Black smoke has billowed from the Sistine Chapel chimney after the first round of voting by the College of Cardinals, indicating a new pope has yet to be elected.
As chaos has engulfed Newark Liberty International Airport over the last week, resulting in hundreds of cancelled flights, patterns have emerged of the most-frequently canceled routes by United Airlines -- which by far accounts for the airport's most flight traffic.
Online betting-prediction markets such as Polymarket and Kalshi started taking bets on who will succeed Pope Francis within hours of his April 21 death, raking in a combined $17 million and counting, according to the Wall Street Journal.
The largest and most geographically diverse papal conclave in history is set to commence May 7 in Rome, where cardinals will begin the secretive voting process to select the next man who will lead the Roman Catholic church.
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