(Courthouse News) – 1/6/17 – At least five people were killed and another 8 wounded in a shooting at the Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport in South Florida Friday afternoon. According to a spokeswoman for the Broward County Sheriff’s Department, a suspect is in custody. Investigators said it is too early to determine a motive for the shootings. The attack […]
Skywriting Pilot Linked to Lindbergh Replicating Stamp Image WASHINGTON — 1/6/17 – The U.S. Postal Service’s new Love Skywriting Forever stamp image will be replicated – weather permitting – by a skywriting pilot linked to iconic aviator Charles Lindbergh at noon tomorrow following the 10 a.m. PT/1 p.m. ET First-Day-of-Issue ceremony that takes place at the Planes of […]
MANHATTAN (Courthouse News) – 1/6/17 – The New York Times has asked a federal judge to force production of an order by the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court that requires Yahoo to bulk-scan emails for U.S. intelligence agencies. Filing suit Wednesday in the Southern District of New York, the complaint comes roughly two months after the Times’ Washington […]
(Courthouse News) – 1/4/17 – Six protesters were arrested Tuesday after engaging in an NAACP-organized sit-in at the Mobile, Alabama office of U.S. Sen. Jeff Sessions. The sit-in, which began on Tuesday morning, was orchestrated by the NAACP in protest of Sessions’ U.S. attorney general nomination by President-elect Donald Trump. The November announcement of Sessions […]
WASHINGTON (Courthouse News) – 1/5/17 – Senate Democrats’ first attempt to prevent their Republicans colleagues from repealing the federal health care law proved futile Thursday, failing to clear a procedural hurdle in a party-line vote. An amendment offered by Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Va., would have required Senate Republicans to cobble together 60 votes in order to […]
San Diego, CA, Letter Carrier Julio Mendroza is greeted recently by postal inspectors Patricia Mendoza and Cory Blott. USPS News Link – 12/05/17 – The Postal Inspection Service has a message for the nation’s letter carriers and rural carriers: We’re here to help. Postal inspectors regularly meet with carriers to remind them to be aware […]
We Won!! The USPS and Staples Deal is Over! APWU News – 12/05/2017 – Postal management informed the APWU in writing that the “Approved Shipper” program in Staples stores will be shut down by the end of February 2017. This victory concludes the APWU’s three-year struggle. The boycott against Staples is over! “I salute and […]
TYLER, TX (KLTV) – Postal inspectors are investigating mail theft in an East Texas city after a man caught someone on camera stealing his mail. The theft happened December 31 in the 4700 block of Inverness Drive in Tyler. Michael Sturrock, who caught the alleged mail thief on video, took us through the video and his […]
Former Postal Employee Faces Five Years in Federal Prison for Working as a Personal Trainer While Receiving Workers’ Compensation Disability Benefits DALLAS — Less than one week before her trial was scheduled to begin in federal court in Dallas, a Grand Prairie, Texas, woman, Andria Victoria Booker, a/k/a Andria Victoria Crosby, 36, pleaded guilty before U.S. […]
BOSTON – An employee of the United States Postal Service (USPS) pleaded guilty today in U.S. District Court in Boston in connection with purchasing and importing anabolic steroids. John A. Psehoyas, 54, pleaded guilty to one count of importation of a controlled substance. According to the terms of the plea agreement, Psehoyas has agreed to […]