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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Sept. 19, 2019
Memes comparing Tanya McDowell to various school-related criminal cases surface frequently.
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Sept. 18, 2019
U.S. President Donald Trump has criticized California for its homeless population, but an allege ...
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Sept. 16, 2019
A spurious quote attributed to actor/comedian Tim Allen was shared by one of President Donald Tr ...
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Sept. 13, 2019
Attributing questionable quotes to U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is a preoccupation for som ...
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Sept. 12, 2019
Among other issues, a troubling headline about "beating baby hearts" resulted in accusations of ...
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Sept. 11, 2019
The South African comedian has always been vocal about his mixed-race heritage.
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Sept. 10, 2019
The answer had to do with confusion and miscommunication rather than new visa requirements.
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Sept. 9, 2019
Claims of rampant looting are a persistent type of racial hoax during disasters.
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Sept. 9, 2019
A frequent misconception centers on what the term "AR-15" literally means.
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Sept. 6, 2019
Like their name implies, brown recluse spiders seek dark, quiet places to hide.
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Sept. 5, 2019
The fate of a historic Texas cemetery remains to be seen.
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Sept. 4, 2019
A National Hurricane Center graphic purporting to show the storm's path and displayed at the Whi ...
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Sept. 4, 2019
Be careful about sharing images of tweets ... they may be fake.
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Aug. 30, 2019
Some key details of an incident that happened in 2011 were wrong, but the central aspects of the ...
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Aug. 28, 2019
The president may have inadvertently directed international attention to a settled legal matter.
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Aug. 27, 2019
Misinformation often continues to live online even after being retracted by its source.
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Aug. 27, 2019
Dr. Allen Frances did make the remark on CNN's "Reliable Sources" and later expounded on what he ...
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Aug. 23, 2019
Marijuana is typically smoked or consumed.
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Aug. 21, 2019
After a large influx of refugees in Sweden, anti-immigrant partisans promoted unfounded claims a ...
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Aug. 20, 2019
Trump was a guest at a wedding at his golf club in Bedminster, New Jersey.
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