Mail delivery is about to get permanently slower and pricier for the holidays

Beginning this week, the U.S. Postal Service has started to “implement new service standards” for first class mail and periodicals — slowing its target delivery time by about 30 percent, USPS spokesperson Kim Frum told NPR. According to Frum, some of the changes will result in increased time for some pieces of mail to go cross-country and other long distances. However, sh...