US National Guardsman and His Cousin Arrested for Trying to Join ISIS, Authorities Say

By MIKE LEVINE, PIERRE THOMAS, JACK DATE and JACK CLOHERTY

The FBI has arrested two men -- one of them a current member of the Illinois National Guard -- for allegedly trying to join ISIS, the brutal terrorist group wreaking havoc in Syria and Iraq, authorities said.

The most dangerous states in America

By Alexander Kent and Thomas C. Frohlich 

The number of violent crimes dropped across the United States by 4.4% in 2013 compared to the year before, according to estimates released by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). In the last decade, the number of violent crimes declined by nearly 15%.