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All three of President Joe Biden’s nominees to the governing board of the U.S. Postal Service have been approved by the Senate.

The U.S. Postal Service wants to raises rates on first-class stamps from 55 cents to 58 cents as part of a host of price hikes and service changes designed to reduce debt for the beleaguered agency.

A mail carrier in New Jersey admitted Thursday that he threw away mail, including 99 general election ballots sent to West Orange residents, according to federal prosecutors.

“Postal banking is an elegant solution that would provide the USPS upwards of $9 billion a year in revenue and would address the high cost of being poor in America,” Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, D-N.Y., said.

Postmaster General Louis DeJoy unveiled his 10-year strategic plan for the cash-strapped U.S. Postal Service on Tuesday, which includes higher postage rates, some slower services and reduced post office hours aimed at cutting red ink.

Postmaster General Louis DeJoy unveiled the largest rollback of consumer mail services in a generation as part of his 10-year plan for the U.S. Postal Service, including longer first-class delivery windows, reduced post office hours and higher postage prices. Tuesday’s announcement was part of DeJoy’s strategic vision for the agency.

A Philadelphia man has been charged with robbery and kidnapping after police say he forced a postal worker into a mail truck and made her drive him around at gunpoint before he fled with several packages.

The U.S. Postal Service says it has chosen Oshkosh Defense to build its next-generation mail-delivery vehicle.

A United States Postal Service mail carrier is being praised for her actions after her observant eye and quick thinking very well may have saved the life of an elderly woman on her mail route. Shonda Lemon, an eight-year veteran of the USPS, says she’s been delivering mail in Chicago’s Dunning neighborhood for four years. She’s developed close bonds...

The holiday season may be over but the United States Postal Service is still experiencing delays in package deliveries.

The holiday season is over but many people say they are still waiting for their packages to be delivered by the United States Postal Service.

Atlanta-area mail delays, which Postmaster Louis DeJoy promised would improve following a national slowdown last summer, remain far below US Postal Service standards, threatening to disenfranchise thousands of legal voters who mailed in ballots in a pair of pivotal U.S. Senate runoffs this week.

A United States Postal Service mail carrier displayed some serious holiday spirit by caring for a stray cat while on the job in Cambridge, Massachusetts. The feline, found in Jackson Square and later named Jackson, was fed by the mail carrier, who had also built the animal a cardboard shelter, according to the Animal Rescue League of Boston. As the…

Santa Claus is totally amazing, delivering millions of presents to children all over the world each year. But even Santa can use some extra elf help during the holiday season. And in the new documentary “Dear Santa,” directed by Dana Nachman, audiences get to meet elves from around the U.S., plus the children who’ve asked for special presents for Christmas and...

If you mailed-out holiday gifts weeks ago thinking the packages would arrive in plenty of time for Christmas Day, you may want to check the status of the delivery.

The United States Postal Inspection Service is offering up to a $5,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of an attacker behind a series of attacks in Waltham, Massachusetts. The announcement comes after a United States Postal Service letter carrier was a victim of an attack on Nov. 20. The serial attacker is responsible for 11 recent…

The United States Postal Service has launched its 108th annual USPS Operation Santa, which allows the public to grant wishes of children and families in need of holiday gifts.

For more than 100 years, thousands of children in need have been helped through USPS’ Operation Santa. The documentary “Dear Santa” takes an inside look at what kids from all over the country ask St. Nick and how anyone can help make their dreams come true. The director, Dana Nachman, joined LX News to talk about which wishes touched her...

Because more than half the states – including most of the key battlegrounds – don’t provide a grace period for ballots that arrive after Election Day, it is likely 25,000-50,000 ballots nationwide were ultimately rejected because of USPS problems.

While U.S. Postal Service workers likely delivered more than 99.9% of the country’s mail ballots in time to be counted this year, it also appears that tens of thousands were disenfranchised by postal delays.