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Harvard law library to make resources available to the public online

By Erik Eckholm Oct. 29, 2015

Shelves of law books are an august symbol of legal practice, and no place, save the Library of Congress, can match the collection at Harvard’s Law School Library. Its trove includes nearly every state, federal, territorial and tribal judicial decision since colonial times — a priceless potential resource for everyone from legal scholars to defense lawyers trying to challenge a criminal conviction.

World and Nation

Virginia issues licenses to same-sex couples

By Michael D. Shear and Erik Eckholm Oct. 7, 2014

ARLINGTON, Va. — Virginia began issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples on Monday, hours after the Supreme Court’s surprise decision letting such marriages stand in five states.

World and Nation

Federal judge rejects Oklahoma’s gay marriage ban

By Erik Eckholm Jan. 15, 2014

A federal judge in Oklahoma ruled Tuesday that the state’s constitutional amendment barring same-sex marriage violated the federal Constitution, the latest in a string of legal victories for gay rights and one that occurred in the heart of the Bible Belt.

World and Nation

Judge blocks major part of Texas abortion law

By Erik Eckholm Oct. 29, 2013

A federal judge in Texas on Monday blocked an important part of the state’s restrictive new abortion law, which would have required doctors performing the procedure to have admitting privileges at a nearby hospital.

World and Nation

Bill requiring ultrasound before abortion nears vote

By Sabrina Tavernise and Erik Eckholm Feb. 21, 2012

RICHMOND, Va. — A bill requiring a woman to get an ultrasound before having an abortion is poised to pass Virginia’s Legislature this week, placing it on track to be signed into law by Gov. Bob McDonnell.

World and Nation

Planned Parenthood funding caught in budget feud

By Erik Eckholm Feb. 18, 2011

Almost unnoticed in the wars over the federal budget has been a pitched battle over funding for Planned Parenthood, which provides contraception, medical services and abortions at 800 clinics around the country.

News

In schools’ efforts to end gay bullying, some see agenda

By Erik Eckholm Nov. 9, 2010

HELENA, Mont. — Alarmed by evidence that gay and lesbian students are common victims of schoolyard bullies, many school districts are bolstering their anti-harassment rules with early lessons in tolerance, explaining that some children have “two moms” or will grow up to love members of the same sex.

World and Nation

Poverty rate jumped sharply<br />in 2009, census reports

By Erik Eckholm Sep. 17, 2010

The percentage of Americans struggling below the poverty line in 2009 was the highest it has been in 15 years, the Census Bureau reported Thursday, and interviews with poverty experts and aid groups said the increase appeared to be continuing this year.

World and Nation

Questions rise as schools rely on ‘zero tolerance’ suspensions

By Erik Eckholm Mar. 19, 2010

CHOCOWINITY, N.C. — As school let out one day in January 2008, students from rival towns faced off. Two girls flailed away for several seconds and clusters of boys pummeled each other until teachers pulled them apart.

World and Nation

Nebraska’s Safe Haven Law Becomes License to Abandon

By Erik Eckholm Oct. 3, 2008

The abandonments began Sept. 1, when a mother left her 14-year-old son in a police station here.

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