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Tariffs, recessions, how Colombian drug cartels gave us blueberries all year long. That's the kind of thing the Planet Money podcast explains. I'm Sarah Gonzalez and on Planet Money, we help you understand the economy and how things all around you came to be the way they are. Para que sepas. So you know. Listen to the Planet Money Podcast from NPR. Laxmey Sing Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Laxmey Sing. The conclave is formally underway. Inside Vatican City, the doors have shut, leaving 133 cardinals inside the Sistine Chapel. To decide who succeeds Pope Francis.

He died Easter Monday at the age of 88. Earlier today, the cardinals each took a solemn oath of secrecy. The next time the public sees them will be when a new pontiff is chosen, which will be signaled by white smoke. NPR's Jason DeRose reports on the direction of the church cardinals are weighing. Jason DeRose, NPR, NPR, NPR, NPR, NPR, NPR, NPR, NPR, NPR, NPR, NPR, NPR, NPR, NPR, NPR, NPR, NPR, NPR, NPR, NPR, NPR, NPR, NPR, NPR, NPR, NPR, NPR, NPR, NPR, NPR, NPR, NPR, NPR, NPR, NPR, NPR, NPR, NPR, NPR, NPR, NPR, NPR, NPR, NPR, NPR, NPR, NPR, NPR, NPR, NPR, NPR,

NPR, NPR, NPR, NPR, NPR, NPR, NPR, NPR, NPR, NPR, NPR, NPR, NPR, NPR, NPR, NPR, NPR, NPR, NPR, NPR, NPR, NPR, NPR, NPR, NPR, NPR, NPR, NPR, NPR, NPR, NPR, NPR, NPR, NPR, NPR, NPR, NPR, NPR, NPR, NPR, NPR, NPR, NPR, NPR, NPR, NPR, NPR, NPR, NPR, NPR, NPR, NPR, NPR, NPR, NPR, NPR, NPR, NPR, NPR, NPR, NPR, NPR, NPR, NPR, NPR, NPR, NPR, NPR, NPR, NPR, NPR, NPR, NPR, NPR, NPR, NPR environment. At the same time, more conservative Catholics are looking for someone more traditional focused on that church doctrine. Danielle Pletka And Piers Jason DeRose. Pakistan says it will retaliate after India's military strike killed at least 26 people. Omkar Khandeq reports Indian authorities say its missiles targeted multiple locations in Pakistan to avenge attacks on its civilians last month. Omkar Khandeq Pakistan has denied the Indian Army's claims that its missiles hit quote

terror infrastructure in Pakistan. In a statement Pakistan's Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif said India's military had hit mosques and killed civilians and it was an act of war. He also said that Pakistani military had brought down five Indian aircrafts and drones and there would be more strikes. Tensions between the two nuclear-armed countries escalated after India accused Pakistani militant groups of carrying out an attack that killed 26 civilians in the Himalayan Valley of Kashmir last month. Pakistan denies this. Omkar Khandekar, NPR News, Mumbai. Starting today, you will be asked for a real ID to board an airplane or enter some federal buildings in the U.S.

And Piers Martin-Costi reports the law has taken 20 years to implement. The 2005 law raised standards for state IDs that are used for federally regulated activities such as flying. States had to do more to check a person's identity and print cards that are harder to counterfeit. Brian Zimmer wrote the law and then consulted on real ID implementation. He says it also took time to outfit airports with the right technology. These new scanners that you can find at the airport are now going to be able to recognize fakes. It's highly unlikely that more than one in ten

thousand will pass through those scanners. Acceptable state IDs are marked with a star or a flag, and TSA will also accept federal picture IDs such as passports. Martin Costi, NPR News. At last check on Wall Street, the Dow was up 259 points, or roughly half a percent. This is NPR News. Jury selections underway in New York in the sex trafficking trial of Sean Diddy Combs. NPR's Isabella Gomez-Sadmiento reports the rapper and record producer has pleaded not guilty to multiple counts against him. More than a dozen potential jurors say they have watched or seen screengrabs of a video

obtained by CNN that shows Sean Diddy Combs kicking and dragging one of his ex-partners in a hotel hallway. Regardless, many say they'll be able to remain impartial and will only be informed by the evidence presented in court. Some jurors, however, have been dismissed because they say they might be biased against Combs. Combs' attorneys express frustration in court about how the video is impacting jury selection. Combs is pleaded not guilty on all charges, including sex trafficking, The attorneys expressed frustration in court about how the video was impacting jury selection. Combs has pleaded not guilty on all charges, including sex trafficking, racketeering, conspiracy, and transportation to engage in prostitution.

Isabella Gomez-Sarmiento, NPR News. Newark, Liberty International Airport still dealing with the fallout of last week's outage, delays and cancellations. NPR's Jacqueline Diaz says Newark, one of the nation's busiest airports, faces multiple challenges in the coming days and weeks. Bad weather is one. The airport's busiest runway is closed until June for renovation. And as we know, there's a shortage of air traffic controllers around the country. Newark is no exception. About a week ago, controllers lost all radar and communications with the plane that left them unable to hear or talk to the pilots.

And Bloomberg News reported the blackout lasted for 90 seconds, which is a lifetime when you're talking about planes coming in for a landing. That's NPR's Jacqueline Diaz reporting. I'm Lakshmi Singh, NPR News in Washington. Does the idea of listening to political news freak you out? Well, don't sweat it. in Washington.