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Ferocious wildfires were burning at emergency-level intensity across Australia's New South Wales, most populous state, on Tuesday as authorities warned most populations in their paths that there was no longer time to flee.

4 Dead As 'Tinder Box-Like Conditions' Fuel Catastrophic Bushfires In Australia

The latest remains were found in a burned forest in New South Wales on Wednesday night. As of Thursday morning, there were nearly 70 fires in that state, and more than 70 in neighboring Queensland.

Fleas transmit plague — but the pneumonic plague, the type reported from China this week, can spread from person to person as well.

China Reports 3 Cases Of The Most Dangerous Type Of Plague

Authorities censored Chinese-language news of the hospitalization of a couple who traveled from Mongolia to Beijing for treatment, perhaps to tamp down fears.

While prescriptions for durable medical equipment, such as orthotic braces or wheelchairs, have long been a staple of Medicare fraud schemes, some alleged scammers are now using telemedicine and unscrupulous health providers to prescribe unneeded equipment to distant patients.

Phone Scammers And 'Teledoctors' Charged With Preying On Seniors In Fraud Case

Officials warn that schemes devised to steal from Medicare have embraced telemedicine. One man was prescribed $4,000 of medical equipment he didn't need and never asked for.

Protesters chanted slogans against the regime last month in Cairo, Egypt, at a rare protest.

Major Crackdown In Egypt Sweeps Up Activists, Children — And At Least 1 U.S. Citizen

Protesters, schoolchildren and some of the government's most prominent critics have all been detained in a government clampdown. So was a 22-year-old American college student, accused of spying.

Karl Denson's Tiny Universe w/The Big Takeover at Putnam Place

Friday, October 18th | Putnam PlaceSinger and saxophonist Karl Denson fronts the Tiny Universe as if he’s preaching the gospel. His energy and spirit are…

A photo taken from Turkey's Sanliurfa province shows smoke rising after Turkish armed forces hit targets in Ras al-Ain, a town east of the Euphrates River in northern Syria, on Monday.

U.S. 'Show Of Force' After Turkish-Backed Fighters Get Too Close To Base In Syria

The potential risk to U.S. personnel came on the same day Russia said its military is now acting as a buffer between Turkish and Syrian troops along the border.

From The U.S. To Ukraine, 2 Giuliani Associates' Ties To Impeachment Inquiry

Little-known businessmen Lev Parnas and Igor Fruman are facing campaign finance charges. The case sheds light on the Soviet-born men's involvement in events at the heart of investigations into Trump.

Vaping devices now come in many shapes and sizes; these were confiscated from students by a high school principal in Massachusetts in 2018.

As Vaping Devices Have Evolved, So Have Potential Hazards, Researchers Say

The technology behind e-cigarettes has changed over the years, and researchers are now finding evidence that the way different sorts of vaping devices and e-liquids interact could harm consumers.

Then-U.S. special envoy for Ukraine Kurt Volker speaks during a news conference in Kyiv on July 27. Volker is being deposed on Thursday as part of the House impeachment inquiry.

Diplomat Kurt Volker Caught Up In Whirlwind Of Impeachment Inquiry

Volker, who was named in a whistleblower complaint about President Trump's contact with Ukraine, resigned as U.S. special envoy to the country last week and is being deposed on Thursday.

The Davis Event Center at the N.C. Mountain State Fair housed a hot tub display that is suspected to be the source of an outbreak of Legionnaires' disease. The outbreak was tracked to the large agricultural fair that was held through the middle of September in Fletcher, N.C.

N.C. Officials Trace 124 Legionnaires' Disease Cases To Hot Tub At A Fair

"This is the largest outbreak that we have documented" of the disease, the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services says.

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