LOS ANGELES — While viewers and contestants of this year’s National Spelling Bee will fixate on the fine points of spelling “tchotchke” or the etymology of “maculature” (it’s French, from Latin), ...
One by one, 51 of the kids sitting around Gabriel Bolanos got up from their chairs, approached the microphone and didn't return, leaving him under the glaring spotlight. Gabriel, contestant No. 2 in ...