On July 1, 1963, the U.S. Post Office Department introduced the ZIP code program to get a handle on the heaping surplus of mail. Today, those five digits represent much more for American society. Back ...

Today marks the 50th anniversary of the Zone Improvement Plan, the network of ZIP codes we use for everything from mail delivery to credit card security. The U.S. Postal Service began using the ...

The House passed two bills Monday night that would authorize the United States Postal Service to create 76 new ZIP codes for communities around the country. These two bipartisan bills, led by Rep.

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In 2025, almost everyone is online. Overnight shipping, online bill pay and endless streaming services are at our fingertips. And as technology and society shift to meet those changes, people living ...