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Bob Fass, who hosted the influential New York City radio show
Radio Unnameable for more than 50 years, died on Saturday in North Carolina at age 87. His death was confirmed by his wife Lynn.
His late night show introduced dozens of major folk artists and served as a megaphone for the emerging 1960s counterculture.
At the height of its popularity,
Radio Unnameable ran five hours and aired five nights a week. Fass left New York in 2019 and continued to do the show from his home in North Carolina, though it was on just one night a week for three hours. But Fass continued to begin each broadcast with his signature greeting, Good morning, cabal!
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David Bromberg is best known as a guitar virtuoso, who has collaborated with Bob Dylan and George Harrison and fronted his own band. But he s also a collector of American violins, and his collection is such that the Library of Congress has announced its intention to acquire it.
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Six years ago, New York City agreed to hold correction officers at the notorious Rikers Island jail complex more accountable for misconduct, as part of a legal settlement with federal prosecutors after years of complaints about abuses by guards.
But an analysis of a newly released database of disciplinary records, while limited, shows that violence by guards continues to be a problem in the cityâs jail system. The records suggest that attempts by guards to cover up excessive use of force or other infractions have been pervasive.