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We can’t keep litigating the equality of gay and lesbian Americans. We need an equal-rights amendment.

Justice Anthony M. Kennedy, writing for the majority, relied on narrow grounds, saying a state commission had violated the Constitution’s protection of religious freedom.

The court vacated an appeals court ruling that had allowed a teenager to obtain an abortion, saying the dispute was moot.

Jurors could not reach a verdict for either Linda or Edward P. Mangano, Nassau County’s former executive who had been charged with bribery and fraud.

The case concerned a stolen motorcycle covered in a tarp that an officer had looked under without an invitation or a warrant.

In turning down an appeal, the court put two of the state’s three abortion clinics at risk of closing.