Nearly 4.8 billion passengers took to the air last year, with Atlanta’s Hartsfield International atop the list of the world’s busiest terminals, followed by Chicago’s O’Hare and London’s Heathrow. More: continued here
LUBBOCK, Texas — A 96-year-old woman apparently intending to hit the brakes accidentally hit the gas instead, plowing her car into a Lubbock post office’s brick facade, police said. More: continued here
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A Lubbock post office reopened a day after an elderly woman accidentally hit the gas and plowed her car into the building’s brick facade More: continued here
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LUBBOCK, Texas — A Lubbock post office reopened Tuesday, a day after an elderly woman accidentally hit the gas and plowed her car into the building’s brick facade. More: continued here
Nearly half of Royal Mail customers believe standards have declined in the past two years. A study commissioned by the industry consumer body Postwatch depicts a service that is failing consumers. More: continued here