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Jordan's air defenses have shot down five missiles launched from Iran. This happened Thursday morning, according to the state-run Petra news agency.

A man who gave his son the gun used in a deadly school shooting in Georgia is set to be sentenced Thursday.

David Cifaldi was approaching the top of Montana's highest peak with two friends when their hiking adventure took a dangerous turn: Cifaldi slipped and impaled himself on his trekking pole.

Vietnam's capital Hanoi is undergoing one of its biggest transformations in a century, with billions of dollars in projects reshaping the city with new roads, urban districts and flood-control systems.

The townspeople of St. Mary's can now breathe a sigh of relief. They are finally getting rid of the foul smell of rotten fish that has for years wafted over their tiny community in Canada's easternmost province.

Fifteen elephants in southern Kenya are suspected to have been poisoned by cyanide-contaminated tomatoes, according to wildlife authorities.

Olivia Wilde plays a famous artist and provocateur who initiates a relationship with a younger employee in "I Want Your Sex."

The Fifth Amendment is part of the U.S. Constitution's Bill of Rights and protects against self-incrimination.

President Donald Trump is eyeing a new Washington-area landmark for one of his makeovers. The Republican president on Wednesday is set to announce a $22 billion renovation of Washington Dulles International Airport in northern Virginia.

Stephen Colbert has received an "anti-censorship" award from the Before Columbus Foundation. The foundation, based in Oakland, California, champions diversity in U.S. literature and culture.