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It's notoriously hard to get new laws passed in the US and few believe the looming election reshaping Congress will solve that. Could the Swiss "people power" model help? The US political system seems designed to create gridlock. The two chambers of Congress are frequently controlled by different parties. The Senate has longstanding procedures that allow the minority party there to block most major legislation that doesn't have the support of at least 60 of the 100 senators. https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-63387905

3 minute readOctober 25, 20222:26 PM MSTLast Updated 8 min ago Adidas ends Ye deal over hate speech, costing rapper his billionaire status Gap, Balenciaga have also cut ties with Ye Oct 25 (Reuters) - Adidas AG (ADSGn.DE) terminated its partnership with rapper and fashion designer Ye on Tuesday after he made a series of antisemitic remarks, a move that knocked the musician off the Forbes list of the world's billionaires. Adidas put the tie-up, which has produced several hot-selling Yeezy branded sneakers, under review this month. "Adidas does not tolerate antisemitism and any other sort of hate speech," the German company said on Tuesday. https://www.reuters.com/business/adidas-plans-end-kanye-west-partnership-after-controversies-bloomberg-news-2022-10-25/

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A 16-year-old girl and a 61-year-old woman were killed by a gunman in a shooting at Central Visual and Performing Arts High School in St. Louis, Missouri, on Monday morning, according to authorities. The gunman "was quickly stopped by police," there was an exchange of gunfire and the suspect has also died, according to the St. Louis Public School District and St. Louis police. Seven other victims, ranging from 15 to 16 years old, were hospitalized with injuries including gunshot wounds, police said. https://abcnews.go.com/US/hurt-shooting-st-louis-high-school-suspect-custody/story?id=92003996

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Leslie Jordan, the beloved actor, writer, and singer, has died at the age of 67. TMZ reports that Jordan died Monday (October 24th) after suffering a medical emergency and crashing his car into the side of a building. A native of Chattanooga, Tennessee, Jordan was known for roles on television series including Hearts Afire, Will & Grace, and American Horror Story, as well as in the stage production and subsequent big-screen adaptation, Sordid Lives. https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/leslie-jordan-killed-car-crash-182319665.html

Fourth- and eighth-graders fell behind in reading and had the largest ever decline in math, according to a national educational assessment showing the devastating effect of the Covid-19 pandemic on America’s children. The alarming findings are based on the National Assessment of Educational Progress reading and math exams, often called the “Nation’s Report Card” and conducted by the National Center for Education Statistics, a branch of the Education Department. “If this is not a wake-up call for us to double down our efforts and improve education, even before it was – before the pandemic, then I don’t know what will,” US Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona told CNN’s Brianna Keilar during an appearance on “New Day” Monday. https://www.cnn.com/2022/10/24/us/student-test-scores-nations-report-card/index.html

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Rishi Sunak will be the first person of color to lead the UK Rishi Sunak will become the first Hindu and the first person of color to become Britain’s Prime Minister. At the age of 42, he is also the youngest person to take the office in more than 200 years. The result of Monday’s contest caps a spectacularly rapid rise to the pinnacle of British politics. https://www.cnn.com/uk/live-news/uk-prime-minister-announcement-monday-gbr-intl/index.html

Mordaunt withdrawal statement, in full Here is Penny Mordaunt's full statement: "Our Party is our membership. Whether we are elected representatives, activists, fundraisers or supporters. We all have a stake in who our leader is. "These are unprecedented times. Despite the compressed timetable for the leadership contest it is clear that colleagues feel we need certainty today. They have taken this decision in good faith for the good of the country. "Members should know that this proposition has been fairly and thoroughly tested by the agreed 1922 process. https://www.bbc.com/news/live/uk-politics-63327087

Police received a report on Sunday morning that the wreaths were removed from the memorial in Lower Square The vandalism of a war memorial in Kilkeel, County Down, is being treated as a hate crime by police. A number of poppy wreaths were removed from the memorial and were later found in a river and lying on a road. Police were alerted to the incident at the memorial in Lower Square on Sunday morning. https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-northern-ireland-63365647

A 25-year-old man has been charged with the racially aggravated assault of a leading American musician in a Welsh seaside town. Hefin Parker from Aberystwyth, Ceredigion, has also been charged with a second offence of assaulting Morris Pleasure, known as Mo, a former member of the band Earth, Wind and Fire. The offences are alleged to have taken place in Aberystwyth on 3 April. https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-wales-63357411

Boris Johnson is "clearly" still going to stand to be prime minister, after holding talks with his rival Rishi Sunak, one of his supporters has said. Business Secretary Jacob Rees-Mogg told the BBC the ex-PM had the 100 backers needed to be in the contest. However, just over half that number have publicly declared their support for Johnson, while former chancellor Mr Sunak has already passed the 100 mark. https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-63363420

Gallup, New Mexico CNN — Sadie Acevedo is living an endless cycle of grief. Her sister, Anthonette Cayedito, went missing from the family home in Gallup, New Mexico, one evening in 1986 and has not been seen since then. Acevedo believes Cayedito’s disappearance may have been tied to a relative. “I have a hole inside of my life because we don’t know where she is,” Acevedo told CNN. Cayedito is among the nearly 200 Native American and Indigenous people listed as missing in New Mexico and the Navajo Nation. https://www.cnn.com/2022/10/21/us/missing-native-americans-fbi-database-reaj/index.html

Hurricane Roslyn slammed into west-central Mexico on Sunday morning, “bringing damaging winds, a life-threatening storm surge and flooding rains,” forecasters said. Roslyn made landfall around 7:20 a.m. ET near Santa Cruz in northern Nayarit state. The major hurricane whipped maximum sustained winds of 120 mph, the Miami-based National Hurricane Center said. https://www.cnn.com/2022/10/23/weather/hurricane-roslyn-mexico-sunday/index.html

Hong Kong CNN — China’s former top leader, Hu Jintao, was unexpectedly led out of Saturday’s closing ceremony of the Communist Party Congress, in a moment of drama during what is typically a highly choreographed event. Hu, 79, was seated in a prominent position at the front table in the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, directly next to his successor, current leader Xi Jinping, when he was approached by a staff member, video of the meeting shows. While seated, Hu appeared to talk briefly with the male staff member, while China’s third most senior leader, Li Zhanshu, who was seated to his other side, had his hand on the chair behind Hu’s back. https://www.cnn.com/2022/10/22/china/china-party-congress-close-hu-jintao-intl-hnk/index.html

The Kremlin is threatening retaliatory action after authorities arrested Artyom Uss, the son of a top Russian official, at the United States’ request, for allegedly participating in a sanctions evasion and money laundering scheme. Uss, who was detained in Milan, was charged in relation to a scheme to unlawfully obtain U.S. military technology and sanctioned Venezuelan oil in order to support Russia’s war effort in Ukraine, according to charges unsealed by the U.S. Department of Justice this week. “We are categorically against this and we condemn the practice of these kinds of arrests of Russian citizens,” Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said. https://www.yahoo.com/news/russia-rages-son-putin-official-194129795.html

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