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The U.S. Postal Service says law enforcement officials have charged more than 600 people with postal crimes since launching a crackdown in May With mail theft and postal carrier robberies up, law enforcement officials have made more than 600 arrests since May in a crackdown launched to address crime that includes carrier s being accosted at gunpoint for their antiquated universal keys, the Postal Service announced Wednesday. Criminals are both stealing mail and targeting carriers' so-called “arrow keys” to get access to mailboxes. “We will continue to turn up the pressure and put potential perpetrators on notice: If you’re attacking postal employees, if you steal the mail or commit other postal crimes, postal inspectors will bring you to justice,” Chief Postal Inspector Gary Barksdale told reporters on Wednesday. The Postal Service announcement on Wednesday came against a backdrop of rallies by the National Association of Letter Carriers calling for better protection of carri...

Josh Kruger, a freelance journalist and former city employee, was shot and killed in his home early Monday, according to local officials. Josh Kruger, a freelance journalist and former city employee, was shot and killed in his home early Monday, according to local officials. Police responded to his home at about 1:30 a.m. and found Kruger shot seven times in the chest and abdomen. He was taken to Penn Presbyterian Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead, police said. Kruger, who lived in the city's Grays Ferry neighborhood, was currently working as a freelance reporter, but was previously employed by the Philadelphia City Paper and Philadelphia Weekly. He had recent freelance bylines in the Philadelphia Inquirer and The Philadelphia Citizen. There have been no arrests in the shooting, police said. No weapon has been recovered. Josh Kruger, a freelance journalist and former city employee, was killed in a shooting in his home in Philadelphia, Oct. 2, 2023. Josh Kruger/Faceb...