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 18, 2020 (Updated: March 19, 2020)
Scams involving the disaster relief organization are unfortunately not new.
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March 17, 2020
Criticism over the failure to conduct immediate, widespread coronavirus testing in the U.S. focu ...
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March 17, 2020
A viral video that claims breathing hot air from a hair dryer could cure COVID-19 demonstrates a ...
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March 16, 2020
A viral social media post claimed Italian doctors were not treating older patients with coronavi ...
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March 13, 2020
As of early March 2020, Italy had seen the worst COVID-19 outbreak outside Asia.
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March 12, 2020
Conrad Heyer played a role in the founding of the United States and in the history of early phot ...
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March 11, 2020
The blame game for coronavirus response is on, but some claims aren't always accurate.
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March 10, 2020 (Updated: June 14, 2024)
The 2020 Democratic presidential candidate's history with desegregation busing has haunted him o ...
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March 6, 2020
Video of a brazen crime in the Bay Area wasn't what some people on social media claimed it to be.
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March 4, 2020
Lobbing vague claims about likely events does not a prediction make.
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March 4, 2020
An old photo received new attention as U.S. Vice President Mike Pence took over the Trump admini ...
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March 3, 2020
For perspective, the United States has roughly 330 million residents.
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March 3, 2020
A conspiratorial meme about disease outbreaks got a number of key facts wrong.
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March 2, 2020
Trump's commentary on the new coronavirus came before the virus began killing patients in the U.S.
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Feb. 27, 2020
Questions about the status of the popular crime procedural circulated on social media.
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Feb. 27, 2020 (Updated: March 13, 2020)
As the new coronavirus spread in February 2020, so did concerns about the United States' readine ...
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Feb. 26, 2020 (Updated: March 13, 2020)
As a new coronavirus spread in 2020, so did concerns about the United States' preparedness for a ...
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Feb. 25, 2020
Trump's impeachment trial in the U.S. Senate was a source of controversy.
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Feb. 21, 2020 (Updated: Feb. 23, 2020)
A day after the announcement, the president tweeted, "BEST USA ECONOMY IN HISTORY!"
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Feb. 21, 2020 (Updated: Feb. 24, 2020)
A February 2020 protest raised questions about Bennett and her far-right group's history.
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