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With the pandemic, the number of packages has spiked — and so have the shipping surcharges at United Parcel Service. The shipping company said Friday in a memo that it’s tacked on additional fees for some packages shipped within the U.S. and others shipped internationally. In the memo, it listed the shipping surcharges, which depend on the item’s weight, when it...

CVS and the United Parcel Service will start using drones next month to deliver prescription medications to residents in a Florida retirement community in an effort to maintain social distancing measures, UPS announced Monday.

Five people were killed, three of them from New York City, and about 60 were injured on the Pennsylvania Turnpike early Sunday, when a loaded bus veered out of control on a hill and rolled over, setting off a chain reaction that involved three tractor-trailers and a passenger car. Officials identified the five victims as Shuang Qing Feng, a 58-year-old…

Want to make sure your holiday cards and gifts arrive in time for Christmas? Save these dates, and keep in mind there may be extra surcharges for rush delivery during the holiday season.

Christmas is just around the corner and packages are in danger of not making it to residents on time. Though companies are scrambling to meet the demand, delays are forcing customers to think of a Plan B.

Days after the deadly shooting that took their beloved son, family and friends of the UPS driver killed during a robbery that turned into a cross-county chase and shooting with police will say goodbye....
Funeral services for 27-year-old Frank Ordonez took place in Miami Lakes on Tuesday, one day after hundreds of people showed up at a Miami funeral home to...

The FBI has identified the two suspects who carried out a robbery in Coral Gables and then engaged in a high-speed car chase all the way to Miramar, where a shootout left the suspects and two others dead. On Twitter, @FBIMiamiFL wrote that the two deceased suspects had been identified as Lamar Alexander, 41, and Ronnie Jerome Hill, 41, both…

A UPS driver is being hailed as a hero for stepping in when a fire broke out on a porch of a Massachusetts home earlier this week — and it was all caught on camera.

Hazardous materials teams responded to a chemical spill at a UPS facility in Brockton, Massachusetts, Tuesday morning.

Take a look at some of the conventional and unconventional ways college graduates can pay off their loans.

Tuesday night: Variable clouds, muggy. Lows in the 60s. Wednesday: Humid, scattered late day showers/thunder. Highs in the 80s.

Amazon, which is racing to deliver packages faster, is turning to its own employees with a proposition: Quit your job and we’ll help you start a business delivering Amazon packages. The offer, announced Monday, comes as Amazon seeks to speed up its shipping time from two days to one for its Prime members. The company sees the new incentive as...

Police in Chelmsford, Massachusetts, are investigating an armed home invasion at an apartment building. The incident happened around 10:45 a.m. Thursday morning on Tyngsborough Road. Police say the victim and suspect didn’t know each other.

Meet a very thoughtful first-grade teacher who sends birthday cards to every current and former student.

Wednesday evening: Breezy, few clouds, pleasant. Temperatures around 60. Overnight Wednesday: Variable clouds. Lows in the 40s. Thursday: Sun and clouds. Afternoon seabreezes. Highs in the 60s.

About 1,000 packages spilled across Interstate 495 Wednesday night after a UPS truck and tractor-trailer were involved in a crash. The crash was reported at about 10:30 p.m. in Chelmsford, according to Massachusetts State Police. Three people were rushed to Lowell General Hospital with non-life-threatening injuries, officials said. Two victims were drivers of the UPS truck and the tractor-trailer while...

UPS workers at a distribution hub in Ohio sued the company Wednesday, alleging discriminatory hiring decisions and a series of racist acts, including a noose and Confederate flags in the workplace. White employees in 2016 directed racist language at black workers, displayed a stuffed monkey wearing a UPS uniform, and put up the noose and flags, according to a lawsuit...

Jeff Robinson of Shirley, Massachusetts, looks at photos of what were supposed to be his two Super Bowl tickets. He and his fiancee, who are die-hard Patriots fans, were scammed out of $5,000.

An expert discusses the psychology behind road rage incidents like last week’s on the Mass. Pike.