The stark juxtaposition of the celebratory opening of America's new embassy to Israel in Jerusalem and deadly Palestinian riots in Gaza has led some to conclude that one has something to do with the other.
As New York Times columnist Max Fisher put it in a tweet, "Now up to 37 people killed. Hope Jared and Ivanka are having lots of fun at the embassy opening!"
The Wells-Ogunquit School Committee voted to ditch Warriors as the high school's mascot, leaving only one town in Maine using American Indian imagery for its school sports teams.
School officials in Skowhegan, where the high school teams are known as the Indians, refused to discuss the matter with a reporter from the Portland Press Herald who inquired after Wells-Ogunquit ditched Warriors.
