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Your Local Post Office will be Closed to Celebrate Labor Day

 

Full Retail and Delivery Service will Resume on Tuesday

 

 

PROVIDENCE, RI -  Postal Service employees across the state will celebrate Labor Day as all Post Offices will be closed on Monday, September 4, 2023. There will be no delivery of mail on the 4th, with the exception of guaranteed overnight parcels. Full retail and delivery services will resume on Tuesday, September 5, 2023.

As we celebrate our nation’s labor force, if you’re considering a new career or looking for work visit www.usps.com/careers and you can search, by state, for available jobs near you. As the Postal Service’s Delivering for America Plan transforms USPS into the premier shipping provider in the nation, we need your help moving the nations mail and are currently hiring for positions in your area.

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem says a federal judge's order restricting the actions of immigration agents in Minnesota won't change anything. The ruling issued Friday bars federal agents from retaliating against peaceful protesters and from stopping vehicles that are following them as long as they're maintaining a safe distance. It all comes as the Pentagon is reportedly ready to deploy about 15-hundred active duty troops to Minnesota amid ongoing anti-ICE protests sparked by the deadly shooting of Renee Good.        President Trump's plan to impose a ten percent tariff on Denmark and its European allies as he ramps up the pressure to acquire Greenland is causing shockwaves across numerous nations. He announced the move in a post on Truth Social, saying it will take effect next month. Most major European markets are down today as a result.        The Trump administration's decision to change the days Americans can visit national parks for free removes Martin Luther King Jr. Day from the list this year. Out West however, California will offer free entry at more than 200 state parks in honor of MLK Day. Governor Gavin Newsom says the move is meant to honor Dr King's legacy of justice and equality.        A new college football national champion will be crowned tonight as top-ranked Indiana takes on Number-10 Miami from the Hurricanes' home turf. Miami is playing for its sixth national championship, while this is Indiana's first title game appearance in program history.        Roughly 15-thousand nurses continue to strike in New York City with new contract talks stalled. They're rallying on the picket lines today for what's day eight of the strike.        A smaller version of the Las Vegas Sphere is going to be built in Prince George's County, Maryland. Sphere Entertainment Company has announced a collaboration with the county, the state of Maryland and Peterson Companies to build a Sphere at National Harbor. It will have about six-thousand seats, as well as cutting-edge technology such as a 16K display and Sphere Immersive Sound.       

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