The Scripps National Spelling Bee features more than 560 spellers this year.
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MacKenzie Bezos pledges half her $36 billion fortune to charity
She signs on with a campaign for the ultra-wealthy who want to commit themselves to helping charitable causes.
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Child advocacy group: Kids in 173 countries better off now
The Global Childhood Report 2019 says the most dramatic progress since 2000 was among some of the world’s poorest countries.
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Pope says Argentine bishop now facing Vatican sexual abuse trial
Pope Francis said he received the results of a preliminary investigation two weeks ago and ordered the case be handed over for trial by a Vatican tribunal.
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Aid group: Most new Ebola cases were not known contacts
Medical officials say they have made some progress, but there is much work to be done.
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Chinese tourism to U.S. drops first time in 15 years
Most industry-watchers agree that any downturn is temporary, since China’s middle class will only continue to expand.
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‘Jeopardy’ champ James Holzhauer nears Ken Jennings’ record
LOS ANGELES — James Holzhauer’s “Jeopardy” winning streak is still going and he may be on track to surpass Ken Jennings’ record earnings in the next month. Holzhauer on Monday won his 28th straight game with an additional $130,222 in winnings, the second highest single-day sum ever recorded on the show. The professional sports gambler […]
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Supreme Court refuses appeal challenging bathroom policy for transgender students
The court declined to hear an appeal sponsored by a conservative group on behalf of students at the Pennsylvania school.
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Supreme Court allows Indiana law forcing clinics to bury or cremate ‘remains’ of abortion
The court sidestepped a larger issue by not considering Indiana’s effort to revive a law that could have made it illegal for women to end a pregnancy because of race, gender or Down syndrome.
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Maine waste processing facility nearly ready for business
A commercial waste-processing facility is due to begin operations more than a year after it was originally expected to go into service.