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For <em>Left Hand</em>, Becca Mancari produced the album themselves, creating their most expansive work yet.

Becca Mancari fights for their existence with an expanded pop palette

On Left Hand, Mancari positions themselves in the eye of sonic storms to communicate emotional truths with startling clarity.

Billy McFarland, pictured in 2018, said he's relaunching the infamous Fyre Festival in response to "interest and demand" in his ability "to bring people from around the world together to make the impossible happen."

Billy McFarland went to prison for Fyre Fest. Are his plans for a reboot legal?

The controversial entrepreneur is seeking redemption and some people are ready for him to try. Tickets have sold out. But he still owes $26 million in restitution to the people he fleeced.

Republican presidential candidates stand on stage and listen to a prayer before a Republican presidential primary debate hosted by FOX News Channel Wednesday, Aug. 23, 2023, in Milwaukee.

Up First briefing: GOP debate, Trump to surrender, Russia plane crash mystery

Republican presidential candidates faced off in the first GOP debate yesterday. Trump is expected to surrender in Georgia today. The leader of Russia's Wagner Group is presumed dead in a plane crash.

Makyyla Holland sued New York's Broome County, the Broome County sheriff and officials at the Broome County Jail for violence, threats, denial of medical care and discrimination that she alleges she experienced while incarcerated.

At a time of anti-trans sentiment, a New York lawsuit brings hope for the community

Makyyla Holland reached a settlement over abuse she says she suffered in New York's Broome County Jail. The settlement requires the jail to adopt a policy that houses inmates based on gender identity.

Quarterback Trilian Harris is one of the players swindled in a phony high school football program the state of Ohio later called a "scam."

In 'BS High' and 'Telemarketers,' scamming is a group effort

In two HBO documentary projects about scams in football and telemarketing, the systemic problems that drive big-time and small-time grift get their due.

Morning news brief

GOP presidential contenders met on the debate stage. Donald Trump is expected in Georgia to answer election meddling charges. Head of the Wagner mercenary force is reported dead in a plane crash.

Arkansas drops AP African American Studies course

Arkansas has dropped the course saying it does not comply with what they want to offer. The course had been part of a pilot program. (Story aired on ATC on Aug. 22, 2023.)

Rep. Neal Dunn, R-Fla., left, and former Rep. Al Lawson, D-Fla., center, are seen exiting the Capitol in Washington on June 15, 2018. After redistricting changed Florida's congressional districts, Dunn defeated Lawson in the 2022 election.

How Florida's congressional map could change before the 2024 elections

Black voters in Florida could regain a congressional district where they make up a sizable share of the population, if voting rights groups prevail in an ongoing legal battle.

Blue Beetle (Xolo Maridueña) looks to the future. So does the movie he's in.

'Blue Beetle' offers a 3-step cure for superhero fatigue

The current state of superhero cinema may look bleak, but the latest DC film adopts an approach that wrings new life and humor out of a tired formula.

From left, former Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson, former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, former Vice President Mike Pence, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, businessman Vivek Ramaswamy, former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley, Sen. Tim Scott, R-S.C., and North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum before a Republican presidential primary debate hosted by FOX News Channel Wednesday in Milwaukee.

5 takeaways from the first Republican primary debate

The first Republican debate of the 2024 election cycle is in the books. Without the front-runner onstage, each candidate had the opportunity to grab the spotlight, though some had more of an impact.

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