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Hoboken Police officers stand watch outside the United Synagogue of Hoboken, Thursday, Nov. 3, 2022, in Hoboken, N.J. The FBI says it has received credible information about a threat to synagogues in New Jersey. The FBI's Newark office released a statement Thursday afternoon that characterizes it as a broad threat. The statement urged synagogues to

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N.J. man charged in connection with ‘broad’ threat to synagogues

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Pulisic and Brenden Aaronson named in USMNT World Cup roster

On what figures to be the youngest of the 32 teams by average age, 29-year-old right back DeAndre Yedlin is the only holdover from the 2014 World Cup.

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Adjudicators observe as ballots are tabulated inside the Maricopa County Recorders Office, Wednesday, Nov. 9, 2022, in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Matt York)

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Post-election misinformation targets Arizona, Pennsylvania

Many of the claims in Pennsylvania since the election have focused on misleading explanations for the time it takes to count votes.

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Cartwright keeps US House seat Democratic in Pennsylvania

Five-term Democratic U.S. Rep. Matt Cartwright of Pennsylvania is returning to Washington.

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Brittney Griner stares through the bars of a cell.

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Griner sent to Russian penal colony to serve sentence

American basketball star Brittney Griner's lawyers say she has been sent to a penal colony in Russia to serve her sentence for drug possession.

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A voter walks to cast their ballot as another fills his out at the Eleanor Boathouse polling place on the Southside of Chicago, Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2022. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)

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GOP closing in on House win; Senate control up for grabs

In the most heartening news for Democrats, John Fetterman flipped Pennsylvania's Republican-controlled Senate seat that's key to the party’s hopes of maintaining control.

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New York Gov. Kathy Hochul speaks to supporters during her election night party, Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2022, in New York. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)

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Democrat Kathy Hochul becomes 1st woman elected NY governor

Democrat Kathy Hochul has become the first woman elected New York governor, winning the office outright that she took over in 2021 when former Gov. Andrew Cuomo resigned.

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This combination of photos shows Pennsylvania Lt. Gov. John Fetterman, a Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate, Oct. 8, 2022, in York, Pa., left, and Mehmet Oz, a Republican candidate for U.S. Senate, Sept. 23, 2022, in Allentown, Pa. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)

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Fetterman, Oz in bruising US Senate race in Pennsylvania

As of early Wednesday, The Associated Press had not called the race.

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Power balance in Congress on ballot for Pennsylvania voters

The state's voters are deciding contests Tuesday that could shift majority control in the U.S. House.

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Putin-linked businessman admits to US election meddling

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