1. Day two of the Papal Conclave and still no new pope. Black smoke poured from the Sistine Chapel this morning reaffirming that the Cardinals are still debating who will succeed Pope Francis. Hundreds if not thousands of people have been stopping through Vatican City in the hopes of being there when the new pope is named. They will vote four times a day until a candidate for the papacy achieves a two-thirds majority, with a break for a day of prayer if no pope is elected after three days.
2. In a move to shrink the administrative central office of Milwaukee Public Schools and send more staff into school buildings, newly appointed MPS Superintendent Brenda Cassellius announced a restructuring plan May 7th that will impact 181 staff as of July 1st. About 40 of the staff will be offered classroom teaching positions, and about 140 could regain their positions after reapplying for them, though some of the job descriptions could look different, as Cassellius wants to move many of them into school-based teams. Employees who stay with the district will be guaranteed to keep their current salaries in their new jobs for at least one year.
3. 28 major US cities are sinking, threatening the structural integrity of buildings, roads, dams and other forms of infrastructure, new research found. The cities with the most widespread sinking are Chicago, Dallas, Columbus, Detroit, Fort Worth, Denver, New York, Indianapolis, Houston and Charlotte.