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New York drivers are facing stricter rules after the state updated how traffic violations add up under the DMV point system. Several offenses now carry higher point values, and the threshold that can trigger a suspension has been lowered. That combination means drivers can reach serious consequences faster than before. State officials say the goal

In communities scattered from rural Florida to the high plains of Colorado, vast federal prison complexes hold thousands of men and women serving time under United States law. Many of these facilities operate far from major cities, yet their scale rivals that of small towns. Inside their fences sit populations larger than some American municipalities.