U.S. Postal Service

12,000 chicks found abandoned in postal truck raise concerns about animal shipping

A Delaware animal shelter is working to find new homes for 8,000 surviving chicks that were left abandoned in a U.S. Postal Service truck for three days. Another 4,000 of the animals died.

Postmaster General Louis DeJoy says it is time to find his successor

Louis DeJoy said he plans to step down after a nearly five-year tenure marked by the coronavirus pandemic, surges in mail-in election ballots and efforts to stem losses through cost and service cuts.