Tokyo >> Angry car owners have descended upon the Air Self-Defense Force after dye, thought to be from the colored smoke used by the Blue Impulse aerobatic team on the opening day of the Tokyo ...

MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) --For 100 years, the Vatican's smoke signal has rarely been a black or white matter. Black means no Pope, white means the Cardinals have selected a Pope. But how does the Vatican ...

Pyrotechnics are fun, and, with the proper precautions taken, safe enough to play with at home (usually). While it’s typical to purchase fireworks and smoke devices off the shelf, it’s actually ...

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 ...

Corrections & Clarifications: The graphic at the end has been updated to reflect that New Jersey now allows some types of consumer fireworks. A popular brand of fireworks sold at five chain stores in ...

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 ...

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.