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The United States Soccer Federation proposed 14 American sites among 20 possible venues to host games for the 2031 Women's World Cup, including seven U.S. stadiums to be used for next year's men's tournament. Birmingham is among possible alternate sites.

Deck the South is your essential guide to Alabama’s most dazzling festive traditions. APR Digital Content Reporter Aydan Conchin takes you on a tour highlighting the twinkling lights, local markets, and pure Southern magic that make this season shine across the Yellowhammer State!

Winter Fun Across Alabama starts now! Digital Content Reporter Aydan Conchin guides you through the state's best holiday happenings. Get ready for twinkling lights, parades, and small-town magic.

New Series Alert: Deck the South! Follow APR Digital Content Reporter Aydan Conchin on a tour of Alabama's holiday traditions and winter celebrations. Stay tuned to see all of the magic and Southern charm that shines in every corner of the Yellowhammer State.

The cities of Montgomery and Birmingham and the Jimmie Hale Mission will have warming stations open night as some of the first blasts of winter weather hit Alabama. Low twenties are in the forecast from the Tennessee Valley to Tuscaloosa and the Magic City. The Gulf coast is expected to be closer to thirty.

Love a good ghost story? Alabama is full of them! In APR's new series "Yellowhammer Haunted Histories," Digital Reporter Aydan Conchin explores spooky haunts — This week it's the legend behind Sloss Furnaces! Join her for a look at this lurid legend — if you dare!

Up to fifteen Alabama cities will take part in tomorrow’s national “no kings” protests. Demonstrators in Mobile, Montgomery, Tuscaloosa, Florence and Birmingham will be among those expected to march and carry signs against the actions of the Trump Administration.

Mayors of cities across the Deep South gathered at the Jackson Convention Center for the inaugural DELTA FEST conference, a gathering of financial leaders and partners for economic change. The three-day event intends to usher in a 10-year effort to build prosperous communities in Southern states. Two Alabama Mayors came with ideas.

Move over Flavortown! Birmingham native, author and chef Martie Duncan has made her mark on the Food Network, taking part as a contestant and judge on a variety of shows. She talks with Quick-Fire Quips host Baillee Majors about the TV channel and her books while dishing on the best way to make a summer-time tomato sandwich. Plus... a secret confession!

The death of an unarmed 52-year-old man who died after an Alabama police officer kneeled on his neck was ruled a homicide by a county coroner, according to an official autopsy reviewed by The Associated Press. The finding led lawyers representing Phillip Reeder's family on Monday to compare his death to that of George Floyd in 2020.