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End of Federal Oversight Plan for Minneapolis Police Draws Criticism Over Timing

The Trump administration announced the withdrawal of the plan just days before the fifth anniversary of George Floyd’s killing.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/21/us/minneapolis-floyd-police-consent-decree.html

What Could Happen As Federal Oversight of Police Departments Ends

The Justice Department ended efforts to push for reform in Minneapolis, Louisville and several other cities. But does federal involvement make a difference in policing?
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/21/us/federal-oversight-police-departments-effects.html

Inspector Let Recruits Who Failed Psychological Exam Join the N.Y.P.D.

Terrell Anderson, the former head of a unit charged with assessing candidates, has been transferred. He has been praised as an innovative officer.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/21/nyregion/nypd-inspector-transferred-psychological-test.html

Freddy Lim, Frontman of Chthonic, Is Taiwan�s New Envoy to Finland

Freddy Lim, the founder and lead singer of Chthonic, is well known in Finland, a heavy metal capital of the world.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/21/world/asia/taiwan-freddy-lim-envoy-finland.html

Craig Steinley, VP of Appraisal Institute, Voted Out After Harassment Claims

Calls for Craig Steinley to step down from the Appraisal Institute began immediately after The New York Times revealed claims of improper touching from multiple women.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/21/realestate/craig-steinley-real-estate-sexual-harassment.html

FEMA Has Canceled Its 4-Year Strategic Plan Ahead of Hurricane Season

Multiple FEMA employees tell WIRED that they did not know of another time when a strategic plan was rescinded without another in place.
https://www.wired.com/story/fema-cancel-strategic-plan/

Biodiversity loss demands urgent global action, says UN chief

UN Secretary-General António Guterres has called on countries to radically rethink their relationship with nature, warning that biodiversity loss is a global crisis no nation can ignore.
https://news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2025/05/1163561

Haiti: Displaced children face sexual violence risk

Armed violence and insecurity in Haiti have exposed already vulnerable children to sexual violence and exploitation, the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) warned on Wednesday.
https://news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2025/05/1163566

Four children dead in horrific� attack on school bus in Baluchistan: UNICEF

An “horrific” attack on a school bus in Pakistan’s Baluchistan Province on Wednesday which left six dead – including four children – has been condemned by the UN children’s agency.
https://news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2025/05/1163556

Champions for Change: World football teams up with UN development goals

Football unites fans worldwide – but on Wednesday it matched the sport’s global reach with the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). In the lead-up to World Football Day, marked on 25 May.
https://news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2025/05/1163551

UN alarmed after warning shots fired at foreign diplomats in the West Bank

The UN has called for an investigation following reports that Israeli forces opened fire on a diplomatic delegation near the Jenin camp in the occupied West Bank on Wednesday.
https://news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2025/05/1163546

Historic shifts offer Syria a path forward

After years of stalemate and suffering, Syria is beginning to see renewed international engagement.
https://news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2025/05/1163541

This Record-Setting Robot Can Solve a Rubik's Cube Faster Than You Can Blink

Designed by a group of undergraduate students at Purdue University, the robot completes the puzzle in 0.103 seconds
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/this-record-setting-robot-can-solve-a-rubiks-cube-faster-than-you-can-blink-180986669/

Morris, the Movie Star Alligator Who Appeared in 'Happy Gilmore,' Dies of Old Age

Based on his growth rate and tooth loss, the 640-pound gator was estimated to be at least 80. He starred in movies and TV shows between 1975 and 2006
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/morris-the-movie-star-alligator-who-appeared-in-happy-gilmore-dies-of-old-age-180986661/

Humpback Whales Can't See as Well as Scientists Thought, and It Might Explain Why They Keep Getting Tangled in Fishing Gear

Despite having big eyes, the whales can't make out details of objects more than a few body lengths away, according to a new study
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/humpback-whales-cant-see-as-well-as-scientists-thought-and-it-might-explain-why-they-keep-getting-tangled-in-fishing-gear-180986666/

The Enhanced Games Has a Date, a Host City, and a Drug-Fueled World Record

The Enhanced Games, where athletes are allowed to take performance-enhancing drugs, will host its first event in May. One “enhanced” former Olympic swimmer has already broken the 50-meter freestyle record.
https://www.wired.com/story/the-enhanced-games-has-a-date-a-host-city-and-a-drug-fuelled-world-record/