samedi 20 février 2016

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Mourners gather for Scalia's funeral Mass at hallowed place

Posted: 20 Feb 2016 12:03 PM PST

WASHINGTON (AP) — In a hallowed place where popes have prayed and pilgrims have flocked, mourners gathered Saturday at the nation's largest Catholic church to pay their final respects to Justice Antonin Scalia.

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Scalia funeral calms U.S. Supreme Court battle

Posted: 20 Feb 2016 09:08 AM PST

Pallbearers carry the casket of U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice Antonin Scalia from the hearse and into his funeral mass at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in WashingtonBy Idrees Ali WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia's memorial service on Saturday provided a brief respite for official Washington from the fierce battle over his succession, with dozens of political and legal leaders and others in attendance. Scalia's casket was brought into the blue-domed Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception, the nation's largest Catholic church where dozens of priests took part in the funeral mass, including his son, the Reverend Paul Scalia. A staunch conservative and the court's longest-serving member, Justice Scalia died last Saturday at age 79 at a Texas hunting resort, sparking off a political struggle that promises to reshape the 2016 election campaigns.


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Carson draws crowds, but not much respect, in S.C.

Posted: 19 Feb 2016 08:19 PM PST


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Collision of elephants: Trump v. Apple

Posted: 19 Feb 2016 03:38 PM PST

Trump holds an event with supporters at Pawleys Plantation Golf and Country Club in Pawleys Island, South CarolinaRepublican bomb-thrower Donald Trump has upped the ante on his insult-everybody campaign by calling for a boycott of Apple (AAPL). Apple is embroiled in a dispute with the Justice Department over an encrypted iPhone belonging to one of the shooters in the San Bernardino massacre of Dec. 2. The FBI is demanding that Apple develop technology to unlock the phone, so they can investigate information the shooter may have stored there.


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Justice Antonin Scalia lies in repose at Supreme Court

Posted: 19 Feb 2016 01:54 PM PST

US Supreme Court Chief justices attend a private ceremony in the Great Hall of the Supreme Court where late Justice Antonin Scalia lies in repose in Washington, on February 19, 2016The body of justice Antonin Scalia was transferred Friday to the US Supreme Court, where President Barack Obama and hundreds of officials paid tribute to the conservative icon as he lies in repose. Scalia's flag-draped casket was installed at 9:30 am (1430 GMT) in the Supreme Court's Great Hall, after court police ceremoniously carried it up the building's iconic steps. Obama was among the thousands of people who are expected to pay their respect to the 79-year-old justice, who died of an apparent heart attack.


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U.S. escalates fight with Apple over iPhone in attacks probe

Posted: 19 Feb 2016 01:38 PM PST

The US Justice Department asks for a court order to compel Apple to help unlock an iPhone as part of the probe into last year's San Bernardino attacks, escalating the legal battle over encryptionThe US government Friday sought a court order to force Apple to help unlock an iPhone as part of the probe into last year's San Bernardino attacks, escalating a legal showdown over encryption. The motion brought by the Justice Department sought to debunk Apple's claim that cooperating with the FBI probe would undermine overall security for its devices, and laid out the legal case for technical assistance. "The order does not, as Apple's public statement alleges, require Apple to create or provide a 'back door' to every iPhone," said the motion filed in a federal court in California.


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