online for years preceding Russia's 2022 invasion of Ukraine.
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May 12, 2022
The formation looks eerily like something that could have been made by human hands.
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May 11, 2022
We finally tracked down the origins of this mystery picture, which has confounded the internet d ...
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May 9, 2022
The incident followed a leaked draft decision showing the U.S. Supreme Court potentially overtur ...
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May 6, 2022
The statement attributed to Sen. Kevin Cramer, a North Dakota Republican, spread widely on socia ...
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May 5, 2022
We're not getting another Chelyabinsk, despite what some say.
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May 4, 2022
The video shows Finnish tanks being transported for a military exercise taking place amid Russia ...
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May 3, 2022
A spokesperson for the U.S. Department of State told us they "don't have anything to offer" on t ...
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May 2, 2022
For context, the head of the Russian space agency has threatened that the station could crash in ...
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April 29, 2022
At the heart of the brouhaha is Florida's new so-called "stop woke" law.
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April 26, 2022
There's no evidence that extraterrestrials created either.
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