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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
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Tuesday, August 23: KFC is offering chicken-scented sunscreen
23/08/2016 Duration: 06minKFC sunscreen | Judge blocks Obama’s transgender bathroom order | Virginia governor orders voting rights to be restored to 13,000 felons | Kobe has an investment fund | Lochte loses his sponsors | Judge orders 15,000 Hillary emails to be released | Bill would leave Clinton Foundation if Hillary wins | Senator wants GOP funds moved away from Trump | Republicans concerned about voter fraud | Trump’s scandalous tweet about Joe Scarborough | Melania threatens […]
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Monday, August 22: London begins all-night Tube service
22/08/2016 Duration: 06minOvernight Underground | NSA was hacked | Former Navy SEAL has to pay for writing bin Laden book | America shows up for the relays | Centrowitz the unlikely 1,500m winner | America’s first triathlon gold | Rupp gets bronze in second marathon | Golds for USA hoops | America dominates the medal count | Lochte apologizes | Mongolian coaches strip in wrestling protest | Attack at Kurdish wedding in Turkey | Bombings in Somalia | Hillary must provide an account […]
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Friday, August 19: Metallica putting out first album in eight years
19/08/2016 Duration: 05minNew Metallica album | Rio robbery account was fabricated | Lochte and Feigen could face charges | USOC apologizes | DOJ says no more private prisons | Seven cops recommended to be fired in Laquan McDonald killing | Gawker.com shutting down | CEO Dauman resigns in Viacom settlement | Bolt wins the 200 meters | Eaton wins another decathlon gold | Americans go 1-2 in the shot put | Top-ranked USA women’s volleyball loses | First USA women’s wrestling […]
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Thursday, August 18: Less dangerous morphine alternative unveiled
18/08/2016 Duration: 05minNew painkilling drug | American women dominate the 100-meter hurdles | And the long jump | USA men’s basketball on to the semis | Remarkably fast goal by Neymar | Swimmers wanted by Brazilian authorities over robbery story | IOC member arrested for ticket-scalping scheme | Boxing officials removed after questionable results | McDonald’s a popular spot for Olympians | Pedometers provided with Happy Meals, then recalled | Trump shuffles personnel | Trump’s first TV ads | Assange says […]
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Wednesday, August 17: Univision buys Gawker for $135 million
17/08/2016 Duration: 06minGawker sold to Univision | El Chapo’s son among those kidnapped in Mexico | NYC reaches settlement with Akai Gurley’s family | Depp and Heard reach divorce settlement | Louisiana flood death toll at 11 | Hillary extends lead in battleground states | Roger Ailes helping Trump with debate prep | Trump’s first classified briefing | Congress given FBI’s Hillary interview notes | NBC’s chairman not a Trump fan | Biles gets her fourth gold […]
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Tuesday, August 16: July was Earth’s hottest month on record
16/08/2016 Duration: 06minRecord heat on Earth | Fifteen transferred from Guantanamo | Curfew in Milwaukee | Man charged in NYC murder of Muslims | Pennsylvania attorney general convicted on criminal charges | Trump talks terrorism | Biden talks Trump | Criteria set for third-party candidates to make the debates | Obama takes a break from vacation to speak at fundraiser | Manafort implicated in scheme with Ukrainian politicians | Felix gets silver, makes history | Biles sinks on the […]
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Monday, August 15: South African breaks 400m world record
15/08/2016 Duration: 06min400m world record | Violence in Milwaukee | Brendan Dassey’s conviction overturned | Bolt secures gold in the 100m, Elaine Thompson as well | Henderson wins the long jump, and Carter the shot put | Biles gets her third gold | Ledecky breaks 800m freestyle record | Phelps gets gold in final race | And calls it a career | Green swimming pool drained | Lochte robbed at gunpoint | Egyptian judoka refuses handshake with Israeli | Devastating flooding in Louisiana | Fatal […]
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Friday, August 12: Obama releases summer ‘16 playlist
12/08/2016 Duration: 06minObama’s summer jams | Biles gets all-around gold | Phelps gets 22nd gold | Fiji gets its first Olympic medal | Simone Manuel makes history | Trump maintains ‘founder of ISIS’ attack | Group of Republicans wants funds directed away from Trump | Hillary talks economy in Michigan | Mississippi woman sentenced for efforts to join ISIS | ISIS ally killed in Canada | Deadly fire in DC area | Power plant explosion in China | Huffington leaves HuffPost | DEA […]
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Thursday, August 11: Most San Jose homes now worth more than $1 million
11/08/2016 Duration: 05minPricy real estate in San Jose | DOJ releases findings in Baltimore police investigation | Abuses on island of Nauru | John Saunders dies at 61 | Lawsuit accusing Twitter of helping ISIS dumped | Arkansas police officer killed | Former aide said Christie lied about ‘Bridgegate’ | Hillary launches effort to win over Republicans | And pitches Mormons in op-ed | New emails raise Hillary pay-for-play questions | Secret Service may or may not […]
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Wednesday, August 10: Fox will air ‘Beat Shazam’ game show
10/08/2016 Duration: 06minShazam game show on Fox | The latest Trump firestorm | Orlando shooter’s father attended Hillary rally | Third podium for presidential debates | Paul Ryan wins primary | Benghazi victims’ parents sue Hillary | Phelps adds two more golds | Another win for Ledecky | American women get gold in gymnastics | Green water in Olympic pool | Another early exit for Serena | USWNT wins group despite stunning draw | Namibian boxer arrested for sexual assault | Dutch gymnast […]
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Tuesday, August 9: Burger King introduces The Whopperito
09/08/2016 Duration: 05minBurger King ventures into Tex-Mex | Deadly clashes in Ethiopia | Pakistan hospital bombing | American kidnapped in Kabul | Trump delivers his economic proposal | Evan McMullin running as an independent | GOP foreign policy officials condemn Trump | GOP senator not on board with Trump | Lilly King bests Russian rival | Hijab-wearing fencer ousted | Brazil gets its first gold | ‘Cupping’ trend catching on | Leslie Jones joining NBC’s Rio coverage | Nightmare day for Delta | Ahmed Mohamed’s […]
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Monday, August 8: Kosovo wins its first ever Olympic gold
08/08/2016 Duration: 06minGold for Kosovo | July jobs report pleases and delights | Japan’s emperor ready to abdicate | American gets Rio’s first gold, Ledecky world record, Phelps’ 19th gold | Brit sets swimming record, Chinese diver makes history | Underwhelming ratings for opening ceremony | First Olympic doubles loss for Williams sisters | Djokovic loses | Russia banned from Paralympics | Hillary says she ‘short-circuited’ with email answer | Trump pivots, endorses Ryan and McCain | GOP congressman endorses Gary Johnson | Vacation […]
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Friday, August 5: Sasha Obama has a summer job on Martha’s Vineyard
05/08/2016 Duration: 05minSasha bussing tables at a Martha’s Vineyard restaurant | Biden’s birthday bracelet for Obama | Obama writes about feminism | USA Gymnastics ignored sex abuse accusations | Dylann Roof beat up in prison | George Zimmerman clocked | IOC clears 271 Russians for Olympics | Turkey issues warrant for Gulen’s arrest | American woman was the victim in London stabbing attack | Hillary with a 9-point lead in new poll | Paul Ryan still backing […]
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Thursday, August 4: Startup will send a robot to the moon
04/08/2016 Duration: 05minMoon Express will put a robotic lander on the moon | DC officer arrested for terrorism link | Czech man tried to join ISIS | ISIS names new Boko Haram leader | Knife attack in London | Pence supporting Paul Ryan | Account of Trump talking nukes | $400 million cash payment to Iran | Olympic competition underway | Phelps will carry US flag | IOC announces new sports for 2020 | North Korea missile launch triggers […]
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Wednesday, August 3: Evidence lacking for dental floss benefits
03/08/2016 Duration: 05minBenefits of flossing unproven | Trump not endorsing Ryan and McCain | Trump gives baby the heave-ho | Jill Stein chooses running mate | Hillary gets endorsement from GOP congressman | Obama lights into Trump | Trump U case will go to trial | Delaware Supreme Court strikes down death penalty | Another North Korea missile launch | Questions over use of bin Laden’s compound | Attack in Benghazi | Soccer referees among those canned in Turkey […]
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Tuesday, August 2: High demand for pocket Constitutions
02/08/2016 Duration: 06minSpeech drives pocket Constitution sales | Ten more Zika cases identified in Miami | US targets ISIS in Libya | Russian helicopter shot down in Syria | Post-convention bounce in the polls for Hillary | Trump fears a rigged election | McCain scolds Trump | As does VFW | Warren Buffett takes some shots at Trump | McDonald’s removing some artificial ingredients | Nick Denton files for personal bankruptcy | Kesha drops California lawsuit against Dr. Luke | Miss […]
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Monday, August 1: Skydiver jumps without a parachute
01/08/2016 Duration: 05minSkydiving sans parachute | Trump squares off against the Khans | Trump claims NFL wrote him about debate dates | Clinton campaign the latest hacking victim | Voter ID law rejected in North Carolina | Six state employees charged in Flint water crisis | Zika in Florida came from local mosquitos | Big Sur wildfire grows | Deadly hot air balloon crash | Two killed in Maryland floods | Shooting in Austin | Erdogan calls for military […]
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Friday, July 29: Cancer found in 1.7 million-year old fossil
29/07/2016 Duration: 06minAncient cancer | Hillary accepts nomination, makes history | Trump claims sarcasm in Russian hacking comments | Convict released, charges dropped in Chandra Levy case | Pope takes a spill | Protesters try to sabotage Olympic torch | Much work left to do on athletes’ quarters | Four executed in Indonesia | Colbert character will be retired | Redstone mental competency case will move forward | Syria allows exit path for those in Aleppo | Second attacker […]
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Thursday, July 28: Apple has sold a billion iPhones
28/07/2016 Duration: 06minA billion iPhones sold | Obama speaks | Trump calls on Russia to hack into Hillary’s deleted emails | Wikileaks releases DNC voicemails | Soros giving big to Hillary | Manager of girls music group suing Trump campaign | Prosecutors drop remaining charges in Freddie Gray case | Protests cost St. Paul $1.5 million | Reagan’s attempted assassin will be released from prison | Turkey shutting down more than 100 media outlets | ISIS attack […]
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Wednesday, July 27: The Netherlands has the tallest men
27/07/2016 Duration: 05minDutch men, Latvian women are the tallest | Hillary becomes the first female major-party nominee | Bill Clinton headlines day two | Russia denies email hack involvement | Trump denies Russia involvement | Knife attack at French church | Suicide bombings in Somalia | Syrian army progresses in Aleppo | Relative of Formula One chief kidnapped | Va. Tech students indicted for killing 13-year old girl | Federal employees told to keep cool | Japan will stimulate […]