Rooster

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Synopsis

Rooster runs you through a lot of news items (about 35) each day. It includes all the major stuff, but also plenty of good to know bits. Rooster will tell you the essentials of each story, and then its on to the next. The idea is to get you informed in all genres of news quickly each morning.

Episodes

  • Thursday, November 17: Pluto has a subsurface ocean

    17/11/2016 Duration: 06min

    Water on Pluto | Twitter suspends alt-right accounts | Obama awards his final Medals of Freedom | Bob Dylan won’t attend Nobel ceremony | Minnesota officer that killed Castile charged with manslaughter | New York bombing suspect indicted | Three sentenced for trying to join ISIS | Schumer and McConnell elected leaders of the Senate | Pelosi running for minority leader again | Nikki Haley for secretary of state? | Conflicts of interest for Giuliani | Ivana […]

  • Wednesday, November 16: The Rock named ‘Sexiest Man Alive’

    16/11/2016 Duration: 06min

    The Rock is the ‘Sexiest Man Alive’ | Companies building DAP ask federal court for approval | West Virginia mayor resigns over comment about FLOTUS | Liberal senators call out Trump for staff choices | Senator files legislation to do away with electoral college | Trump now a big proponent of the electoral college | Trump transition slowed by internal inertia | Ben Carson doesn’t want Trump administration job | Attorney […]

  • Tuesday, November 15: This year ‘very likely’ to be the hottest on record

    15/11/2016 Duration: 06min

    This year is a hot one | SEC chairwoman will step down | Gwen Ifill dead at 61 | Increased crime rate against Muslims | Trump-Putin phone call | Obama’s last trip abroad | Obama talks Trump presidency | Obama says Trump is down with NATO | Mnuchin recommended for Treasury secretary | Giuliani for secretary of state? | Outrage over Bannon hiring | Hillary wins New Hampshire | Ellison running for DNC chair | Sit-in at Chuck Schumer’s office | Senator’s night […]

  • Monday, November 14: The closest moon since 1948

    14/11/2016 Duration: 06min

    Closest full moon in 68 years | Trump may amend, not repeal Obamacare | Trump says undocumented immigrants with criminal pasts will be deported | Trump plans to forego salary | Mike Pence will head up transition | Christie is in Trump’s doghouse | Steve Bannon will be chief strategist | Reince Priebus named chief of staff | Ingraham as press secretary? | Lewandowski shuffles away from CNN, back to Trumpland | Hillary’s popular vote […]

  • Friday, November 11: La Niña has arrived

    11/11/2016 Duration: 06min

    Beginning of La Niña weather patterns | Trump and Obama meet in the Oval Office | Press secretary says that it wasn’t so bad | Obama welcomes the Cavaliers | Russia says it had contact with the Trump campaign | Press kept off of Trump’s flight to DC | Trump plans to have a White House press corps | Giuliani for attorney general? | Steve Bannon as chief of staff? | Palin in […]

  • Thursday, November 10: Pop will become more expensive in the Bay Area

    10/11/2016 Duration: 06min

    Soda tax OK’d in four cities | Hillary delivers concession speech | Hillary has commanding popular vote lead | Trump visiting Oval Office Thursday | Democrat wins tight senate race in New Hampshire | Paul Ryan applauds Trump | Obama talks transition | Bernie puts out statement about Trump | States vote in favor of death penalty | GOP performs well in governor races | McConnell says Obamacare will be repealed quickly | Cory Gardner will chair […]

  • Wednesday, November 9: Donald Trump elected president

    09/11/2016 Duration: 06min

    Trump’s improbable win | Hillary concedes in phone call to Trump | Republicans keep control of the Senate | Decisive Trump win, but Hillary may have the popular vote | Markets plunge | Peso nosedives | Canadian immigration site crashes | Cortez Masto will be the first Latina US senator | Harris the second black female senator | Former undocumented immigrant elected to Congress | First Somali-American legislator | Weed legalized in three states | Susan B. Anthony grave […]

  • Tuesday, November 8: Stone tablet bearing Ten Commandments up for auction

    08/11/2016 Duration: 06min

    Oldest Ten Commandments stone tablet will be sold | Trump and Hillary make their closing arguments | Hillary leads in final polls | DOJ deploying election monitors | Pennsylvania judge rules in favor of Trump volunteers | LAX shooter sentenced to life in prison | Jury selection postponed in Dylann Roof trial | Robert Durst pleads not guilty | More grisly discoveries on South Carolina property | Woman pushed in front of NYC […]

  • Monday, November 7: Cubs parade was the 7th-largest human gathering

    07/11/2016 Duration: 06min

    Cubs parade draws 5 million | FBI won’t recommend charges against Hillary | Trump rushed off stage in Nevada scare | Hillary’s final campaign stops | Trump’s last rallies | Trump prevented by campaign from using Twitter | Trump twists Obama moment | Christie aides found guilty | Rolling Stone culpable for defamation | Offensive on Raqqa launched | Iraqi forces make progress in Mosul | Dozens arrested in London demonstration | Angry protests in Hong Kong | Thousands in South […]

  • Friday, November 4: Mark Zuckerberg lost $3.7 billion in one day

    04/11/2016 Duration: 05min

    Rough day for Zuck | Paris climate agreement takes effect | Parliament must sign off on Brexit | Good day for the pound | Bad day for US stocks | South Korean president offers tearful apology | Mediterranean migrant shipwreck kills 240 | Two US troops killed in Afghanistan | Harvard soccer’s season canceled over ‘scouting reports’ | Record fine for Penn State | FBI likely won’t complete email review by election | Melania stands against social […]

  • Thursday, November 3: Minnesota man wins 2nd major lottery in two years

    03/11/2016 Duration: 06min

    Lucky lotto guy | Cubs break the curse | Dramatic rain delay | Zobrist named World Series MVP | Interest rate hike due in December | Police officers killed in Iowa | Campaign event canceled | Mississippi church burned and graffiti’d | Refugee workers lead to threats against Chobani | Protests outside of debate with David Duke in New Orleans | Obama scolds Comey | One poll shows a tie | Another has Hillary safely ahead | Election night candidate locations […]

  • Wednesday, November 2: Bono named one of Glamour’s Women of the Year

    02/11/2016 Duration: 05min

    A first for Glamour | Cubs force Game 7 | Iraqi forces advance into Mosul | Malaysia Airlines flight took a steep dive in final moments | Hillary talks Trump, Trump talks Obamacare | Paul Ryan votes Trump | FBI releases 17-year old Bill Clinton documents | Texas official gets nasty on Twitter | Ten percent approval rating for South Korean president | UK stepping up cyber defense | Deadly bus crash in Baltimore | Karaoke bar […]

  • Tuesday, November 1: John Kasich votes McCain for president

    01/11/2016 Duration: 05min

    Kasich writes in McCain | Facebookers show support for protesters with Standing Rock check-ins | Killer hunted down in Oklahoma | DOJ will move swiftly in reviewing new emails | Brazile sent CNN questions to Clinton campaign | CNN ends relationship with Brazile | White House takes it easy on Comey | Pollster says Trump campaign owes him $767K | FBI has found no connections between Trump and Russia | UNICEF says 300 […]

  • Monday, October 31: Prince Harry has an American girlfriend

    31/10/2016 Duration: 06min

    Prince Harry dating actress from ‘Suits’ | FBI sends letter announcing continued Hillary investigation | Unseen emails are on Anthony Weiner’s laptop | Hillary calls for all the facts | Trump says it’s worse than Watergate | Democrats rail against Comey | Harry Reid suggests Comey broke the law | Three arrested for voter fraud | Supreme Court will hear transgender rights case | Woman awarded $70 million in lawsuit against Johnson […]

  • Friday, October 28: Arby’s will sell deer sandwiches

    28/10/2016 Duration: 06min

    Venison sandwiches at Arby’s | Twitter is shutting down Vine | Oregon militia members acquitted | McQueary wins case against Penn State | Amtrak reaches $265 million settlement over 2015 crash | WWF warns of wildlife decimation | World’s largest marine reserve created near Antarctica | DOJ rounds up call center fraudsters | National polls all over the place | Michelle’s first campaign appearance with Hillary | Biden being targeted for Secretary of State under […]

  • Thursday, October 27: Microsoft Paint is returning with 3D features

    27/10/2016 Duration: 06min

    Microsoft Paint with 3D creation | Supposed HIV ‘patient zero’ cleared | Woman from famous National Geographic cover arrested in Pakistan | Earthquakes in Italy | Airstrikes on Syrian school | Protests get violent in Venezuela | Hillary turns 69 | Trump promotes DC hotel | Trump’s Hollywood star destroyed | Megyn Kelly vs. Newt Gingrich | Microsoft introduces Surface Studio | Windows 10 ‘Creator’s Update’ | Twitter looking to adjust character restraints in reply chains | Samsung’s Q3 profits way […]

  • Wednesday, October 26: Uber’s self-driving truck makes a beer delivery

    26/10/2016 Duration: 06min

    Self-driving delivery truck | Vatican says yes to cremation, no to scattering ashes | Russian nuclear missile | AT&T’s cable streaming service | Hefty Volkswagen settlement approved | Judge blocks enforcement of rule for federal contractors | Indians win Game 1 | Cavaliers get rings and a win | Warriors lose Durant’s debut | Giants cut ties with Josh Brown | Big early voting numbers in Texas | Colin Powell says he’ll vote Hillary | Trump says Obama knew […]

  • Tuesday, October 25: Co-author credited for three Shakespeare plays

    25/10/2016 Duration: 06min

    Christopher Marlowe co-wrote Henry VI plays | TD Ameritrade buys Scottrade | AT&T boss says CNN won’t be affected | MTV president is out | Philip Morris takes an anti-smoking stance | Jared’s wife suing Subway | Calais migrant camp being evacuated | Deadly amusement park accident in Australia | Attack on police academy in Pakistan | Obamacare premiums will go up | Clinton up five in latest poll | Trump torches ‘phony polls’ | Obama spends some time […]

  • Monday, October 24: Wonder Woman named UN ambassador

    24/10/2016 Duration: 06min

    Wonder Woman’s new job title | Cubs reach 1st World Series since ’45 | AT&T acquiring Time Warner for $85 billion | Internet outages | Mars lander likely crashed into planet | Nobel Academy displeased with Dylan’s cold shoulder | Iraqi parliament votes to ban alcohol | South Africa pulls out of International Criminal Court | Trump’s Gettysburg address | Another Trump accuser | Trump’s first major newspaper endorsement | WV candidate for governor owes millions in […]

  • Friday, October 21: The UK will pardon thousands of gay men

    21/10/2016 Duration: 06min

    UK’s ‘Turing Law’ | Duterte says Philippines is separating from the US | Another Takata air bag death | EPA’s Flint warning should have come seven months earlier | US service member killed in Iraq | Obama discusses shortcomings of Obamacare | Another Trump groping accusation | Trump’s trade policy idea | Trump won’t dispute election results…if he wins | Hillary and Trump speak at event, things get awkward | Iraqi forces claim town neighboring […]

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