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Federal authorities have charged Munther Omar Saleh, a college student, with conspiring to help the Islamic State carry out attacks in New York City, The New York Times reported. Officials said that Saleh was seeking to learn how to make explosive devices. The criminal complaint against Saleh says that in January, he enrolled “at a college specializing in aeronautics located in Queens, New York, and began course work and laboratory work in electrical circuitry.”