Suddenly I heard the most beautiful noise I have ever heard in my life: the sound of tens of thousands of people cheering as ...

When the cardinals vote, they burn their ballots and send up smoke to signal their decision: white smoke to show they have ...

Pyrotechnic chemistry drives the Vatican’s recipes for the black and white smoke used to announce papal election outcomes ...

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Black smoke rising from the Sistine Chapel chimney on Wednesday and again Thursday morning indicated that a new pope had not yet been chosen to replace Pope Francis. Using smoke to communicate to ...

Sarah Bradley had just dropped her daughter off at daycare around 7:15 a.m. when she noticed thick white smoke billowing from King Street. The North Bay resident said something told her to drive by ...