by Meggie Morris | Jul 5, 2016 | Sports
WASHINGTON — The staff members at Scion Restaurant in Washington’s Dupont Circle are in better shape than your average servers, handling cocktail napkins and liquor bottles with surprising athleticism and coordination. That’s because most of them are female...
by Meggie Morris | Jun 8, 2016 | Sports
WASHINGTON – Watching a presidential candidate hop around a boxing ring in nothing but red silk shorts is like watching your dad awkwardly dance at a wedding. It’s uncomfortable and embarrassing, but hard to look away. Politicians have used sports to appeal to...
by Meggie Morris | Jun 2, 2016 | National Security
WASHINGTON — For those unfamiliar with military space operations, the words “space warfare” conjure up pilots manning Millennium Falcons fighting among the stars or missiles from the heavens targeting bad guys with scars, masks and foreign accents. In reality,...
by Meggie Morris | May 26, 2016 | Education
NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. — Silently fixated on the palm of her hand, 13-year-old Sophia Hoffman of Lee’s Summit meticulously traced the word “sequacious.” “That is correct,” said Mary Brooks, the Scripps National Spelling Bee’s head judge. “I was really nervous...
by Meggie Morris | May 25, 2016 | Education
NATIONAL HARBOR, MD. – Following in the footsteps of other talented Midwestern spellers, students from the Kansas City area are in the nation’s capital this week to compete at the 2016 Scripps National Spelling Bee. While most spellers say they are nervous to...
