National Guard Specialist charged with trying to join Islamic State

A Na­tion­al Guard spe­cial­ist was ar­res­ted and charged with at­tempt­ing to join Is­lam­ic State and help­ing his cous­in plot a pos­sible ter­ror at­tack at a U.S. mil­it­ary base in Illinois, fed­er­al in­vest­ig­at­ors said.