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.

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.

A tree at the fabled 1969 Woodstock festival used by concertgoers as a sort of message board has been cut down.

Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk has acknowledged that he does not have the backing in parliament to change the country's abortion law, which is among the most restrictive in Europe.

The new Dutch prime minister has banned cell phones and other mobile devices from the weekly meetings of his Cabinet in a move aimed at dialing back the risk of digital eavesdropping by spies.

Prime Minister Donald Tusk has accused Poland’s previous government of illegally spending 100 billion Polish zlotys or $25 billion as he announced a government effort to try to recover the money.

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.

A portrait of Winston Churchill by an artist whose work the British leader loathed is going up for auction.

An estimated 450,000 people attended the Woodstock festival in August 1969.

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.

Hard of hearing, Thomas Edison found a unique way to appreciate piano music.

Ringo Starr has tested positive for COVID-19, forcing the former Beatle to cancel several scheduled concerts in Canada with his All Starr Band.

Ringo Starr has cancelled shows in North America after the former Beatles drummer tested positive for COVID-19.

A co-creator and promoter of the 1969 Woodstock music festival that served as a touchstone for generations of music fans, Michael Lang has died.

President Joe Biden says he made clear to China’s Xi Jinping that his administration stands firmly behind the United States' longstanding “One China” policy.

The exception is 44-year-old Daoyou Feng, an employee at Youngs Asian Massage near Woodstock about whom little is known. Instead those relatives are mourning her death Tuesday at the Aromatherapy Spa in Atlanta. “From what I understand, he was at the spa that day doing some work for them,” said Michels’ younger brother, John Michels of Commerce, Michigan. “He was actually looking to start his own massage spa. Family members said Yaun and her husband were first-time customers at Youngs, eager for a chance to unwind.

The statement did not give details about the status of Cherokee County Sheriff’s Office spokesman Capt. Six of the victims were women of Asian descent. “These problems we’re facing right now are not new,” Au said, referring to misogyny, anti-Asian discrimination and gun violence. But Cherokee County Sheriff’s Office spokesman Capt. Authorities have charged 21-year-old Robert Aaron Long with murder in the deaths of eight people, six of them women of Asian descent.

A police officer watches as a body is taken from the Gold Spa massage parlor after a shooting, late Tuesday, March 16, 2021, in Atlanta. A 21-year-old man suspected in the shootings was taken into custody in southwest Georgia hours later after a manhunt, police said. He claimed to have a “sex addiction,” and authorities said he apparently lashed out at what he saw as sources of temptation. But those statements spurred outrage and widespread skepticism given the locations and that six of the eight victims were women of Asian descent. AdThe attacks began when five people were shot at Youngs Asian Massage Parlor near Woodstock, about 30 miles (50 kilometers) north of Atlanta, authorities said.

Three people were killed and two others injured at a massage parlor in Cherokee County late Tuesday afternoon, officials said. A 21-year-old man suspected in the shootings was taken into custody in southwest Georgia hours later after a manhunt, police said. Ad“It appears that they may be Asian,” Atlanta Police Chief Rodney Bryant said. Atlanta and Cherokee County authorities were working to confirm the cases are related. FBI spokesman Kevin Rowson said the agency was assisting Atlanta and Cherokee County authorities in the investigation.

But it's a now-shuttered bar that brought the FBI and other investigators to Woodstock, Ohio, around 40 miles (65 kilometers) northwest of the state capital of Columbus, this month. Bedsheets and drapes cover the windows of The Jolly Roger Bar and Grill, except for a sliver where an “OPEN” sign flickers in red, white and blue. “Just shocked that it would be in the small town of Woodstock,” said Pack, who lives near the town of fewer than 300 people. AdShe and her boyfriend Montana Siniff owned the two-story building where they lived and started the Jolly Roger. A Facebook page for the Jerry Morgan & Certified Outlaw Band indicates they played the Jolly Roger in 2019.

(Copyright 2020 by WDIV ClickOnDetroit - All rights reserved.) Unifor announced Thursday morning its Master Bargaining Committee reached a tentative agreement for 17,000 members working at General Motors in St. Catharines, Oshawa and Woodstock, Ontario. Unifor’s National President Jerry Dias and bargaining committee representatives will hold a virtual news conference at 10 a.m. to provide more information about the tentative agreement. To watch the news conference click here. Unifor is Canada’s largest union in the private sector, representing 315,000 workers in every major area of the economy.

(AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File)LOS ANGELES – You can get anything you want at Alice's Restaurant. But it appears we've seen Arlo Guthrie tell us that in person for the last time. In lengthy posts on his Facebook page and website, the 73-year-old folksinger announced Friday he is retiring from performance immediately. He's canceled numerous shows he had planned around the country for the next year and said he won't be booking any more. Guthrie, who frequently declined to play “Alice's Restaurant Massacree” for audiences over the years, had planned to perform it at next year's shows.

John Barrett and his daughter Autumn pose for photos outside Bascomb Elementary School in Woodstock, Ga., Thursday, July 23, 2020. Cherokee County, near Atlanta, is one of many districts nationwide that gave parents a choice between in-person and all-online classes this fall. Molly Ball is sending her teenage sons to school in the same district on Monday, but not without feelings of regret. In Cherokee County, administrators have stuck with plans to offer in-person school five days a week despite pressure from some parents and teachers. “You basically have to make the student’s education time a priority over your own job,” Dalrymple said.

"America", a fully-working solid gold toilet, created by artist Maurizio Cattelan, is seen at Blenheim Palace on Sept. 12 in Woodstock, England. His most notable piece being(CNN) - Police investigating the theft of a solid gold toilet from a stately home in the UK made three arrests Wednesday. The fully functioning toilet is a piece of art made entirely from 18-karat gold that was installed in Blenheim Palace, England, as part of an exhibition by Italian artist Maurizio Cattelan. Police have been investigating its theft since Sept. 14 and previously made two arrests. "Firstly, it's plumbed in and secondly, a potential thief will have no idea who last used the toilet or what they ate.

"America", a fully-working solid gold toilet, created by artist Maurizio Cattelan, is seen at Blenheim Palace on Sept. 12 in Woodstock, England. The Italian artist is known as the prankster of the art world. His most notable piece being(CNN) - A toilet made entirely of 18-carat-gold has been stolen from Blenheim Palace in Oxfordshire, England, the stately home where former prime minister Winston Churchill was born. The fully functioning toilet was installed as part of an exhibition by Italian artist Maurizio Cattelan titled "Victory is Not an Option," which only opened to the public on Thursday. At Blenheim Palace, the toilet was installed in a room next to the one in which Churchill was born.

The Michigan Marching Band performs in Ann Arbor on Oct. 1, 2016. (Amber Ainsworth/WDIV)ANN ARBOR, Mich. - The University of Michigan Marching Band's performance at Saturday's Michigan football game will be a tribute to Woodstock. RELATED: Michigan's 'The Victors' named best fight song in college football historyThe "Summer of 1969" will highlight Jimi Hendrix, Jefferson Airplane, Creedence Clearwater Revival, The Beatles and The Fifth Dimension. The show includes arrangements by the band's former director, Scott Boerma, who now directs Western Michigan University's band. Michigan will take on Middle Tennessee at 7:30 p.m. in Ann Arbor.

Meet Kyle Urbin, a local man who agreed to a makeover live on Live In The D. Local 4 Style Editor Jon Jordan said, he's going "from Woodstock to Hollywood!" Kyle had been wanting to cut and donate his hair to Wigs for Kids, and when Erik Miller, the owner of Untied on Woodward in Birmingham, heard he volunteered to style Kyle. Dan Gagnon with Shear Collective in Farmington Hills came in to cut back Kyle's flowing hair and beard. This dynamic duo worked together to completely transform Kyle, much to his girlfriend's excitement. Copyright 2019 by WDIV ClickOnDetroit - All rights reserved.

Meet Kyle Urbin, a local man who agreed to a makeover live on Live In The D. Local 4 Style Editor Jon Jordan said, he's going "from Woodstock to Hollywood!" Kyle had been wanting to cut and donate his hair to Wigs for Kids, and when Erik Miller, the owner of Untied on Woodward in Birmingham, heard he volunteered to style Kyle. Dan Gagnon with Shear Collective in Farmington Hills came in to cut back Kyle's flowing hair and beard. This dynamic duo worked together to completely transform Kyle, much to his girlfriend's excitement. Watch the video to see the makeover!

This couple has special reason to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Woodstock: They met on their way there! Judy and Jerry Griffin first met one day before the legendary music festival in upstate New York, where a half-million people gathered to rock out in 1969. Her car had broken down, so she and her friends got a ride with Jerry and his buddies. But when they'd tell people their origin story, they always lamented that they had no pictures from the festival. That was it, that was the first time, the only time that we've only seen a photograph of us at Woodstock and we've been looking," added Jerry.

A theater nerd defies her mom, takes drugs, makes out with a German biker and defines her life at Woodstock.

Fifty years ago, hundreds of thousands of people descended to a farm in Bethel, New York, for Woodstock, a music festival that promised "Three days of Peace and Music." Not only were there three days of peace and music, Woodstock became a phenomenon that changed the landscape of culture forever. The festival was headlined by acts that defined the generation: Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, The Who, Jefferson Airplane and so many more. Today, these artists are revered and legendary, but in 1969, they were hip, modern and political during a time of cultural turmoil. Many people are flocking to Bethel this weekend to celebrate Woodstock's big birthday, but if you can't make it up to the farm, we made a playlist of songs from the artists who were there.

This Friday marks the start of the 50th Ann Arbor Blues Festival. The festival started the same year Woodstock took place, with some of the greatest blues musicians of the time getting together in Ann Arbor. "I am really proud to be apart of this blues festival in my hometown," Al-Saadi said. You can watch Al-Saadi perform Friday night at the festival. For more information on performers and tickets go to the Ann Arbor Blues Festival website.

Thursday is the 50th anniversary of Woodstock in upstate New York. One attendee takes a walk down memory lane.

The Ribs and R&B Music Festival is Sunday, August 11th in Hart Plaza. Woodstock in Detroit is at Proud Lake in Wixom. The festival will feature rock and roll posters and band icons like Canned Heat who played at the original Woodstock in 1969. Pewabic Pottery is pitching a big tent and selling handcrafted giftware, tiles, and more discounted up to fifty percent. They will be selling pottery outside of their ceramic studio and school on east Jefferson Avenue.

He also brought jeans. Flares are really cool," Jordan said. Jordan brought two models with him. You just want to embrace all of those very cool style elements and then interpret them in a way that is relevant for 2019 and 2020," Jordan said. All of the clothing and accessories Jordan brought are from Macy's.

He also brought jeans. Flares are really cool," Jordan said. Jordan brought two models with him. You just want to embrace all of those very cool style elements and then interpret them in a way that is relevant for 2019 and 2020," Jordan said. All of the clothing and accessories Jordan brought are from Macy's.