State Department orders nonprofit libraries to stop processing passport applications

State Department orders nonprofit libraries to stop processing passport applications

NORWICH, Conn. (AP) — The U.S. State Department has ordered some public libraries across the country to stop processing passport applications, disrupting a longstanding service that librarians say their communities have come to rely on and that has run smoothly for years. The agency, which regulates U.S. passports, began issuing cease-and-desist orders to nonprofit libraries … Read more

USPS sends back more than 800 packages intended for US troops in ‘disgraceful move’ that went wrong with new shipping rule

USPS sends back more than 800 packages intended for US troops in ‘disgraceful move’ that went wrong with new shipping rule

A Connecticut nonprofit has spent months preparing nearly 2,000 care packages filled with toiletries, snacks and handwritten cards for U.S. troops stationed overseas. Volunteers gathered at a local high school in mid-November to wrap everything in Christmas paper before shipping 1,139 boxes to service members in more than a dozen countries. Then 884 of them … Read more