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The U.S. Postal Service agreed Wednesday to reverse changes that slowed mail service nationwide.

Delivery of mail-order prescription drugs was delayed significantly this summer after the new postmaster general ordered major changes in U.S. Postal Service operations.

With growing concern about how mail-in ballots will be handled in the upcoming election, NBC 5 Investigates put the U.S. Postal Service to the test. Phil Rogers reports.

Postmaster General Louis DeJoy is warning that voters should request mail-in ballots at least 15 days before the Nov. 3 election to ensure they have enough time to receive their ballot, complete it and mail it back to elections officials on time

Postmaster General Louis DeJoy, pressed by senators over mail delivery disruptions, said Friday he was unaware of changes that sparked a public uproar, but his responses raised fresh questions about how the Postal Service will ensure timely delivery of ballots for the November election.

At least 4,800 chicks shipped to Maine farmers through the U.S. Postal Service have arrived dead in the recent weeks since rapid cuts hit the federal mail carrier’s operations, U.S. Rep. Chellie Pingree said. The Portland Press Herald reported Wednesday that Pingree, a Maine Democrat, is raising the issue of the dead chicks and economic losses farms are now...

Illinois is one of 14 states suing President Donald Trump and the new postmaster general over changes to the U.S. Postal Service, Attorney General Kwame Raoul announced Tuesday.

Postmaster General Louis DeJoy announced Tuesday that the USPS is halting some operational changes to mail delivery until after the November election. The abrupt reversal comes as more than 20 states announced they would be suing to stop the changes.

Eight members of Congress from Illinois are scheduled to visit the Chicago U.S. Postal Service headquarters on Tuesday ahead of a critical vote in the House to act on reported delays.

Thousands across the Chicago area said they are not receiving urgent mail on time and are pressing officials for change. NBC 5’s Lexi Sutter reports.

Citing a warning by the U.S. Postal Service about its delivery times, Gov. Tom Wolf’s administration is asking the state Supreme Court to extend deadlines for mail-in ballots to be received in the November election when Pennsylvania will be a premier presidential battleground.

Federal officials are offering a reward for information about the robbery of a letter carrier last week on the Near West Side. Four people robbed the postal worker about 2:20 p.m. June 1 in the parking lot of the Nancy B. Jefferson Post Office, 116 S. Western Ave., according to a statement from the U.S. Postal Inspection Service. The suspects,…

U.S. Postal Service officials are offering a reward for information about people who looted several Chicago post offices over the weekend.

Chicago police are looking for two alleged thieves who used a U.S. Postal Service master key to break into a Bucktown condominium building.

Chicago police are looking for two alleged thieves who used a U.S. Postal Service master key to break into a Bucktown condominium building. NBC 5’s Natalie Martinez reports.

A postal worker found a 3-year-old boy on a street alone Monday afternoon on Chicago’s South Side, police said.

U.S. Postal Inspectors offered a $10,000 reward on Monday for information leading to the arrest and conviction of a woman who they believe may be linked to a string of thefts from mail trucks in the Chicago area.

The U.S. Postal Inspection Service offered a $10,000 reward on Monday for information leading to the arrest and conviction of a woman who they believe may be linked to a string of thefts from mail trucks in the Chicago area. NBC 5’s Regina Waldroup reports.

A rally against violence took place Tuesday evening just three days after children and revelers were shot at baby shower in West Englewood.