Today updates: Newark air traffic controllers go full bird box after a 90-second radar blackout—and now 20% of them are on mental health leave. Meanwhile, Powell hits pause on rate hikes while Trump rage-posts like it’s the cure for inflation. Over in Vatican City, it’s Conclave IRL as 133 cardinals pick a new pope. Plus, India and Pakistan decide peace was overrated, and high schoolers are turning down college for six-figure jobs and fireproof gloves. Your flight’s delayed, the pope’s TBD, but at least the welders are winning.
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