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Congress ends second bag checks on some flights
Passengers arriving in the U.S. from international airports who miss connecting flights because their checked bags have to be rescreened could get ...
Police: Airport security officer killed in Ohio
A Transportation Security Administration officer was fatally shot by her husband Sunday before he killed himself on an off-site parking lot at ...
Government replaces body scanners at some airports
The federal government is quietly removing full-body X-ray scanners from seven major airports and replacing them with a different type of machine that ...
44 TSA workers at Newark face firing or suspension
The Transportation Security Administration on Friday moved to fire 25 employees at Newark Liberty International Airport and suspend 19 others for what ...
Cancer patient embarrassed by security pat-down
A Michigan woman dying of leukemia says she hopes her embarrassment during a Seattle airport security pat-down might change the way the Transportation ...
Report: Racial profiling alleged at Boston airport
Transportation Security Administration officers at Boston's Logan International Airport are alleging that a program intended to help flag possible ...
Appeals court allows no-fly challenge to proceed
A federal appeals court ruled Thursday that a lawsuit over the government's no-fly list can go forward in a lower court in Oregon. In a unanimous ...
Police probe death of pilot who stole aircraft
Authorities are trying to determine how a pilot suspected in a homicide was able to slip into a small Utah airport and steal an empty passenger plane ...
SkyWest pilot takes jarring ride in stolen plane
A SkyWest Airlines pilot and murder suspect who stole an empty 50-passenger jet and crashed it as he drove it at a small Utah airport was found dead ...
Americans on no-fly list allowed to learn to fly
U.S. citizens who are on the government's list of people banned from flying because they're considered terror threats are not prevented from learning ...
Official: Colo murder suspect tries to steal plane
A SkyWest Airlines pilot suspected of killing his ex-girlfriend stole an empty 50-passenger jet from a small Utah airport, crashed it as he drove near ...
Delta passenger thought needle was a toothpick
Jim Tonjes was high above North America when he bit into a hot turkey sandwich aboard a Delta Air Lines flight and felt a sudden jab in his mouth.
Pair agree to plead guilty in TSA bribery scam
Two suspected drug couriers have agreed to plead guilty in a case that involved former Transportation Security Administration screeners who were ...
APNewsBreak: 8 US air marshals in NY face firings
The Transportation Security Administration is firing eight federal air marshals, including a supervisor, for allegedly drinking alcohol on a training ...