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USPS mail trucks are going all-electric
There has been a lot of back-and-forth over the past few years as to whether the USPS will electrif…
Alexa St. John
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Financial fraudsters are targeting postal workers to steal their mailbox keys, so USPS is trying something new
Efforts include installing high-security collection boxes, adding electronic locks, and preventing …
Bethany Biron
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The postmaster general is the second-highest-paid federal employee and other weird facts about the USPS leader
A USPS logo is seen on a mailboxPhoto by John Smith/VIEWpress via Getty Images
Bethany Biron
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Over 5,300 USPS mail carriers were attacked by dogs last year. These are the cities where the attacks happen most often.
Dogs and mail carriers, a feud as old as time. The US Postal Service released data on the dog attac…
Aaron McDade
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I was a USPS letter carrier for 44 years. To protect us from extreme heat, the postal service needs to provide more training and air-conditioned trucks.
The US Postal Service needs to implement more extensive training led by letter carriers who have ex…
Katie Hawkinson
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A California woman is accused of shipping over 9 million parcels using counterfeit postage, costing the USPS $60 million in lost revenue
USPS postal inspectors discovered thousands of postage stamps using a meter number which had been p…
Pete Syme
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FedEx box containing the remains of a 32-year-old Georgia man has been missing for 3 years after medical examiner allegedly shipped his body against federal protocol
The US Postal Service is the only entity legally allowed to transport human remains, and the shipme…
Bethany Biron
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Opinion: Apple just made an outdated feature a USP on iPhone 14 Pro
But the 'Dynamic Island' caught my attention the most, and it's probably the most significant di…
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New York and California are among 16 states suing the US Postal Service over multibillion-dollar plan to buy gas-powered trucks
The states called the USPS's internal review of its Next Generation Delivery Vehicle Program "curso…
Ryan Hogg
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I'm a mailman for USPS who's delivered hundreds of COVID-19 tests in one day. Here's what the job is like right now.
"If I'm past eight hours but still have deliveries to make, I just keep on going," a veteran USPS m…
Jenny Powers
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Wisconsin Senator Ron Johnson says his state has 'enough jobs' in response to a local manufacturer's plan to hire 1,000 workers in South Carolina to build postal trucks
"The biggest problem we have in Wisconsin right now is employers not being able to find enough work…
Dominick Reuter
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A World War II soldier's letter to his mother from 1945 has just been delivered to his surviving widow, 76 years after sending it
"Imagine that! Seventy-six years!" Angelina Gonsalves, widow to Army sergeant John Gonsalves, told …
Yelena Dzhanova
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The US Postal Service is getting hit by Omicron after it survived the holiday season by enlisting tens of thousands of workers
The US Postal Service said holiday deliveries were on time after major delays in 2020. But the surg…
Avery Hartmans
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Here are the deadlines for sending your holiday gifts to ensure they arrive in time, according to the United States Postal Service
The recommended dates come amid an especially turbulent holiday shopping season marked by the impac…
Bethany Biron
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Biden confirms plan to replace key allies of Postmaster General Louis DeJoy, potentially setting up his ouster
The White House said the Biden administration was "troubled" by a former Trump donor DeJoy's potent…
Connor Perrett
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US postal service is adding 45 new facilities and 40,000 seasonal workers to handle peak shipping during the holidays, postmaster says
Postmaster General Louis DeJoy said this year USPS can handle more than 50 million packages a day, …
Sarah Al-Arshani
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Psaki says the Biden administration can't 'guarantee' holiday packages will arrive on time because it's 'not the Postal Service'
Biden is working to address the pandemic-related global supply chain backlog, which has resulted in…
Eliza Relman,Oma Seddiq
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US Postal Service hit with lawsuit over DeJoy's plan to slow delivery of first-class mail
The lawsuit accuses USPS of adopting "significant and nationwide changes" without following proper …
Charles Davis
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Yes, your mail is getting slower, America. The postmaster general's changes at the US Postal Service are causing longer delivery times.
Postmaster General Louis DeJoy has implemented the mail slowdown as part of his 10-year plan to rev…
Connor Perrett
The rise and fall of USPS
The United States Postal Service has been around for more than 200 years and is actually older than…