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Live from NPR news in Washington, I'm Jack Spear. Black smoke has risen from the chimney of the

Sistine Chapel at the Vatican in the first round of voting of the conclave to select a new Pope. It means the

cardinals have not yet decided on who should become the next leader of the Catholic Church.

And P. George Sherlock has more. The first vote, just hours after the start of the conclave,

was always unlikely to result in a papal election. But nonetheless, crowds of thousands stood in St. Peter Square,

keeping their eyes trained on that small chimney, the Cardinals' only way of signaling to the outside

world if they've chosen a new Pope. Many priests and nuns were among the crowd, praying that the

cardinals will hear the Holy Spirit to discern God's will about who should become Pope.

There was laughter, too, as a seagull landed near the chimney, settling in for a front row seat.

The sky grew dark, and then black smoke rose from the chimney of the Sistine Chapel.

Ruth Sherlock, NPR News, St. Peter's Square, the Vatican.

Losing candidate in the final contested statewide race of the 2024 election cycle has conceded.

As NPR's Miles Parks explains, the race in North Carolina had worried democracy experts

because of an effort to throw out legally cast votes.

Maybe the most important rule in keeping elections fair and trustworthy is you can't change

the rules after voting has happened. But Jefferson Griffin, a Republican running for a

Supreme Court seat in North Carolina, spent the past six months trying to do just that. Recounts confirmed

Griffin lost to Democrat Allison Riggs by more than 700 votes, but he filed multiple legal

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