14-year-old basketball prodigy wins Scripps National Spelling Bee with ‘murraya’

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Zaila Avant-garde from Harvey, La., breezed to the championship at the Scripps National Spelling Bee on Thursday night, becoming the first African American winner and only the second Black champion in the bee’s 96-year history.

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