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While a reverse mortgage can provide seniors needed cash, consumer advocates warn seniors can end up deep in debt, or even lose their homes.

Let's calculate how much money you might expect in your stimulus check!

College students and their parents are frustrated they still have to pay rent for apartments now that schools have canceled classes and gone online during the COVID-19 outbreak.

The Texas Workforce Commission says that it included 150,000 Texans, plus hundreds of thousands more trying to apply for unemployment this week, overwhelming its website and phone lines. 

Since Texas Health and Human Resources referred people to call the United Way's 211 hotline four days ago, the United Way says it received more than 3,300 calls in just the first day.  

Bank of America says it will let homeowners and car owners pause their payments. How many months will depend on your situation, and the payments will be added to the end of the loan without hurting your credit. 

The U.S. Small Business Administration has announced it will offer low interest disaster loans.  But many businesses worry the money won't arrive in time to save them.

Bars and restaurants have been forced to stop serving customers in-house, businesses are closing, and the oil industry is contracting.

Now that many people are furloughed from work for two weeks due to COVID-19, many of you have been asking FOX 26 questions about whether you can still collect a paycheck.

Many stores have instituted quantity limits per customer on certain items, including bottled water, sanitizer, disinfecting wipes, soap, rubbing alcohol, bleach, latex gloves, masks, and toilet paper. 

To help boost the economy, President Trump is proposing to offer Small Business Administration loans to give businesses an infusion of cash and cutting the payroll tax, which workers and employers pay.

Some Houston-area dress shops say they're experiencing delays as many Chinese plants that make the dresses shut down to stop the spread of COVID-19.

You wouldn't know it's spring break at the airport. Travelers and airport workers say they're seeing smaller than usual crowds amid the coronavirus outbreak.

You're probably saving some money right now on low gas prices. Plus if you're getting a tax refund, or have canceled travel plans, you can put that money to good use to save in case of a coronavirus quarantine.

On one hand, drivers are enjoying low gas prices. On the other, thousands of people who work in Houston's oil and gas industry are worried they could lose their jobs amid coronavirus fears.

A Houston man says he learned the hard way that a thief can remotely hijack control of your cell phone and break into your bank account and credit cards. It left him with a $20,000 debt. 

There are three types of travel insurance: trip cancellation, health insurance, and medical evacuation.  Experts recommend looking into all three.