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Michael Stipe explains why R.E.M. is helping struggling news service

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R.E.M. had a hit song in 1983 named after “Radio Free Europe,” inspired by the federally funded news service that helped spread American ideals abroad. Now, the struggling organization, which says the Trump administration is withholding millions in funding that Congress had appropriated, is hoping a little bit of rock and roll can help keep … Read more

Man gets prison in U.S. for helping pressure Chinese expat to return home

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NEW YORK — A real estate businessman who aided a Chinese effort to pressure an expatriate to return home has been sentenced to over a year in a U.S. prison. U.S. prosecutors say Quanzhong An’s activities were part of the Chinese government’s “Operation Fox Hunt,” which Beijing says is about pursuing people who have fled … Read more