UPDATE (11/30 6:03 pm) - In a written statement, the refinery confirmed a fire as the source of the smoke. From Calumet Montana Refining: Calumet Montana Refining has confirmed a fire has occurred at ...

As the papal conclave continues, onlookers from around the world will watch for smoke in Vatican City, eager for the first update on who will be the next leader of the Catholic Church. On the morning ...

The world's attention will soon turn to a chimney on the roof of the Sistine Chapel as cardinals inside use a once-mysterious recipe to create smoke that signals their progress in choosing a new pope.

ROME, Italy — When a new pope is needed, the College of Cardinals gather at the Vatican to vote and colored smoke flows out of the Sistine Chapel’s chimney depending on the result — but what does it ...

When Catholic cardinals meet to pick a new pope in a papal conclave, they’re sequestered in the Sistine Chapel so their deliberations aren’t influenced by the outside world—and, as moviegoers who saw ...

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 inside ...

Walks in the park under smokey skies have become a bit too common these days, thanks to California’s never-ending wildfires. But this Saturday, in at least one park, a more whimsical smoke filled the ...

SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA – OCTOBER 16: Judy Chicago’s pyrotechnic art exhibit, “Forever de Young,” is ignited outside the de Young Museum in San Francisco, Calif., Saturday, Oct. 16, 2021, filling ...