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1.19.2022
Today You Can Order Your Free At-Home COVID-19 Tests
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Today You Can Order Your Free At-Home COVID-19 Tests Every home in the U.S. can soon order 4 free at-home COVID-19 tests The tests...
1.18.2022
U.S. Postal Service Reveals New Stamps for 2022
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"...This is a partial list of the 2022 stamp program, with more to be announced in the weeks and months ahead. All stamp designs are...
1.14.2022
No More Surprise Medical Bills: 5 Things To Know about the No Surprises Act Taking Effect
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No More Surprise Medical Bills: 5 Things To Know about the No Surprises Act Taking Effect in 2022 New Year. New Law. Beginning January 1...
1.08.2022
Most Popular Commemorative 'Saved' Stamp
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"...Elvis: The most popular (in terms of number saved, not sold) commemorative stamp issued by the USPS is the 1993 Elvis stamp. Ove...
1.02.2022
Santa Claus computer-vended stamp is Scott official
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"... Included in this month’s listing is the Scott number for the nondenominated (58¢) Santa Claus, Sleigh and Reindeer in Flight co...
12.27.2021
Top stamp stories of 2021
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"... Reports of new U.S. errors were covered by Linn’s throughout the year and even included a new find on a 1967 stamp. This tagging-...
...and more from the WTF
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Judges in the United Kingdom advised to say 'postal operatives' instead of 'postmen' "... Judges in the United Kingd...
A Year After A Postal Worker Crashed Into Their Car, West Garfield Park Couple Still Waiting For USPS To Pay For Their Damages
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"... It was caught on camera: a postal worker damaged a car on the West Side, and simply drove away. One year later, the owners of the...
US postal workers’ union proposes tentative agreement with cuts to real wages, keeps two-tier system
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"... Postal workers have seen their real wages, benefits, job security and work conditions deteriorate over the past two decades, with...
Postal worker admits in court to delaying mail in New Orleans
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"... several customers on his route complained to the Bywater post office station manager that their mail was delayed or missing. Cour...
Postal Service’s backdoor bailout
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"... What we do know is revenues on packages climbed $3.9 billion this year over last thanks to the pandemic-induced online shopping. ...
12.02.2021
USPS issue alert about scam that could impact your personal information
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"... A warning tonight from the U.S Postal Service and area law enforcement to stay alert for a new scam that’s sweeping the nation. I...
11.27.2021
Retired mail carrier shares his postal stories
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"... Bill Crabtree, 93, has many stories to tell from his service as a mail carrier for almost 39 years. ..." Click Here To Re...
11.17.2021
Where is the oldest operating post office in the United States of America?
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"... The clapboard post office in Hinsdale, N.H., celebrated its 200 th birthday in 2016. It’s the oldest continuously operating post ...
9.23.2021
New Postal Service mailbox rules anger homeowners
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"... we checked with the US Postal Service, which apologized for any confusion, and explained that it is suggesting -- not demanding...
9.11.2021
4 ways to manage retirement health care costs
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"... Health care in retirement is a big-ticket item. Experts estimate that an average 65-year-old retired couple in 2021 would need ab...
8.18.2021
Alabama postal worker shot while on mail delivery route
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"... The mail carrier was in Tarrant, a suburb of Birmingham, when the shooting occurred around 2 p.m. The worker had just delivered m...
3.14.2021
Big changes are coming to the U.S. Postal Service—and advocates remain skeptical
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"... And now, finally, big changes are hurtling toward the Postal Service . And they’re coming from multiple directions: the White Hou...
3.10.2021
Maine postman paddles surfboard to work in Bar Harbor
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"... Jeremy Averill is from Mount Desert Island but works as a postman in Salsbury Cove. However, his commute on Tuesday (Yes, March 9...
3.06.2021
FERS supplement: A Frequently Misunderstood Benefit
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"... a special payment for FERS employees who retire before age 62. The supplement is designed to act as a monetary bridge between ret...
1.26.2021
Data show decline in USPS mail service
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"... Paul Steidler, a senior fellow at the Lexington Institute in Arlington, Va., and a steady postal supporter, said in a Jan. 22 blo...
12.07.2020
FAIL: Truck drivers report waiting more than 15 hours at post office
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"... Truck drivers attempted to drop off and pick up shipments to the U.S. Postal Service all weekend. Miz Azamkloe had been waiting ...
11.22.2020
U.S. Postal Service Announces Upcoming Stamps for 2021
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"... The 2021 stamp program commemorates Missouri statehood, Japanese Americans who fought in World War II and Chien-Shiung Wu, one of...
8.21.2020
USPS drafting ‘ambitious plan’ to cut delivery network costs after Nov. election
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"...DeJoy said the Postal Service oversees 40,000 trips a day and that 12% of those trips were late, costing the agency up to $4 billi...
8.18.2020
What’s behind Birmingham, Alabama mail delays?
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"...Over the last month, Birmingham postal workers have had a hard time keeping up with demand. “We had like 4 or 5 machines taken ou...
8.09.2020
Mississippi trooper fatally shot working part-time job driving USPS mail truck
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"... A man found fatally shot in a USPS delivery truck has been identified as a Mississippi Highway Patrol lieutenant. Local media re...
8.08.2020
Why Stamps.com Stock Skyrocketed 120% in the First Half of 2020
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"... In 2020, Stamps.com stock is up 145% through July 8, compared with the broader market's negative 1% return so far this year. ...
7.14.2020
Postal worker pleads guilty to election fraud after changing voters' party affiliations
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"... Thomas Cooper, a mail carrier in Pendleton County, W.V., pled guilty to one count of "Attempt to Defraud the Residents of We...
6.13.2020
Man indicted for shooting Memphis postal worker last year
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"... The shooting happened about 7:30 p.m. September 4, 2019 in the employee parking lot at the Memphis Priority Mail Annex in the 330...
4.30.2020
Indianapolis mail carrier fatally shot over stimulus check, union says; suspect arrested
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"... He said the union believes this is over the person inside the home not receiving their stimulus check from her deliveries. Their ...
4.25.2020
Postal Workers Were Already Worried About Getting Sick — Now Their Jobs Could Be on the Line, Too
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Postal Workers Were Already Worried About Getting Sick — Now Their Jobs Could Be on the Line, Too "... roughly 600,000 other U.S. Post...
3.24.2020
House panel warns coronavirus could destroy Postal Service by June
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"... Maloney, who was joined in the statement by Rep. Gerry Connolly (D-Va.), indicated that the Postal service has seen a "drast...
2.11.2020
Cutting employee pay didn’t help USPS...
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USPS’s cost savings estimates are likely overstated... "... “USPS estimates a savings of about $9.7 billion from fiscal years 2016 thr...
9.02.2019
Postal worker killed in Texas shooting, was on phone with twin sister when attack occurred
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"... postal worker was on the phone talking to her twin sister when her mail van was hijacked by the West Texas gunman, who shot and k...
8.24.2019
This couple fought $25,000 in fraudulent credit-card charges after falling prey to identity theft — then things got even worse
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"... Thanks to a forwarding address printed on bank correspondence and some help from the local post office, she later discovered thei...
7.15.2019
Madison man’s moon photo on USPS stamp
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Madison, Alabama - "... the U.S. Postal Service first noticed the shot. “A couple of years ago, they called me and asked if I wouldn...
7.11.2019
Actor Danny Glover: My parents proudly worked for the US Postal Service. Don't destroy it.
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Black employees make up 28.6% of the postal workforce — more than double their share of the U.S. population "... Today, the U.S. Posta...
5.21.2019
Man Charged With Puposely Ramming Mail Truck, Injuring Postal Worker
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"... complaint states that, while in the hospital, Birt admitted to investigators that he had intentionally run into the mail truck, a...
4.23.2019
Harlequin duck painting picked for 2019 U.S. junior duck stamp
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"... The junior duck stamps sell for $5 each at the U.S. Postal Service’s online postal store and at select national wildlife refuges....
3.13.2019
The fentanyl risk for postal workers: health and safety is not a given
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"... Postal workers’ union calls for safety measures to address possible exposure ..." Click Here To Read More Source: www.mac...
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