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
Jan. 21, 2020
Beware of jokes disguised in realistic-looking screenshots.
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Jan. 20, 2020
Solid evidence was hard to come by.
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Jan. 20, 2020
An executive order signed by the governor mentioned the need to prevent violence akin to what ha ...
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Jan. 17, 2020
U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi appeared to lump the beginning of the Mueller investigation in w ...
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Jan. 17, 2020
Advocates for intersex people said the medical community has failed to regulate itself on perfor ...
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Jan. 14, 2020
In the event of an emergency, you should definitely call emergency responders.
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Jan. 13, 2020
The Iranian major general assassinated by the U.S. in early 2020 joined the military in 1979.
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Jan. 13, 2020
Paltrow's lifestyle brand Goop has a track record of selling eccentric items.
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Jan. 10, 2020
Any legislator can write legislation, but that doesn't mean it will become law.
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Jan. 10, 2020
What appeared to be a typo was quickly deleted but archived.
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Jan. 9, 2020
Both Facebook and Teen Vogue were criticized for news-like content that initially carried no adv ...
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Jan. 8, 2020 (Updated: July 27, 2020)
The details of a settlement reached between student Nick Sandmann and CNN have not been made public.
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Jan. 7, 2020
Misinformation spread wildly as bushfires devastated Australia in late 2019 and early 2020.
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Jan. 6, 2020
The drone program has ratcheted up with each successive administration.
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Dec. 31, 2019
Context always matters — including location.
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Dec. 31, 2019 (Updated: Jan. 5, 2020)
Garrett's position definitely appeared to be in question in December 2019.
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Dec. 30, 2019
Some headlines don't quite deliver the story they say they do.
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Dec. 30, 2019
The first lady herself has stated in interviews that she is a polyglot.
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Dec. 26, 2019
Virginia state lawmakers did say they would enforce new laws around gun use.
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Dec. 23, 2019
Zebra stripes are cool ... question is whether they're THIS cool.
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