Akash Vukoti, 9, of San Angelo, Texas, competes in the second round of the Scripps National Spelling Bee, Tuesday, May 28, 2019, in Oxon Hill, Md. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky) OXON HILL, Md. (AP) — ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Twelve years after competing in his first spelling competition in Virginia at just 2 years old, and just days after his 14th ...

Akash Vukoti, a 6-year-old boy from San Angelo, took a second to spell his favorite word Wednesday for media in Washington, D.C. Actually it took 17 seconds. The word is 45 letters long. Of course, ...

Ngan Ho/Standard-Times The Vukotis — Chandrakala (from left), Akash, Amrita and Krishna — have attended bees for several years as Akash has progressed as a speller. Michelle Gaitan/Standard-Times ...

NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. – Most six year olds are learning how to spell words like “bike” or “feet.” Akash Vukoti successfully spelled “circumspectly” at his local spelling bee in Texas to become the ...

Akash Vukoti of San Angelo, Texas, may be the youngest contestant — and the first first-grader — ever to reach the Scripps National Spelling Bee, but he’s in it to win it. “I knew all the words they ...

The 6-year-old could barely reach the microphone Wednesday at the Scripps National Spelling Bee. Finally, Akash Vukoti — the first first-grader in bee history — pulled the mic down and was given his ...

OXON HILL, Md. — Akash Vukoti no longer stands out at the Scripps National Spelling Bee for his age, not with a record 23 spellers competing this year who are 9 or younger. But he’s the only member of ...

OXON HILL, Md. (AP) — Akash Vukoti no longer stands out at the Scripps National Spelling Bee for his age, not with a record 23 spellers competing this year who are 9 or younger. But he’s the only ...