ATLANTA — Entering court using a walker, a doctor’s note clutched in his hand, 70-year-old Dana Williams, who suffers serious heart problems, hypertension and asthma, pleaded to delay eviction from his two-bedroom apartment in Atlanta. Although sympathetic, the judge said state law ...

LOS ANGELES — Sales of previously occupied U.S. homes edged higher in May and the national median sale price posted its biggest annual drop in more than a decade, even as the supply of available properties sank to an all-time low. Existing home sales rose 0.2% last month from April to a ...

Some parents will tell you firsthand there’s no expiration date on this raising kids gig. For some, that means they extend financial help to their kids into adulthood. When I was 21 and got into a master’s program at a college of my dreams, my mom swooped in to help me pay for my degree. ...

WASHINGTON — Consumer prices in the United States cooled last month, rising just 0.1% from April to May and extending the past year’s steady easing of inflation. At the same time, some measures of underlying price pressures remained high. Measured year over year, inflation slowed to just ...

The Jamestown Renaissance Corporation has named Frank Besse its new executive director. Before being appointed executive director, Besse served as the organization’s urban core director, where he focused on supporting downtown businesses and buildings. “Frank Besse’s promotion to the ...

Students from the G.A. Accountability and Responsibility Program recently toured the Jamestown Container Company in Falconer. Daniel Becker, Jamestown Container plant superintendent, Dave Spitz, design manager, and Mike Blakey, design assistant, took time out of their schedules to explain ...