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Cities and counties across the country have urged Congress to give them more direct payments, discretion and guidance on how they can spend the money they have received. But so far none have come, leading to confusion and fear that they will be penalized if they waste money. The National …

Scientists at Oxford University have said that their experimental coronavirus vaccine was shown in an initial trial to elicit a protective immune response in hundreds of people who received the vaccine. Called AZD1222 and developed by AstraZeneca and scientists at the University of Oxford in the UK, the vaccine did …

Warner Bros. has removed “Tenet” from its release schedule, taking a major hit on the exhibition industry at a time when movie theaters were hoping to reopen for the late-summer debut of the sci-fi thriller Christopher Nolan. Although necessary given the massive uncertainty about when theaters around the world can …

The main Fox Business Flash headlines are here. See what FoxBusiness.com is clicking. CHICAGO / WASHINGTON – Delta Air Lines and Southwest Airlines have received strong demand from pilots for early departure packages aimed at thinning their work forces to weather the coronavirus pandemic, according to preliminary figures. MAIN AIRLINES …

Severe floods in the tea-growing state of Assam in India and neighboring Nepal have killed at least 200 people and displaced millions, severely hampering efforts to stop the spread of the coronavirus. In Assam, heavy monsoon rains erupted on the banks of the Brahmaputra River, causing more than 2,000 villages …