Ash Wednesday marks the beginning of Lent, a period of fasting and reflection observed by many Christians. While it is a significant religious day, it is not a federal holiday in the United States, ...

Online orders placed after sundown typically can't arrive the next day in most metro areas — even if you pay extra for speedy delivery. That's in contrast to the fact that most people online shop ...

Late-night online orders can be fulfilled and delivered sooner with a new FedEx service announced earlier this month. FedEx Extra Hours allows participating retailers to extend the cutoff times ...

Presidents Day is a federal holiday observed on the third Monday of every February, which this year falls on February 21. Also known as Washington's Birthday, Presidents Day was initially designed to ...

In 1965 a Yale University student received an average grade on a paper he wrote proposing a new way to deliver time-sensitive material. That student, Frederick W. Smith, went on to create the Federal ...