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Jenny Lewis didn't mean to wind up with the marimba.But for the last year, a vintage percussion instrument has occupied pride of place in the singer-songwriter's forest green home studio.She inherited it from her godfather, Jerry Cohen, a music editor for TV and movies and an amateur musician, who died suddenly last spring.

A letter carrier named Angela Summers was delivering mail on her usual route when she walked past a house where the Postal Service had recently stopped delivering because of concerns about a dog on the property.Upset that the mail had been stopped, a resident of that house, Tony Cushingberry, pursued Ms. Summers and fatally shot her on his street in Indianapolis on April 27, 2020, federal prosecutors said.

Riot Fest headliners for 2023 will be Foo Fighters and Turnstile Friday; The Postal Service, Death Cab for Cutie and Queens of the Stone Age Saturday; and The Cure and Mars Volta Sunday.The three-day Riot Fest will be Sept. 15-17 in Douglass Park, according to an announcement Tuesday.Tickets are on sale 10 a.m.

Crime Needham police received a report of mail theft that may have compromised multiple mailboxes in town.With the holiday season officially underway and countless gifts in transit, two Massachusetts towns are warning residents about an uptick in mail theft.The Wellesley Police Department said it has begun receiving an influx of check fraud reports related to mail theft.

Christmastime was my father's time.This is the time I think a lot about Daddy, who was born on Christmas Day.Andrew Washington Sr. is no longer with us, but he loved that holiday.So 'tis the season to honor his life's service.Daddy was a U.S. Postal Service mail carrier for 36 years.He lived the motto, "Neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night stays these couriers from the swift completion of their appointed rounds."

Royal Mail has plunged to a first-half loss of more than 200m blaming the financial impact of ongoing strike action, a fall in the number of parcel deliveries and inability to restructure the business while at loggerheads with unions.The postal service, which is in talks with the Communications Workers Union (CWU) to try to avert strikes in the run-up to Christmas, reported an adjusted operating loss of 219m in the six months to 25 September.

Sign up for insightful business news.If Facebook stopped your uncle with a weakness for conspiracy theories from incessantly posting news stories, would that be so bad?On Monday, Meta's Head of Global Affairs Nick Clegg doubled down on Meta's threat to block news on its platforms in Canada if the government goes ahead with proposed legislation to make Big Tech companies hammer out licensing deals with news publishers for their content.

One of Yosemite National Park's most sought-after destinations will soon be commemorated by the United States Postal Service.Nevada Fall, the 594-foot-high waterfall towering over the Yosemite Valley, will be featured as part of the Postal Service's new waterfall stamp collection to be released next month.

At the end of 2021, US President Joe Biden set the federal government on a path to being more sustainable with an executive order that among other goals included only buying emissions-free vehicles.For light-duty cars and trucks, that has to happen by 2027, with a deadline of 2035 for medium- and heavy-duty vehicles.

The original 9:30 Club, shown here in 1988, is the inspiration for Atlantis, a 450-capacity live music venue located next to the current 9:30 Club.(Charles K. Crockett/The Washington Post)In September 2021, as 9:30 Club was celebrating its grand reopening after 17 months of pandemic closure, Dave Grohl of the Foo Fighters casually announced that the venue's owners would be "opening an exact replica of the old 9:30 Club" next door.

Germany commuters are bracing for major disruption as transport staff across the country get set to stage a major strike to push for wage hikes in the face of brisk inflation.Workers at airports, ports, railways, buses and metro lines throughout much of Europe's biggest economy are expected to heed a call from the Verdi and EVG unions and take part in the 24-hour walkout on Monday.

The Chronicle has published a searchable database of contracts that the City of San Francisco has with around 4,000 for-profit and non-profit companies.The data only goes back to 2017, but you can see, for instance, that Urban Alchemy has reaped over $60 million in contracts from the city in the last three years alone, to address homelessness and man safe-sleeping sites, among other things.

If you're at all plugged into the indie music circuit, you've heard about (and likely attempted to get tickets for) Death Cab For Cutie and The Postal Service's upcoming co-headlining tour.Both fronted by Ben Gibbard, 2023 sees both acts celebrating the 20th anniversary of a landmark album in their discography.

For a certain demographic, the naughty aughties were a transformative decade for what all agree sounds like "indie rock."From the rise of Arcade Fire, to The Strokes to TV On the Radio to the Yeah Yeah Yeahs, and even the second wave of Britpop featuring bands like The Arctic Monkeys and Bloc Party, what was once called "alternative" had morphed into something simultaneously more diverse and, also, possessed an accidentally unified aesthetic.

The U.S. Supreme Court will hear arguments next term about whether Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, set up after the 2008 financial crisis to protect consumers from predatory lending practices, is funded constitutionally.Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images The Supreme Court agreed on Monday to take up a case that could threaten the existence of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and potentially the status of numerous other federal agencies, including the Federal Reserve.

Late Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg is being honored with a new Forever stamp from the U.S. Postal Service, showing her wearing a white collar with her black judicial robe.U.S. Postal Service Ruth Bader Ginsburg put her stamp on U.S. law  and now the U.S. is putting the late Supreme Court justice on a stamp.

A "Collection of Chicago Postal History," an assemblage of thousands of letters, will be auctioned in March by H.R. Harmer Fine Stamp Auctions of New York City.Nearly all were originally mailed from Chicago.They were found and collected over decades by Leonard Piszkiewicz, a retiree and former Chicagoan now living in Northern California.

"Any increase in E.V. acquisition at USPS is in spite of DeJoy, not because of him," says one critic.Louis DeJoy, the U.S. Postmaster General, delivers remarks announcing the Postal Service's plan on implementing electric vehicles, at the Postal Service Headquarters on December 20, 2022, in Washington, D.C.

Maj. Gamaliel Turner was more than upset.Assigned by the Pentagon to the Naval base at Port Hueneme, California, Turner had called his hometown registrar in Columbus, Georgia, to find out about his missing absentee ballot.The soldier's ballot wasn't missing.They hadn't sent the ballot because, he was told, "Mr.

Royal Mail workers will stage strikes this month and next in an escalating row over pay, jobs and conditions.The Communications Workers Union (CWU) formally notified Royal Mail of the November strikes last month and confirmed six new strike dates in December on November 17.The postal service apologised to customers, saying that though it well-developed contingency plans it is unable to fully replace the daily efforts of our frontline workforce.

Royal Mail workers will stage strikes this month and next in an escalating row over pay, jobs and conditions.The Communications Workers Union (CWU) formally notified Royal Mail of the November strikes last month and confirmed six new strike dates in December on November 17.The postal service apologised to customers, saying that though it well-developed contingency plans it is unable to fully replace the daily efforts of our frontline workforce.

Royal Mail workers will stage strikes this month and next in an escalating row over pay, jobs and conditions.The Communications Workers Union (CWU) formally notified Royal Mail of the November strikes last month and confirmed six new strike dates in December on November 17.The postal service apologised to customers, saying that though it well-developed contingency plans it is unable to fully replace the daily efforts of our frontline workforce.

Royal Mail workers will stage strikes this month and next in an escalating row over pay, jobs and conditions.The Communications Workers Union (CWU) formally notified Royal Mail of the November strikes last month and confirmed six new strike dates in December on November 17.The postal service apologised to customers, saying that though it well-developed contingency plans it is unable to fully replace the daily efforts of our frontline workforce.

Royal Mail workers will stage strikes this month and next in an escalating row over pay, jobs and conditions.The Communications Workers Union (CWU) formally notified Royal Mail of the November strikes last month and confirmed six new strike dates in December on November 17.The postal service apologised to customers, saying that though it well-developed contingency plans it is unable to fully replace the daily efforts of our frontline workforce.

Royal Mail workers will stage strikes this month and next in an escalating row over pay, jobs and conditions.The Communications Workers Union (CWU) formally notified Royal Mail of the November strikes last month and confirmed six new strike dates in December on November 17.The postal service apologised to customers, saying that though it well-developed contingency plans it is unable to fully replace the daily efforts of our frontline workforce.

Carmel O'Boyle has worked in the NHS for more than a quarter of a century, first as a healthcare assistant and then as a nurse at a walk-in centre in Liverpool.Winter pressures are always hard.But after working through the pandemic, we are just exhausted.Morale is on the floor.We are desperate for some help, she said.

Royal Mail workers will stage strikes this month and next in an escalating row over pay, jobs and conditions.The Communications Workers Union (CWU) formally notified Royal Mail of the November strikes last month and confirmed six new strike dates in December on November 17.The postal service apologised to customers, saying that though it well-developed contingency plans it is unable to fully replace the daily efforts of our frontline workforce.

Royal Mail workers will stage strikes this month and next in an escalating row over pay, jobs and conditions.The Communications Workers Union (CWU) formally notified Royal Mail of the November strikes last month and confirmed six new strike dates in December on November 17.The postal service apologised to customers, saying that though it well-developed contingency plans it is unable to fully replace the daily efforts of our frontline workforce.

Royal Mail workers will stage strikes this month and next in an escalating row over pay, jobs and conditions.The Communications Workers Union (CWU) formally notified Royal Mail of the November strikes last month and confirmed six new strike dates in December on November 17.The postal service apologised to customers, saying that though it well-developed contingency plans it is unable to fully replace the daily efforts of our frontline workforce.

Royal Mail workers will stage strikes this month and next in an escalating row over pay, jobs and conditions.The Communications Workers Union (CWU) formally notified Royal Mail of the November strikes last month and confirmed six new strike dates in December on November 17.The postal service apologised to customers, saying that though it well-developed contingency plans it is unable to fully replace the daily efforts of our frontline workforce.

Currys has halted its use of Royal Mail for deliveries following ongoing strike action, bosses of the electrical retailer have confirmed.Chief executive Alex Baldock hinted at the move being temporary but added that his priority is UK households who want to get hold of their technology, particularly at this time of year.

Royal Mail workers will stage strikes this month and next in an escalating row over pay, jobs and conditions.The Communications Workers Union (CWU) formally notified Royal Mail of the November strikes last month and confirmed six new strike dates in December on November 17.The postal service apologised to customers, saying that though it well-developed contingency plans it is unable to fully replace the daily efforts of our frontline workforce.

Royal Mail workers will stage strikes this month and next in an escalating row over pay, jobs and conditions.The Communications Workers Union (CWU) formally notified Royal Mail of the November strikes last month and confirmed six new strike dates in December on November 17.The postal service apologised to customers, saying that though it well-developed contingency plans it is unable to fully replace the daily efforts of our frontline workforce.

Royal Mail workers will stage strikes this month and next in an escalating row over pay, jobs and conditions.The Communications Workers Union (CWU) formally notified Royal Mail of the November strikes last month and confirmed six new strike dates in December on November 17.The postal service apologised to customers, saying that though it well-developed contingency plans it is unable to fully replace the daily efforts of our frontline workforce.

Royal Mail workers will stage strikes this month and next in an escalating row over pay, jobs and conditions.The Communications Workers Union (CWU) formally notified Royal Mail of the November strikes last month and confirmed six new strike dates in December on November 17.The postal service apologised to customers, saying that though it well-developed contingency plans it is unable to fully replace the daily efforts of our frontline workforce.

Royal Mail workers will stage strikes this month and next in an escalating row over pay, jobs and conditions.The Communications Workers Union (CWU) formally notified Royal Mail of the November strikes last month and confirmed six new strike dates in December on November 17.The postal service apologised to customers, saying that though it well-developed contingency plans it is unable to fully replace the daily efforts of our frontline workforce.

Royal Mail workers will stage strikes this month and next in an escalating row over pay, jobs and conditions.The Communications Workers Union (CWU) formally notified Royal Mail of the November strikes last month and confirmed six new strike dates in December on November 17.The postal service apologised to customers, saying that though it well-developed contingency plans it is unable to fully replace the daily efforts of our frontline workforce.

Royal Mail workers will stage strikes this month and next in an escalating row over pay, jobs and conditions.The Communications Workers Union (CWU) formally notified Royal Mail of the November strikes last month and confirmed six new strike dates in December on November 17.The postal service apologised to customers, saying that though it well-developed contingency plans it is unable to fully replace the daily efforts of our frontline workforce.

Royal Mail workers will stage strikes this month and next in an escalating row over pay, jobs and conditions.The Communications Workers Union (CWU) formally notified Royal Mail of the November strikes last month and confirmed six new strike dates in December on November 17.The postal service apologised to customers, saying that though it well-developed contingency plans it is unable to fully replace the daily efforts of our frontline workforce.

Royal Mail workers will stage strikes this month and next in an escalating row over pay, jobs and conditions.The Communications Workers Union (CWU) formally notified Royal Mail of the November strikes last month and confirmed six new strike dates in December on November 17.The postal service apologised to customers, saying that though it well-developed contingency plans it is unable to fully replace the daily efforts of our frontline workforce.

Royal Mail workers will stage strikes this month and next in an escalating row over pay, jobs and conditions.The Communications Workers Union (CWU) formally notified Royal Mail of the November strikes last month and confirmed six new strike dates in December on November 17.The postal service apologised to customers, saying that though it well-developed contingency plans it is unable to fully replace the daily efforts of our frontline workforce.

Royal Mail workers will stage strikes this month and next in an escalating row over pay, jobs and conditions.The Communications Workers Union (CWU) formally notified Royal Mail of the November strikes last month and confirmed six new strike dates in December on November 17.The postal service apologised to customers, saying that though it well-developed contingency plans it is unable to fully replace the daily efforts of our frontline workforce.

The stakes are stratospheric in this year's midterm election, with control of both chambers of Congress in play, almost every statewide office in California up for grabs, and meaningful abortion, environmental and gambling measures on the ballot.Across the country, states are seeing unusually high numbers of mail-in ballots being cast in the weeks before election day.