Authorities say no one was hurt after a Sunday afternoon fire in Wisconsin was contained to just the clothes dryer of a single apartment. According to a release from ...

All eyes were on the smoke billowing from the Sistine Chapel on May 8 as 133 cardinals voted to select the successor to Pope ...

So far, each vote in the conclave has resulted in black smoke, meaning no new pope has been selected yet. Tina Kraus reports from the Vatican.

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For white smoke, a compound of the chemicals potassium chlorate, lactose, and rosin (also known as Greek pitch) is used, ...

Black smoke appeared from a chimney atop the Sistine Chapel at the Vatican on Thursday, signaling that cardinals meeting in a secret conclave did not elect a new pope during their two ...

Here's how the conclave creates black and white smoke and why the Catholic Church began using them to signal whether a new pope has been elected.

Cardinals returned to the Sistine Chapel on Thursday to resume voting for a new pope and crowds flocked back to St. Peter's ...

On the second day of voting, two rounds of ballots were scheduled: the first two in the morning after Mass and a brief prayer ...

White smoke or black smoke? The first of the series announcing the election of the new Pope will arrive around 7:30 PM on ...

So, unless I want to break the law, I often find myself stuck, stewing in my anger and frustration as I watch black smoke ...

After each round of voting in the conclave, white smoke will emerge from the chimney of the Sistine Chapel if a pope has been elected and black smoke if there has not. Perhaps the most colourful ...