A 12-year-old from Florida has won this year’s Scripps National Spelling Bee Soma spelled 29 out of 30 words correctly in Scripps’ second-ever spell-off, in which competitors have 90 seconds to spell as many words given to them as possible. Read more on NPR

A silky shark named Genie swam 17,000 miles, a record-breaking migration A silky shark named Genie traveled from the Galapagos Islands out to the open ocean and back – over 17,000 miles – over the course of a year and a half. That’s an average of 31 miles per day, making Genie’s journey the longest…

Police officer, suspect among 3 dead in Minneapolis shooting A Minneapolis police officer was killed when he responded to a shooting call and was providing medical attention to a man who shot him. The suspected gunman and another person were also killed. Read more on NPR

U.S. and Britain strike Houthi rebel targets in Yemen after surge in shipping attacks American and British fighter jets and U.S. ships hit a wide range of Houthi targets in Yemen in response to a recent surge in attacks on ships in the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden, U.S. officials said. Read more on…

Legal experts say Trump’s conviction is unlikely to lead to a prison sentence Former President Donald Trump is now a convicted felon, but legal experts have told NPR that it’s unlikely he will face incarceration. Read more on NPR