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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Aug. 3, 2022
The image of the "Yellowstone" star sporting a white T with a political message on it went viral.
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Aug. 2, 2022
The painting has sparked debate since it first appeared online in 2020.
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Aug. 1, 2022
This item may have benefitted from a female focus group.
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July 28, 2022
"Apparently the White House is changing the definition of recession this week so we can pretend ...
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July 26, 2022
A photograph of Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin taken months before the Apollo 11 moon landing ha ...
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July 25, 2022
It's probably a red flag if a meme starts with the phrase "forget everything you know."
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July 22, 2022
The iridescent wings on the insect give it a surreal look.
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July 21, 2022
The movie made a major cultural impact when it was released in 1993, but some have spotted a sub ...
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July 20, 2022 (Updated: July 21, 2022)
Sharp-eyed viewers noticed that in one brief scene, Dorothy Gale's shoes weren't red.
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July 20, 2022
For decades, people have misconstrued the pivotal line of dialogue between Darth Vader and Luke ...
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July 19, 2022
The image has been widely viewed, but also mischaracterized.
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July 18, 2022 (Updated: July 19, 2022)
An image of an October 2021 post went viral in July 2022, as inflation continued to push prices up.
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July 14, 2022
Posts containing the awkwardly-worded quote attributed to the Russian president appear to be not ...
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July 13, 2022 (Updated: July 15, 2022)
Questions about the identity of the officer have polarized people online.
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July 12, 2022 (Updated: July 13, 2022)
Scarelore over fentanyl-laced dollar bills has swept the internet.
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July 11, 2022
"I have information that will lead to the arrest of Hillary Clinton," said a fake tweet attribut ...
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July 7, 2022
It appears Lesko mixed up wording in her speech in an unfortunate way on the U.S. House floor, w ...
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July 6, 2022
CERN has long been a favorite obsession for conspiracy theorists.
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July 5, 2022
Here's the legal status of abortion in all 50 states.
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July 5, 2022 (Updated: July 13, 2022)
The story went viral after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade.
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