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The U.S. Supreme Court will consider the constitutional limits on prayers during legislative sessions, accepting an appeal from a New York town that starts most council meetings with a Christian invocation.
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A federal judge temporarily blocked an Arkansas law limiting a woman’s right to an abortion at the 12th week of pregnancy if a fetal heartbeat can be detected.
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Two doctors are set to ask a U.S. judge to block the Human Heartbeat Protection Act, an Arkansas law banning most abortions at the 12th week of pregnancy if a fetal heartbeat can be detected.
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Arkansas asked a federal judge to throw out a constitutional challenge by two doctors to its law restricting the availability of abortions, claiming that the statute furthers the state’s interest in protecting the fetus.
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Twitter Inc., the Web-based social- messaging service, helped spur a 30 percent growth in online forums for hate and terror over the past year, according to a report by the Simon Wiesenthal Center.
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A pedestrian who strolls through Boston’s Financial District, an area of about 40 city blocks, can be seen by at least 233 private and public cameras.
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Google Inc., Twitter Inc. and even Silicon Valley startups are confronting calls by law enforcement following the Boston Marathon bombings to make their products more easily used for surveillance.
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Immigrant detainees in three states who have mental disabilities are entitled to legal representation, a federal judge ruled, the first decision recognizing such rights in immigration cases.
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Two Arkansas doctors sued the state over a law restricting the availability of abortions after the first 12 weeks of pregnancy in a complaint filed in Little Rock federal court, the latest in a series of challenges to a new set of abortion restrictions.
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When a New Mexico county clerk began issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples in 2004, Mary Houdek and her longtime partner Norma Vasquez were the first in line.
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