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Gov. Jerry Brown signed six new bills into law Friday, nearly seven months after a mass shooting in San Bernardino, Calif. Two of the new laws restrict ammunition. In this photo from last summer, a man enters a gun store in Los Angeles.

6 New Gun Control Laws Enacted In California, As Gov. Brown Signs Bills

The capacity of guns' magazines will now be limited to 10 bullets, and background checks will be required to buy ammunition. The new laws also target "straw purchasing" guns for other people.

The health workers of Sierra Leone — like Dr. Komba Songu M'Briwah (on the phone) — were dedicated to fighting Ebola. But they had a huge handicap. A government report reveals that some of the money allocated went to pay "ghost workers."

If You Know Where The Missing $6 Million Is, Please Tell Sierra Leone

Funds allocated to fight Ebola have vanished into thin air. That kind of funny money business happens all too often when disaster strikes and donations roll in.

A school bus is carried away on Tuesday in Chattanooga, Tenn., from the site where it crashed on Monday. The bus driver, Johnthony Walker, 24, has been arrested on charges including vehicular homicide, reckless driving and reckless endangerment. The crash killed six elementary school students.

Tenn. School Bus Crash Claims Another Victim As A 6th Child Dies

The driver, Johnthony Walker, 24, was charged on Monday with five counts of vehicular homicide. Chattanooga police say he will now be charged with a sixth, after a hospitalized child died.

SpaceX Completes Successful Launch, Narrowly Misses Catching $6 Million Nose Cone

As part of his "rocket reusability" ethos, Elon Musk had hoped to use a giant net on a boat to catch the rocket's protective covering. It turns out it's hard to catch stuff falling from space.

Former President Donald Trump arrives for a rally in Des Moines, Iowa, on Oct. 9. His effort to stop the release of records to a House panel investigating the Capitol riot earned a win on Thursday.

Federal appeals court temporarily halts Trump document release to Jan. 6 panel

The National Archives was due to deliver a first tranche of documents to the Democratic-led House panel on Friday.

Cambridge Dictionary adds more than 6,000 words, including skibidi and delulu

Internet culture has infiltrated the English language. New additions to the Cambridge Dictionary this year include skibidi, delulu, tradwife and broligarchy.

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