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Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer speaks at the site of the future Cortland County Mental Health Department facility.

Schumer: Vacant Cortland building to become 'game changer' mental health facility

A vacant building in Cortland is set to house the mental health department serving the county and central New York.

People wait at the New York State Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) office at Atlantic Center in the Brooklyn borough of New York on December 18, 2019. - A new state law, the 'Green Light Law', allows New Yorkers age 16 and older to apply for a standard, not for federal purpose, non-commercial driver license or learner permit regardless of their citizenship or lawful status in the United States. (Photo by Angela Weiss / AFP) (Photo by ANGELA WEISS/AFP via Getty Images)

REAL ID enforcement is delayed again to 2025

The original deadline for the Transportation Security Administration and other federal agencies to only accept REAL ID-compliant cards was back in 2008.

FILE - Kirstie Alley attends the premiere of HBO's "Girls" on Jan. 5, 2015, in New York. Alley, a two-time Emmy winner who starred in the 1980s sitcom “Cheers” and the hit film “Look Who’s Talking,” has died. She was 71. Her death was announced Monday by her children on social media and confirmed by her manager. The post said their mother died of cancer that was recently diagnosed. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP, File)

Kirstie Alley, star of 'Cheers and 'Look Who's Talking,' dies at 71

Alley died of cancer that was only recently discovered, her children True and Lillie Parker said in a post on Twitter. The Emmy-winning actress was known for roles including Rebecca Howe on Cheers.

Chinese President Jiang Zemin gestures as he thanks reporters for coming to a photo opportunity in Beijing's Great Hall of the People September 19. Jiang unveiled the newly-elected standing committee of the elite Politburo of his ruling Communist party following the close of the 15th party congress. Jiang, a career communist whose background has little in common with his revolutionary forebears, won re-election as party head. CHINA PARTY

Perspective: Jiang Zemin's passing marks the end of an era for China

As China holds a memorial service for its late leader Jiang Zemin, an NPR correspondent who met Jiang reflects on the figure and his transforming country.

FILE - The central business district skyline is seen during the dusk in Jakarta, Indonesia, Monday, April 29, 2019. Indonesia’s Parliament has passed a long-awaited and controversial revision of its penal code, Tuesday, Dec. 6, 2022, that criminalizes extramarital sex and applies to citizens and visiting foreigners alike. (AP Photo/Dita Alangkara, File)

Indonesia criminalizes adultery, but the law may take up to 3 years to take effect

Indonesia's penal code had languished for decades while legislators in the world's biggest Muslim-majority nation struggled with how to adapt its native culture and norms to the criminal code.

FILE - This April 27, 2021, photo combination released by the U.S. Marshals Service shows James Howard Jackson. The man who shot Lady Gaga's dogwalker and stole two of her French bulldogs in 2021 pleaded no contest to attempted murder Monday, Dec. 5, 2022, and was sentenced to 21 years in prison. Jackson, one of three men and two accomplices who participated in the violent robbery, pleaded no contest to one count of attempted murder, according to the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office. (U.S. Marshals Service via AP, File)

The man who shot Lady Gaga's dog walker gets 21 years in prison

The Lady Gaga connection was a coincidence, authorities have said. The motive was the value of the French bulldogs, and detectives do not believe the thieves knew the dogs belonged to the musician.

Mary O'Connor addresses reporters during a news conference at the Tampa Police Department headquarters, Feb. 8, 2022, in Tampa, Fla. O'Connor has resigned after using her position to escape a ticket during a traffic stop involving her golf cart driven by her husband. Mary O’Connor submitted her resignation Monday, Dec. 5, 2022 after an internal affairs review found she violated police department policy during the Nov. 12 stop by a Pinellas County sheriff’s deputy. (Dirk Shadd/Tampa Bay Times via AP)

Tampa police chief resigns after she flashed her badge to escape a traffic stop

Body camera footage showed Police Chief Mary O'Connor saying "I'm hoping you'll just let us go tonight" after a deputy pulled her and her husband over for driving an unregistered golf cart.

NEW YORK, NEW YORK - MAY 23: An exterior view of Hertz Car Rental during the coronavirus pandemic on May 23, 2020 in New York City. COVID-19 has spread to most countries around the world, claiming over 343,000 lives with over 5.4 million infections reported. (Photo by Cindy Ord/Getty Images)

Hertz will pay $168 million to customers it falsely accused of stealing its cars

Faulty recordkeeping and failure to rescind police reports led to more than 360 false accusations by the rental car company, resulting in arrests, felony charges and jail time for some customers.

WASHINGTON, DC - NOVEMBER 17: U.S. Rep. Bennie Thompson (D-MS), chairman of the House Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the U.S. Capitol, talks to reporters as he leaves the U.S. Capitol after the last House votes of the week on November 17, 2022 in Washington, DC. Earlier in the day, Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) announced that she would not be the Democratic leader in the 118th Congress. Pelosi is the first woman to be Speaker of the House and has served in the House of Representatives since 1987. (Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images)

Jan. 6 committee is likely to make criminal referrals related to Capitol attack

Chair Bennie Thompson said members haven't decided how many referrals to issue. "We have not made a decision as to who," he said, "but we have made decisions that criminal referrals will happen."

FILE - In this Nov. 2, 2010 file photo, then Florida Republican Rep. candidate David Rivera speaks in Coral Gables, Fla. Ethical clouds are hanging over at least a dozen lawmakers but in most cases they don't appear to be having much of an impact on their re-election prospects. Most center on complicated financial dealings rather than the headline-grabbing, sex-driven Internet scandals that have driven others from office over the past year and a half. (AP Photo/Alan Diaz, File)

A former Florida congressman is arrested on charges of lobbying for Venezuela

A newly unsealed grand jury indictment alleges that former Rep. David Rivera, a well-connected Florida Republican, illegally acted on Venezuela's behalf.

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