Indiana woman gets 6½ years for financing terrorism
An Indiana woman who pleaded guilty to providing financial support to the Islamic State group has been sentenced to 6½ years in prison, the Justice Department said Monday.
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Indiana woman pleads guilty to aiding Islamic State group
An Indiana woman whose husband died in Syria has pleaded guilty to providing financial support to the Islamic State group.
Lawyers seek testimony for Indiana woman charged with aiding IS
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FBI: Trucker arrested in Indianapolis threatened mass shooting
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Central Indiana brothers accused of trying to help Islamic State
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Indiana man gets prison for threatening abortion clinics
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Supreme Court tosses $315M award in USS Cole lawsuit
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Attorneys share discovery in Elkhart woman’s terror case
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Pakistanis lose initial challenge to ‘secret’ immigration denial
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1993 World Trade Center bomber sues over prison faith rights
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Former Elkhart resident accused of supporting ISIS
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Crown Point man gets 15-year prison term in terror-related case
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Woman whose husband fought for IS charged with lying
An Elkhart woman who says she was held in a Kurdish detention camp with her four children after her husband died fighting for the Islamic State group has appeared in federal court to face a charge of lying to the FBI.
Brownsburg man pleads guilty to terrorism-related charge
A suburban Indianapolis man accused of trying to join the Islamic State group overseas pleaded guilty to a terrorism charge Wednesday. Akram Musleh of Brownsburg entered the plea in U.S. District Court in Indianapolis.
Supreme Court sides with Chicago museum in terror case
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