Vatican caucus

Seeking dispensation from delegate math? Bernie Sanders will attend a Vatican City conference on social, economic and environmental issues next week, but so far there’s no indication that the Democratic presidential candidate will meet with Pope Francis.

We may never know the pontiff’s opinions on the U.S. presidential race — unless, of course, he issues an encyclical titled “Shillary Clinton, Tool of the Oligarchs!! #BernieOrBust.”

Pony rides in space? A SpaceX rocket blasted off Friday with a special delivery for the International Space Station: an inflatable room.

Now that astronauts aboard the space station will have a bouncy house, can a Chuck E. Cheese be far behind?

Anna Faris, too? Movie star and Lake Stevens native Chris Pratt took first place in an informal Herald online survey of famous people from Snohomish County you’d like to spend a day with.

The Buzz can’t understand why 82-time Jeopardy! champion and Edmonds native Ken Jennings finished in last place. With him as your wingman, you could make bank at your local bar’s trivia night.

— Mark Carlson, Herald staff

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