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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Friday, May 13: McDonald’s trying out fresh beef
May 13, 2016 07:07 - 5 minutes - 4.82 MBFresh beef at Dallas McDonald’s | Russia had a state-sponsored doping program | Kenya may be banned from Rio | Facebook’s news section confirmed to be actively curated | Cops fired after pounding on rogue driver | Massachusetts passes transgender rights bill | Obama giving transgender mandate to schools | Judge rules against White House in Obamacare spending | Biden would have run with Elizabeth Warren | Trump’s butler rails against Obama | Pope considering […]
Thursday, May 12: Max Scherzer ties MLB strikeout record
May 12, 2016 08:53 - 5 minutes - 4.84 MBScherzer fans 20 | Cop indicted in Walter Scott killing | Planned Parenthood shooter deemed mentally unfit for trial | Two-year prison term upheld for ‘Affluenza’ teen | ISIS responsible for 2016’s most violent day | Brazilian senate headed toward Rousseff impeachment | Emma Watson outed in Panama Papers | Same with Australia’s PM | New MH 370 debris likely found | Everest peak reached | Stolen paintings recovered in Ukraine | Italy approves same-sex civil […]
Wednesday, May 11: Bieber says no more photos with fans
May 11, 2016 07:54 - 5 minutes - 4.8 MBBieber has had enough with the pictures | NASA spots a bunch of planets | Facebook denies filtering out conservative news items | Senate on the case | Obama will visit Hiroshima | Death penalty not pursued against Benghazi attacker | Bernie takes West Virginia | Trump’s VP list down to five or six | Sadiq Khan not a Trump fan | Cruz raises possibility of reentering race | Hillary interested in UFOs | Stabbing spree in […]
Tuesday, May 10: Kim Jong Un’s new title: Chairman
May 10, 2016 06:59 - 5 minutes - 4.77 MBNorth Korea’s chairman | Panama Papers info made public | Facebook suppressed conservative news from site | North Carolina and DOJ sue each other | West Virginia primary today | Christie gets transition job for Trump | Paul Ryan might not be convention chairman | Trump’s adjusted tax policy | Bush photos released | Mercury transit | Pacific islands drowning | Sumner Redstone mental competency case dismissed | El Chapo approved for US extradition | ISIS suicide bombing | High-ranking ISIS offi...
Monday, May 9: Cedar Point’s new record-breaking roller coaster
May 09, 2016 08:14 - 6 minutes - 4.93 MBValravn | 2015’s most popular baby names | Big lottery winner from New Jersey | Uber and Lyft stopping Austin service | Bernie gets Washington delegates, Hillary takes Guam | Jeb will sit out this election | Trump vs. Elizabeth Warren | Obama scolds Trump | Obama speaks at Howard | Black, female army cadets’ controversial picture | Penn State settled an abuse claim against Sandusky from ’71 | Sadiq Khan makes history | Philippines votes | Canada fire spans two […]
Friday, May 6: Jon Stewart may be on HBO by November
May 06, 2016 07:49 - 6 minutes - 4.94 MBJon Stewart may be on HBO in time for election commentary | FDA now regulating all tobacco products | Must be 21 to smoke in California | ‘Grim Sleeper’ killer convicted | North Carolina not down with Justice Department’s demands | Trump won’t have support of the Bushes | Trump names a finance chairman | Paul Ryan not with Trump at the moment | Trump’s Cinco de Mayo post | Canada fire grows | Londoners […]
Thursday, May 5: The end of the €500 bill
May 05, 2016 07:19 - 5 minutes - 4.81 MBBig bill taken out of circulation to make nefarious transactions harder | Justice Department clamps down on NC law | Kasich out, Trump stands alone | Hillary with a sizable lead over Trump | Hacker says he infiltrated Hillary’s email server | Trump’s self-funding days are over | Trump VP pick likely coming in July | Rolling Stones say no to Trump | Wildfire continues to torch Fort McMurray | Texas murder-suicide after […]
Wednesday, May 4: Ten-year old gets $10,000 for hacking Instagram
May 04, 2016 07:49 - 5 minutes - 4.82 MBFinnish kid’s profitable Instagram hack | Cruz drops out | Bernie takes Indiana | Trump says Cruz’s father was in cahoots with Lee Harvey Oswald | Cruz rails against Trump | Hamilton rakes in the Tony noms | Another Aleppo hospital strike | 1,500 arrested in Indonesia’s Papua region | King Felipe of Spain calls for elections in June | Wildfire causes 60,000 to evacuate city in Canada | Navy SEAL killed in Iraq | Tupac’s mother […]
Tuesday, May 3: Three ‘potentially habitable’ planets discovered
May 03, 2016 07:51 - 6 minutes - 4.93 MBPlanets that could sustain life discovered | Australian says he’s the creator of Bitcoin | Against long odds, Leicester City wins EPL | Writers vote Leicester’s Vardy player of the year | Beyonce places all 12 Lemonade songs onto Billboard chart | Boiling water on Mars | Cruz takes on Trump supporters in Indiana | Bill with a role in Hillary’s administration? | Teacher sick-out causes 94 Detroit schools to close | Marines […]
Monday, May 2: Malia Obama is Harvard bound
May 02, 2016 07:46 - 6 minutes - 5.5 MBMalia headed to Harvard after a gap year | Jokes aplenty at Obama’s last WHCD | Mixed reviews for Larry Wilmore | Reporter fight at WHCD after-party | Trump and Hillary lead Indiana polling | Protests in California force Trump into back entrance | Pentagon punishes 16 for Afghanistan hospital strike | CIA tweets Osama […]
Friday, April 29: Colombia legalizes gay marriage
April 29, 2016 07:50 - 6 minutes - 4.89 MBColombian court OKs gay marriage | Deadly airstrike on Syrian hospital | Arrests made in connection to San Bernardino | Bomb threat at Baltimore TV station | Boehner not Ted Cruz’s biggest fan | Obama reflects on legacy | Biden takes surprise trip to Iraq | Teen pregnancy rates down | Man in car crash suing Snapchat | Deadly crash near University of Georgia | Deadly trash slide in Guatemala | Two missiles fail in North Korea | American […]
Thursday, April 28: Will Ferrell will play Ronald Reagan
April 28, 2016 07:06 - 5 minutes - 4.83 MBFerrell in ‘Reagan’ | Hastert gets prison time | SpaceX going to Mars | Cruz brings on Fiorina as running mate | Trump talks foreign policy | Trump raking in the votes | Sanders campaign layoffs | Abdeslam charged in France | Suicide bombing in Turkey | Austria’s new refugee policy | Mexico’s handling of disappearance of 43 students under scrutiny | Prince had a Percocet addiction, And was found with painkillers when he died | Chyna had an accidental […]
Wednesday, April 27: Two-day work week in Venezuela
April 27, 2016 07:40 - 6 minutes - 4.87 MBTwo-day work week to save energy in Venezuela | Trump and Hillary dominate northeast primaries | Trump says the nomination is his | Bernie with no plans of dropping out | Prince left no will | British jury debriefs on 1989 soccer stadium disaster | US building shield for North Korean missiles | Fence jumper near the White House causes lockdown | ExxonMobil loses AAA credit rating | Apple revenue drops for first […]
Tuesday, April 26: Millennials are now America’s largest living generation
April 26, 2016 07:17 - 5 minutes - 4.83 MBMillennial population overtakes Boomers in America | Appeals court says Brady’s Deflategate suspension is back on | Gannett bids to buy Tribune | Cleveland reaches settlement with Tamir Rice’s family | Gay activist in Bangladesh killed | Canadian executed in the Philippines | Saudi Arabia’s new economic plan | Five primaries today | Trump agrees to Megyn Kelly interview | Trump christens ‘1-for-38 Kasich’ | Trump says he won’t tweet as president | Hastert sued over unpaid […]
Monday, April 25: British astronaut runs marathon in space
April 25, 2016 07:39 - 6 minutes - 4.89 MBSpace marathon | Beyonce’s new album | We await Prince’s autopsy results | Eight family members killed in Ohio | Post-prom shooting in Wisconsin | Georgia mass shooting | FBI drops Brooklyn iPhone case against Apple | Uber killer will stand trial | No charges for now for Arizona freeway shooter | Climate agreement in Paris | Obama in London | Obama talks trade deal in Germany, thousands protest | Obama will announce troop escalation in Syria | Professor killed in […]
Friday, April 22: Olympic torch lit in Greece
April 22, 2016 07:42 - 6 minutes - 4.91 MBOlympic torch begins journey to Rio | Prince found dead at 57 | Fans turn to his music | FBI shelled out over a million dollars to get into iPhone | Volkswagen agrees to buy back cars | Regulations proposed for Wall Street bonuses | Uber drivers remain contractors | American farmers getting millions | Last round of the Scripps Spelling Bee will be harder | Arrieta chucks a no-hitter | Abdeslam charged over shootout | Hamas […]
Thursday, April 21: Half-mile long drug-smuggling tunnel found
April 21, 2016 07:12 - 6 minutes - 4.89 MBTunnel connecting Mexico and California discovered | New faces on US currency | Officials charged with tampering in Flint crisis | Obama’s icy relations with Saudi Arabia | Explosion in Pemex factory kills three | Plane crash in Alaska kills four | Shipwreck thought to have killed 500 migrants | Families of terrorist victims stand to gain from Supreme Court ruling | Canada will put marijuana legalization on the docket […]
Wednesday, April 20: The end of silver Diet Coke cans
April 20, 2016 07:37 - 6 minutes - 4.94 MBCoke redoing can designs | Hillary wins her home state | As does Trump; Kasich second | Registration for Trump’s plane has expired | Appeals court sides with transgender students in bathroom case | Criminal charges for Flint crisis coming today | Another month, another heat record falls | At least 50 killed in market strike in Syria | Turkey kills 32 ISIS fighters | South Korea covered up brutality in the ’70s […]
Tuesday, April 19: Ben and Jerry arrested after protesting in DC
April 19, 2016 08:27 - 6 minutes - 4.88 MBBen and Jerry get cuffed for protesting | Supreme Court hears arguments about Obama’s immigration plan | Michigan governor says he’ll drink Flint water for a month | Pulitzer winners announced | Lin-Manuel Miranda adds to collection | Devastating flooding in Houston | US bolstering forces against ISIS | Motorcade for US official kills boy in Cameroon | Taliban suicide attack in Kabul | Bus bombing in Jerusalem | Death toll climbs to 413 in […]
Monday, April 18: Jackson will be replaced on the $20 bill
April 18, 2016 07:35 - 6 minutes - 4.92 MBBroadway hit helps keep Hamilton on the $10 bill | Japan hit with second brutal earthquake | Earthquake in Ecuador kills almost 300 | Brazil’s lower house votes for Rousseff impeachment | No deal made for oil production freeze | Belgium’s transport minister resigns | More Guantanamo departures | DC mayor calls for vote for statehood | Mississippi allowing guns in churches | Cirque du Soleil shows canceled in North Carolina | Cruz grabs Wyoming […]
Friday, April 15: Czech Republic wants a shorter name: Czechia
April 15, 2016 07:55 - 6 minutes - 4.88 MBCzech Republic would like to be less of a mouthful | Microsoft suing the government | Brazilian Supreme Court upholds Rousseff impeachment vote | Deadly earthquake in Japan | Video shows kidnapped Nigerian girls alive | North Korean missile launch fails | US deploying warplanes to the South China Sea | Canada pushing for assisted suicide law | Tennessee governor says no to the bible as the official state book | Also has […]
Thursday, April 14: Warriors set NBA record with 73rd win
April 14, 2016 07:05 - 5 minutes - 4.78 MBWarriors dominate Grizzlies to set NBA record | Brain implant allows paralyzed man to move arm | Scathing report on Chicago police | Affluenza teen gets two years | Former Baylor star arrested for sexual assault | Journalist gets two years for helping to hack into LA Times | Myanmar earthquake | Tensions on the Macedonia-Greece border | Deadly crane collapse in China | Train crash in Germany caused by gaming worker | ISIS says […]
Wednesday, April 13: Andy Warhol prints stolen from museum
April 13, 2016 06:17 - 5 minutes - 4.75 MBAndy Warhol paintings stolen from Missouri museum | Paul Ryan says he most certainly will not run | Kasich says Cruz and Trump are not worthy | Hillary deflects blame for de Blasio joke | NC governor tweaks LGBT measures with executive order | Deutsche Bank hits brakes on NC expansion | Judge rules against couple in China’s first same-sex marriage case | Stephen Hawking involved in new space […]
Tuesday, April 12: First Afghan Sesame Street muppet
April 12, 2016 07:27 - 6 minutes - 4.89 MBAfghan muppet | Polygamy seekers from TLC show shot down | Bryan Adams cancels show in Mississippi over new law | Trump and Hillary up in NY polling | Trump says delegate system is rigged | Trump cites Walker, Rubio and Kasich as VP possibilities | Trump’s kids won’t be voting | Trump’s not-so-charitable giving | Washington Post working on a Trump book | Bernie denounces fracking | David Cameron speaks to Parliament about Panama […]
Monday, April 11: New world’s tallest building coming to Dubai
April 11, 2016 07:09 - 6 minutes - 4.91 MBDubai getting a new world’s tallest building | Prosecutors release Hastert details | Former Saints player Will Smith killed | Homeless man charged in killing of Texas student | Delegates allocated this weekend | Obama defends Hillary in email probe | Kasich calls for a holiday the day after the Super Bowl | Boston Globe prints satirical Trump front page | Pope issues announcement about family life | Third Brussels airport bomber arrested | Brussels […]
Friday, April 8: Stamp prices will drop for the first time since 1919
April 08, 2016 06:28 - 6 minutes - 4.87 MBCheaper stamps | Putin points finger at US for Panama Papers | David Cameron admits to benefitting from offshore account | Trump staff shakeup | Giuliani wants Trump | Bernie attacks Hillary as unqualified | ISIS kidnappings in Damascus | Four ISIS arrests in Denmark | Belgium releases video of fugitive airport bomber | US supplied bombs for civilian attack in Yemen | FBI method to break into iPhone only works on some phones | Four claim […]
Thursday, April 7: The Masters starts today
April 07, 2016 07:36 - 6 minutes - 4.89 MBGolf’s first major begins today | Judge rules against Kesha | UVA student must speak in Rolling Stone case | Armenia and Azerbaijan truce | Hijacker being extradited to Egypt | New PM in Iceland | Swiss police looking into new FIFA president | EU looking to tweak asylum system | Committee recommends impeachment vote in Brazil | Alarming increase in worldwide executions | Arsenic in the water in Bangladesh | White House moving Ebola money to […]
Wednesday, April 6: World’s biggest Starbucks coming to Manhattan
April 06, 2016 07:18 - 6 minutes - 4.89 MBWorld’s biggest Starbucks in NYC | Bernie takes Wisconsin | Ted Cruz wins | Cruz tightens gap in national poll | Trump divulges plan to make Mexico pay for wall | The Good Book will be the official book in Tennessee | Legislators looking to impeach Alabama governor | Mississippi governor OKs controversial bill | PayPal deciding against NC investment after anti-LGBT law | WhatsApp encrypting all transmissions | UConn completes undefeated season | Iceland PM […]
Tuesday, April 5: Villanova wins the title on a buzzer-beater
April 05, 2016 07:32 - 6 minutes - 4.86 MBVillanova wins the National Championship | Fallout from the Panama Papers: investigations | World leaders deny misdeeds | Supreme Court rules against revised voting district regulations | BP’s settlement from oil spill: $20 billion | Migrants sent back to Turkey as EU deal takes effect | Bernie and Hillary agree to Brooklyn debate | Cruz warns of revolt if there’s an alternative nominee | Princeton board votes to keep Woodrow Wilson | Duke […]
Monday, April 4: Capital ‘I’ in ‘internet’ no longer needed
April 04, 2016 07:35 - 6 minutes - 4.85 MBFrom Internet to internet | Documents revealing corruption leaked | Villanova and North Carolina play for the title | UConn and Syracuse women reach the final | Possible debris from Malaysia Airlines flight found in Mauritius | Hillary and Bernie bicker about NY debates | Bernie gains Nevada delegates | Trump plans to erase US debt | Ivana speaks | Deadly floods in Pakistan | Deadly battle in the Caucasus | Ebola in Liberia | Deadly Amtrak derailment […]
Friday, April 1: Chipotle burger chain in the works
April 01, 2016 07:24 - 5 minutes - 4.79 MBChipotle developing ‘Better Burger’ | New Tesla unveiled | Virginia officer killed at Greyhound station | California senate votes for minimum wage increase | USWNT members suing over unequal pay | Abdeslam will be extradited to France | US strikes ISIS | Bridge collapse in India kills at least 23 | Bombing in Turkey kills seven policemen | US and China will work to stop North Korea’s nuclear program | North Korea sends missile into […]
Thursday, March 31: Governor wants Yale to come to Florida
March 31, 2016 07:17 - 6 minutes - 4.9 MBRick Scott says Yale wouldn’t have to pay endowment taxes in Florida | Obama commutes sentences for drug offenses | No charges for Minnesota cops | Mississippi senate votes for anti-LGBT bill | Aide to Alabama governor resigns after dirty phone call surfaces | Governor may be impeached | Bernie and Cruz up in Wisconsin polls | Trump waffles on abortion punishment | Tornado hits Oklahoma | Shutdowns loom for DC metro | Unused $86 […]
Wednesday, March 30: Disney character Legos introduced
March 30, 2016 06:57 - 6 minutes - 4.96 MBDisney Legos | Brazil’s president loses support | Trump reverses on supporting another nominee | Scott Walker endorses Cruz | Trump’s unfavorable rating on the rise | Trump’s campaign manager charged for battery | Bernie and Hillary debate over debates | More than 200 arrested for Pakistan attack | US moves out of southern Turkey | Plane crash in Canada | EgyptAir hijacker arrested, Hijacker selfie | Suspicious packages at the Capitol | Garland meets with a Republican senator for […]
Tuesday, March 29: Oculus Rift virtual reality system released
March 29, 2016 09:18 - 6 minutes - 4.89 MBFirst VR system available to the public | EgyptAir hijacking | FBI says ‘we’re good’ to Apple | Brussels bombing suspect released | Gunshots at the Capitol | Georgia governor will veto controversial bill | North Carolina sued over new law | Law in Utah calls for abortion anesthesia | Supreme Court rejects Blago appeal | Former Honduran prez guilty of soccer bribery | Arrests in Georgia lottery murder | No mention of assaults in Cosby […]
Monday, March 28: Syracuse is the first 10-seed to make the Final Four
March 28, 2016 07:38 - 5 minutes - 4.83 MBFinal Four set | Deadly Easter attack in Pakistan | ISIS bombing in Iraq | Syria gets Palmyra back from ISIS | Airstrike kills ISIS’s finance minister | Links between Paris and Brussels attacks | Arrests made in four countries | Four Americans killed last week | North Korea video shows DC attack | Bernie dominates the weekend | Cruz points finger at Trump for Enquirer story | Navy captain goes to prison for bribery | Pilot shows up […]
Friday, March 25: New Zealand votes to keep its flag the same
March 25, 2016 07:45 - 6 minutes - 4.89 MBNo change to New Zealand flag | Six arrests in Brussels following foiled plot in France | Brussels attacks had originally been planned for March 28 | Airport closed until at least Sunday | Malaysia arrests 15 connected to ISIS | Iraq wants Mosul back from ISIS | Karadzic guilty of genocide in Yugoslavia | Brazilian president says she won’t resign | Primaries out west for the Democrats on Saturday | Starbucks plea […]
Thursday, March 24: Shakespeare’s skull thought to be stolen
March 24, 2016 07:45 - 6 minutes - 4.9 MBDocumentary says that Shakespeare’s skull was stolen from his grave | Brussels attacker had been deported by Turkey | One bomber identified as being involved in Paris attacks | UK says it’s prevented 7 ISIS attacks | Pentagon official says that released Gitmo prisoners have killed Americans | North Carolina passes anti-trans law | Disney threatens to not film in Georgia | Supreme Court split over contraceptive medical coverage | Israeli […]
Wednesday, March 23: Palin will be a court TV show personality
March 23, 2016 08:14 - 6 minutes - 4.86 MBSarah Palin will host a court TV show | More than 30 dead in Brussels attacks | Manhunt for bomber | Americans wounded | Frontrunners win Arizona | Candidates weigh in on Brussels attacks | Trump threatens to ‘spill the beans’ about Cruz’s wife | FIFA investigating 2006 World Cup bid | Rob Ford dead at 46 | Obama speaks about the future of Cuba | Then watches the Rays beat Cuba | Nixon aide divulged motive […]
Tuesday, March 22: LeBron unfollowed his team on Twitter
March 22, 2016 08:22 - 6 minutes - 4.9 MBWebsite shows LeBron unfollowed the Cavs yesterday | Brussels airport attack | FBI may be scrapping its Apple battle | Gawker and Denton on the hook for $25 million more | Kesha appeals court’s decision | Candidates speak ahead of today’s primaries | Bernie wins overseas vote | All but Bernie speak at AIPAC | Supreme Court will hear Apple-Samsung dispute | Obama hangs with Raul Castro | McConnell says Garland won’t be confirmed […]
Monday, March 21: Apple introducing new toys today
March 21, 2016 07:00 - 6 minutes - 4.89 MBWorld meets the small iPhone | Plane crash in Russia kills 62 | Bus crash in Spain kills university students | EU goes through with migrant deal with Turkey | ISIS bombing in Istanbul | ISIS attacks Egyptian officers | Suspect from Paris attacks captured | He had plans for more damage | First female US combat commander | Marine killed in Iraq | Ravens player dies after motorcycle crash | Trump questions Romney’s Mormonism | Protesters block road […]
Friday, March 18: Nike reveals self-tying shoe
March 18, 2016 07:23 - 6 minutes - 4.88 MBSelf-tying Nikes | North Korea fires missiles following US sanctions | John Kerry labels ISIS attacks as genocide | Campus stabbings in November were ISIS-inspired | Uber lawsuit was a hoax | New Pluto findings | Lin-Manuel Miranda got word that Hamilton will stay on the $10 bill | Judge blocks Lula appointment | Brazilians protest government conduct | Lower retirement age in Canada | Michigan governor faces the music from Congress | Lead-contaminated water goes beyond […]
Thursday, March 17: Denmark is the world’s happiest country
March 17, 2016 06:43 - 5 minutes - 4.84 MBWorld’s happiest country rankings | Merrick Garland nominated for SC | Republicans say he won’t be considered | Obama throws more sanctions at North Korea | Uber mass shooter sues Uber | Jared beat up in prison | Skyscraper in Malaysia | Money heisted from Bangladesh’s Fed account | FIFA admits to bribes | Paris terrorist plot foiled | Boko Haram attack at a Nigerian mosque | Pakistan bus bombing | Military personnel disciplined for Doctors Without […]
Wednesday, March 16: Wicked is the fastest musical to $1 billion
March 16, 2016 07:32 - 5 minutes - 4.81 MBWicked has earned $1 billion on Broadway since 2003 | Hillary sweeps five states | Trump wins all but Ohio | Rubio throws in the towel | Politico reporter shunned by Trump campaign | Ben Carson said job promise led to Trump endorsement | Chicago Attorney voted out | Paris suspects targeted in Brussels raid | Car bomb in Germany | ‘Fappening’ perpetrator pleads guilty | Mateen Cleaves charged for sexual assault | DC metro shut down […]
Tuesday, March 15: Selena Gomez now Instagram’s most followed person
March 15, 2016 07:16 - 6 minutes - 4.97 MBSelena Gomez passes Taylor Swift on Instagram | Kalamazoo shooter said he was possessed by Uber | Train derailment in Kansas | Big day of primaries | Bernie unveils AIDS plan | Sarah Palin cancels event after husband’s accident | Senate confirms new Secretary of Education | Russia pulling troops from Syria | Migrants slog through to Macedonia, only to be sent back | Anti-immigrant party does well in German elections | Historic election in […]
Monday, March 14: NCAA Tournament bracket revealed
March 14, 2016 07:00 - 6 minutes - 4.92 MBMarch Madness starts this week | Minor Republican primaries | Democratic town hall in Columbus | Protesters force Trump to cancel Chicago rally | CBS reporter among those arrested | Unrest at St. Louis Trump rally | Dayton protestor causes Secret Service panic | Trump considering paying legal fees for guy who punched protester | Breitbart reporter files charges against Trump campaign manager | And then resigns from Breitbart | Hillary goofs up on Nancy […]
Friday, March 11: Obama reaches highest approval rating since 2013
March 11, 2016 08:31 - 6 minutes - 4.88 MBObama up to 50% approval rating | Apple presenting new goodies on March 21 | Knife on OJ’s property doesn’t appear to be a lead | Floods hit Louisiana | Subdued Republican debate | Ben Carson endorsing Trump | Sucker punch at Trump rally | He said, she said over Trump’s campaign manager grabbing reporter | US drones have spied domestically | ISIS leader appears to be wounded, but not dead | Mysterious Russian death | Senate […]
Thursday, March 10: The end of ‘The Most Interesting Man in the World’
March 10, 2016 08:38 - 6 minutes - 4.92 MBDos Equis ending ad campaign | First uterus transplant goes wrong | Bezos unveils space company | Iran conducts more test launches | Hillary dismisses indictment talk during debate | Republicans at it again tonight | Fiorina endorses Cruz | Chicago Tribune won’t endorse either Democrat | Trump’s campaign manager gets handsy | Obama skipping Reagan funeral for SXSW | Canada putting a woman on its currency | Brazil’s former president charged for money laundering | US captured ISIS […]
Wednesday, March 9: High-ranking ISIS leader likely killed
March 09, 2016 09:31 - 6 minutes - 4.93 MB‘Omar the Chechen’ likely killed by US airstrike | American tourist killed in Israel | North Korea says it has miniature nuclear warheads | US will continue to loosen restrictions on Cuba | EU agrees to migrant deal with Turkey | Asteroid breezes by Earth | Solar eclipse visible in Asia | Trump wins three of four | Bernie springs upset in Michigan | Hillary’s lead tightens in national poll | Kasich takes over 3rd […]
Tuesday, March 8: ‘Yelp for people’ app launches
March 08, 2016 08:12 - 6 minutes - 4.88 MBPeeple lets you rate other people | Jury awards Erin Andrews $55 million | Hulk Hogan lawsuit underway | Michigan among today’s primaries | Bloomberg says he won’t run | Orlando newspaper says GOP nominees not worthy of an endorsement | US preempts Somalian terrorists, kills 150 | Deadly battle in Tunisia | Britain alert to possible ISIS attack | Ex-defense chief of Nigeria accused of stealing $20 million | Mercury’s darkness comes from graphite | Sharapova […]
Monday, March 7: BC goes winless in ACC football and basketball
March 07, 2016 07:41 - 6 minutes - 4.96 MBHorrendous year for Boston College sports | OJ knife sees the light of day | Nancy Reagan dies at 94 | Email pioneer dead at 74 | R2D2 creator dies at 68 | El Chapo’s daughter said he entered the US twice as a fugitive | Brazil investigating its former president | North Korea threatens South Korea, US | 25 more die as migrant boat sinks | ISIS attack kills at least 60 […]