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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Jan. 7, 2019
The news media are typically "silent" in cases where there's nothing to report.
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Jan. 4, 2019
New York City joins California, Oregon, Washington state, and New Jersey in providing residents ...
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Jan. 3, 2019
A D.C. lobbyist asserted without evidence that the young reporter's death was suspicious due to ...
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Jan. 3, 2019
Leading causes of death worldwide and abortion estimates -- two different measures?
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Dec. 20, 2018
A survey by a graphic-design company may not accurately represent the views of the public at large.
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Dec. 20, 2018
News spread on social media accused the Canadian prime minister of breaching Canadian sovereignty.
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Dec. 19, 2018 (Updated: Nov. 11, 2019)
Animal welfare activists and experts are deeply concerned about 90 belugas and 11 orcas that wer ...
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Dec. 18, 2018
"I keep trying to point out to people not to demonize any one group or any one ethnicity."
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Dec. 14, 2018
A small group of migrants awaiting their fate in Tijuana asked that they either be allowed into ...
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Dec. 11, 2018
Malaysian authorities told local reporters that a 16 year-old was electrocuted while charging hi ...
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Dec. 10, 2018
Let's hope this is an idea that doesn't catch on.
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Dec. 10, 2018
Representative-elect Ocasio-Cortez made the comment during a speech about environmentally sound ...
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Dec. 8, 2018
If you're looking for seasonal employment, this perennial holiday meme isn't for you.
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Dec. 7, 2018 (Updated: Dec. 4, 2020)
The social media platform briefly covered a religious image that has been online for years.
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Dec. 7, 2018
The principal of Manchester Elementary in Nebraska was put on leave as a result of the candy can ...
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Dec. 5, 2018
A comedy of errors led to the shooting of a hunting guide and his client, with the mishap being ...
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Dec. 5, 2018 (Updated: Dec. 6, 2018)
Voting to repeal Obamacare may or may not have doomed the re-election chances of many Republican ...
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Nov. 30, 2018
Many caravan migrants are dealing with assorted health complaints, but not these specific commun ...
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Nov. 29, 2018
Farrakhan was accused of leading the chant while speaking to students at Tehran University.
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Nov. 28, 2018
The classic 1983 holiday film about the adventures of Ralphie Parker famously contains a confron ...
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