National Spelling Bee canceled for first time since 1945

by BEN NUCKOLS Associated Press

Tue, April 21st 2020, 1:18 PM UTC

Co-champions of the 2019 Scripps National Spelling Bee, from left, Shruthika Padhy, 13, of Cherry Hill, N.J., Erin Howard, 14, of Huntsville, Ala., Rishik Gandhasri, 13, of San Jose, Calif., Christopher Serrao, 13, of Whitehouse Station, N.J., Saketh Sundar, 13, of Clarksville, Md., Sohum Sukhatankar, 13, of Dallas, Texas, Rohan Raja, 13, of Irving, Texas, and Abhijay Kodali, 12, of Flower Mound, Texas, hold the trophy in Oxon Hill, Md., Friday, May 31, 2019. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

E.W. Scripps Company CEO Adam Symson, right, joins Sohum Sukhatankar (354), 13, of Dallas; Rishik Gandhasri (5), 13, of San Jose, Calif.; Shruthika Padhy (307), 13, of Cherry Hill, N.J., and the other winning spellers to hold the trophy at the end of the 2019 Scripps National Spelling Bee in Oxon Hill, Md., early Friday, May 31, 2019. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

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Co-champions of the 2019 Scripps National Spelling Bee, from left, Shruthika Padhy, 13, of Cherry Hill, N.J., Erin Howard, 14, of Huntsville, Ala., Rishik Gandhasri, 13, of San Jose, Calif., Christopher Serrao, 13, of Whitehouse Station, N.J., Saketh Sundar, 13, of Clarksville, Md., Sohum Sukhatankar, 13, of Dallas, Texas, Rohan Raja, 13, of Irving, Texas, and Abhijay Kodali, 12, of Flower Mound, Texas, hold the trophy in Oxon Hill, Md., Friday, May 31, 2019. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

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