The world 6/9/11

THURSDAY

Sukanya Roy, a 14-year-old eighth grader at Abington Heights Middle School in Pennsylvania, correctly spelled “cymotrichous” to claim the championship in the marathon-length Scripps National Spelling Bee. For besting the competition through a 20-round final, Roy earned a $30,000 cash prize, a $2,500 U.S. savings bond, a complete reference library, a $5,000 scholarship, $2,600 in reference works and other prizes.

The New York Times named Jill Abramson, 57, as its first woman executive editor.

Twenty-four Hmong immigrants were arrested for their connection with a drug trafficking and ga...