Louise Schiavone

To make sure your mail to the IRS is properly postmarked, the U.S.

Postal Service recommends going into the post office during business hours and asking for a manual postmark at the counter.

There's no extra charge for that.

I'm Louise Schiavone, NPR News.

We've all been there.

Maybe somebody tells you too much about the twist ending of a movie or they tell you who dies at the end.

In other words, you've run into a spoiler.

How should you handle spoilers and what even counts as a spoiler?

We'll tell you how we handle spoilers as critics on NPR's Pop Culture Happy Hour.

Listen via the NPR app or wherever you get your podcasts.

Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Louise Schiavone.

The U.S.

military says no ships have evaded its blockade of Iranian ports.

NPR's Quill Lawrence reports a dozen U.S.

warships and more than 100 aircraft have been enforcing the naval blockade that began Monday morning.

In Washington, the D.C.

Court of Appeals has blocked an effort to investigate former Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, as well as other top Trump officials for possible criminal contempt.

NPR's Ximena Bastillo reports.

The U.S.

is experiencing a resurgence of measles with more than 1,700 confirmed cases so far this year.