Christmas shipping deadlines 2021: FedEx, UPS and USPS say these are the last days to ship gifts

"...The following are the recommended last days for shipping gifts domestically for Dec. 24 delivery..."    

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Return to sender? Nope. You can legally buy someone's unclaimed mail. Here's how

"...Many Amazon and USPS packages that never make it to their destination can be bought online and in person, but watch out for"    

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DeJoy: Postal Service to add 45 facilities ahead of holiday season

"...part of a larger effort by the delivery service to avoid delays that occurred last year during the holiday season. “We’re going to kill it,” DeJoy told the newspaper. ADVERTISEMENT Other initiatives that the Postal Service is taking include adding 40,000 seasonal workers and more than 100 package sorting machines..."    

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Murder of Longmont postal worker: Federal prison employee arrested as accomplice

"...Andrew Ritchie, 34, was arrested Tuesday afternoon at the Englewood Federal Correctional Institution in Littleton..."    

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2nd arrest in fatal shooting of Longmont postal worker

"...Jason Schaefer was shot and killed last week as he delivered mail in Longmont. His ex is charged with first-degree murder...."    

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Jen "The Laughing Scrooge" Psaki: 'We are not the Postal Service': White House won't guarantee packages arrive on time for Christmas

'We are not the Postal Service': White House won't guarantee packages arrive on time for Christmas amid supply-chain issues

"...White House press secretary Jen Psaki told reporters on Wednesday it cannot guarantee that packages will arrive on time for Christmas. ..."    

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2019 assault of Alabama postal worker was part of violent spree, court records show

"...A pole-wielding homeless man has admitted to assaulting an Alabama postal worker a few days before Christmas, and court records show it was the culmination of a violent spree. Christopher Daniel Andrews, 36..."    

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USPS addresses service issues at Prattville Alabama post office (Video)

"...Some said they haven’t gotten mail for days..."    

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Postal worker accused of shooting man released on $30,000 bond (Video)

"...Angelo Jordan is charged with aggravated assault in connection with the shooting of a man at a Fannin Street gas station earlier this week..."    

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White House clarifies USPS workers will be subject to vaccine mandate

"...US Postal Service workers will have to get a COVID-19 vaccine or be tested weekly after President Biden mandated the shot for federal workers..."    

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How will the Oct. 1 slowdown by U.S. Postal Service impact your mail delivery time?

"...Earlier this year, U.S. Postmaster General Louis DeJoy unrolled the postal services’ 10-year-plan which includes changing its standard timeframe for delivering first-class letters, flat envelopes, and periodicals from a one-to-three-day window to a one-to-five-day window..."    

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DeJoy maintains financial ties to former company as USPS awards it new $120 million contract

"...XPO Logistics pays DeJoy and family businesses at least $2.1 million annually to lease four office buildings in North Carolina..."    

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U.S. Postal Service finalizes plan to slow some mail deliveries/

"...The U.S. Postal Service (USPS) on Friday finalized a plan effective Oct. 1 to slow down some first-class mail deliveries as part of efforts to cut red ink. Postmaster General Louis DeJoy proposed..."    

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Ashes in the mail: Covid changes the logistics of death

"...“I don’t want to send someone I knew all my life through the mail,” said Stan Reese. The Huntsville, Alabama, resident is starting a business to personally collect ashes for others and then hand-carry them to scenic places, where they will be scattered — on video if requested. He knows that relatives are not always physically able to fly or drive long distances to get a loved one’s ashes, and that quarantine guidelines and potential exposure to COVID makes others reluctant. He said his service will help families avoid having “the last time they see their loved one be when they put a stamp on them.”..."    

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How to file a claim in the $2.67B Blue Cross Blue Shield class action settlement

"...If you are a Blue Cross Blue Shield customer, you may have gotten a letter in the mail recently about a historic multi-billion dollar class-action lawsuit. Some BCBS customers may be entitled to a chunk of that settlement, which is part of a long running anti-trust suit. The suit claims that BCBS violated anti-trust laws by creating non-compete agreements within its individual plans, limiting competition in the health insurance section..."    

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USPS to consolidate 18 facilities, increasing concerns over mail delays

"...The 18 mail processing centers that are being consolidated are located throughout the country, including plants in Erie, Pennsylvania; Wausau, Wisconsin; Huntsville, Alabama; Gainesville, Florida; Newburgh, New York; Paducah, Kentucky; and Seattle, according to the American Postal Workers Union, or APWU. The APWU said mail previously directed to those plants will be redirected to other facilities. In a statement to NBC News, the USPS said it is "looking to repurpose" the centers being consolidated..."    

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Amazon Is Developing A Spy Comedy Based On The US Postal Service

"...the film will follow a young man (Fowler) who discovers that his recently killed mailwoman mother was actually a covert operative in Americas most unexpected secret agency, the United States Postal Service..."    

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USPS Criticism of Unauthorized Sneaker Turns the Tables on Nike

"...First unveiled in early March, the Nike Air Force 1 USPS appears to draw direct inspiration from the shipping service well-known Priority Mail boxes, down to its blank white canvas and patriotic red and blue accents. The sneaker, USPS notes, is neither licensed nor otherwise authorized by the U.S. Postal Service. The agency said it had made repeated attempts to work with Nike. This is an unfortunate situation where a large brand such as Nike, which aggressively protects its own intellectual property, has chosen to leverage another brand for its own gain, the USPS said..."    

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(Video) Women accused of attacking U.S. Postal Service mail carrier in Flint

"...Federal and local investigations are under way after two women allegedly attacked a U.S. Postal Service mail carrier in Flint on Thursday. The alleged attack happened on Floyd McCree Drive between the River Village and Schafer Square apartment complexes. The Flint Police Department is investigating along with the U.S. Postal Inspection Service..."    

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Postal Service Clerk Craft (APWU) Prepares for National Negotiations

"...The APWU will begin negotiations for a new Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA) in June. The current CBA is set to expire on September 20, 2021. As such, the Clerk Craft officers have begun preparing for negotiations on issues..."    

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