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
March 5, 2021 (Updated: March 8, 2021)
Some compared her to the last queen of France before the French Revolution.
Written by: Bethania Palma
March 5, 2021
Israel has undertaken an aggressive push to get its population vaccinated against COVID-19.
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March 4, 2021
Orange you glad they found him?
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March 4, 2021
It's common to mistake a vapor cone for a sonic boom.
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March 3, 2021
The actor and comedian allegedly made the remark during an interview on Marc Maron's podcast.
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March 2, 2021
U.S. President Joe Biden didn't mention the famed children's book author by name in his 2021 pro ...
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March 1, 2021
The idea is a sensational one, so of course it's captured attention. Whether it's a reality is a ...
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March 1, 2021
The video sermon about Pokemon could be seen as an example of satanic panic.
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Feb. 27, 2021
The word "cat" is a bit of a stretch.
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Feb. 26, 2021
The Twitter account for the popular cookie did weigh in on at least one political issue in late ...
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Feb. 26, 2021
During an appearance on Fox News, U.S. Sen. Mitch McConnell seemed to indicate he would support ...
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Feb. 25, 2021
Reports of the statement went viral in February 2021.
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Feb. 25, 2021
The earliest use of the term we found was from 2020.
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Feb. 24, 2021 (Updated: Feb. 26, 2021)
The posts are both out of date and out of context.
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Feb. 23, 2021
Woods pleaded guilty to reckless driving after being arrested in 2017.
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Feb. 23, 2021
The Jaws of Life is now in widespread use, but was originally invented to rescue race car drivers.
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Feb. 23, 2021 (Updated: Feb. 26, 2021)
A previous traffic collision had serious personal consequences for the golf champion.
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Feb. 19, 2021
Biden signed an executive order. Wild conspiracy theories ensued.
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Feb. 18, 2021
We should say former Texas mayor, since he resigned.
Written by: Bethania Palma
Feb. 18, 2021
In a sweeping ban of news in Australia, Facebook appears to have banned its own page.
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