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U.S. Rep. George Santos leaves the Capitol Hill Club as members of the press follow him on Jan. 31 in Washington, D.C., amid ongoing investigations into his finances, campaign spending and false statements on the campaign trail. Alex Wong/Getty Images hide caption

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N.Y. Rep. George Santos pleads not guilty to federal fraud charges

Federal prosecutors say Santos schemed to defraud campaign donors of their cash when he allegedly used the money to pay for personal expenses, including luxury clothes.

U.S. Rep. George Santos leaves the Capitol Hill Club as members of the press follow him on Jan. 31 in Washington, D.C., amid ongoing investigations into his finances, campaign spending and false statements on the campaign trail. Alex Wong/Getty Images hide caption

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N.Y. Rep. George Santos pleads not guilty to federal fraud charges

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Facing public pressure, federal regulators have decided to let patients receive prescriptions for controlled substances via telehealth for at least another six months. d3sign/Getty Images hide caption

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The pandemic-era rule that lets you get telehealth prescriptions just got extended

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An advisory panel to the Food and Drug Administration supported drugmaker Perrigo's application to sell the oral contraceptive Opill without a prescription. Perrigo hide caption

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Perrigo

Shots - Health News

Advisers to the FDA back first over-the-counter birth control pill

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Advisers to the FDA back first over-the-counter birth control pill

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Pando began with a single seed and now contains over 40,000 "stems." Lance Oditt hide caption

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Lance Oditt

Weekly Dose of Wonder

Listen to one of the largest trees in the world

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Listen to one of the largest trees in the world

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This artist's impression shows a hazy sub-Neptune-sized planet recently observed with the James Webb Space Telescope. NASA/JPL-Caltech/R. Hurt (IPAC) hide caption

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NASA/JPL-Caltech/R. Hurt (IPAC)

The James Webb Space Telescope reveals a mysterious planet to be weirdly shiny

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