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Nate McMurray, the Democrat candidate for New York’s 27th Congressional District, urged Twitter followers Wednesday to “report” Trump supporters. “When you see fake videos, when you see racism, when you hear support for Trump, do not roll your eyes, do not play nice, do not worry about hurting someone’s feelings, CALL IT OUT — REPORT IT — FIGHT IT,” he wrote. Thursday, immigration lawyer Matthew Kolken shared a screenshot of McMurray’s tweet and said, “This is a dangerous chill of 1st Amendment freedoms”: Sveral Twitter users fired back and asked if he was going to report them for exercising their...

BUFFALO, N.Y. (WBEN) - The hotly contested and much anticipated race for the NY27 Congressional seat between Republican Chris Collins and Democrat Nate McMurray was too close to officially call, but the challenger appeared to realize that only after initially conceding. McMurray is now demanding a recount. The Democrat addressed supporters shortly after 11 p.m., telling them the effort was "going to come up a little short." That prompted Collins to declare victory about a half hour later. According to the unofficial vote count on the New York State Board of Elections, Collins defeated McMurray by just barely over one...

ABILENE, Texas -- "Go team go!" is how McMurry University fans will be cheering from now on. After the NCAA rejected McMurry's appeals to keep its Indian mascot, the board of trustees at the private, 1,400-student university dropped the name -- and then decided to forgo a nickname altogether. "Going to a mascot that has four legs and fur just didn't fit who we are," McMurry President John Russell told The Associated Press on Monday. "To take another mascot would be to turn our back on our 83-year history. We know who we are."

<p>Millions of dollars from homemakers to business executives have been rolling in for major gubernatorial candidates Ronnie Musgrove and Haley Barbour, but their most generous friends this year seem to be the governors' associations.</p> <p>Collectively, the associations have forked over $1.6 million for Mississippi, one of only three gubernatorial races in the country.</p>