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."
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July 23, 2020
A case that was initially tallied among coronavirus deaths in 2020 caused some confusion.
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July 22, 2020
Nothing attracts curiosity like a lurid combination of Nazis and sex.
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July 22, 2020
After U.S. District Judge Esther Salas' son was killed in an attack on her home, observers zoome ...
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July 20, 2020
The controversy-prone artist has said a lot of things.
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July 16, 2020
A racially charged rumor involved an edited video featuring a Black singer.
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July 16, 2020
The president's social media post raised hackles among anti-corruption experts.
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July 16, 2020
"Pretty sure there's a movie about this and everybody dies," one observer said dryly.
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July 15, 2020 (Updated: July 16, 2020)
A crisis communication plan needed its own crisis communication plan.
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July 15, 2020
The President's eldest daughter and adviser lobbed a bomb in the Twitter war of words over Goya.
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July 15, 2020
A production partnership sparked some unfounded claims about the former NFL player.
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July 14, 2020
One proposed ordinance has been named the CAREN Act.
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July 14, 2020
A "copypasta" hoax circulating in early July 2020 caused anxiety.
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July 10, 2020 (Updated: July 20, 2020)
Vauhxx Booker said the attack happened when he and friends were trying to celebrate the Fourth o ...
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July 9, 2020
This long-used word has been the bane of many a pedant.
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July 9, 2020
A fake tweet fooled some.
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July 8, 2020
The Minnesota congresswoman is one of the first Muslim women to serve in Congress and is the fre ...
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July 7, 2020
Mukwege, a renowned gynecologist, did resign from his position with the task force responding to ...
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July 6, 2020
Safety guidelines for religious and cultural gatherings during the coronavirus pandemic got the ...
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July 6, 2020
The idea was floated to several media outlets by an unnamed source who claims to have knowledge ...
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July 2, 2020
The comment was made during testimony before a congressional committee.
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