Bill Chappell
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Apple News Today
The 90 seconds that shook air-traffic controllers
The ballots themselves will be secret. It's recommended for cardinals to use a handwriting style that's not necessarily highly identifiable to their own.
Apple News Today
The 90 seconds that shook air-traffic controllers
If there's no clear winner from that with the two-thirds majority, those ballots will be added to a pile that will then be burned to signal to people outside of the Sistine Chapel with black smoke that there's no new pope and the process will still have to continue.
Apple News Today
The 90 seconds that shook air-traffic controllers
The first is, do you accept your election as Pope? And the second is, what will you be known as? What will your name be?
Apple News Today
The 90 seconds that shook air-traffic controllers
Francis famously was the first pope from South America. He installed cardinals in countries where there had been no cardinal before, you know, places like Mongolia, Rwanda, Haiti, and Laos. His goal, I think, was to make the church reflect more of its global population. There are more than a billion Catholics around the world.
NPR News Now
NPR News: 04-01-2025 6PM EDT
The bats made a splash on opening weekend when the New York Yankees hit nine home runs in one game. Their distinctive barrel looks like a bowling pin, swollen and then tapering. Designed using analytics, the bats have more mass in spots where batters are likely to hit the ball. Lloyd Smith is a professor of mechanical engineering at Washington State University.
NPR News Now
NPR News: 04-01-2025 6PM EDT
Smith doesn't think torpedo bats generate more power, but they might give a batter more confidence at the plate. Bill Chappell, NPR News.
NPR News Now
NPR News: 04-24-2025 3PM EDT
Not every cardinal can vote in the conclave that selects a new pope. To participate, they have to be under 80 years old. Pope Francis appointed 108 of the 135 cardinal electors who can join the conclave, creating a body that more closely resembles the global church. Greg Gassman is editor of the Pontifex podcast.
NPR News Now
NPR News: 04-24-2025 3PM EDT
Europe accounts for roughly 40 percent of the cardinals who vote on the next pope, about twice its proportion of the world's Catholic community. The Vatican says more than 70 countries have elector cardinals. That includes 10 from the U.S. Bill Chappell, NPR News.
NPR News Now
NPR News: 01-05-2025 6PM EST
Senator Bill Cassidy of Louisiana says he hasn't made up his mind on RFK Jr. as HHS secretary. Cassidy, who is a medical doctor, tells Fox News Sunday he plans to interview Kennedy this week.
NPR News Now
NPR News: 01-05-2025 6PM EST
Before entering politics, Cassidy created a free immunization program in the Baton Rouge area that vaccinated tens of thousands of children and adults against hepatitis B. RFK Jr. ran for president as an independent and campaigned against vaccine use. But after the election, Kennedy told NPR, quote, we are not going to take vaccines away from anybody, end quote. Luke Garrett, NPR News, Washington.
NPR News Now
NPR News: 04-19-2025 4PM EDT
The domestic terrorists who did this awful thing believed... that it would spark a nationwide upheaval against the American government.
NPR News Now
NPR News: 03-28-2025 5PM EDT
Customs and Border Protection said this week that seizures of raw eggs have risen by 48% on the northern and southern U.S. borders compared to last year. In San Diego, the CBP field office reported 158% more seizures of eggs, a trend sparked by the bird flu outbreak. As those figures go up, another important number is going down.
NPR News Now
NPR News: 03-28-2025 5PM EDT
The Trump administration often cites smuggling of the deadly opioid fentanyl as one reason to impose tariffs on Canada and Mexico. But the CBP says interceptions of fentanyl have been falling. Last month, there were 63 fentanyl interceptions, among the fewest in at least three years. Bill Chappell, NPR News.