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A brand new episode of the new thriller series Revival premieres on Syfy Thursday, July 3 at 10/9c.

Those hoping to tune in to this week’s new episode can stream the hit series through Fubo (free trial), DirecTV (free trial) or Sling (50% off first month).

What is Revival?

For those who have yet to see Syfy’s latest thriller series, Revival details a chilling nightmare when the recently deceased suddenly return to life on one miraculous day in rural Wisconsin.

Though like zombies, the “revived” differ as they appear and behave just as they did before they died.

As the mystery of this phenomenon fuels unrest, a down-on-her-luck police officer named Dana Cypress is thrust into a peculiar murder investigation—one where the murder victim is now alive, and everyone, whether living or revived, is a suspect.

Last week’s episode showcased Governor Harris and Sheriff Wayne Cypress working together to implement separation from those truly alive and the revivers and suggested the idea of tagging all revivers and forcing them into secure facilities.

This week’s episode seems to take that plan and put it into action, and while the revivers are doing their best to avoid detection and keep ‘living freely,’ Em’s memories continue to find their way back to her—sparking a violent reckoning with brutal costs.

How to watch Revival season 1

Those interested in checking the new series out can watch Revival even without access to traditional cable through Fubo, DirecTV or Sling.

Both Fubo and DirecTV offer free trials for new subscribers to enjoy while Sling offers those that commit to a paid subscription half off their first month and one month free of AMC+.

What is Fubo and DirecTV?

Fubo and DirecTV are two of the top streaming services steadily replacing traditional cable services. Both offer free trials to new subscribers, a plethora of popular live TV channels, on-demand streaming options and helpful features such as unlimited DVR storage.

Fubo considers itself a sports-focused live streaming service, but with over 100 live TV channels available through its base package at just $84.99 after its free trial, it offers much more to its subscribers.

Popular TV channels available through Fubo include ABC, FOX, BET, MTV, CNBC, MSNBC, USA and much more.

DirecTV mirrors Fubo by offering many of the same live TV channels and useful features. The base package starts at just $86.99 a month after its 5-day free trial and includes popular channels such as HGTV, ESPN, Bravo, CMT, CNN, BET and much more.

Two other DirecTV packages are the Choice package (original price $114.99) and the Ultimate package (original price $129.99), both of which are part of an ongoing promotion that offers new subscribers $10 off the original price for the first three months of their subscription.

Those interested in comparing all DirecTV’s channel packages can check them out here.

What is Sling?

Sling is another streaming service to consider if you want to access top rated TV channels like Syfy. Though no free trial is available to new subscribers, those who commit to a paid plan get half off the first month and one month free of AMC+.

Both the Sling Orange plan and the Sling Blue plan are normally $45.99 a month, but with the current promotion, Sling users will pay just $23 a month for the first month.

For those who wish to access channels from both the Sling Blue and Sling Orange plans can do so by signing up for the Orange + Blue plan, which combines the best of both plans for just $60.99 a month ($30.50 for the first month).

A manufacturing deficiency has caused Nissan to recall over 480,000 vehicles across the U.S. and Canada.

According to the U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, the affected vehicles include the 2019-2024 Nissan Rogue, 2019-2020 Nissan Altima, 2019-2022 Infiniti QX50 and 2022 Infiniti QX55.

All of the vehicles are similar because they all have variable compression turbo (VC-Turbo) engines.

The NHTSA said that the engine bearings for the affected vehicles “may have manufacturing defects that can lead to engine failure.”

In the United States, the recall impacts about 443,898 vehicles and, according to the Associated Press, 37,837 were recalled in Canada.

Signs that drivers should be aware of regarding a defect engine bearing include abnormal noise from the engine compartment, rough running, malfunction indicator lights and warning messages in the instrument cluster.

Owners of the vehicles potentially impacted will start getting notified on Aug. 25 to bring their vehicles to a Nissan or Infiniti dealership for inspection.

According to the NHTSA recall document, this will be part of Nissan’s remedy as dealers will inspect vehicles for defects and repair them for free.

“For vehicles with the 3-cylinder 1.5L VC-Turbo engine, if no debris is detected during the inspection, dealers will replace the oil pan gasket, engine oil, and reprogram the engine control module,” the recall report stated.

“For vehicles with the 4-cylinder 2.0L VC-Turbo engine, if no debris is detected, dealers will replace the engine oil. Repairs will be performed free of charge.”

United States immigration agents have detained prominent Mexican boxer Julio César Chávez Jr. and are working to deport him, with officials saying he has “an active arrest warrant in Mexico for his involvement in organized crime and trafficking firearms, ammunition, and explosives.”

Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials arrested Chávez in Studio City on Wednesday and are processing him for expedited removal from the U.S., according to the Department of Homeland Security, which oversees ICE.

A Homeland Security news release said Chávez had been flagged as a public safety threat, but “the Biden administration indicated in internal records he was not an immigration enforcement priority.”

Chávez’s manager, Sean Gibbons, told the Los Angeles Times they are currently “working on a few issues” following the boxer’s arrest but had no further comment.

The son of Mexican boxing legend Julio César Chávez, Chávez Jr. faced off last month against influencer-turned-fighter Jake Paul and lost.

U.S. officials announced the arrest Thursday, referring to the younger Chávez as an “affiliate of the Sinaloa cartel.” The Trump administration has designated the Mexican drug trafficking group as a “Foreign Terrorist Organization.”

“Under President Trump, no one is above the law — including world-famous athletes,” Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin said in a statement.

According to the news release, Chávez entered the country legally in August 2023, with a B2 tourist visa that was valid until February 2024. He had filed an application for lawful permanent resident status last year in April, officials said, based on his marriage to Frida Chávez, a U.S. citizen, who Homeland Security said “is connected to the Sinaloa cartel through a prior relationship with the now-deceased son of the infamous cartel leader Joaquin ‘El Chapo’ Guzman.”

Last year, on Dec. 17, according to the Homeland Security news release, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services made a referral to ICE that Chávez was “an egregious public safety threat.”

“However, an entry in a DHS law enforcement system under the Biden administration indicated Chávez was not an immigration enforcement priority,” the release stated.

According to the release, Chávez was allowed to reenter the country on Jan. 4 at the San Ysidro port of entry.

“Following multiple fraudulent statements on his application to become a Lawful Permanent Resident, he was determined to be in the country illegally and removable on June 27,” the Homeland Security release stated.

According to Homeland Security, Chávez was convicted in 2012 of driving under the influence of alcohol and was sentenced to 13 days in jail and 36 months of probation.

In 2023, according to Homeland Security, a district judge issued an arrest warrant for Chávez, “for the offense of organized crime for the purpose of committing crimes of weapons trafficking and manufacturing crimes.”

The release said the warrant was for “those who participate in clandestinely bringing weapons, ammunition, cartridges, explosives into the country; and those who manufacture weapons, ammunition, cartridges, and explosives without the corresponding permit.”

Last January, officials said, the Los Angeles Police Department arrested Chávez and charged him with illegal possession of any assault weapon and manufacture or import short barreled rifle. He was later convicted of the charges.

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President Donald Trump’s “one big beautiful bill” extends the life of a flagship NASA program he once dismissed as “grossly expensive and delayed.”

His expected signature Friday would be an about-face worth potentially billions of dollars to north Alabama’s space economy.

Last month, the White House’s budget proposal for NASA included historically large cuts, mainly to the space agency’s science programs. But it also called for the phaseout of the Space Launch System and its Orion crew capsule after 2027’s Artemis III, which will put astronauts on the moon for the first time since Apollo 17 in 1972. SLS and Orion had been expected to be used in up to 10 missions in the Artemis moon-to-Mars program.

Congress, though, included nearly $10 billion in additional funding for SLS, Orion and the Lunar Gateway station. The provision initially came from an amendment by Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas, who said “targeted, critical investments” are needed to ensure the U.S. establishes a moon colony before China does.

Both the Senate and the House included Cruz’s additional funding in their adopted versions of Trump’s tax and spending bill.

Sen. Katie Britt said on X the legislation, “delivers on major promises” and will bring significant investment to north Alabama’s space industry. That includes $100 million for construction and infrastructure projects at Marshall Space Flight Center and $4.1 billion for the Artemis IV and V missions.

Rep. Dale Strong, whose 5th District includes Huntsville, said in a new release, “From our space, defense, and manufacturing sectors to our working families, farmers, and small business owners — all of North Alabama will benefit from President Trump’s Big Beautiful Bill.”

If Trump signs the legislation, as he is expected to do, north Alabama stands to gain from at least two additional Artemis missions run from Marshall Space Flight Center.

A 2024 study found Alabama enjoyed $5.1 billion in economic impact due to NASA’s Artemis-related work — more than any other state. It attributed much of that to the reach of Marshall and the contracting it oversees.

Marshall Space Flight Center is NASA’s lead center for SLS, managing the booster, engines, stages, and integration. Marshall is one of NASA’s largest field centers, employing nearly 7,000 federal workers and contractors.

Major Huntsville aerospace contractors including Boeing, Dynetics, Aerojet Rocketdyne, United Launch Alliance and Teledyne Brown Engineering contribute to the development, production and operation of the SLS’s various elements.

A Falkville man has been charged with capital murder after a shooting Thursday morning.

Hartselle police say Wyatt Braxton Young, 25, is being held in the Morgan County Jail without bond.

According to police, officers were called at about 9 a.m. to respond to a report of a man with a firearm at a Stage Road residence.

While enroute, they were told by dispatchers that an argument was reportedly occurring at the residence, accompanied by gunfire.

An unarmed man in the front yard cooperated with officers once they arrived, police said.

Police found Nancy Deanne Sandlin Fox, 59, of Hartselle, dead at the scene.

“This was an isolated incident, and there is no continuing threat to the public,” police said in an announcement. “The Hartselle Police Department extends its condolences to the family and loved ones of Ms. Fox during this difficult time.”

NASA’s moon program continues to drive cost overruns, government auditors said in a new report, led by the space agency’s troubled Orion crew module.

In a review of 38 current NASA projects that cost $250 million or more, the Government Accountability Office found Artemis-related programs accounted for most of the $500 million in cost overruns since last year. The human spaceflight crew capsule, known as the Orion Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle program, accounted for over $360 million of that total.

Orion’s overruns resulted from several “technical and development issues,” auditors wrote, including performance problems with the crew capsule’s heat shield that were identified during the Artemis I flight, design issues within the life-support system and software development delays.

Artemis is NASA’s $93 billion, decade-long human lunar exploration program, which includes plans for a permanent colony on the moon as a step toward crewed Mars missions. Marshall Space Flight Center manages many aspects of the program, including the Space Launch System rocket and Orion.

“As the number of Artemis projects grows, so does the challenge of integrating them together,” auditors wrote. “These highly complex and interdependent systems will need to be successfully integrated to support individual Artemis missions, which are more complex than any previous human space flight programs.”

In December, NASA released findings from its two-year-long investigation into “unexpected behavior” of the protective coating on the Orion capsule that emerged after it returned from the uncrewed Artemis 1 mission.

Testing revealed 100 spots where charring formed and then flaked off the 16-foot-diameter heat shield, which the agency called “unexpected behavior.” It intends to address the issue by modifying the trajectory of Artemis II, which will send a crew into lunar orbit and then back to Earth.

That launch has been delayed until April 2026, with Artemis III planned for mid-2027. The agency had intended to launch the program’s second flight in September, with the third – which will land humans on the moon for the first time since Apollo 17 in 1972 – in September 2026.

Against a backdrop of other big-ticket programs, the Artemis issues are more glaring. Auditors found that most major projects launched since NASA’s last evaluation in 2009 — 30 out of 53, or 56.6% — have avoided major additional costs.

Yet three Artemis projects – SLS Block 1, Orion and Exploration Ground Systems — accounted for nearly $7 billion of total cost overruns. That comprises almost half of the total overruns racked up by the 53 projects since 2009.

The report followed weeks of uncertainty surrounding NASA’s flagship human spaceflight program. President Donald Trump proposed phasing out SLS and Orion in the White House’s budget outline for NASA, but the House and Senate added back nearly $10 billion for those and related programs into the president’s tax and spending bill.

Trump was expected to sign the bill Friday.

Thifty Ice Cream, the beloved ice cream chain inside of Rite Aid stores, may be rebounding from bankruptcy.

The ice cream counter was a staple inside of Rite Aid locations. In early May, Rite Aid announced it was filing for bankruptcy for a second time as it looked for a buyer.

According to The Street, 500 hand-scooped ice cream counters inside Rite Aid were are set to close. Since these locations are inside the Rite Aid pharmacies, they couldn’t be sold as a separate asset, The Street reported at the time.

Now, it looks like the ice cream shops may have a buyer.

Fast Company, noting a bankruptcy filing, reports Rite Aid has chosen a successful bidder for its Thrifty Payless subsidiary.

According to Fast Company, the purchaser is Hilrod Holdings, a limited partnership with ties to Hilton Schlosberg and Rodney Sacks, top executives at energy drink behemoth Monster Beverage.

Alabama has set another execution date, planning to put two men to death using nitrogen gas about a month apart.

On Thursday afternoon, Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey announced that Geoffrey Todd West will be executed sometime between 12:00 a.m. on September 25, and before 6 a.m,. September 26. He’s set to die by inhaling pure nitrogen gas– a method first used in Alabama last year.

West, 49, has been on Alabama Death Row for over 28 years for the March 1997 killing of Margaret Parrish Berry.

Court records show that on the evening of March 27, 1997, West and his then-girlfriend drove to a gas station where he had previously worked on Noccalula Parkway in Etowah County. According to court records, West had told people that he planned to rob the gas station.

Berry was working at the Chevron as an attendant. Records state that West went in the store, stole about $250 from a can where the store’s money was kept, and shot Berry in the head while she was lying on the floor.

At his original trial, a jury voted 10-2 for the death penalty.

West’s execution date is set for about a month after David Lee Roberts, who is set to die by also breathing in pure nitrogen gas on August 21.

Roberts is set to be the fourth man executed in Alabama this year. If he dies, West will be the fifth.

In February, Alabama executed Demetrius Terrence Frazier. The state was set to next execute Robin “Rocky” Myers, but in a rare move, Alabama Gov. Ivey commuted his sentence to life in prison.

James Osgood was executed in April, and on June 10, Gregory Hunt was put to death.

The Yellowhammer state led the nation in executions last year by executing six people: Kenneth Smith, Jamie Mills, Keith Gavin, Alan Miller, Derrick Dearman, and Carey Grayson.

Planning to light up the sky this Independence Day? In Alabama, your ability to legally enjoy fireworks depends largely on where you live.

While fireworks are generally illegal within incorporated towns and cities across the state, they remain legal in most unincorporated areas. However, even in areas where fireworks are permitted, specific ordinances may restrict when they can be used or limit noise levels.

The local police or sheriff’s office in your area can provide you with the specific laws regarding fireworks.

What’s legal in Alabama?

Class C consumer fireworks are permitted for use in Alabama. Those generally permitted include:

• Bottle Rockets
• Roman Candles
• Firecrackers
• Sparklers
• Smoke Bombs
• Wheels and Spinners

Ground salute fireworks containing more than two-grains of explosives or fireworks purchased via mail are prohibited.

Federal law continues to ban Cherry Bombs, Silver Salutes, and M-80s since 1966 due to the large amounts of explosives contained in the fireworks.

Anyone under the age of 16 must be accompanied by an adult to purchase fireworks. It is also illegal under state law to sell fireworks to anyone who appears intoxicated or unable to handle fireworks responsibly.

The sale of fireworks from tents, cars, or car-pulled trailers is illegal in Alabama. Mobile homes can be used as sales locations as long as they measure at least 8 feet wide by 32 feet long and have had their wheels removed.

Legal fireworks can only be sold during two specific seasons: from June 20 to July 10 and from December 15 to January 2 each year.

The Indiana Fever play against the Las Vegas Aces in a WNBA game tonight. The matchup will begin at 6 p.m. CT on Prime Video. Fans can watch this game for free online by using the free trial offered by Prime Video.

The Fever enter this matchup with an 8-8 record, and they are coming off a 74-59 win against Minnesota in the Commissioner’s Cup Championship.

In order to win tonight’s game, the Fever will need to rely on their star guard Kelsey Mitchell. She leads the team in scoring, as she averages nearly 19 points per game.

Notably, Mitchell has scored at least 20 points in four of her last five games. With this in mind, she will try to continue her offensive success this evening.

The Aces also enter this matchup with an 8-8 record, and they are coming off an 84-81 win against Phoenix. During the victory, A’ja Wilson led the Las Vegas offense. She ended the game with 26 points, and she led the team with seven assists.

If Wilson continues to play at a high level tonight, then the Aces will be a difficult team to beat.

Fans can watch this WNBA game for free online by using the free trial offered by Prime Video.