Protesters, including postal workers, gathered outside a U.S. post office in Minneapolis on Sunday (January 18), holding signs reading “Return ICE to sender” and chanting against federal immigration enforcement, as letter carriers demanded that U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement stop using postal property to stage operations. This video contains language that some people may consider offensive.
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Underused space across USPS facilities could be a hidden drag on modernization and budgets
| Guest: | Joshua Bartzen |
| Title: | Audit director at the U.S. Postal Service Office of the Inspector General |
| Summary: | A new USPS OIG audit finds millions of square feet sitting idle or underutilized, raising questions about cost, efficiency and missed opportunities. From consolidation hurdles to creative reuse, the report outlines why this matters and what options are on the table. |
‘The Greatest’ now has his own stamp
The Postal Service will release a stamp honoring “The Greatest” — Muhammad Ali — on Thursday, Jan. 15.
Born Cassius Clay in Louisville, KY, Ali (1942-2016) rose from humble beginnings to become a three-time heavyweight boxing champion known around the globe as a powerhouse in and beyond the ring.
He had 56 wins and five losses during his career, which ended in 1981.
Ali’s influence wasn’t limited to boxing. He used his platform to advocate for peace, faith and justice, emerging as a global symbol of courage and compassion.
The stamp design by Antonio Alcalá, an art director for USPS, portrays Ali in an iconic boxing stance — capturing his intensity as a fighter.
The bold typography echoes classic boxing posters and the chant embraced around the world: “Ali! Ali! Ali!”
The picture in the selvage — the area surrounding the stamps — shows a black-and-white 1976 Associated Press photo of Ali smiling in a pinstripe suit, reflecting the humanitarian and cultural icon he became outside of boxing.
“There are many facets to Ali,” Alcalá said. “I felt it was important to represent him on the stamp as a boxer, but also to include a photo showing his non-boxing side.”
The Muhammad Ali stamp will be available in panes of 20 at Post Offices and on usps.com.
A dedication ceremony will be held Jan. 15 at the University of Louisville in Kentucky.
Postal Service Retirement Crisis: How USPS Broke Career Workers’ Promised Security
For decades, career postal workers were told that if they served long enough, their retirement would be secure.
On the late 2000s through the early 2020s, the United States Postal Service and Congress approved and enforced retirement and health-benefit policies that fundamentally reshaped how postal retirees would be covered.
What followed was a retirement system thrown into uncertainty, where long-promised stability gave way to rising healthcare costs, mandatory Medicare enrollment, delayed reforms, and years of financial anxiety for workers who had already earned their benefits.
This is the documented story of the Postal Service retirement crisis, told through records, testimony, and evidence.
Rogue postman in Chicago offers unique mail service for brave messages
There is a mailbox that sits quietly on a Logan Square street corner. It is not attached to a house, not approved by any federal agency and with no scheduled pick ups.
It exists because of Charlie Dean. He decided that the world didn’t need faster messages; it needed braver ones.
So he became a rogue postman with a mailbox outside his home with a single promise inscribed on front: “Your message to anyone in the world…within one to 58 weeks.”
No stamps are required.
He says he gets everything from confessions, declarations of love, break ups, accusations.
Dean’s postal service begs for honesty in a world where politeness often trumps truth.
For months, Chicagoans have been slipping letters inside, trusting a stranger to carry the words they couldn’t deliver themselves.
One airlifted after postal truck crash in Southwest Miami‑Dade, authorities say
Authorities are investigating a serious crash in Southwest Miami‑Dade involving a postal truck that ended up wedged between trees.
The crash happened on Wednesday near Southwest 162nd Avenue, according to the Miami-Dade Sheriff’s Office.
Miami‑Dade Fire Rescue said one person was ejected in the collision and airlifted to a trauma center.
It remains unclear whether that person was the postal worker or someone from another vehicle. The extent of the injuries has not been released.
Authorities investigating after USPS mail carrier, resident get into fight in Frederick County
FREDERICK COUNTY, Md. – Officials are investigating an altercation between a U.S. Postal worker and a resident involving a dog in Frederick County, Md., that was caught on camera.
FOX 5 spoke with the owner of the dog seen in the video. She is in a cast, and says she wants to press charges against the postal worker for assault.
The incident happened Friday in the Amber Meadows neighborhood off U.S. Route 15, where Frederick police responded to a reported disturbance involving a USPS mail carrier and a resident.
Video recorded from a neighbor’s vantage point shows a dog running toward the mail carrier, followed by a physical confrontation between the two adults.
The dog’s owner, Taqia Rollins, plans to pursue charges against the postal worker. She says the dog seen in the video is her family’s seven-month-old puppy.
According to police, the dog did not bite or injure the mail carrier. Animal Control was notified but did not take enforcement action because no bite occurred, police said.
Salinas postal worker shares holiday delivery experiences
SALINAS, Calif. —
Salinas, city letter carrier Laith Abboud shares his experiences of delivering mail during the holiday season, highlighting both the challenges and rewards of the job.
“My name is Laith Abboud. I’m a city letter carrier, and here in Salinas, California, and this is my second year for my second Christmas,” Abboud said. “So this is what I was talking about earlier. Just filling the small trucks all the way to the brim basically, this time of the year.”
Abboud explained the challenges of organizing the large volume of mail and parcels during the holidays, noting that the trucks are filled.
“We basically get all your mail ready, all your parcels, and you have a lot of parcels. It can be difficult to try and organize everything properly in the vehicle. You know, it’s stacked up this high, and you’re trying to keep it all organized. So you can get through it,” he said.
He emphasized the importance of efficiency, saying, “Usually I try to leave, get out here as quickly as possible because, you know, the quicker you’re out of here, the quicker you can finish.”
Hero mail carrier helps put out balcony fire in Horry County
HORRY COUNTY, SC (WMBF) – A Horry County mail carrier delivered a life-saving service on Monday afternoon.
Noah Wygal was delivering mail at a condo complex when he heard cries for help and saw smoke.
He said instinct kicked in, he dropped what he was doing, and ran toward the scene.
After running up three flights of stairs, Wygal said he and another man helped put out a condo fire with gallons of water as they awaited the fire department’s arrival.
“It wasn’t on my bingo card for the day,” said Wygal, who has worked with USPS for over two years.
With his and Terrence McKenzie’s help, the fire did not spread to the other condos.
“I’m just so grateful that me and the other gentleman was there to be able to assist because who knows what would have happened otherwise,” Wygal said.
And this act is something they say they would hope the community would also do for a stranger.
Colorado man says on-duty mailman was “going postal” during attack over parking
The holidays can be a stressful time for postal workers and delivery drivers, but what one Denver man says he experienced from a United States Postal Service worker goes beyond reasonable frustration.
A man says he was violently attacked by an on-duty mail carrier after calmly confronting him about how he was parked.
It happened on Friday at Neko Ramen & Rice on Colorado Boulevard in Denver.
The victim works at a nearby business and shared his story with CBS News Colorado reporter Olivia Young, asking CBS Colorado not to use his name out of fear of the person who attacked him.
“I definitely understand the term ‘going postal’ now,” the victim said.
A broken cheekbone and stitches in his forehead are marks that the man says he never saw coming from a postal worker.