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Former bodybuilder, male stripper and South Florida pizza delivery man Cesar Sayoc, accused in October of mailing pipe bombs to critics of President Donald Trump, appears ready to plead guilty in federal court in New York. The online court docket for Sayoc’s case says, “The pretrial conference scheduled for March 21, 2019 at 4:00 p.m. is now a plea.” To which charges Sayoc will plead guilty isn’t addressed. An email and a call to the federal public defender’s haven’t been returned. Sayoc sits in federal jail in Manhattan. He faces five counts of use of weapons of mass destruction, five...

Due to the severe winter weather conditions, the U.S. Postal Service has announced postal delivery Wednesday will be suspended in Minnesota, Iowa, western Wisconsin and western Illinois. Temperatures in the Twin Cities were expected to drop to near -30 degrees Tuesday and Wednesday and a wind chill warning was in effect. A release from the USPS said retail operations at local offices will be available, but may be limited. There will be no collection mail pickup from businesses or collection boxes. There will also be no residential or commercial package pickup services.

The Royal Mail got a good licking for planning to release a stamp marking the 75th anniversary of D-Day by using an image of US forces landing about 8,500 miles from Normandy Beach, according to a report. Captioned “Allied soldiers and medics wade ashore,” the stamp was meant to depict the Normandy landings on June 6, 1944, in France — but was actually taken in Dutch New Guinea in what is modern-day Indonesia, according to the BBC. The stamp — which was expected to be released next year in a “Best of British” collection — sparked a backlash on social...

Gun laws “You will get gun reform when the public says they’ve had enough. Until they’ve said enough, it’s not going to happen. ... There’s going to come a point where people say enough of this.” Constitutional amendments He would support a GOP measure to make changes more difficult “only if they come with the idea of making it easier to get on the ballot with the (initiated statute). “If it’s not, I think we should reject it, because the public needs to be heard. I’d rather this (trivial) stuff doesn’t go into the constitution, but if you don’t give...

The fake news of the day has been disingenuously pretending that any those persons to whom the fake bombs were addressed were in any danger. They were not. Who sends bombs to people who do not open their own mail? As Roger L. Simon wrote, it doesn't matter who built those little fake not-pipe bombs, the intent is clear. The message? See, it isn't only the left that is vicious and violent. The right is violent too! Whoever is guilty of perpetrating this latest stunt is irrelevant; their intent is obvious. Demonstrate that there are lunatics on the right too!...

The crude bombs sent to several liberal politicians and news networks this week were sent through a major Unites Sates Postal Service mailing facility in South Florida, it's been revealed. All 10 bombs sent to the Clintons, former President Obama, CNN and other prominent Democrats are all believed to have come through the Opa-locka processing and distribution center, CNN reports. FBI and canine units were deployed to the facility Thursday as the search continues for the person or persons behind the bombs. The U.S. Post Office Royal Palm Processing & Distribution Center in Opa-locka is the main mailing facility in...

Jersey voters, take note. There's a big change in the state's voting laws that you'll need to pay attention to under a measure signed by Gov. Phil Murphy designed to expand voter participation. Critics say the new law is sparking voter confusion. And county clerks say it's forced them to scramble to comb voting rolls to meet its requirements on short notice. The big change is about mail-in ballots. You have always had the option of mailing in your ballot. You could get a ballot if you applied for one by the deadline, then mailed it in or dropped it...

I am looking to switch over a few email accounts to more secure providers. Any suggestions?

Freepers are the best and know everything! I need some prescription meds that my insurance co. will not pay for. My doctor suggested getting from Mexico or Canada! I searched and found too many Canada Pharmacies on the net, great prices. But I don't know whether to trust any of them. I hate to risk $100+ to find out. Would appreciate any tips if you have ordered RX from Canada.

MERCER COUNTY, W. Va. (WVNS) - Officials are warning parents throughout the area to double-check their mail after several children have received "graphic and disturbing" letters, written in a sexual manner, from a predator out of Pennsylvania. According to Chief Deputy Joe Parks, a man named Joseph Polin took pictures of children off the internet and then mailed them to the child's home address with a note describing what he would do to them sexually.

Daniel Frisiello, a 24-year-old Beverly man, has been charged with sending a letter containing white powder to Donald Trump Jr., President Donald Trump's eldest son. And, according to the criminal complaint issued by the Massachusetts U.S. Attorney's Office, Trump's family were not Frisiello's only victims. Frisiello was charged with five counts of mailing a threat to cause injury and five count of making hoax threats, after allegedly sending letters containing powder to five different addresses in the last month.

Almost a dozen people have been injured at a Washington-area military base as a result of a letter that contained a hazardous substance, according to local first-responders. Hazmat crews rushed to Joint Base Myer-Henderson Hall and were trying to identify the substance Tuesday afternoon, according to the Fort Myer Fire Department’s Twitter account.

Today in my mailbox I received notification of a new service. Informed Delivery see the link will send me text pictures of my mail as it travels to my delivery site. I had thought for quite a while that the USPS tracked every piece of mail, with those little stick on bar codes. Now it confirm that they take pictures of each piece of mail. I repeat: They take pictures of our mail. There is no privacy. Ever. Everything is documented. Everything. We continue the march to becoming the least free country in the history of man

"Carlos Danger" is looking for a pen pal. Former Rep. Anthony Weiner, who reported to prison this week to begin a 21-month sentence for sexting with a 15-year-old girl, is hoping to stay in contact with the outside world. Weiner's away message on his personal email addresses provide specific instructions on how to stay in contact with the disgraced Congressman, the New York Post reported Thursday. "Thanks for reaching out," the message says. "Starting November 6th, I'll be away for a while but I would love to stay in touch. As quaint as it may sound, the best way to...

Chinese e-commerce companies are gaining in popularity in Russia. Mariah is the only delivery driver in a small town near Moscow and both she and the post office are stretched to capacity handling all the deliveries coming in from China. But without a van, she has to saddle up her horse

Someone is sending racist letters emblazoned with a swastika and President Trump’s “Make America Great Again” slogan to several businesses from Borough Park in Brooklyn to Harlem, police sources said. The mailed letters started arriving Friday. The recipients include a kosher bakery and a meat market in Brooklyn, the Harlem Business Alliance and a Starbucks. Cards inside the envelopes include incendiary rhetoric about Jews, blacks and gay people.

Have been using sbcglobal now I receive no mail.As of right now can't log into sbcglobal.

Dropping Yahoo Mail, need new service

A rare drop in postal prices will become effective Sunday, April 10, the United States Postal Service announced Feb. 25. The decrease, which results from the expiration of a temporary rate increase ordered in late 2013, had been widely anticipated. It will be only the third time that there has been “a general reduction in postage rates,” according to the Alliance of Nonprofit Mailers.

Christmas is the busiest time of the year for both Santa and the United States Postal Service. But, while Santa has elves at his side, the USPS must rrely on technology to make its deliveries.