A postal worker was robbed at gunpoint in Chicago's Englewood neighborhood Tuesday afternoon, police and USPS officials said.

The United States Postal Service (USPS) has issued a new American flag stamp. The stamp features the Star Spangled Banner, with its 13 stripes and 50 stars, fluttering in a breeze against a white background. It was designed by Antonio Alcalá, an art director for USPS, featuring photography by Doug Haight.

U.S. Navy veteran James Hofler, 84, was reportedly killed after being struck by a USPS delivery truck while checking his mailbox on May 19

A mail carrier with the United States Postal Service was injured Wednesday during an attempted armed robbery in Bridgeville. A spokesperson for the United States Postal Inspection Service says the attempted armed robbery took place along McLaughlin Run Road in Bridgeville around 2:30 p.m. Wednesday.

The postal worker was employed as an electronic technician at the Palmetto Regional Processing and Distribution Center.

If cartoons have taught us anything, it's that dogs and mail carriers just don't mix. And while this certainly isn't true 100% of the time, incidents unfortunately occur often enough to lend some credence to the time-honored trope.

Incidents involving dog attacks against U.S. Postal Service workers rose to more than 6,000 cases last year, the USPS said.

U.S. Postal Service workers are being asked to vote on a new deal on pay and job guarantees, with some still unconvinced.