A 14-year-old has made history by becoming the first African-American to win the US Scripps National Spelling Bee. Zaila Avant-garde from New Orleans, Louisiana, cruised to victory with the word “murraya”, a type of tropical tree. To get to that point she had to spell out “querimonious” and “solidungulate”. Zaila saw off a field of 11 finalists on Thursday to win the...