It’s probably the most-watched smoke in the world: The billows of exhaust unfurl before the watchful eyes of thousands every conclave — the only communication allowed from the cardinals locked ...

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 ...

Virginia “Jinx” Hickman, (Mae Widmer), 80, of Millville, NJ, passed away at home early Wednesday morning, May 7, 2025, where she had been under the care of family & hospice. Jinx was born in ...

During their deliberations, the only indications of their progress are the regular plumes of smoke wafting from a freshly installed chimney perched on the roof of the Sistine Chapel. Tradition ...

If you have kids, never let them learn the “jinx” game — the thing where they try to say the same thing at the same time as you, then yell “jinx!,” and then you’re not allowed to speak ...

Black smoke (fumata nera) means the voting cardinals did not come to a two-thirds consensus. White smoke (fumata bianca), on the other hand, means a new pope has been elected. What Is a 'Conclave ...

Outside the conclave, people can only see the smoke rising from the chapel's chimney — the sole form of communication between the conclave and the outside world. There are multiple voting rounds ...

And if you've never seen this all go down before, you may wonder: what's the difference between black smoke and white smoke coming out of that chimney? The answer: black smoke means they've voted ...

From this simple metal tube will emerge the long-awaited white smoke that will announce the election of the new pope. Black smoke billowed from the Sistine Chapel chimney Wednesday evening to the ...

The Washington County Department of Water Quality will conduct a smoke test on Wednesday, April 30. According to a community announcement, the test will take place from 8 to 10 a.m. and may affect ...

Smoke from the wildfire in Ocean County could reach Central Jersey by Wednesday evening, according to the latest run of a computer weather model. As of noon Wednesday, firefighters had contained ...

When the conclave of cardinals have elected a new pope, white smoke is emitted from the chapel chimney. | Peter Macdiarmid/GettyImages When Catholic cardinals meet to pick a new pope in a papal ...