Two men have been ordered released from jail after a judge found there was not enough evidence to charge them with capital murder in a Birmingham shooting that left two people dead, including a beloved rapper.
LaDre Demond Todd-Green and Jamil Carillo-Jemison, both 23, were arrested in April. The charges against them came eight months after the 2024 killings of Kayla Warren, 28, and Na’ Bryan Adams, 20.
Both suspects appeared before Jefferson County Judge William Bell for a lengthy preliminary hearing Wednesday.
“Based on the testimony I’ve heard, probable cause is not found in either case,” Bell said. “The charges are dismissed.”
Some family members burst into tears, and at least one of the suspects also cried softly.
Bell told the suspects the Jefferson County District Attorney’s Office could still seek indictment from a grand jury.
The dismissal is the third time since May 21 that Bell has dismissed murder charges in Birmingham cases for lack of evidence or because there was evidence of self-defense.
The deadly shooting happened just before 8 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 21, 2024, at a house in the 700 block of 30th Street S.W.
When West Precinct officers arrived at the home, they found Warren, a rapper who went by the professional name 205KayWay, shot on the front porch of a friend’s home.
Birmingham Fire and Rescue Service rushed her to UAB Hospital where she was pronounced dead at 10:54 p.m.
Police learned Adams had been driven by private vehicle to Princeton Baptist Medical Center. He was then transferred to UAB because of the severity of injuries.
He died the following day.
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A group of people were gathered at the home when the suspect opened fire.
The gunfire also damaged the house next door where a 66-year-old narrowly escaped being shot.
The case is being prosecuted by Deputy District Attorney Charissa Henrichs.
Carillo-Jemison is represented by attorneys Hiram Griffin and Jerry Carter. Jefferson County Public Defender Adam Danneman.
Birmingham Det. Nick Clark, the lead investigator on the case, was the lone witness in Wednesday’s hearing.
Clark testified that investigators believed the shooting happened when the two suspects and others, including Adams, went to the 30th Street S.W. house to carry out a robbery.
The plan, Clark said, was to rob people at the house as a response to Carillo-Jemison being robbed by people who were at that home.
Several cars pulled up to the home. Both suspects, as well as Adams, were in those vehicles.
Testimony showed that before the retaliatory robbery could be carried out, a shootout erupted, wounding Warren, who was standing on the porch, and Adams, who was inside one of three vehicles that pulled up.
All of the vehicles left after the gunfire and drove first to an apartment building, and then to Princeton to get help for Adams. The group also went to UAB Hospital when Adams was transferred there.
At the hospital, Clark said, suspect Todd-Green told officers, “They started shooting at us.”
In a later interview with investigators, he said someone in another vehicle shot at his vehicle and he “put his head down and fired warning shots.”
Clark said he interviewed multiple witnesses, including the resident of the house where the shooting happened.
Investigators also obtained home surveillance footage from the murder scene that showed the caravan of cars leaving, but did not show the killings.
Clark testified that Facebook messages between Todd-Green’s account and another man’s account the day before the double murder talked about Carillo-Jemison being robbed and mentioned “wanting to shoot two individuals.”
Carillo-Jemison was arrested April 10 on an unrelated charge of possession of marijuana.
Homicide investigators then went to speak with him, and Clark said he gave multiple stories about what happened at the house where the murders happened.
Two days after Carillo-Jemison’s arrest, police took Todd-Green into custody.
Prosecutor Henrich said there was plenty of evidence to show the killings happened during a planned robbery.
Additionally, she said, shell casings were recovered from Todd-Green’s Infiniti, as well as a drum magazine with the capacity to fire 50 rounds.
“The concerted action by all of the defendants to go to the location, I think, shows their participation together,” Henrich said.
Griffin, Carillo-Jemison’s attorney, said the state had not met its burden to prove the charges.
His client, he said, was inside the 30th Street S.W. home when the gunfire erupted.
“The homeowner said she saw him come in. Her daughter was behind him. She heard the shooting start and asked (Carillo-Jemison) to hand her her daughter,” Griffin said. “If he had a weapon, she wouldn’t have been asking him to hand her her daughter.”
“There’s no witnesses that put a gun in his hand,” Griffin said. “All you have is chopped up versions of made-up stories that (his client) told the detectives.”
Even if he was to be believed that there was some kind of robbery plot hatched, it never happened, he said.
Danneman agreed.
“The capital statute is a specific intent crime, and the state has to show specific intent to cause the deaths of two or more people,” he said.
“They didn’t show the specific intent to cause the deaths of anyone, let alone two people.”
Danneman pointed out the security footage did not show Todd-Green firing any shots, and said his own statements showed he was trying to get Adams to the hospital.
“He told what he saw and what he didn’t see,” he said. “He told he fired warning shots, and he did not say he fired them on the scene.”
“I think it is extremely telling that there were eyewitnesses who saw the shooting …but what you didn’t hear was just as telling,” he said.
“If there was somebody that said (Todd-Green) was shooting, I guarantee you, this is a very good prosecutor, she would have presented that. She didn’t do it because it doesn’t exist.”
Henrich said the killings began with the robbery plan.
“The plan begins with the decision to go to the location and participate in what they were planning to do,” she said.
“The plan was to commit a robbery, and two individuals died as a result of that.”
This is the latest of several murder charges Bell has dismissed.
On May 21, Bell dismissed a murder charge against Qwaron Wilson in the April 2 killing of 42-year-old Brandon Luvine Cunningham.
On May 23, Bell said there was not enough evidence at this time to support criminal charges against Tamiya Krishaun Thomas in the January slaying of 40-year-old James Leon Craig.
Read MoreUltra-successful high school soccer coach David DiPiazza left Oak Mountain because he saw one more mountain to climb.
The 49-year-old was hired as the new head boys soccer coach at Vestavia Hills on Tuesday, less than a month after he had led Oak Mountain to a runner-up finish in the Class 7A state playoffs. The Eagles lost 2-1 to Montgomery Academy, snapping a 60-game unbeaten streak and ending a run of 49 consecutive wins. Oak Mountain finished 30-1 after winning the 2024 state title with a 29-0-1 record.
“Honestly, I wasn’t really looking to change,” DiPiazza said on Wednesday, taking a break from a youth soccer camp where he was being assisted by 22 of his now-former Oak Mountain players. “Laura Casey, the new athletic director at Vestavia, gave me a call a couple weeks ago. She said they had a position open and asked if I would be interested.
“Growing up and playing soccer in Birmingham my whole life and coaching in Birmingham, I saw the enormous potential that Vestavia Hills has. It’s also an incredible school academically. It’s one of those schools where if somebody asks you about it, you have to look at it and pay attention.
“I talked to Mrs. Casey and her enthusiasm was overwhelming,” the coach said. “She’s a Vestavia graduate and the community feeling they have there is great, similar to what we had at Oak Mountain.”
DiPiazza is replacing Leo Harlan, who led the Rebels to two Alabama High School Athletic Association final fours in 10 seasons with a runner-up finish in 2018. Harlan’s 2025 team finished 9-11-3 after a 17-6-3 slate in 2024 and a 14-12-2 mark in 2023, according to scorebord.com.
Harlan was the second head coach ever at Vestavia Hills after he served as an assistant there to the AHSAA’s all-time winningest coach, Rick Grammer. In 35 seasons, Grammer compiled a 633-158-50 record. An Alabama High School Sports Hall of Fame inductee in the Class of 2020, Grammer retired in 2015.
DiPiazza, a John Carroll Catholic and Birmingham-Southern College graduate, said the decision to leave for an Area 6 rival was not easy.
“My wife told me, ‘If you weren’t sad about leaving and seeing how hard this is, it just means what a great experience you had,’” he said. “I didn’t take this lightly at all. People think I’m nuts, but I think we – my staff and I – have done a great job here. The way my parents and my coaches taught me was to leave a place better than you found it. We had a lot of rebuilding to do here and I think we did it.”
He spent nine seasons in two stints at Oak Mountain. DiPiazza coached the girls in 2015-16 before going to Birmingham-Southern to coach the women’s team. He came back to Oak Mountain to coach the boys in 2019 and won a title in 2024.
DiPiazza has won state championships at every stop in the AHSAA. He led the John Carroll boys to titles in 2008, 2009, 2010 and 2012. He won a girls championship at John Carroll in 2014 and another girls crown at Oak Mountain in 2015. His 2024 Oak Mountain boys were also state champs. His five boys championships rank second in the AHSAA to Jamie Ferguson of Bayside Academy and Joe Carter at John Carroll, who have six apiece. Brigid Meadow, who is now DiPiazza’s counterpart on the girls side at Vestavia Hills, is tied with Tommy Guice of Fort Payne with six state titles.
DiPiazza has 547 combined high school career wins in 25 seasons with a 547-142-58 overall record. He was 56-23-5 as the girls coach at John Carroll and 47-7-2 with the Oak Mountain girls. His Oak Mountain boys’ tally is 134-29-17 and he was 310-83-34 at John Caroll. DiPiazza has won 77.1 percent of the games he’s coached.
The coach also led Oak Mountain’s boys to four straight final four appearances. The 2025 Eagles were ranked No. 1 in the nation in the latest MaxPreps rankings, even after the setback against Montgomery Academy.
“The biggest thing is it’s just a new challenge,” DiPiazza said. “Ten years ago when I was at John Carroll and Grammer left, I thought that would be an interesting place to work.
“Something that was so amazing at Oak Mountain and John Carroll was getting the parents, the kids and the community to buy in. To be a championship program on a consistent basis, you have to have people buy in. You don’t win championships without working your tails off.
“I’m going to expect our kids to do well academically at an academically challenging school,” he said. “They are going to have to watch film and understand our scouting reports like, I don’t know, they might not have had to do before.
“To get the families to buy in, the players to buy in, they have to know that I’ve bought in to be successful. I spend hours doing scouting reports, getting practice set up and that’s the way you should be as the guy at the top. I’m going to demand a lot, but I’m going to work hard.”
DiPiazza said he believes his success as a program builder will pay off at Vestavia Hills, where Grammer led the Rebels to four state championships – the last coming back-to-back in 2013 and 2014.
“I have a plan and I’m good at establishing the kind of culture needed to be successful,” he said. “I believe if we put it all together, we can have a really dominating program.
“At John Hunt Park (in Huntsville, the site of the AHSAA championships), there are trees just beyond the field where the fans wait for the team after the game,” DiPiazza said. “My favorite memory is watching kids holding the trophy there with their family, their girlfriends. I experienced something like that in 1994 as a player. As a coach, the experience isn’t for you, it’s for your kids. I want these Vestavia kids to experience that – take pictures in the trees at John Hunt Park and sing and dance on the bus on the way back home.
“I want to do it the right way. I want them to represent their parents well and hopefully leave the program better human beings than they were when they came in. I want them to be good husbands, good citizens, good businessmen.”
Read MoreElon Musk stepped up his fight against the “One Big Beautiful Bill” on Wednesday, calling on Americans to pressure their representatives in Washington to “kill” the legislation.
“Call your Senator, Call your Congressman,Bankrupting America is NOT ok!“ the Tesla CEO and world’s richest person tweeted Wednesday afternoon. ”KILL the BILL.”
Musk, who has supported President Donald Trump and ended his tenure with the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) as a special government employee Friday, has been vehemently opposed to Trump’s signature piece of legislation making its way through Congress.
On Tuesday, Musk called the bill an “abomination.”
“I’m sorry, but I just can’t stand it anymore. This massive, outrageous, pork-filled Congressional spending bill is a disgusting abomination,” Musk tweeted.
The tech billionaire is against the bill for increasing the deficit.
The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office estimated Wednesday the bill would increase yearly budget deficits by a total of $2.4 trillion over 10 years, CBS News reported.
That increase pales in comparison to the $9 billion in DOGE cuts that would be codified as part of the legislation.
According to Axios, Musk also opposes the bill because it cuts the electronic vehicle tax credit — a measure that harms Tesla.
The “final straw,” the outlet reported Wednesday, came on Saturday, when Trump withdrew the nomination of Jared Isaacman to be NASA administrator.
Isaacman has close ties to Musk, having twice purchased flights into space aboard the latter’s SpaceX rockets.
Read MoreA woman accused Sean “Diddy” Combs of dangling her off a 17th-floor balcony in 2016, while testifying at the music mogul’s sex trafficking trial in New York.
Bryana “Bana” Bongolan, a 33-year-old fashion designer, entered Combs’ orbit when she became close friends and collaborators with his then-girlfriend, Casandra “Cassie” Ventura, who previously testified against Combs in his criminal trial.
Bongolan frequently hung out at Ventura’s apartment in Los Angeles, where the two would work on fashion designs and often take drugs like marijuana and ketamine together.
One early morning, Bongolan and her then-girlfriend had slept at Ventura’s apartment and awoke to “very loud” bangs on the door. Bongolan hid her girlfriend in the guest bathroom and told her to be quiet, and then Bongolan retreated to the balcony to “act natural.”
An “upset” Combs gained access to the apartment and approached Bongolan, who alleges he “came up from behind” and “lifted me up and put me on top of the rail” of the balcony.
Bongolan said as Combs held her over the 17-story drop, he repeatedly yelled, “You know what the f..k you did.” (Bongolan said she still has “no idea” what Combs was referring to.)
“I was trying not to slip and pushing back on him,” Bongolan said. “I was scared to fall.”
After about 10 to 15 seconds, Combs allegedly threw Bongolan onto the patio furniture on Ventura’s balcony. She said Ventura came out from her bedroom and said in disbelief, “Did you just hang her over the balcony?”
Ventura began arguing with Combs and apparently told him that Bongolan’s girlfriend was in the apartment, causing Combs to promptly leave.
Photographs of Bongolan’s injuries — which included a massive, red and purple bruise on her leg, as well as her back bandaged up and neck in a brace — were shown to the court.
Bongolan said she visited a chiropractor on the same day, but when he asked who caused the injuries, she was too “scared” to tell the truth.
Bongolan testified that, as a result of the balcony incident, “I have nightmares, and I have a lot of paranoia, and I used to scream a lot in my sleep.”
Bongolan also testified about a separate incident in which she and Ventura were in Malibu with Combs, taking photos and hanging out on the beach. Bongolan said at one point during the day, Combs “came up really close to my face” and said, “I’m the devil, and I could kill you.”
Bongolan said she was likely on cocaine at the time and could not tell whether Combs was also under the influence of drugs. “I was terrified,” Bongolan said.
In November 2024, Bongolan filed a lawsuit against Combs, demanding $10 million.
That civil suit is still pending. She testified that she has no financial incentive to testify during his criminal trial, at which he is charged with sex trafficking and racketeering.
Bongolan began to describe an alleged FaceTime call in which a friend of Combs asked Bongolan to settle with him, but Combs’ lawyers objected to the prosecutor’s line of questioning.
“I declined what was offered to me,” Bongolan said, before the federal attorney was forced to move on.
When asked why she filed a lawsuit against Combs, Bongolan said, “I wanted to seek justice for what happened to me.”
During a tough cross-examination, Bongolan was grilled over discrepancies in her recollection of certain incidents, in an attempt to discredit her testimony.
One of such discrepancies is whether Ventura witnessed Combs hang Bongolan over the balcony or just saw the aftermath.
Another pertained to the demand letters Bongolan’s attorneys sent to Combs in January 2024, which accused him of “groping” Bongolan’s breasts before lifting her on top of the balcony railing.
Bongolan’s civil lawsuit accused Combs of sexual battery, but she did not reference those specific allegations in court on Wednesday during her direct examination by federal prosecutors.
One of Combs’ attorneys, Nicole Westmoreland, picked apart the ways in which Bongolan’s story changed throughout various meetings with federal prosecutors, which occurred as recently as Monday.
Bongolan often replied “I don’t remember” to Westmoreland’s questions. Westmoreland’s cross-examination will continue on Thursday.
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Read MoreSeason 13 of TLC’s hit reality series My 600-lb. Life returns with its midseason premiere Wednesday, June 4 at 6/5c.
Those interested in tuning in can stream the new episode of My 600-lb. Life through Philo (free trial), DirecTV (free trial) or Sling (50% off first month).
The upcoming midseason premiere episode focuses on a 24-year-old woman named Megan, who, at over 600 lbs., lives at home with her mom. Unable to do much on her own, Megan relies heavily on her mom for cooking and other basic tasks.
Viewers will follow Megan as she prepares to travel to Houston to meet with Dr. Now to try and change her eating habits, before her life ends before it really ever begins.
Those hoping to catch the remaining new episodes in season 13 can stream My 600-lb. Life through Philo, DirecTV or Sling.
Both Philo and DirecTV offer free trials for new subscribers while Sling offers those that commit to a paid subscription half off their first month and one month free of AMC+.
Philo is considered one of the most affordable streaming platforms on the market. Known as an entertainment-focused streaming service, Philo offers its subscribers access to over 70 top-rated TV channels such as TLC, MTV, BET, AMC, CMT, Investigation Discovery and more.
New users can enjoy Philo’s 7-day free trial and continue to stream top channels, hit TV shows and movies on-demand for just $28 a month once the free trial expires.
Those looking to customize their flow of content even further on Philo can consider including add-ons such as MGM+, STARZ, and AMC+ in their subscription.
DirecTV is a top streaming service perfect for those looking to access a plethora of live TV channels and enjoy helpful features. The base package starts at just $86.99 a month after its 5-day free trial and includes popular TV channels such as HGTV, ESPN, Bravo, CMT, CNBC, BET, CNN and more.
DirecTV has also recently introduced a lineup of genre packs, which allows subscribers to choose their favorite viewing options based on what genre they watch the most. With genre packs, users can get the channels and content they want without filler channel overload. Packs start at just $34.99 a month.
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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.
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Read MoreA brand new season of Dateline: Secrets Uncovered premieres on Oxygen Wednesday, June 4 at 8/7c.
Those hoping to catch the return of the hit Oxygen series can stream the show even without access to traditional cable through Fubo (free trial), DirecTV (free trial) or Sling (50% off first month).
For those unfamiliar with the long-running Oxygen series, Dateline: Secrets Uncovered is a sister show of the original hit crime reality series Dateline. Dateline: Secrets Uncovered takes a second look at some of the most mysterious cases of recent history.
Hosted by Emmy-winning journalist Craig Melvin, the show explores the stories through firsthand accounts told by people who are close to the crime, including investigators who dedicated their time to the cases and family members who are still trying to confront the tragedies that befell their loved ones.
Those interested in tuning into the new season can stream the hit Oxygen series through Fubo, DirecTV or Sling.
Both Fubo and DirecTV offer free trials for new subscribers to enjoy before committing to a paid subscription while those who commit to a paid subscription through Sling receive half off their first month and one month free of AMC+.
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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.
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Read MoreParis Saint-Germain took down Inter Milan in the Champions League Final over the weekend, 5-0. Fans looking to grab the newest Champions League Final gear for PSG can view the collection here.
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Dyson just dropped a ton of new online deals on its popular cordless vacuums, hair care tools, tower fans and more during its Father’s Day Deals sales event.
A noteworthy deal Dyson is offering during this online sale includes a major $170 off discount on the best-selling V8 Absolute cordless vacuum. With this deal, you can snag this Dyson cordless vacuum for only $349 instead of its normal price of $519.
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Read MoreThe top court of the United Methodist Church has struck down a practice in Mississippi that was allowing churches to leave the denomination with property.
The United Methodist Judicial Court backed up its previous ruling last year that closing a church cannot be used as a back door for allowing a congregation to leave the denomination and take its property with it.
The Mississippi Conference of the United Methodist Church had adopted a process for closing churches that wanted to leave.
The Judicial Council ordered them to stop.
The court ruled that the Mississippi Conference’s board of trustees violated the denomination’s church closure provision in Paragraph 2549 of the Book of Discipline, the United Methodist rule book.
“In addition, the ‘Mississippi Process’ was enacted without disciplinary authority,” the decision said. “Therefore, it is null and void and has no force or effect.”
The court delivered its decision on June 3, before the Mississippi Annual Conference meets June 4-7. The conference had planned to vote on a dozen church closures.
Cane Ridge, Canton, Drew, Fountainhead, Hopewell, Jones Chapel, L.L. Roberts, Lebanon, Lovely Lane, Shrock, St. James and Wesley United Methodist Churches were all on the docket to be closed.
The Mississippi Conference’s trustees adopted a policy on Oct. 20, 2022, which was extended in 2024 and 2025, allowing trustees to enter into agreements with churches allowing them to withdraw in a manner similar to the disaffiliation process that expired at the end of 2023.
Under the disaffiliation rules before they expired, 386 United Methodist churches in Mississippi had disaffiliated.
Mississippi had been able to use Paragraph 2549, which allows the conference to enter into a contract with a congregation “to sell the same property back to a new church formed by the members of your church.”
The Judicial Council ruled that the Mississippi Process violated the intent of Paragraph 2549.
“Annual conferences, trustees, and local churches cannot rewrite any part of the Discipline to force the terms of Paragraph 2553 (the disaffiliation clause) into Paragraph 2549 (for church closures) or any other paragraph of the Discipline,” the church court said.
“Annual conferences cannot modify the terms of the Discipline to suit their desires or what they wished, or thought would have happened if the General Conference had adopted certain language,” the decision continued. “Furthermore, they cannot interpret a paragraph of the Discipline to extend the provisions of another paragraph that has expired.”
Paragraph 2553 offered a temporary release from the denomination’s trust clause, which says the denomination holds all church properties in trust.
In Alabama, numerous congregations seeking to keep their property and leave the denomination have taken their cases to state courts, which have allowed hearings as a property issue.
Since May 15, two more judges in Conecuh and Houston counties have ruled against motions by the United Methodist denomination to dismiss lawsuits by breakaway Alabama churches that want to keep their property.
In May, there were seven rulings by six different circuit court judges dismissing motions by the Alabama-West Florida Conference of the United Methodist Church, which asked the court to dismiss lawsuits by those seven churches seeking clear title to their property.
Read MoreThe part two reunion of season nine of Summer House premieres on Bravo Wednesday, June 4 at 9/8c.
The hit Bravo reality series is available for streaming through Fubo (free trial), DirecTV (free trial) and Sling (50% off first month).
For those who may have missed the first part of this season’s reunion, which premiered last week, things kicked off with a bang as West and Ciara set out to unpack their complicated dynamic. Paige also took it upon herself to reveal new thoughts about her breakup with Craig, and Jesse and Lexi shocked viewers as their relationship drama shifted to an unexpected housemate.
This week as the reunion continues, Lindsay gives an update on her relationship with Turner Kufe and unexpected tension between Kyle and Amanda surprises the group. Meanwhile, Paige opens a discussion about the future of her relationship with Craig.
Those interested in tuning into the final part of this season’s reunion can stream the hit Bravo series 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+.
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.
Sling is another streaming service to consider if you want to access top rated TV channels such as Bravo. 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).
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