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SCOTIA, N.Y. (AP) — The last 19 members of a New York Air National Guard unit supporting scientific research in Antarctica have returned home to their upstate base.

ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) — Prosecutors are seeking a 20-year prison sentence for a former National Guard soldier from Virginia who provided support to the Islamic State group, going so far as to board a truck as recruit before backing out.

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — Officials with the New York National Guard say the organization's honor guards are expected to conduct more than 12,200 military funerals by the end of the year.

CORTLANDT MANOR, N.Y. (AP) — The New York Army National Guard unit that provides military police, transportation and other support elements is getting a new commander.

CORTLANDT MANOR , N.Y. (AP) — One hundred New York Army National Guard soldiers are due back home from a ten-month deployment at Guantanamo Bay Naval Base in Cuba.

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Downtown Charlotte is calming down early Thursday after a peaceful prayer vigil turned into a violent protest over the fatal police shooting of a black man.

After a year-long push by federal lawmakers, the National Guard has chosen the Latham Armory in the Capital region as the Mission Command Center for a Cyber Protection Team for New York and New Jersey.

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The Louisiana National Guard is expected to release the names of four members killed last week when a Black Hawk helicopter crashed off Florida's Panhandle during nighttime training.

T-shirts given out by a National Guard recruiter at a high school are being banned by administrators.

FERGUSON, Mo. (AP) — Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon has ordered the National Guard to Ferguson to help restore order to the St. Louis suburb after a week of that has seen several violent protests over the fatal police shooting of an unarmed black teenager.