Indian-origin teenager Shrey Parikh has achieved what millions of young spellers dream of. The 14-year-old from Rancho Cucamonga, California, won the 2026 Scripps National Spelling Bee on May 28 at DAR Constitution Hall in Washington, D.C. He defeated runner-up Ishaan Gupta in a dramatic spell-off finale. During the tie-breaker, Parikh correctly spelled 32 words in […]
Inside crowded convention halls, hotel conference rooms and late-night Zoom classes, one man has quietly become one of the most powerful figures in American competitive spelling. Scott Remer charges families up to $180 an hour to prepare children for the Scripps National Spelling Bee and is widely believed to be the country’s only full-time elite […]
Chittorgarh, March 14 (Mukesh Mundra): A shocking incident of repeated bee attacks in Kityas village of Parsoli area under Begun sub-division has left two people dead and more than 50 injured. According to reports, an elderly man died on Tuesday after being attacked by bees during a religious event. On Wednesday, when people gathered for […]
Representative Image (AI-generated) An unusual bee attack in the French town of Aurillac injured 24 people on Sunday morning, as reported by ABC news. Three of the victims were in critical condition but have since improved, local officials said.Lt Col Michel Cayla, head of the local fire service, said he had never seen anything like […]
Scripps National Spelling Bee tweaks its rules to make ‘spell-off’ tiebreaker less likely (Photo: AP) The Scripps National Spelling Bee won’t be so quick to force spellers into a lightning-round tiebreaker to decide a champion this year, a shift that follows criticism of the abrupt ending to last year’s competition. Scripps has eliminated its requirement […]
