Rooster
234 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 7 years ago - ★★★★★ - 41 ratingsRooster 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 it’s on to the next. The idea is to get you informed in all genres of news quickly each morning.
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Episodes
Wednesday, October 5: Google introduces its Pixel smartphone
October 05, 2016 07:40 - 6 minutes - 4.97 MBGoogle Pixel | Kaine and Pence put on a show in VP debate | Gary Johnson makes the case against knowing foreign leaders | Premature debate post from the GOP | Hurricane Matthew moves from Haiti to Cuba | Obama postpones campaign trip to Miami | Yahoo scanned emails for the benefit of US intelligence | British pound reaches a three-decade low | Brits win Nobel Prize in physics | Kardashian robbers still […]
Tuesday, October 4: Man survives two straight bear attacks
October 04, 2016 07:45 - 5 minutes - 4.91 MBSecond coming of The Revenant | Haiti braces for Hurricane Matthew | US and Russia at odds | Japanese scientist wins Nobel Prize | Brexit process will begin in March | Controversial Trump PTSD comments | VP debate in Virginia | Hillary rises in swing state polls | New York AG cracks down on Trump Foundation | Obama traces Trump back to Palin | Supreme Court declines to hear Obama immigration plea | And NCAA amateurism case | And […]
Monday, October 3: Lady Gaga will perform at dive bars
October 03, 2016 07:57 - 6 minutes - 4.96 MBLady Gaga dive bar tour | Kim Kardashian robbed in Paris | Colombia voters reject peace deal | Hurricane Matthew threatens Caribbean islands | Alabama chief justice suspended | Final playoff spots secured as MLB regular season ends | Trump’s major losses in 1995 allowed for tax avoidance | Trump responds to report | Trump’s late-night Twitter rant | Leaked Hillary audio | Sound issues for Trump at debate | LeBron’s with her | George W. Bush’s daughter attends […]
Friday, September 30: MLB game ends in a tie
September 30, 2016 07:40 - 6 minutes - 4.94 MBFirst MLB tie since 2005 | More than 100 injured in Hoboken train crash | Second thoughts about 9/11 bill | White House announces paid sick leave rules | India strikes militants in Kashmir | Sudan using chemical weapons against civilians, according to report | Hamas doesn’t like Abbas mourning Peres | Detroit News endorses Gary Johnson | Unprecedented USA Today endorsement | Trump company violated embargo law in 1998 | Lewandowski off Trump’s payroll | Trek […]
Thursday, September 29: Alec Baldwin will play Trump on SNL
September 29, 2016 07:33 - 5 minutes - 4.81 MBBaldwin will be SNL’s Trump | Congress passes funding bill | Congress overrides Obama veto on 9/11 lawsuits | US will send 600 troops to Iraq | OPEC agrees to curb oil production | Major Aleppo hospitals bombed | John Kerry questions cooperation with Russia in Syria | South Carolina school shooting | El Cajon police shooting under investigation | Bernie campaigns with Hillary | Michelle slams Trump | Staffers displeased with Trump’s debate prep | Eric Trump applauds […]
Wednesday, September 28: First three-parent baby born
September 28, 2016 07:46 - 5 minutes - 4.83 MBBaby with three parents | Senate rejects spending bill | Obama nominates ambassador to Cuba | US will provide more aid to Syria | Witness says Christie was told about bridge closure | Assistant attorney general leaving | Former Israeli prime minister dead at 93 | Troops in Iraq weren’t targeted by mustard gas attack | Wells Fargo CEO takes a financial hit | Consumer confidence at its highest since 2007 | Record viewership for […]
Tuesday, September 27: Beef will be cheaper
September 27, 2016 07:51 - 5 minutes - 4.84 MBBeef trending upward | First debate in the books | US not on pace to meet pollution reduction goal | Slight uptick in crime in 2015 | Shooting in Houston | Supermarket shooting in France | Parents of Washington shooter say he had mental issues | Police get confession | Mylan corrects profit figures for EpiPen | Pfizer not breaking into two | Colombia peace deal signed | FARC removed from EU terror list | DOJ cracks down on […]
Monday, September 26: Snapchat is now Snap Inc.
September 26, 2016 07:21 - 6 minutes - 4.86 MBSnapchat Spectacles | Star pitcher killed in boat crash | Arnold Palmer dead at 87 | Charlotte police release dashcam video of Scott killing | Curfew lifted after days of protests | Five killed in Washington mall shooting | Shooting at University of Illinois | NY bomber believed to have been inspired by al-Qaeda | Cruz endorses Trump | NYT endorses Hillary | And lambasts Trump | First debate | Gennifer Flowers threatens debate appearance | Trump adviser’s Russia ties being […]
Friday, September 23: Toddler survives 3 days alone in Siberian woods
September 23, 2016 08:15 - 5 minutes - 4.84 MBThe boy that lived | Charlotte police won’t release shooting video | Man shot during Charlotte protests dies | Curfew imposed | Tulsa police officer charged with manslaughter | Major Yahoo hack | Picture of FLOTUS’s passport leaked | All humans traced back to Africa | Planet with two suns discovered | Nine aides to New York governor charged with corruption | Brad Pitt being investigated for child abuse | FBI looking at Weiner | Brawl after pie in […]
Thursday, September 22: North Korea has just 28 websites
September 22, 2016 07:11 - 6 minutes - 4.88 MBNorth Korea’s internet | Violent protests in Charlotte | Police say shooting victim was armed | Chicago expanding police force | Blackout in Puerto Rico | Weiner had an online relationship with a 15-year old | Texas won’t provide refugee aid | Interest rates will stay put | Hillary up six points | Trump wants more stop-and-frisk | Lewandowski still getting paid by Trump campaign | Scientists sign letter opposing Trump | Joss Whedon starts group to get people […]
Wednesday, September 21: New fastest human-powered vehicle record
September 21, 2016 08:04 - 6 minutes - 4.91 MBHuman-powered vehicle speed record | Rahami’s father warned police about his son | Rahami charged in New Jersey | DOJ investigating Tulsa police over Crutcher killing | Violence in Charlotte | US points finger at Russia for attacking UN aid convoy | Obama’s final UN address | Deadly bus crashes in India | DRC violence continues | Air France cancels flights to Kinshasa | Cuban volleyball players sentenced for rape in Finland | Trump used charity money […]
Tuesday, September 20: ‘Five-second rule’ debunked
September 20, 2016 07:47 - 6 minutes - 4.88 MBBacteria flocks to your dropped food immediately | New York bombing suspect arrested after shootout | And charged | Trump unhappy with his due process treatment | Trump and Hillary spar in bombing aftermath | Hillary tries to connect with Millennials | Bush I will vote Hillary | Prosecutors say Christie knew about bridge blockage | Unarmed black man killed by police in Tulsa | UN talks refugee crisis | Syrian ceasefire ends with violent […]
Monday, September 19: Stuntman completes Snake River Canyon jump
September 19, 2016 08:05 - 6 minutes - 4.85 MBStuntman bests Evel Knievel with jump | Bombings in New York | More devices found in New Jersey | ‘Game of Thrones’ breaks Emmys records | Record for Julia Louis-Dreyfus | Big night for ‘People vs. OJ’ | HBO tops the network leaderboard | Trump acknowledges that Obama is American-born | Trump talks about disarming Hillary’s guards | Obama calls on black voters to show up | Priebus discusses penalty for not supporting Trump | Vice reporter […]
Friday, September 16: World’s oldest man getting a bar mitzvah at 113
September 16, 2016 07:49 - 5 minutes - 4.85 MBHolocaust survivor’s overdue bar mitzvah | Sandra Bland settlement reached | Hitman says Duterte ordered killings | Trump pulling even | Trump in good health | Hillary back on the trail | Trump campaign acknowledges that Obama was Hawaiian born | Thiel for Supreme Court? | Trump Jr.’s ‘gas chamber’ comment | Ivanka cuts short Cosmo interview | FBI will continue to allow agents to pose as journalists | Ohio boy killed by police after pulling BB […]
Thursday, September 15: Kindergartner caught with heroin in lunchbox
September 15, 2016 06:53 - 6 minutes - 4.88 MBHeroin in the lunchbox | Groups call for Snowden’s pardon | ACC pulls championship events from North Carolina | Drastic measures for Samsung | Self-driving Ubers on the road in Pittsburgh | ITT Tech students protest loan payments | A billion stars will be mapped in 3D | Syrian ceasefire extended | Obama lifts Myanmar sanctions | US will increase refugee admissions | First Atlantic Ocean marine national monument | Trump talks health with Dr. Oz | Hillary’s doctor […]
Wednesday, September 14: Princeton is the top-ranked school
September 14, 2016 07:37 - 5 minutes - 5.48 MBCollege rankings | An increase in household income | Ceasefire in Syria holds on Tuesday | US agrees to Israel aid deal | Former Israeli president hospitalized after stroke | Filipino president wants to move away from US military reliance | Records of US athletes leaked in WADA hack | Obama stumps for Hillary in Philly | Hillary will get back to campaigning Thursday | Trump talks childcare | Dr. Oz will reveal Trump’s medical […]
Tuesday, September 13: New dictionary words include ‘YOLO’
September 13, 2016 08:12 - 6 minutes - 4.87 MBNew OED words | Protesters rush Lochte during ‘Dancing with the Stars’ | NCAA pulls championship events from North Carolina | Obama will veto Saudi Arabia lawsuit bill | Farmers will get overtime pay in California | Trump takes it easy on Hillary’s pneumonia | Trump calls for non-moderated debate | Syrian ceasefire violated within a day | America flexes muscle at North Korea | ISIS strategist killed by US strike | David Cameron leaving […]
Monday, September 12: Miss Arkansas wins Miss America
September 12, 2016 07:33 - 6 minutes - 4.86 MBSavvy Shields is Miss America | Obama’s 9/11 anniversary speech | Hillary has pneumonia | Hillary coins ‘basket of deplorables’ | Trump’s unearthed 9/11 interview | Government orders North Dakota pipeline construction to stop | Supreme Court rejects Michigan’s straight-ticket voting ban | Marines face punishment after recruit’s suicide | Police kill man eating chicken in backyard | Denver school bus crash | Facebook censors iconic photo | And uses plane as 9/11 emoji | Univision votes to dele...
Friday, September 9: North Korea bans sarcasm
September 09, 2016 07:38 - 6 minutes - 4.89 MBNorth Korea cracks down on sarcasm | And conducts a nuclear test | Obama speaks sternly to China | Israel finds that Palestine’s leader was a KGB spy | Two men charged for organizing Paris attacks | Three women arrested for planning attack | Gary Johnson draws a blank on Aleppo | Hillary on ‘Humans of New York’ | Facebook co-founder giving $20 million to Hillary | Associated Press deletes maligned tweet | Charges dropped […]
Thursday, September 8: Yosemite is getting 400 acres bigger
September 08, 2016 07:43 - 6 minutes - 4.87 MBYosemite expansion | iPhone changes | No more headphone jack | No more 16GB iPhones | Mario for iOS sends Nintendo stock up | Obama nominates first Muslim-American federal judge | Uninsured rate hits record low | A lot of available jobs | Obama speaks with Duterte | Russian jet buzzes US spy plane | Hillary and Trump take questions in primetime | Trump campaign ends media blacklist | Dallas Morning News offers rare Democratic endorsement | Trump’s donation to Florida […]
Wednesday, September 7: ‘One Dance’ is Song of the Summer
September 07, 2016 07:36 - 5 minutes - 4.83 MBDrake wins the summer | Cosby court date set | Fox News settles with Gretchen Carlson | Greta Van Susteren leaves Fox News | Zika funding blocked by the Senate | House passes sexual assault measures | Trump ahead in CNN poll | Dallas Morning News is against Trump | Outgoing DC police chief bemoans criminal justice system | Obama in Laos | Former El Salvador prez gets asylum in Nicaragua | British lawmaker resigns in scandal | Tough […]
Tuesday, September 6: Mother Teresa declared a saint
September 06, 2016 07:31 - 6 minutes - 4.89 MBMother Teresa canonized | Hermine leaves her mark | Oklahoma earthquake | Samsung recalls Galaxy Note 7 | No agreement between Obama and Putin at G20 | Staircase-gate | Obama cancels Duterte meeting after harsh words | ISIS attacks in Syria | Taliban attacks in Afghanistan | And Pakistan | FBI divulges Hillary documents | Hillary talks with reporters on new jet | UN human rights chief slams newly prominent demagogues | World’s largest gorilla on the brink of extinction | Dead bees […]
Friday, September 2: Moulin Rouge will be a Broadway musical
September 02, 2016 08:04 - 6 minutes - 4.85 MBMoulin Rouge on stage | SpaceX rocket with Facebook satellite explodes | Georgetown will offer preferred admission to descendants of slaves it sold | Dallas police chief retires | Murders in Chicago continue to rise | Takeda working on Zika vaccine | Zika mosquitoes discovered in Florida | Indonesia screening travelers from Singapore | Hurricane Hermine hits Florida | Earthquake in New Zealand | Obama talks climate on Midway | Federal funds were used to benefit Clintons | Trump […]
Thursday, September 1: The first set of identical twin puppies
September 01, 2016 06:52 - 6 minutes - 4.88 MBIdentical twin puppies | Rousseff kicked out of office | First commercial flights to Cuba in more than 50 years | World’s oldest fossil found in Greenland | Big decline in Africa’s elephant population | Trump talks with Mexico’s president | No softening in Trump’s immigration speech | Hillary’s unfavorable rating at an all-time high, but lower than Trump | Hurricanes barreling toward Hawaii | Hermine has Florida in its sights | Deadly plane […]
Wednesday, August 31: Organic Gatorade introduced
August 31, 2016 07:58 - 6 minutes - 4.89 MBOrganic Gatorade flavors | Chris Brown arrested in LA | Signals from aliens? | NASA team completes Mars simulation | Trump goes to Mexico | Favorites win their primary races | EU says Apple owes $14.5 billion to Ireland | Threats force Agricultural Department offices to close | ITT Tech reaches the end | Kim Jong Un executes two North Korean officials | ISIS leader believe to be killed | Typhoon in Japan kills nine in a […]
Tuesday, August 30: Wisconsin is this year’s top party school
August 30, 2016 08:04 - 5 minutes - 4.84 MBWisconsin surpasses Illinois as top party school | Huma is done with Weiner | Trump offers his two cents | Hillary honing her psychological tactics ahead of the debates | Hackers get into election databases | Gene Wilder dead at 83 | Date set for Apple event | Microsoft fighting hate speech | Fake news story on Facebook’s trending section | Rousseff pleads her case | Dozens killed in Yemen attack | Chinese embassy in Kyrgyzstan attacked | America’s […]
Monday, August 29: New York team wins the Little League World Series
August 29, 2016 08:00 - 5 minutes - 4.77 MBNY Little League team completes undefeated run | Big night for Beyoncé at the VMAs | French court overturns burkini ban | Enforcement abilities for NC transgender bathroom law lessened | Dwyane Wade’s cousin killed | Trump weighs in | AP editor admits to ‘sloppy’ tweet with Hillary story | Confusion over Trump’s immigration policy | State funeral held in Italy for earthquake victims | Bangladesh police kill leader of Dhaka cafe attack | FARC […]
Friday, August 26: Olympian sells medal to pay for boy’s cancer treatment
August 26, 2016 08:44 - 6 minutes - 4.86 MBPolish discus thrower sells silver medal | Two Orlando hospitals giving free care to Pulse victims | Mylan provides some relief for EpiPen consumers | Lochte charged over false police report | And gets a new sponsor | Hillary rips Trump’s role in fostering radical discourse | And puts out an ad linking Trump to the KKK | Trump says Hillary is being a bully | Steve Bannon faced a domestic […]
Thursday, August 25: Singapore introducing the first self-driving taxis
August 25, 2016 07:21 - 6 minutes - 4.89 MBWorld’s first self-driving taxis available in Singapore | Death toll from Italy earthquake up to 247 | Myanmar gets shook as well | American University in Afghanistan attacked | Turkey steps up fight against ISIS by reclaiming Syrian city | Colombia reaches peace agreement with FARC | North Korea says the US is within ‘striking range’ | Tensions over burkini bans in France | Planet in neighboring solar system discovered | Crash landing […]
Wednesday, August 24: World’s oldest T. Rex flown overseas
August 24, 2016 07:52 - 6 minutes - 4.87 MBT. Rex takes to the skies | Earthquake in Italy | Flooding in India | Obama visits Louisiana | States sue over Obamacare transgender rule | Buzzfeed splits into two divisions | Tantaros suing Fox News | Hackers get to NYT in Russia | Fitness wristbands at McDonald’s caused rashes | Hillary up 12 in new poll | Colin Powell denies suggesting Hillary use a private email | Clinton Foundation looking to part with international programs | Hillary met […]
Tuesday, August 23: KFC is offering chicken-scented sunscreen
August 23, 2016 06:50 - 6 minutes - 4.87 MBKFC 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 […]
Monday, August 22: London begins all-night Tube service
August 22, 2016 07:47 - 6 minutes - 4.85 MBOvernight 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 […]
Friday, August 19: Metallica putting out first album in eight years
August 19, 2016 07:33 - 5 minutes - 4.83 MBNew 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 […]
Thursday, August 18: Less dangerous morphine alternative unveiled
August 18, 2016 07:22 - 5 minutes - 4.84 MBNew 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 […]
Wednesday, August 17: Univision buys Gawker for $135 million
August 17, 2016 07:35 - 6 minutes - 4.86 MBGawker 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 […]
Tuesday, August 16: July was Earth’s hottest month on record
August 16, 2016 07:51 - 6 minutes - 4.86 MBRecord 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 […]
Monday, August 15: South African breaks 400m world record
August 15, 2016 08:18 - 6 minutes - 4.88 MB400m 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 […]
Friday, August 12: Obama releases summer ‘16 playlist
August 12, 2016 07:50 - 6 minutes - 4.91 MBObama’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 […]
Thursday, August 11: Most San Jose homes now worth more than $1 million
August 11, 2016 07:26 - 5 minutes - 4.81 MBPricy 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 […]
Wednesday, August 10: Fox will air ‘Beat Shazam’ game show
August 10, 2016 07:54 - 6 minutes - 4.86 MBShazam 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 […]
Tuesday, August 9: Burger King introduces The Whopperito
August 09, 2016 07:24 - 5 minutes - 4.81 MBBurger 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 […]
Monday, August 8: Kosovo wins its first ever Olympic gold
August 08, 2016 07:58 - 6 minutes - 4.85 MBGold 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 J...
Friday, August 5: Sasha Obama has a summer job on Martha’s Vineyard
August 05, 2016 07:40 - 5 minutes - 4.85 MBSasha 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 […]
Thursday, August 4: Startup will send a robot to the moon
August 04, 2016 07:21 - 5 minutes - 4.84 MBMoon 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 […]
Wednesday, August 3: Evidence lacking for dental floss benefits
August 03, 2016 07:52 - 5 minutes - 4.83 MBBenefits 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 […]
Tuesday, August 2: High demand for pocket Constitutions
August 02, 2016 07:10 - 6 minutes - 4.89 MBSpeech 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 […]
Monday, August 1: Skydiver jumps without a parachute
August 01, 2016 07:52 - 5 minutes - 4.84 MBSkydiving 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 […]
Friday, July 29: Cancer found in 1.7 million-year old fossil
July 29, 2016 08:18 - 6 minutes - 4.85 MBAncient 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 […]
Thursday, July 28: Apple has sold a billion iPhones
July 28, 2016 08:11 - 6 minutes - 4.89 MBA 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 […]
Wednesday, July 27: The Netherlands has the tallest men
July 27, 2016 07:30 - 5 minutes - 4.79 MBDutch 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 […]