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Headlines: Rainwater Is No Longer Safe to Drink; Burning Body Found Hanging in Tree in Griffith Park

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—Rainwater is no longer safe to drink ANYwhere on Earth, due to PFAs, say scientists. [EuroNews]

—Protests at a vote on homeless encampment bans at L.A. City Hall were greeted with the deployment of a riot squad yesterday, leading to one arrest. [Johnny Peltz/Twitter]

—"This is the data Facebook gave police to prosecute a teenager for abortion." [Vice]

—Carol Garnier, the chef/owner of L.A.'s Prepped With Love, defended her store from a man trying to steal food from her fridge... using a table. [Asians Taking Action]

—A burning body was found hanged in a tree in Griffith Park yesterday. [NBC]

—California ranks right in the middle in a list of states ranked best to worst for having a baby. [WalletHub]

—A thorough exploration of how people earn and spend money while in prison. [The Marshall Project]

—The man who attacked Tacos Lionel in Long Beach is confronted at home. [Edin Alex Enamorado/Instagram]

—An Irvine-based doctor claims to have video of his wife poisoning his lemonade with Drano. [CBS]

—A 26-year-old off-duty police officer from Bell Gardens was shot and killed in the parking lot of a Downey L.A. Fitness yesterday. [ABC]

—Record rainfall has inundated Seoul, Korea, with severe flooding, killing nine and damaging thousands of homes. [Al Jazeera]

—A Santa Monica landlord will have to pay a $65,000 settlement after being accused of harassing tenants and ignoring their requests to try and make them leave. [SMPD]

—A woman was killed in a Boyle Heights apartment fire. [KTLA]

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