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   Texas Resident Charged With Conspiracy to Provide Support to Islamic State

   by Associated Press

   A Texas resident has been charged with conspiracy to provide material
   support to Islamic State, the U.S. Department of Justice said on
   Tuesday.
   Asher Abid Khan, 20, of Spring, Texas, is accused of trying to travel
   to Syria to fight for the militant group. He was arrested on Tuesday
   morning and was to appear before a Texas federal judge later in the
   day, prosecutors said.

   If convicted, he faces up to 15 years in prison.

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