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by Fatemeh Jamalpour | Jun 26, 2017 | Featured, National Security
WASHINGTON — As the Islamic State loses territory in the Middle East, governments around the world should brace themselves for more plots and small-scale attacks, European Union counterterrorism coordinator Gilles de Kerchove said Friday. “Expect more plots,...
by Marianna Brady | Jun 5, 2017 | Education, Featured
Spizzerinctum, offered 12-year-old Ananya Vinay, about her favorite word to spell. And why not for the best in the America, a word worthy of her both in difficulty and in meaning. “It means,” she explained, “the ambition to succeed.” Ananya won the Scripps National...
by Nia Prater | Jun 2, 2017 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON — Congressional Republicans have overturned more than a dozen regulations created during the last six months of the Obama administration that cover areas like the environment, labor and education. But the little-known law they used is now being...
by Shahzeb Ahmed | Jun 1, 2017 | Education, Featured
NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. — What’s in a word? Everything, for the young “spellebrities” who generally looked nervous as they stood before the judges at the Scripps National Spelling Bee on Wednesday awaiting the word they had to ace to remain in the competition. Not...
by Shahzeb Ahmed | Jun 1, 2017 | Education, Featured
NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. – The moment she heard the word Thursday, Charlotte eighth grader Akshra Paimagam knew she was in trouble. This was Round Five of the 90th Scripps National Spelling Bee, being held at the Gaylord Resorts and Convention Center. Paimagam was one of...
by Jingnan Huo | Jun 1, 2017 | Education, Featured
by Jingnan Huo NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. Durham speller Jason Sorin, a fifth grader at Triangle Day School, easily spelled “longevous” and and successfully guessed his way through “accumbent” Wednesday at the Scripps National Spelling Bee, but did not make it to the...
