Seventh grader Ankita Balaji is competing in the national spelling bee. (WTOP/Scott Gelman) When Ankita Balaji’s sister, Akshita, was in third grade, she decided to pick up the list for the school ...
Former collegiate swimmer Riley Gaines blasted the Scripps National Spelling Bee for incorporating an alternative spelling of the word “women” that she claims feeds into the “fabricated issues” of ...