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Fed up with her mail being stolen, she sent herself an AirTag to catch the thieves

6:11pm August 27, 2024

The Santa Barbara County, Calif., Sheriff’s Office said it arrested two suspects after they were tracked down using the device that the victim mailed to herself. They face several felony charges.

A United States Postal Service mailbox stands along Bonnie Brae Boulevard Monday, Aug. 17, 2020, in southeast Denver.

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U.S. Postal Service touts crackdown on postal crime with hundreds of arrests

1:23am October 26, 2023

by The Associated Press

Law enforcement officials have made more than 600 arrests since May in a crackdown launched to address crime, the Postal Service announced Wednesday.

Congress passes bill to shore up the Postal Service without cutting back on delivery

7:29pm March 08, 2022

by The Associated Press

Congress mustered rare bipartisan support for the Postal Service package, dropping some of the more controversial proposals to settle on core ways to save the service and ensure its future operations.

Politics & Government

Monitoring Voter Suppression Efforts In North Carolina

3:47pm October 29, 2020

by David Ford

The number of voter intimidation incidents at the polls in Guilford County has died down considerably since the opening days of early voting. But more subtle voter suppression efforts con

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A customer deposits mail into a U.S. Postal Service mail collection box this week in Burbank, Calif.

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Former Deputy Postmaster General: Changes Are Needed, But 'The Time Is Not Now'

7:47pm August 20, 2020

by Peter Granitz

Ron Stroman resigned shortly before Louis DeJoy took over the Postal Service. Stroman says that changes underway should be halted if their effect is to slow mail and disenfranchise voters.

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Politics & Government

Voting By Mail Receives New Scrutiny During Pandemic

4:34pm August 06, 2020

by David Ford

As the country braces for record-setting mail-in ballots in November, the practice and the U.S. Postal Service itself are being carefully scrutinized.

A U.S. Postal Service letter carrier delivers the mail in Shelbyville, Ky. A White House task force recommended ending the mailbox monopoly held by USPS.

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Your Mailbox Could Be Opened Up To Private Carriers

8:07am February 02, 2019

by Emily Sullivan

By law, only you and the Postal Service are allowed to put things in your mailbox. But what if companies like FedEx and UPS could do it too? That could happen under a Trump administration proposal.