The Daily Populous

State law allows local legislative bodies to appoint interim House members to fill the seats of expelled lawmakers until an election is held.

Justin Jones carries his name tag after he is expelled from the Tennessee House of Representatives Thursday.

Standing on the Tennessee House floor for the first time after being reinstated, Jones said, “I want to welcome the people back to the people’s House.”. »

On his day off, Vernon Jackson still goes to work, opening up his Cincinnati barber shop, Noble Barber and Beauty, for VIP clients: children with special needs.

Jackson said having an empty shop helps some children who are sensitive to new environments and sounds.

Vernon Jackson often shares videos on social media showing children with special needs coming to him for haircuts. »

The Dalai Lama has apologised to a young boy and his family after a video of the Tibetan spiritual leader kissing the child and asking him to "suck my tongue" went viral.

Key points: A statement released on the Dalai Lama's website says he "wishes to apologise to the boy and his family".

After kissing the boy the video shows the Dalai Lama asking him to "suck my tongue" and poking his tongue out at the boy. »

A leaked cache of top-secret U.S. documents suggests that Washington wiretapped Korea's Office of National Security.

The leaked documents involve U.S. assessments of the Russian invasion of Ukraine and arms supplies to Kiev, and some of them seem to contain information gathered by wiretapping Korea, Israel and other U.S. allies.

Some are pointing the finger at Russia for leaking the classified documents in an attempt to drive a rift between the U.S. and its allies. »