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A Philadelphia man who was found with a loaded handgun at a New Jersey airport over the weekend was the 11th person this year to have been caught trying to travel with a firearm. That’s the same number of guns found at Newark International Airport in 2019, but air travels have significantly dropped this year, according to the Transportation Security…

The bride’s mother forgot to take the red roller bag holding her daughter’s gown and mom’s dress after she cleared security at Newark Liberty International Airport and boarded a flight to Ohio earlier this month, the TSA said

How much money would you guess the nation’s airline passengers walked away from after going through airport screening last year? It’s money they took out of their pockets and left in a bin but forgot to pick up.

Passengers left behind more than $926,000 at Transportation Security Administration security checkpoints at airports across the country during fiscal year 2019, with a chunk of that money coming from a New York area airport. According to the TSA, John F. Kennedy International Airport tops the list with $98,110 left behind at checkpoints. In total, the TSA collected $926,030.44 in unclaimed…

American Airlines said Thursday it plans to suspend service to 15 small U.S. cities with low demand in October after the terms of federal aid requiring the flights expires, a move that would cut off scheduled flights to nine destinations in as many states.

Two passengers were arrested Monday in Newark Airport after Transportation Security Administration officers caught an assault rifle with a high-capacity magazine and an arsenal of ammunition — all illegal in the state — “artfully concealed” behind the lining of a suitcase. According to TSA, the discovery was made Monday while officers were conducting screening operations of checked baggage at Newark…

Air travel started picking up across the U.S. before Memorial Day, despite the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. NBCLX storyteller Chase Cain flew cross-country and has tips for what to expect.

The Transportation Security Administration announced a series of new rules for summer travelers to help limit the spread of the coronavirus.

Five hundred people who work for the Transportation Security Administration have tested positive for COVID-19, including four people who died from the disease, the agency said Wednesday. Of the 500 who tested positive, 208 TSA employees recovered from the illness, the agency said in a statement. Almost 40 percent of positive cases were found in employees working in the three major…

The Transportation Security Administration says a woman tried to board a plane in New York with a loaded handgun in her carry-on luggage

The nation’s airports are warning of chaos for passengers if the White House doesn’t postpone the looming Real ID deadline, NBC News reports.

Two local airports made it onto the Transportation Security Administration’s list of the top 10 most unusual items found at checkpoints last year. The first special find came at Newark International Airport on Aug. 19. It was someone’s pet — a 15-inch ring-necked snake, a thin black reptile with a bright yellow band around the back of its neck. A…

A Massachusetts woman has filed a class action lawsuit against the Drug Enforcement Administration and the Transportation Security Administration. Rebecca Brown says she had taken about $82,000 in cash from her father’s Pennsylvania home and was bringing it to Massachusetts because the time had come for her to take charge of his finances. The money was confiscated before her flight…

Travelers around New York City brought more guns of the airport in 2019 than they did the previous year — and the number nationwide has been increasing for the past several years, according to the Transportation Security Administration. TSA agents at Newark International Airport, JFK, LaGuardia and Long Island Airport stopped 27 guns from going through the checkpoints last year,…

The Transportation Security Administration is partnering with United Airlines to host a “pop-up” enrollment center to provide a convenient location to enroll in the TSA PreCheck program right inside New York Penn Station. If you are passing through the Midtown-based transportation hub, you’ll be able to temporarily enroll in the agency’s popular TSA PreCheck application program inside the United...

Transportation Security Administration agents are finding more guns than ever before in carry-on bags at airport checkpoints nationwide, according to TSA data obtained by NBC 7 Investigates.

Flyers at Newark Liberty International Airport reported unprecedented lines at the TSA security checkpoint Friday morning, decrying “nightmarish” queues and chaos they said erupted with little to no information about the delays.

A man’s day went down the toilet when her “rolled” up to one of the security checkpoints at Newark Liberty International Airport earlier this week.

A U.S. appeals court says travelers can sue the government over mistreatment by federal airport screeners because the agents can act like law enforcement officers, including when they conduct invasive searches.