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A FedEx truck was robbed while stopped on I-57.
One person was injured in a serious crash involving two semi-trucks on 294 near Ashland.
Police said a FedEx driver was making deliveries near 101st and Lowe around 9:30 a.m., when two men stole his keys and sped off with his truck.
Delivery rival FedEx and major retailers are expected to lay out their plans in the next few weeks.
The announcement comes two months after FedEx already terminated its air delivery contract with Amazon. FedEx said dumping Amazon is part of its plan to go after more e-commerce deliveries from other companies.
The company announced this month that it would not renew an airfreight-delivery contract with Amazon that expires June 30. It did not disclose the value of that work, but said Amazon accounted for less than 1.3% of its revenue in 2018.
The company plans to step up the shift away from the U.S. Postal Service this fall and handle the "vast majority" of SmartPost deliveries itself by the end of next year.
Walgreens is joining rival drugstore chain CVS Health in expanding home deliveries for prescriptions nationwide, as stores continue adjusting to a retail world made more consumer-friendly by online competition.
The move gives Amazon more ways to ship its packages to shoppers without having to rely on UPS and other package delivery services.
BestBlackFriday.com put together a list of holiday shipping deadlines for major retailers, as well as delivery companies.
A 45-year-old FedEx driver was robbed Tuesday morning while trying to deliver a package in the South Chicago neighborhood.
The delivery drivers have not been injured in any of the robberies, according to police.
A 15-year-old boy has been charged with three felonies, after allegedly stealing a FedEx delivery truck at gunpoint on Wednesday.
Two more delivery drivers were targeted in Chicago.
A 15-year-old boy was arrested Wednesday morning, after he and an accomplice allegedly stole a FedEx delivery truck at gunpoint in the Auburn Gresham neighborhood, and crashed the truck a few miles away.
Two more delivery truck drivers, one from FedEx, the other from UPS, were robbed at gunpoint within an hour of each other.
There have been several incidents in recent months, with delivery drivers and other workers robbed at gunpoint on the job. CBS 2's Roseanne Tellez talks with the latest victim.
With the holiday shopping season underway, thieves have been targeting delivery trucks filled with packages.
A FedEx delivery driver was robbed at gunpoint and his truck stolen Thursday morning in Englewood.
About 11:35 p.m., a woman ran out onto the Kennedy Expressway (I-90/94) at Addison Street and was struck by a FedEx truck.
On the whole, it was a Merry Christmas at Jocelyn Flojo's house, except for that one missing piece: a gift for her 7-year-old son that was ordered online. CBS 2's Chris Martinez reports.
Sure, packages get stolen off porches. But what do you do when a box comes with the merchandise missing? CBS 2's Pamela Jones reports.
Multiple people were hospitalized after a FedEx truck and another vehicle crashed early Sunday in Interstate 80 near south suburban Tinley Park.
A woman in west suburban Riverside has been charged with theft after allegedly stealing packages from people's front porches, police said.
