by Caroline Tanner | Jun 1, 2018 | Education, Featured
NATIONAL HARBOR, Md.—Two 13-year-olds represented San Diego at the Scripps National Spelling Bee this week, and both Kevin Luo and Karen Sun made it through the third round on Wednesday morning. For Sun, the bee represented a life-long journey of learning...
by Cailin Crowe | Jun 1, 2018 | Business & Tech, Featured
WASHINGTON — There’s a lot of fear about robots replacing American workers. But are those concerns warranted? For fishermen and casino dealers, the answer is yes. But lawyers, especially those in Washington, are safe. New data from the Kellogg School of...
by Xinyi(Ethel) Jiang | May 31, 2018 | Featured, National Security
WASHINGTON — Healthcare organizations based in Boston hope to expand their clinical partnership to engage more veterans with mental health and substance use diagnoses. The groups unveiled the initiative Thursday at the annual conference of the National Coalition...
by Em Steck | May 31, 2018 | Education, Featured
NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. — Illinois sent 26 students to the National Spelling Bee, the fifth largest group of any state competing. First-time contender and sixth grader Atman Balakrishnan from Chicago is one of those competitors, and one of the 22 who advanced to...
by Elizabeth Beyer | May 31, 2018 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump told 8-year-old Indianapolis native Jordan McLinn on Wednesday that he has the look of a president before signing a bill that McLinn and his family have championed to allow terminally ill people to receive experimental treatments....
by Anna Kook | May 31, 2018 | Education, Featured
NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. — It was smooth sailing through round three of the spelling bee for Ben Franklin 8th grader Tobi Shorunke of Fargo. Shorunke easily spelled the word “deliverable” in round 3 and moved on successfully to the 4th round. He is the only speller from...
