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Politics Aug 20

WATCH: Postmaster general faces Senate panel over mail-in voting, COVID-19 concerns

U.S. Postmaster General Louis DeJoy is scheduled to testify before the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee about recent changes at the United States Postal Service that have slowed mail delivery and some warn could jeopardize mail-in voting during…

By Laura Santhanam

Economy Jun 08

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Pandemic increases workload, health risks for postal and delivery employees

In the midst of the coronavirus pandemic, millions of Americans are relying on mail carriers and delivery workers for essential supplies. The workload for many of these employees has increased significantly with so many consumers ordering from home. Stress and…

By Amna Nawaz, Rhana Natour, Gretchen Frazee

Nation Dec 01

Postage stamps are seen on an envelope inside the United States Postal Service (USPS) sorting center in Louisville, Kentucky, U.S., on Friday, Jan. 13, 2017. Starting January 22, the cost of mailing a one-ounce first-class letter will return to being 49 cents, up from 47 cents, where it had been since April. Photographer: Luke Sharrett/Bloomberg via Getty Images
Federal regulators just cleared the way for your stamps to get much more expensive

The move could eventually add millions more dollars to companies’ shipping rates from prescription drugs to magazine subscriptions.

By Hope Yen, Associated Press

Nation Aug 10

A U.S. postal worker loads up his truck with mail for delivery from the postal station in Carlsbad, California on Feb. 6, 2013. Photo by Mike Blake/Reuters
U.S. Postal Service reports $586 million net loss for spring, a big improvement

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Postal Service on Monday reported a net loss of $586 million this spring, a big improvement for the cash-strapped agency compared to a nearly $2 billion loss during the same period last year.

By Associated Press

Apr 10

Quiz: Famous quotes that are always misattributed

By Nathalie Boyd

In honor of Maya Angelou’s misquoted U.S. postage stamp, can you guess who didn’t say these oft-repeated quotes?…

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Nov 10

U.S. Postal Service employee data stolen in cyberattack

By Tom Raum, Associated Press

Postal Service spokesman David Partenheimer says personal information that may have been obtained in the attack includes employees' names, dates of birth, Social Security numbers, addresses, emergency contacts and other information.

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