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Editor’s Note: Call to Earth is a CNN editorial series committed to reporting on the environmental challenges facing our planet, together with the solutions. Rolex’s Perpetual Planet Initiative has partnered with CNN to drive awareness and education around key sustainability issues and to inspire positive action. CNN  —  The world’s smallest elephants are still big. Measuring around nine feet (2.7 meters) tall, Bornean elephants are the smallest subspecies of the Asian elephant, and are two feet (60 centimeters) shorter than their African counterparts. Found only on the island of Borneo, mostly in the Malaysian state of Sabah, there are fewer…

CNN  —  Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson on Thursday strongly criticized President Donald Trump — without naming him — for his attacks on judges, arguing that the rhetoric of the president and his allies threatens democracy, according to Politico. Politico reported that Jackson, speaking at a legal conference in Puerto Rico on Thursday, recognized that judges nationwide are facing “relentless attacks and disregard and disparagement.” “The attacks are not random. They seem designed to intimidate those of us who serve in this critical capacity,” Jackson said, according to Politico. “The threats and harassment are attacks on our democracy, on…

New York CNN  —  McDonald’s sales dropped in the beginning of the year, marking the second consecutive quarter of declines as customers pull back their spending amid economic uncertainty. In the United States, its largest market, same-store sales dropped 3.6% — the chain’s worst drop since 2020 during the height of the Covid pandemic when people were told to stay home. Net income for the first quarter was $1.87 billion, a decline from $1.93 billion compared to the same period a year ago. However, McDonald’s notes that since last year had a Leap Day, or an extra day to make…

Get inspired by a weekly roundup on living well, made simple. Sign up for CNN’s Life, But Better newsletter for information and tools designed to improve your well-being. CNN  —  Synthetic chemicals called phthalates, found in consumer products such as food storage containers, shampoo, makeup, perfume and children’s toys, may have contributed to more than 10% of all global mortality from heart disease in 2018 among men and women ages 55 through 64, a new study found. “Phthalates contribute to inflammation and systemic inflammation in the coronary arteries, which can accelerate existing disease and lead to acute events including mortality,” said…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! The Ryder Cup was supposed to be played at Bethpage Black last September, but the pandemic postponed it a year.But now, golf fans are finally in countdown mode until Team USA and Team Europe battle on Long Island.While golfers might not grow up necessarily wanting to win Ryder Cups (it’s the majors that really make up a legacy), the emotions come out every other September.CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COM Luke Donald, Captain of Team Europe, lifts the Ryder Cup trophy following victory with 16 and a half to 11…

CNN  —  The Trump administration’s tariffs on imported cars and auto parts will cost General Motors between $4 billion and $5 billion this year. But in an interview on CNN, CEO Mary Barra said the company doesn’t necessarily expect to pass those higher costs onto consumers in the form of elevated prices. “We believe …pricing is going to stay at about the same level as it is,” she told CNN’s Erin Burnett Thursday, although she added, “Pricing changes in our industry at least monthly, and sometimes more frequently. We’re going to respond to the market.” The company does expect the…

CNN  —  There is happiness, and then there is flourishing. And as new research has found, having one doesn’t always mean having the other, too. Flourishing indicates you’re living a good life, and it is more than individual happiness — it is evaluated from multiple dimensions, including health, financial security, meaning and relationships, according to the new report. Indonesia topped the rankings of countries where people flourish the most, followed by Mexico and the Philippines, according to the Global Flourishing Study, which published Wednesday. Many of the places that scored highest in terms of flourishing did not rank highly in…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! President Donald Trump stirred the hearts of the University of Alabama graduates when he reaffirmed his promise to “keep men out of women’s sports.”During a commencement speech at the university’s graduation ceremony on Thursday night, Trump gave a shutout to the school’s SEC champion women’s track and field team before igniting a raucous applause by “vowing to defend women’s sports.””As long as I’m president, we will always protect women’s sports. Men will not play in women’s sports,” Trump said before the crowd erupted in cheers for its loudest and longest applause of…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! President Donald Trump delivered the commencement address at the University of Alabama Thursday night and easily won the crowd over.Trump dominated the state in last year’s election, so he already had a home crowd advantage, but he earned bonus points by speaking highly of the school’s athletic programs.The president called the university a “special place … where legends are made.”CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COM President Donald Trump delivers commencement remarks at the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa, Ala., May 1, 2025. (Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images)”There’s something truly special…

A college springbreaker accused of torching two Tesla Cybertrucks in Missouri has been released from federal custody after his lawyer argued that remaining in jail would disrupt ongoing sex-change treatment. Owen McIntire, 19, was released and ordered into home detention at his parents’ Missouri home by a federal court in Massachusetts this week and ordered by a judge to answer to the charges against him on Thursday.McIntire was arrested in Massachusetts last month and faces federal charges in Missouri for allegedly using a homemade incendiary device to ignite the two electric vehicles on March 17. He faces charges of unlawful possession…