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ReutersNew Zealand awards Amazon extra $116 million subsidy for 'Lord of the Rings' TV series
New Zealand said on Friday it has agreed to give Amazon extra rebates on its expenses for the filming of "The Lord of the Rings" TV series in the country, hoping to reap multi-year economic and tourism benefits. Amazon will get an extra 5% from New Zealand's Screen Production Grant in addition to the 20% grant the production already qualifies for, the government said in a statement. Amazon is estimated to be spending about NZ$650 million ($465 million) filming the first season of the show, for broadcast on its Amazon Prime streaming platform, meaning it would be eligible for a rebate of about NZ$162 million ($116 million), the government said.
- The Independent
Father of teen arrested with AK47 in New York subway station was killed in police shootout
18-year-old man from Ohio with assault rifle and wearing gas mask taken into custody
- The Independent
Latina grandmother assaulted on LA bus in anti-Asian attack
A 70-year-old woman was getting off a bus in LA when another passenger dragged her to the other end of the vehicle and beat her, her son says
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AOC ignores Marjorie Taylor Greene’s incessant Twitter pleas for a public ‘head to head’
MTG says a debate ‘would be informative for the American People’ with her degree in business administration and AOC’s degree in economics
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Sean Hannity blasted for calling Adam Toledo a ‘13-year-old man’
A guest on Hannity’s Fox News show had previously referred to Kyle Rittenhouse, who was 17 at the time, as a ‘little boy’
- The Independent
BLM activist arrested for anti-Asian hate crime in Seattle
‘Thank God the light finally changed and I was able to drive off’, said victim after abuse
- Business Insider
Lauren Boebert says adding Supreme Court judges is an 'act of political terrorism'
Boebert was criticizing a move by House Democrats to expand the Supreme Court from nine to 13 justices.
- BBC
Nasa chooses SpaceX to build Moon lander
SpaceX will build a lander that the US space agency will use to return humans to the Moon this decade.
- Charlotte Observer
Drunken bar patrons kept CMPD from helping gunshot victim. State yanks liquor permit
‘Intoxicated’ and ‘uncooperative’ crowd blocked and injured police officers, NC Law Enforcement Division says.
- The Independent
Judge blocks arrest of journalists covering Minnesota protests amid reports journalists rounded up
Federal judge notes journalists were struck by projectiles, pepper-sprayed, and grabbed
- The Independent
From Asian hate crime to a minimum wage: 25 things Ted Cruz has voted against this year
All the votes the Texas senator opposed in 2021 – including not one confirmation of a woman to the position of Cabinet secretary
- LA Times
U.S. pause on Johnson & Johnson vaccine could be felt hardest in poor countries
Experts said that while the pause on Johnson & Johnson's vaccine may make sense for the U.S., stoppages in poorer countries would end up costing lives.
- Associated Press
S&P 500 hits another record, marks 4th weekly gain in a row
Stocks continued to march higher on Wall Street Friday, giving the S&P 500 its latest record high and its fourth straight weekly gain. The Dow Jones Industrial Average also closed at an all-time high. Higher bond yields helped lift bank stocks, and health care companies and those that rely on consumer spending also did well.
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Marjorie Taylor Greene launches ‘America First’ platform to promote ‘Anglo-Saxon traditions’
‘America is a nation with a border, and a culture, strengthened by a common respect for uniquely Anglo-Saxon political traditions,’ an America First pamphlet says
- The Independent
Elon Musk’s SpaceX will build spacecraft to land Nasa astronauts on moon, report says
Artemis will land the first woman and person of colour on the moon
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Helen Raleigh: Left-leaning activist policies don't make the Asian community any safer
Senior contributor of The Federalist weighs in on the 'woke elite' and their racially charged claims on 'The Ingraham Angle.'
- Reuters
Wall Street Week Ahead: Tech retakes market lead as investors eye yields, earnings
U.S. technology and growth stocks have taken the market's reins in recent weeks, pausing a rotation into value shares as investors assess the trajectory of bond yields and upcoming earnings reports. Technology has been the top-performing S&P 500 sector in April, rising 8% versus a 5% rise for the benchmark index. Big tech-related growth stocks in other S&P 500 sectors such as Amazon Inc, Tesla Inc and Google-parent Alphabet Inc have also charged higher.
- BBC
George Floyd: Timeline of black deaths and protests
A look back at the deaths of black Americans since the emergence of Black Lives Matter.
- The Independent
Simon & Schuster won’t distribute book by police officer involved in Breonna Taylor fatal shooting
Post Hill Press, a small conservative publishing house, is set to release a book by Sgt Jonathan Mattingly about the fatal incident
- The Telegraph
Why the Queen chose loyal lady-in-waiting Lady Susan Hussey for her loneliest journey
It was her loneliest journey – but she was not alone. In her darkest day on public duty, the Queen had her loyal lady-in-waiting Lady Susan Hussey by her side. The monarch and Lady Susan, carried in the State Bentley for the short journey from the Sovereign's Entrance of Windsor Castle to the Galilee Porch of St George's Chapel, travelled in companionable silence. In quiet contemplation, the two women faced the cameras and the watching world with dignified calm. The Queen had personally asked Lady Susan to join her for the journey as she prepared to say farewell to her husband of 73 years. One of a close inner circle of ladies-in-waiting, Lady Susan has been by the Queen's side since the birth of Prince Andrew, when she joined the royal household to help answer a flood of letters. Known affectionately as "Number One Head Girl" in an office once likened to the cheery atmosphere of a girls' school common room, she has been described as one of the key trusted figures helping the Queen in her later life.