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Chicago’s ongoing postal delivery issues were the subject of a U.S. House committee hearing that sought to examine “dramatic reductions” in United States Postal Service performance both in the city and nationwide.

Authorities say two Postal Service workers have been fatally shot at a postal facility in Memphis, the third high-profile shooting in west Tennessee in recent weeks

The Postal Service’s aging fleet of trucks is soldiering on even as a contract for greener replacement vehicles is being challenged.

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.

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

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.

President Joe Biden’s nominees to the governing board of the U.S. Postal Service are pledging to rebuild trust with the American public and ensure prompt deliveries

“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.

United Airlines will pay more than $49 million to settle criminal and civil accusations of defrauding the post office in the handling of international mail

President Joe Biden has nominated three postal experts to the governing board of the U.S. Postal Service.

Residents in the Gladstone Park neighborhood on Chicago’s Northwest Side are the latest to report mail delivery issues, which are also being experienced in other city neighborhoods.

The U.S. Postal Service on Thursday unveiled a new postage stamp honoring Chien-Shiung Wu, a trailblazing Chinese American nuclear physicist whose myriad accomplishments earned her the nickname “the First Lady of Physics.” The stamp’s release was timed to coincide with the International Day of Women and Girls in Science, an annual event that was established by the United Nations General...

A former labor leader and Obama administration official is the new chair of the U.S. Postal Service Board of Governors

Some senior citizens who live in Chicago’s Englewood neighborhood ventured out in the brutal cold Friday in hope of retrieving their mail after going weeks without it being delivered. Resident Marcella Heard, who along with others headed to the post office at West 65th Street and South Ashland Avenue, told NBC 5 she was waiting on a check to pay…

Karen Philips, the mother of missing U.S. postal employee Kierra Coles, is unveiling new information that detectives initially told her not to disclose. NBC 5 Investigates’ Rob Stafford reports.

Karen Philips, the mother of missing U.S. postal employee Kierra Coles, said she prays every night for a good night’s sleep because she knows when she wakes up, her nightmare begins again. “It feels like a replay. Every day, the same feeling,” said Philips. “Day after day.” Philips’ daughter Kierra was three months pregnant when she suddenly disappeared in...

Timed to the 50th anniversary year of the founding of LucasFilms, the U.S. Postal Service is releasing a new series of “Star Wars” stamps featuring droid characters from throughout the franchise’s history

Months after NBC 5 first reported on mail delivery issues in Chicago’s Rogers Park neighborhood, residents said they still haven’t seen any changes. NBC 5’s Regina Waldroup reports.

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.