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Atlanta-area mail delays, which Postmaster Louis DeJoy promised would improve following a national slowdown last summer, remain far below US Postal Service standards, threatening to disenfranchise thousands of legal voters who mailed in ballots in a pair of pivotal U.S. Senate runoffs this week.

Santa Claus is totally amazing, delivering millions of presents to children all over the world each year. But even Santa can use some extra elf help during the holiday season. And in the new documentary “Dear Santa,” directed by Dana Nachman, audiences get to meet elves from around the U.S., plus the children who’ve asked for special presents for Christmas and...

If you mailed-out holiday gifts weeks ago thinking the packages would arrive in plenty of time for Christmas Day, you may want to check the status of the delivery.

The United States Postal Service has launched its 108th annual USPS Operation Santa, which allows the public to grant wishes of children and families in need of holiday gifts.

For more than 100 years, thousands of children in need have been helped through USPS’ Operation Santa. The documentary “Dear Santa” takes an inside look at what kids from all over the country ask St. Nick and how anyone can help make their dreams come true. The director, Dana Nachman, joined LX News to talk about which wishes touched her...

Because more than half the states – including most of the key battlegrounds – don’t provide a grace period for ballots that arrive after Election Day, it is likely 25,000-50,000 ballots nationwide were ultimately rejected because of USPS problems.

It’s a busy season for the mail system. Because of the coronavirus pandemic, more people are staying home and shipping gifts to friends instead. The U.S. Postal Service says this year you should try to send them even earlier.

While U.S. Postal Service workers likely delivered more than 99.9% of the country’s mail ballots in time to be counted this year, it also appears that tens of thousands were disenfranchised by postal delays.

The United States Postal Service announced Friday that it is looking to fill several positions in San Diego County.

United States Postal Service officials are looking into a video shared by the Florida House Democratic Leader showing what he says are piles of unsorted mail sitting in a Miami-Dade post office, sparking concerns that valid ballots won’t be counted.

Since August, NBC 7 Investigates has been testing the speed and reliability of the U.S. Postal Service heading into the election. Now, one week out from Election Day, the results are in.

Since August, NBC 7 Investigates has been testing the speed and reliability of the U.S. Postal Service heading into the election. Now, one week out from Election Day, the results are in.

The mail is slowing down as the November election approaches, according to an unscientific survey by the NBC Owned Television Stations, Telemundo and NBCLX. While letters mailed across town arrived on time, mail sent longer distances arrived days later than expected in the group’s third monthly test of the U.S. Postal Service. Nearly a third of the 809 letters...

A local mail carrier offered NBC 7 Investigates a rare look inside the U.S. Postal Service from the perspective of the person responsible for delivering your ballot.

A local mail carrier offered NBC 7 Investigates a rare look inside the U.S. Postal Service from the perspective of the person responsible for delivering your ballot, reports NBC 7 Investigates’ Alexis Rivas.

A Santa Clara County mail carrier says this year has had the highest voter turnout he’s seen in 30 years.

On Friday, the San Diego County Registrar of Voters dropped off its first batch of outbound mail-in ballots at the post office.

The U.S. Postal Service isn’t delivering mail as quickly as it should, but the delays don’t appear significant enough – at this time – to disrupt an election, according to a September test by NBCLX and NBC Owned Television Stations.

Last month, NBC 7 Investigates teamed up with NBC stations across the country to test the speed of the world’s largest mail service heading into the election. We promised to keep testing the service, every month into November. And this week, we’re doing just that. The big question is: If you mail your ballot, will it get to the...

NBC 7 Investigates teamed up with NBC stations across the country to test the speed of the world’s largest mail service heading into the election. NBC 7’s Alexis Rivas is in Kearny Mesa with the results of our second round of tests.