Postal
United States Postal Service (USPS) trucks are parked at a postal facility on August 15, 2019. In its recent quarterly statement the USPS reported a loss of nearly $2.3 billion and a 3.2 percent decline in package deliveries, the first decline in nearly a decade. (Scott Olson/Getty Images) A San Gabriel Valley woman pleaded guilty […]
Three incidents of postal workers being robbed Friday in the Boston area are under investigation. Just after 3 p.m. Friday, a postal worker in Everett was robbed near the intersection of Bucknum and Swan streets. From Sky5, police officers were seen around a USPS van that was pulled over on the side of the street.The […]
By Ananta Agarwal and Deborah Mary Sophia (Reuters) -United Parcel Service will become the United States Postal Service’s (USPS) primary air cargo provider, the company said on Monday, as rival FedEx announced an end to its more than 20-year partnership with the postal service provider. The financial terms of the contract were not disclosed but […]
Major Charity E. Adams and Captain Mary Kearney inspect members of the 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion in England on February 15, 1945. National Archives The 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion was a mostly African American battalion of the Women’s Army Corps (WAC). They had members of Caribbean and Mexican descent as well. Congress established […]
RENO, Nev. (AP) — A U.S. Postal Service plan to downsize a regional mail hub in Reno and move package and letter processing to Sacramento, California, has members of Nevada’s congressional delegation and the state’s top election administrator worried about service delays and mail-in ballot handling. The elected officials point to a lack of transparency […]
A quirky new stamp by the U.S. Postal Service is set to make its debut in a few short weeks. The “Save Manatees” stamp will be available to buy nationwide on Wednesday, March 27, which is Manatee Appreciation Day. The stamp’s design aims to “spread awareness for the need to protect a beloved marine mammal.” […]
U.S. District Court Judge Constance Baker Motley, the first woman to argue a case in front of the Supreme Court, was honored with a U.S. postal stamp in her image, unveiled on Wednesday as the 47th in the Black Heritage series. The unveiling came at the Black History Month celebration in Hempstead at the Joysetta & Julius Pearse African […]
Black History Month: US Postal Service commemorates the Underground Railroad – CBS Miami Watch CBS News The US Postal Service announced a series of stamps honoring 10 people who assisted with the Underground Railroad, the secret network that helped enslaved people escape to freedom. Be the first to know Get browser notifications for breaking news, […]
A brazen broad daylight heist earlier this week at a United States Post Office in Orange County was captured on camera when thieves nearly ran down a postal worker as they tried to get away with a haul of mail. Cellphone footage of the incident posted to Instagram shows thieves in a dark-colored four-door […]
CHICAGO (CBS) – A U.S. Postal Service vehicle was briefly stolen along with mail Saturday afternoon on Chicago’s South Side. A postal worker was delivering mail when he accidentally dropped the keys to the vehicle on the ground around 2 p.m., according to Chicago police. An unknown suspect picked up the keys and took the […]