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
Friday, March 4: World’s longest flight connects Dubai and Auckland
March 04, 2016 07:58 - 6 minutes - 4.93 MBEmirates begins service for world’s longest flight | This weekend’s primaries | Donald under fire in debate | And defends his anatomy | Romney hits Trump, Trump strikes back | Romney plotting to keep Trump from nomination | Trump threatens to run as independent | North Korea orders military to be ready with nuclear weapons | Refugees stuck in Greece | EU leader tells refugees not to come to Europe | Brazil in a heap of […]
Thursday, March 3: El Chapo wants to go to the US
March 03, 2016 08:01 - 6 minutes - 4.93 MBBad treatment in Mexico has El Chapo wanting the US | Supreme Court hears abortion case | Carson on his way out | Staffer that set up Hillary’s email account given immunity | Christie feeling the heat | Plane debris thought to be from MH370 | Earthquake in Indonesia | North Korea gets sanctioned, then fires off missiles | Former energy CEO dies in crash a day after indictment | Utah senate votes […]
Wednesday, March 2: Astronaut returns to Earth after 340 days
March 02, 2016 09:30 - 5 minutes - 4.78 MBKelly returns to Earth | Hillary with a winning night | Trump stays well ahead of the pack | Waze mishap leads to Israeli-Palestinian clash | Bin Laden’s will released | US nabs ISIS operative | Fearing Trump, Mexicans rush to the border | Violence as France tries to clear refugee camp | North Korea boycotting UN Human Rights Council | Zika linked to temporary paralysis | Supreme Court votes 6-2 without Scalia | South Dakota governor […]
Tuesday, March 1: Clarence Thomas asks first question from the bench in 10 years
March 01, 2016 08:10 - 6 minutes - 4.94 MBThomas’s first question in 10 years | Navy SEAL gets Medal of Honor | Water crisis in New York | Apple makes its case to Congress today | Judge rules in favor of Apple in NY drug case | Super Tuesday preview: Democrats, Republicans | Trump blames earpiece for KKK blunder | Secret Service goes WWE at Trump event | Trump’s rivals want his immigration views as told to the NYT outed | Corpse […]
Monday, Feb. 29: Record-breaking filibuster in South Korea
February 29, 2016 08:48 - 6 minutes - 4.87 MBThe filibuster that won’t end | DiCaprio gets an Oscar | Iñárritu goes back-to-back | Mad Max gets the most hardware | Spotlight grabs Best Picture | Kansas shooter had been served a restraining order | FIFA elects a new president | Hillary wins big in South Carolina | Kasich makes Ohio ultimatum | Republican tax returns | Christie endorses Trump | Mixed messages from Trump following former Klan leader endorsement | Trump gets pranked into retweeting a […]
Friday, Feb. 26: New Pokemon games coming out
February 26, 2016 07:49 - 6 minutes - 4.9 MBPokemon 20th anniversary games | Kansas shooting spree | FBI director calls Apple issue ‘hardest question’ he’s seen | Apple submits motion to get order dismissed | Date with Congress set for Tuesday | BBC enabled rapist | EU threatening to install freedom of movement barriers | Somalia says terrorist group killed at least 180 Kenyan soldiers | Canada looks to repeal citizenship law for terrorists | Rioters burn down campus buildings in […]
Thursday, Feb. 25: Gymnastics and meme star McKayla Maroney retires
February 25, 2016 08:38 - 6 minutes - 4.89 MBMaroney calling it a career | Obama considers Nevada governor for Supreme Court | And nominates first black and first female Librarian of Congress | Pennsylvania governor has cancer | Rick Perry off the hook | Trump gets first Congressional endorsement | Hillary gets endorsement from top Senate Democrat | Five remaining Republicans debate in Houston | Bolivia limits president to three terms | Blatter’s appeal rejected | Moody’s considers Brazil’s credit junk | Egypt’s president blames […]
Wednesday, Feb. 24: Vienna deemed the best city to live in
February 24, 2016 09:21 - 6 minutes - 4.88 MBWorld’s quality-of-life rankings | Obama announces Guantanamo Bay closure plans | Senate Republicans will block Obama’s Supreme Court appointment | Doctor cites Scalia’s health problems | Trump dominates in Nevada | Democrats speak before South Carolina primary | Carson says Obama was raised white | Plane crash in Nepal kills 23 | Deadly tornadoes strike the South | Fourteen more cases of sexually transmitted Zika in the US | Sea levels rising fast | Mars recalling chocolate […]
Tuesday, Feb. 23: Record number of astronaut applications
February 23, 2016 07:52 - 6 minutes - 4.91 MBMore than 18,000 apply to NASA | Michigan mass killer charged | He had a clean record | Producer says Kesha’s sexual assault claims are false | LAPD tells Kesha statute of limitations hasn’t expired | Apple calls for government panel in encryption dispute | Public sides with FBI | So does victims group | Nevada votes today with Trump the favorite | Kasich gaffe | Cruz adapts a hardline immigration policy | Cruz fires spokesman over […]
Monday, Feb. 22: Closest Daytona 500 finish in history
February 22, 2016 07:35 - 6 minutes - 4.96 MBHamlin beats Truex Jr. by a hair in NASCAR’s biggest race | Shooting rampage in Michigan | FBI reset San Bernardino killer’s password | Hillary gets a win in Nevada | Trump picks up South Carolina W | Jeb Bush bows out | ISIS attacks in Syria kill more than 140 | Serbia says two hostages in Libya were killed by US airstrike | Ceasefire discussions | London’s mayor calls for Brexit | Devastating cyclone […]
Friday, Feb. 19: Miami police boycotting Beyonce’s concert
February 19, 2016 08:23 - 5 minutes - 4.67 MBMiami Police Union votes to boycott Beyonce’s April concert | Pope and Trump clash | Pope acknowledges need for contraception during Zika outbreak | World Bank putting $150 million into Zika | Candidate arrested during Uganda elections | And social media wasn’t allowed | Turkey blames Kurdish group for attack | Kenya claims Al-Shabaab intelligence chief was killed | ISIS not having Twitter success after account bans | Deadly road accident in Ghana | Obama […]
Thursday, Feb. 18: LA hospital paid ransom to hackers
February 18, 2016 08:48 - 6 minutes - 4.99 MBHackers got ransom for breaking into LA hospital’s system | Apple says no to unlocking iPhone for FBI | Justice Department says c’mon | Deadly attack on Turkey’s capital | ISIS strikes Yemen | ISIS plot foiled in Russia | More microcephaly cases in Brazil | WHO wants $56 million to fight Zika | LA cops charged for sexual assaults | Harvard sued for sexual assault handling | Obama’s upcoming Cuba trip a first since […]
Wednesday, Feb. 17: Last month was Earth’s hottest January on record
February 17, 2016 08:23 - 6 minutes - 5.1 MBRecord-breaking January warmth | Judge wants Apple to help FBI break into San Bernardino killer’s phone | Arrested Americans in Bahrain released | Kidnapped Americans in Iraq released | Russia says it’s not responsible for hospital bombings | US jets growl at North Korea | India media mogul charged with murder | Sarkozy getting investigated for campaign finance misdeeds | WHO says mutant mosquitoes could wipe out Zika mosquitoes | China doesn’t want […]
Tuesday, Feb. 16: Star Wars VIII starts filming, and with new characters
February 16, 2016 08:19 - 6 minutes - 5.01 MBNext Star Wars starts filming with new faces | Grammys results | Rough Adele performance | Taylor Swift fires back at Kanye | Rihanna not well enough for Grammys performance | Lauryn Hill MIA | Newest speculation has Loretta Lynch as Supreme Court appointment favorite | American journalists arrested in Bahrain | South Korea wants ‘extraordinary’ sanctions on North Korea | Zika in Russia | Airstrikes against Doctors Without Borders hospitals in Syria | Lack of polls […]
Monday, Feb. 15: Deadpool sets R-rated box-office record
February 15, 2016 07:58 - 6 minutes - 4.99 MBDeadpool sets record for R-rated movie | Scalia dead at 79 | Inconsistencies in reports over details of his death | Republicans and Democrats clash over appointment plans | Obama won’t make appointment this week | Republican debate in SC | Grammys tonight | The Independent shutting down print editions | Victoria’s Secret CEO resigns | Peyton Manning sexual assault case from college resurfaces | Frigid northeast | 50-car pileup in PA | Murder-suicide at Arizona high school | Pope makes […]
Friday, Feb. 12: Titanic II setting sail in 2018
February 12, 2016 07:52 - 6 minutes - 4.97 MBTitanic, let’s try this again | Ceasefire agreement in Syria | NATO sending ships to patrol the Aegean | Koreas not getting along | Gravitational waves discovery | Deadly Mexican prison riot | Leopard on the loose in India | Bernie and Hillary duel in Wisconsin | Bernie is Intrepid | George W. hitting the trail for Jeb | Ted Cruz pulls ad because of raunchy actress | Conviction in Akai Gurley police killing | Charleston shooter will plead […]
Thursday, Feb. 11: Hot dogs coming to Burger King
February 11, 2016 08:29 - 6 minutes - 5.16 MBHot dogs at Burger King | Twitter timeline altered | Twitter users flatline | Twitter may adapt by changing the @reply | Janet Yellen talks economy | Christie drops out | As does Fiorina | Bernie bringing in the bacon | Former press secretary says Obama wants Hillary | Kasich to defund Planned Parenthood in Ohio | Unanimous senate vote to stop North Korea’s nuclear plans | North Korea executed a military leader, says South Korea | Kenyan track […]
Wednesday, Feb. 10: Frozen will be a Broadway musical
February 10, 2016 07:55 - 6 minutes - 4.99 MBFrozen coming to Broadway | Trump gets Republican win | Sanders wins, makes history | Underdog Kasich gets 2nd | Christie reconsidering running after 6th-place finish | South Carolina and Nevada up next | Three arrested in Taiwan for building collapse | Deadly train collision in Germany | US says North Korea has restarted a plutonium reactor | Warning of ISIS attack on the US this year | US Olympic Committee denies suggesting athletes stay […]
Tuesday, Feb. 9: Possible first death by meteorite since 1825
February 09, 2016 07:41 - 6 minutes - 4.99 MBMan in India killed by meteorite, says local officials | Obama wants $1.8 billion to fight Zika | US Olympic Committee says athletes might not want to go to Rio | NH primary today | Trump-Bush Twitter war | Trump calls Cruz a mean name | Hillary might shake up campaign staff | Bloomberg says he might run | Warning shots fired by South Korea | US helping South Korea with missile defense […]
Monday, Feb. 8: Bad Wi-Fi at the White House
February 08, 2016 08:15 - 6 minutes - 5.21 MBBad White House Wi-Fi | Denver wins the Super Bowl | Von Miller gets MVP | Manning retiring? | North Korea launches rocket, UN not pleased | Deadly earthquake in Taiwan | Deadly avalanche in Austria | UN ruling supports Assange | President of Haiti steps down | 3,100 Zika cases in pregnant Colombian women | Notorious gangster killed in Ireland shooting | Mardi Gra shooting | Norway taking guns from police | NY Uber drivers want higher fares | Twitter shut down […]
Friday, Feb. 5: Facebook claims 3.57 degrees of separation
February 05, 2016 07:11 - 6 minutes - 5.08 MB3.57 degrees of separation | NFL wants female execs | Redstone replaced as Viacom chair | Indictments for Ammon Bundy and the gang | Mexico has Chapo questions for Kate del Castillo | Shkreli defiant in front of Congress | Obama proposes oil tax, not received well by Republicans | Democrats block energy bill | Sanders and Clinton square off in NH | Big NH lead for Bernie | A tradition of SOS classified emails […]
Thursday, Feb. 4: Nondairy ice cream flavors for Ben & Jerry’s
February 04, 2016 07:25 - 6 minutes - 5.07 MBBen & Jerry’s nondairy ice cream | Case against Cosby moves forward | Adnan seeks new trial | Durst going away | Three-parent embryos OK’d by ethicists | Twelve-country trade deal signed | Obama speaks against anti-Muslim rhetoric | Rand Paul drops out | So does Santorum | Kasich will too if NH goes badly | Hillary and Bernie duel about ‘progressive’ | More debates approved | Trump says Cruz stole Iowa | Trump nominated for Nobel prize, maybe? | NY prison escaper […]
Wednesday, Feb 3: Uber gets a new logo
February 03, 2016 09:59 - 6 minutes - 5 MBUber’s rebranding | Sexually transmitted Zika in Dallas | Cosby wants charges from 2005 incident dropped | Accuser in civil suit drops case | Hillary scrapes by with win in Iowa | Thanks in large part to coin flips | Bernie not ready to concede Iowa | Cruz apologizes for campaign deceiving voters about Carson | Big night for cable news | Details from California prison break | Teenage girl was stabbed in Va. Tech […]
Tuesday, Feb. 2: Chipotle cleared of E. coli
February 02, 2016 09:19 - 5 minutes - 4.84 MBCDC says E. coli outbreak at Chipotle is over | Cruz takes Iowa for GOP | Hillary barely wins for Democrats | O’Malley dropping out | As is Huckabee | White House spending $1 billion to end cancer | Defense dept. wants $7 billion to fight ISIS | Justice dept. looking into San Francisco police | Zika declared a global health emergency | Brazil warns pregnant women about Olympics | Snacks coming back to coach | Ryanair […]
Monday, Feb. 1: Big weekend for Kung Fu Panda 3
February 01, 2016 07:21 - 6 minutes - 4.91 MBGood weekend for Kung Fu Panda 3 | Trump leads Iowa Republican poll heading into caucus day | Hillary leads Democrats | NYT endorses Hillary | And Kasich | More Democratic debates | Turkey and Russia bicker about airspace | Merkel says refugees should return after Syrian civil war | Swedes attack migrants | Migrants drown in Aegean sea | ISIS attacks in Syria | Boko Haram attacks in Nigeria | Post-ebola relief not given as promised | Serena upset in […]
Friday, Jan. 29: New Barbie body types
January 29, 2016 07:35 - 6 minutes - 5.15 MBNew Barbie body types | WHO says 3-4 million could get Zika | Zika could mean legal abortions in South America | Michigan sending $28 million to Flint | And then there were four | Teacher helped in jailbreak | Anaheim police spying | Gun arrest at Paris Disneyland | US confirms North Korea missile | Detroit teachers suing | Mystery illness on overseas flight | Amazon good, but not good enough | Cheese-less McD’s cheese sticks | Walgreens suspends Theranos […]
Thursday, Jan. 28: Biggest solar system discovered
January 28, 2016 07:16 - 6 minutes - 4.98 MBNewly found: biggest solar system ever | Mammoth bones found at Oregon State football field | High-life spending from Wounded Warrior Project | Theranos lab not safe | Bundy says Oregon troops can go home now | Interest rates stay put | Swiss banks need to pay up | Rough morning for Safari | Smartphones as ATM cards for Chase customers | Ex-Twitter exec off to Instagram | Facebook financials: very good | New Facebook buttons […]
Wednesday, Jan. 27: From Swish to Waves – Kanye renames new album
January 27, 2016 07:36 - 6 minutes - 5.17 MBKanye switches name of upcoming album to Waves | Leader of Oregon militia arrested | Trump won’t debate Thursday | Battle over unsanctioned Democratic debate | Travel warning list for Zika expands | United will refund flights to Zika countries | Brazil deploys troops to fight mosquitos | 20 anti-Uber cabbies arrested in Paris | Denmark makes it tough on migrants | Berland is Twitter’s first CMO | Twitter loses $560 million in value after […]
Tuesday, Jan. 26: Hong Kong has the world’s most expensive housing
January 26, 2016 07:11 - 6 minutes - 5.08 MBHong Kong: world’s most expensive housing | Supreme Court allows parole for all juvenile murderers | No solitary confinement for juveniles | Planned Parenthood let off, video makers indicted | New rules for Olympic transgender athletes | Florida State settles in lawsuit over rape case | New Twitter executive | Spotify getting video | Zuck back to work | Olive Garden caters | Bernie Sanders ice cream | All-day breakfast a big win for McD’s | Adidas cuts off […]
Monday, Jan. 25: Super Bowl will be Broncos vs. Panthers
January 25, 2016 07:12 - 5 minutes - 4.83 MBDenver vs. Carolina in the Super Bowl | Blizzard batters eastern US | Government buildings closed in DC today | Earthquake in Alaska | State of California orders gas well to be shut down | Prison break in California | Listeria outbreak due to Dole salad | Beware Zika | El Salvador recommends not getting pregnant for a few years | Migrants die in the Aegean | Tourists die in the Caribbean | Georgia lottery winner killed | School […]
Friday, Jan. 22: ‘Hello’ is fastest to a billion YouTube views
January 22, 2016 06:43 - 6 minutes - 5.03 MB‘Hello’ hits a billion views, quickly | Michigan government emails about Flint released | EPA administrator resigns | US changes visa policy | Snowstorms shut down DC | Many flights canceled | Oregon governor wants militia out | 12 marines declared dead | Oklahoma cop gets 263 years in prison | Georgia cop indicted for shooting | Flight attendant makes fake bomb threats | Facebook launches sports platform | UberEats getting bigger | Google’s billion dollar payment to Apple | Pope changes rule...
Thursday, Jan. 21: Evidence of a 9th planet found
January 21, 2016 06:59 - 6 minutes - 5.01 MBEvidence of planet beyond Pluto found | Dow Jones falls a lot, rises a little | Walmart employees getting raises | First female assistant coach in the NFL | Senate votes to reject bill that would keep out refugees | Supreme Court changes rules for class action lawsuits | Palin cites PTSD and Obama for son’s arrest | List of religious schools that can discriminate will be public | Taliban responsible […]
Wednesday, Jan. 20: Worst passwords: “123456” and “password”
January 20, 2016 07:01 - 6 minutes - 4.99 MBList of worst passwords | Supreme Court will hear immigration executive action case | Republican senator sponsors LGBT protection bill | Bernie with a big New Hampshire lead | Some of Hillary’s emails higher than top secret | Human Rights Campaign endorses Hillary | Sarah Palin endorses Trump | Palin’s son arrested | Ben Carson volunteer dies in Iowa car crash | Greyhound crash kills two | Michigan governor apologizes in speech | Threats at schools in […]
Tuesday, Jan. 19: British Parliament debates banning Trump
January 19, 2016 07:32 - 6 minutes - 5.33 MBBrits debate banning Trump | Rezaian and two others released from Iran | Al-Qaeda attacks Burkina Faso | Americans kidnapped from Iraq | Paris suspect arrested in Morocco | Former Nazi officer going on trial | Democratic candidates debate | Match-fixing in men’s tennis | Djokovic was offered money | NFL conference championships set | The Godfather in chronological order | David Bowie at No. 1 | Possibility for Making a Murderer Season 2 | Glenn Frey dead at 67 | Flint water […]