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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'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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A former mail carrier and devout Christian who refused to deliver Amazon packages on Sundays is taking the US Postal Service to the Supreme Court for bias
Gerald Groff, an evangelical Christian, is suing USPS, saying he was reprimanded for refusing to de…
Bethany Dawson
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I catapulted off the deck of a US aircraft carrier in a largely windowless prop plane the Navy's been flying since the 1960s. It was jarring and intense.
This Business Insider reporter recently flew on a Grumman C-2 Greyhound to and from the aircraft ca…
Jake Epstein
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Florida mail carrier died after being attacked by 5 dogs when her truck broke down, sheriff says
All five dogs believed to have been involved in the attack will be destroyed, Putnam County Sheriff…
Grace Dean
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More than 5,800 mail carriers were attacked by dogs in 2020, the US Postal Service says
California was the state with the most dog bites on USPS workers, with a total of 782 attacks recor…
Natalie Musumeci
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Mail Carriers reveal 11 things they wish everyone knew
Insider has agreed to only refer to the current United States Postal Service (USPS) employee by his…
Sophia Mitrokostas
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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 Buffalo, New York, mail carrier made a wrong turn and was arrested at the Canadian border with 800 pieces of undelivered mail in his trunk
Investigators said they thought the Postal Service employee had stolen mail more than four times si…
Haven Orecchio-Egresitz
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Postal workers are being attacked by dogs so much that they must avoid delivery in certain areas forcing people to pick up their own mail
Dog bites are the third most common injury sustained by delivery workers behind slips and falls and…
Emma Cosgrove
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Mail carriers say the USPS is making it hard to take sick leave in the coronavirus pandemic, contrary to its public claims
The service said it was allowing "liberal use" of sick leave during the pandemic. Two carriers desc…
Ashley Collman
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2 men are charged with defrauding airlines out of $300,000 in a 5-year lost-luggage scam
The US Attorney's Office is accusing the men of stealing $300,000 from airlines in an elaborate los…
Taylor Rains
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USPS managers deleted workers' extra hours and cheated them of $659,000 in pay, report finds
The Center for Public Integrity found at least 250 USPS managers changed employee time cards to ref…
Ayelet Sheffey
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How much to tip during the holidays, from your babysitter to the mail carrier
To help simplify the confusion, controversy, and complication that is tipping, DealNews previously …
Hillary Hoffower
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In North Carolina, Black voters' mail-in ballots much more likely to be rejected than those of any other race
North Carolina's disparity, similar to gaps in other states, raises concerns about systemic racism …
Sophie Chou, ProPublica, and …
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Ukraine's postal service is a Kremlin target. They showed us how they're still delivering the mail.
Ukraine's postmaster general showed Insider his mobile operation that's delivering crucial mail to …
Alan Chin
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Cash-strapped USPS announces major changes that could mean higher postage rates and slower first-class mail delivery
The agency reported over $9 billion in net losses in 2020 as the pandemic caused mail delivery rate…
Grace Panetta
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The US Postal Service revealed its first new mail truck in over 30 years - and some will be electric
Oshkosh Defense will build up to 165,000 of the new delivery vehicles, including both electric and …
Tim Levin
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Here's what to do if your package gets stolen - and how to prevent it from happening
In the event that your package gets stolen, there are a few steps you can take to try and retrieve …