Consumers stepped up gift giving during the first seven weeks of the holiday shopping season, yet uncertainty about the economy is making them more targeted in their buying.

The Masters is adding 13 players to the field who will finish the year in the top 50 in the world ranking.

Sales at U.S. retailers and restaurants were unchanged in October from September as consumers moderated their spending amid worries about higher prices and other economic uncertainties after splurging over the summer.

Georgia offensive lineman Nyier Daniels has been dismissed from the football team following his arrest on multiple charges resulting from a high-speed police chase.

The chase for a PGA Tour card has turned into a chase for that first PGA Tour victory at the RSM Classic.

Andrew Novak has a one-shot lead in the RSM Classic at Sea Island.

Doug Ghim had a shot at becoming the latest player to shoot 59.

Georgia has moved up to No. 4 in The Associated Press poll, Oklahoma is back in the top 10 and North Texas is ranked for the first time since 1959.

Hip-hop artist Akon was arrested last week in suburban Atlanta for not appearing in court over a ticket for driving with a suspended license.

Tiger Woods is recovering from a seventh back surgery.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has adopted recommendations by a new group of vaccine advisers, and has stopped recommending COVID-19 shots for anyone.

President Donald Trump’s plans for mass deportations and other hardline immigration measures with funding passed by Congress will result in roughly 320,000 fewer people in the United States in ten years, according to the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office.

The Masters is moving away from inviting PGA Tour fall winners and now will invite the winners of six national opens around the world.

The average rate on a 30-year U.S. mortgage eased for the third week in a row, a welcome trend for prospective homebuyers at a time when elevated borrowing costs remain a drag on the housing market.

Atlanta rapper Silentó has pleaded guilty but mentally ill Wednesday to voluntary manslaughter and other charges in the 2021 shooting death of his 34-year-old cousin.

U.S. Amateur champion Jose Luis Ballester has joined LIV Golf and will make his professional debut this week at the Saudi-funded league’s Virginia event.

Davis Riley eagled his final hole to make the cut on the number at the Byron Nelson after the PGA Tour’s first two-stroke penalty in the experimental use of distance measuring devices.

Rory McIlroy says he wasn't going to let a cold or post-Masters fatigue stop him from joining friend Shane Lowry to defend their title at the Zurich Classic of New Orleans.

Rory McIlroy is the latest golfer to achieve the coveted career Grand Slam and he's been invited to sprinkle some of his stardust at Old Trafford.

Bryson DeChambeau believed his game was in good enough shape to win the Masters.

The door was open all day for Scottie Scheffler.

Carson Beck’s decision to transfer to Miami opened the door for Gunner Stockton to take over as Georgia’s starting quarterback.

Scottie Scheffler's Masters title defense took some unusual detours into the flora surrounding Augusta National's ryegrass fairways and bentgrass greens Friday.

Some big names failed to make the cut at the Masters on Friday.

U.S. Amateur champion Jose Luis Ballester took a different kind of relief at the Masters.

Patton Kizzire provided the first viral moment of the 2025 Masters when his errant tee shot on the fifth hole sailed right of the fairway, prompting the American to crawl through some shrubbery on his hands and knees in an effort to find his ball and attempt to save par.

Jordan Spieth's 3-year-old son, Sammy, was among the kids who stole the show at the Masters Par 3 Contest on Wednesday.

Rasmus Hojgaard and identical twin brother Nicolai grew up playing golf in Denmark, occasionally pretending they were on the other side of the world at Augusta National.

Rory McIlroy got off to a fast start and finished with a 6-under 66 on Saturday, putting him at 12 under heading into the final round of the Masters.

Practice at the Masters was suspended late Monday morning and spectators were pulled off the golf course because of worsening rain and the threat of thunderstorms.

Tiger Woods is out with another injury.

Christopher Bell edged Carson Hocevar and Kyle Larson in overtime Sunday in another close NASCAR Cup Series finish at Atlanta Motor Speedway.

Former Ohio State University coach Jim Tressel is being nominated to be the state’s next lieutenant governor.

Georgia quarterback Carson Beck appears to be rethinking his plans for 2025 less than two weeks after announcing he would enter the NFL draft.

Joaquin Niemann is headed back to the Masters.

The Masters field is bigger that it was at this time a year ago.

Kirk Cousins is set for his return on Sunday to Minnesota, his NFL home from 2018 through 2023.

A 28-year-old Waterford man was issued several charges after making threatening statements toward a Pontiac gas station clerk while pouring gasoline on the shelves with a lit cigarette in his mouth.

Jamil Miller had 16 points and 10 rebounds, and Kennesaw State dominated No. 24 Rutgers and held on for a 79-77 win in the first home game against a ranked opponent in the program’s history.

A Georgia appeals court has canceled oral arguments that were scheduled for next month on the appeal of a lower court ruling allowing Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis to continue to prosecute the election interference case she brought against President-elect Donald Trump.

Here is an interactive map showing Nov. 5, 2024, General Election results by Georgia county.

Students have begun pouring into Apalachee High School weeks after a school shooter killed two students and two teachers.

Students at Apalachee High School outside Atlanta will return to campus for half-days beginning next week.

The U.S. is dealing with another school shooting: Two students and two teachers were killed at a school in Georgia.

Macomb County Prosecutor Peter Lucido announced today his office will not be authorizing charges in connection with an alleged double-voting incident during the August primary election.

Federal forecasters are still predicting a highly active Atlantic hurricane season thanks to near-record sea surface temperatures and the possibility of La Nina.

U.S. auto safety regulators are investigating complaints that some Ram pickups and Jeep Wagoneer SUVs can lose power, shift into park and apply the emergency brake.

Georgia starting linebacker Smael Mondon was arrested by Athens-Clarke County police on Wednesday night on charges of speeding and reckless driving, according to jail records.

Home loan borrowing costs eased again this week as the average rate on a 30-year mortgage declined to its lowest level since early April.

The PGA Championship field next week at Valhalla includes everyone from the top 100 in the world.

Matt Ryan, who retired last week after 15 years in the NFL, will join CBS Sports as a studio analyst on “The NFL Today” and Phil Simms and Boomer Esiason will leave after long runs on the show.

Players who stayed loyal to the PGA Tour in the divide with Saudi-funded LIV Golf are starting to find out how much that loyalty could be worth.

The nation’s economy slowed sharply last quarter to a 1.6% annual pace in the face of high interest rates, but consumers — the main driver of economic growth — kept spending at a solid pace.

Tesla knocked about a third off the price of its “Full Self Driving” system — which can’t drive itself and so drivers must remain alert and be ready to intervene — to $8,000 from $12,000, according to the company website.

Tiger Woods finished the Masters on Sunday wtih a 16-over 304, his highest 72-hole score ever in a career that spans three decades.

Jason Day said after finishing his third round at the Masters on Saturday that he was asked by someone at Augusta National to take off the white vest he was wearing that said in big letters across the midsection: “Malbon Golf Championship.”.

Rory McIlroy’s bid to complete a career Grand Slam will have to wait yet another year after the world’s second-ranked golfer failed to make a run up the leaderboard on Saturday at the Masters.

Gnomes, those quirky statues people often have in their gardens, are flying off the shelves at Augusta National.

Tiger Woods shot his worst round in a major championship in the third round of the Masters on Saturday.

Golf has a ratings problem.

Action has resumed Friday at Augusta National with power hitter Bryson DeChambeau leading the Masters and world No. 1 Scottie Scheffler well positioned to win his second title in three years.

Min Woo Lee broke his finger recently.

Scottie Scheffler is the overwhelming favorite to win a second green jacket when he tees off this week at the Masters.

Tesla has settled a lawsuit brought by the family of a Silicon Valley engineer who died in a crash while relying on the company’s semi-autonomous driving software.

Forget the azaleas and dogwoods at Augusta National.

The Powerball jackpot has increased to an estimated $1.23 billion after another drawing without a big winner.

Someone in New Jersey who bought a single ticket overcame the odds and won the $1.13 billion Mega Millions jackpot, breaking a winless streak that dated to last December.

The winning numbers for a nearly $1 billion Mega Millions lottery prize will offer sudden riches to any lucky player who matches them and almost certain disappointment for everyone else.

The NFL is reviewing whether the Atlanta Falcons and Philadelphia Eagles violated tampering policies during the legal tampering window, a league spokesman said Thursday.

Budweiser brewer Anheuser-Busch has reached a contract agreement with the Teamsters union that avoids a strike at its U.S. plants.

The University of Georgia has canceled classes after authorities say a woman was found dead on campus after a friend told police she had not returned from a morning run.

Sales of previously occupied U.S. homes sank in 2023 to a nearly 30-year low as mortgage rates climbed to the highest level in more than two decades, pushing homeownership out of reach for many Americans.

Tesla is recalling more than 1.6 million Model S, X, 3 and Y electric vehicles exported to China to fix problems with their automatic assisted steering functions and door latch controls.

Steep price cuts helped electric vehicle maker Tesla Inc. increase its fourth-quarter vehicle sales by almost 20% as EV sales growth slowed across the industry.

U.S. employers posted 8.7 million job openings in October, the fewest since March 2021, in a sign that hiring is cooling in the face of higher interest rates yet remains at a still-healthy pace.

Ludvig Aberg capped off a six months he won't forget.

Tiger Woods is making yet another return to competition.

Georgia has moved up to No. 1 in the College Football Playoff rankings, nudging past Ohio State, with third-place Michigan and fourth-place Florida State holding their spots in the top four.

Georgia extended its streak of weeks being top-ranked in the AP Top 25 to 22, giving the Bulldogs the second-longest run of being No. 1 in the history of the college football poll.

Employers posted 9.6 million job openings in September, up from 9.5 million in August and a sign that the U.S. job market remains strong in the face of higher interest rates.

Carson Beck passed for 389 yards and four touchdowns, Brock Bowers had seven catches for 132 yards and No. 1 Georgia cruised to a 51-13 victory over No. 20 Kentucky.

The American consumer is feeling less confident this month, particularly about the future, as expectations persist that interest rates will remain elevated for an extended period.

Carson Beck passed for 269 yards, Daijun Edwards, Dillon Bell and Cash Jones ran for second-half touchdowns, and No. 1 Georgia rallied from 11 points down to beat South Carolina 24-14.

How it got out of his possession was accidental, according to an article.

Former Georgia and NFL linebacker Jarvis Jones was arrested for speeding and reckless driving ahead of the Bulldogs’ season opener.

A federal appeals court in New Orleans has revived a lawsuit by three doctors who say the Food and Drug Administration overstepped its authority in a campaign against the use of a drug that is not approved to treat COVID-19.

A single lottery ticket sold in Florida has won a $1.58 billion Mega Millions jackpot.

Georgia coach Kirby Smart says he is still struggling to find a way to convince his Georgia players to slow down when driving, even after a player and employee were killed in a January crash that involved racing and speeding.

William Byron won the rain-shortened NASCAR race at Atlanta Motor Speedway.

A Michigan agency that investigates complaints against lawyers is taking action against nine attorneys who were allied with former President Donald Trump after the 2020 election.

Will Zalatoris is out for the rest of the PGA Tour season after back surgery.

Jon Rahm slipped into the green jacket on Sunday to wrap up a memorable Masters.

Tiger Woods made the cut at the Masters and then it all went downhill from there.

Augusta National crews made quick work disposing of the three towering pine trees that fell near the 17th tee late Friday during the second round of Masters, forcing the postponement of play.

U.S. Amateur champion Sam Bennett is in contention at the Masters.

Heavy rain that left pools of standing water across Augusta National brought play to a halt at the Masters on Saturday.

Rory McIlroy’s bid to complete a career grand slam will have to wait yet another year as the world’s No. 2 player is almost certain to miss the cut at the Masters for the second time in three years.

Sergio Garcia is tired of talking about the LIV-PGA Tour feud.

Tiger Woods is at the Masters for the 25th time.

Jon Rahm looked nearly unbeatable just a month ago.