United States Postal Service

The U.S Postal Service is planning to implement temporary price increases for the upcoming 2022 holiday season. The agency said it will help keep them competitive and cover increased costs for the season.

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Sending holiday packages at the post office could cost more this year

10:36am August 11, 2022

by Wynne Davis

The USPS said the temporary price increases would help keep the agency competitive and help with operating costs. The prices are set to take effect on Oct. 2 and last until Jan. 22, 2023.

Politics & Government

Crowd Protests Outside US Postmaster's Greensboro Home Over Weekend

10:11am August 17, 2020

by Associated Press and Paul Garber

Ashley Robinson, 37, is a clinical supervisor in the emergency room at New Orleans East Hospital.

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Dear Class Of 2020: Graduation Messages From Frontline Workers

5:00am June 12, 2020

by Barry Gordemer

NPR asked essential workers — who normally would not be asked speak at a commencement ceremony — to offer insight forged by the simple act of showing up every day and doing what needs to be done.

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A mail carrier for the United States Postal Service makes deliveries at a Florida apartment complex in June 2018. The USPS has partnered with TuSimple to launch a multi-state driverless semi-truck test program on Tuesday. It doesn't involve home deliverie

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U.S. Postal Service Is Testing Self-Driving Trucks

6:54pm May 21, 2019

The two-week pilot program will put five autonomous semi-trucks on the road, making the journey between Phoenix and Dallas.

A Chicago man has been charged with mail fraud and mail theft after allegedly changing UPS's corporate mailing address to the address of his own apartment. Here, mail is sorted at Chicago's main post office in 2006.

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Man Allegedly Used Change Of Address Form To Move UPS Headquarters To His Apartment

4:39pm May 10, 2018

by Laurel Wamsley

Prosecutors say he received thousands of pieces of mail intended for the company, including checks and corporate credit cards. He is now facing federal charges.