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
Aug. 28, 2018 (Updated: Sept. 4, 2018)
Joel Arrona-Lara attracted widespread attention when his heavily-pregnant wife was left alone at ...
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Aug. 27, 2018
Various members of Tibbetts' family have weighed in, but none has spoken on behalf of the entire ...
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Aug. 27, 2018
Police say the comment was made, but by a civilian bystander and not by one of their officers.
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Aug. 27, 2018
The judge overseeing the case has expressed optimism on the ongoing reunification process.
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Aug. 24, 2018 (Updated: May 16, 2022)
A tweet by former U.S. President Donald Trump in 2018 invoked the "white genocide" conspiracy th ...
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Aug. 22, 2018
An example of how no meme can be so over-the-top ridiculous that it won't at least prompt some q ...
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Aug. 22, 2018
President Trump's long-time personal attorney deleted the tweet after pleading guilty to multipl ...
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Aug. 21, 2018 (Updated: Sept. 4, 2018)
After making a controversial arrest in San Bernardino, ICE said Joel Arrona-Lara was wanted in M ...
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Aug. 21, 2018
An activist organization mistakenly reported a Des Moines police officer's 2017 traffic arrests ...
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Aug. 15, 2018
Advocates for the disabled community largely oppose Brett Kavanaugh, President Trump's nominee f ...
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Aug. 15, 2018
Despite Internet outrage saying otherwise, New Mexico "compound" defendant Siraj Ibn Wahhaj has ...
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Aug. 14, 2018
An animator for the children's cartoon has been sentenced to prison for possessing child pornogr ...
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Aug. 14, 2018
The page infamous for spreading "crisis actor" conspiracy theories has been offline for as yet u ...
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Aug. 11, 2018
White supremacist rally-goers attempting to hold a Charlottesville anniversary event in D.C. wer ...
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Aug. 10, 2018
Although a photograph of handcuffed children is shared with the claim the youngsters were arrest ...
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Aug. 9, 2018
News accounts juxtaposed the grisly form of punishment with Saudi Arabia's umbrage over Canadian ...
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Aug. 8, 2018
The proposed change to "public charge" rules would assess members of "immigrant households" in d ...
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Aug. 6, 2018
A year-old Facebook post about a school dress code became a source of reanimated outrage in 2018.
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Aug. 4, 2018
A Kansas City news photographer said his account was suspended until he told a bank representati ...
Written by: Bethania Palma
Aug. 2, 2018 (Updated: Sept. 5, 2018)
Jeffrey Whitman told a local newspaper columnist he'd gone out of business after being caught on ...
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