by Siri Bulusu | Jun 23, 2016 | Business & Tech, Demographics, Topics
Washington — Elliott Clark was working a shift as a security guard in Kansas City when his daughter called to tell him his wife had broken her ankle in two places. She would need surgery to implant a metal plate and two screws in her foot. Over the next six...
by Siri Bulusu | Jun 1, 2016 | Topics
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by Siri Bulusu | Jun 1, 2016 | Education, Topics
At the tender age of 6, Akash Vukoti is the youngest contestant to ever compete at the Scripps National Spelling Bee. Vukoti lost on his second turn in the oral portion of the preliminaries on the word “bacteriolytic,” and thanked his fellow...
by Siri Bulusu | Jun 1, 2016 | Topics
The nation’s brightest young people descended on Washington for the 2016 Scripps National Spelling Bee. Reporters Lydia Randall and Siri Bulusu took to the streets to find out if anyone could beat the wiz-kids at spelling. Published in conjunction...
by Siri Bulusu | May 31, 2016 | Topics
“Siri, set my alarm for seven in the morning,” said my friend Keith as we walked home after a night out. “Why would I set your alarm?” I shrugged. “Set it yourself.” He looked up from his phone and laughed. “Siri, set my alarm for seven,” he repeated into his phone. A...
