The Daily Populous

The U.K.'s Brexit deal with the EU has been rejected by U.K. lawmakers in another landmark defeat for British Prime Minister Theresa May.

But her agreement was rejected by 149 votes after 242 MPs voted for the deal and 391 MPs voted against it.

This was a smaller defeat than when it was rejected the first time, but the margin still remained significant. »

A teenager in Japan has taken local authorities to court after her school told her to dye her hair black or face exclusion.

Her mother told teachers before she started attending Kaifukan high school that her daughter had been born with naturally brown hair and so was not breaking a school rule requiring all students to have black hair.

He did not say whether dyeing brown hair black was a breach of that rule. »

UPDATE: ‘It’s karma,’ says alleged victim of former N.J. priest found shot to death in Nevada.

A former New Jersey priest and teacher who was accused of groping young boys was found shot to death in his Nevada home over the weekend, authorities said.

New Jersey’s five Catholic dioceses released the names while under mounting pressure to identify clergy accused of sexual misconduct. »

Hopkins, a physician who has dedicated 37 years to fighting Guinea worm disease, was frustrated as he witnessed Rafia’s anguish that day.

In 2016 the three countries that still harbored Guinea worm disease—which has no vaccine and no modern medical treatment—reported just 25 cases.

Eradicating Guinea worm disease means driving the species to extinction; Guinea worm disease cannot survive without its hosts. »