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.

The man said he was returning from active duty and wanted to keep the missile launcher as a souvenir.

The government shutdown seems to be hitting travelers at Newark Airport much harder than anywhere else in the region – with no relief in sight, either.

The security line at LaGuardia’s Terminal B was shut down for 40 minutes on Saturday while the TSA searched for a passenger whose bag needed to be rescreened, officials said.

TSA officer Joshua McCall was assisting a family through the screening process when he was challenged to a dance battle.

A routine TSA screening turned into a dance battle after a young boy showed off his moves as he passed through a checkpoint at Newark Airport.

The TSA is implementing new scanners for carry-on bags that utilizes 3D images of contents to help TSA agents identify packed items. The scanners will allow passengers to keep electronics and liquids inside their carry-on bags while they’re being scanned. The TSA plans to install up to 40 of the new scanners in airports around the country before the end…

Screening devices that detect suicide vests are being tested in a Los Angeles transit station, but U.S. Sen. Chuck Schumer said the TSA should speed up plans to deploy the technology nationally. Ken Buffa reports.

Screening devices that detect suicide vests like the one that exploded in a New York City subway tunnel are being tested in a Los Angeles transit station, but U.S. Sen. Chuck Schumer said Sunday the Transportation Security Administration should speed up plans to deploy the technology nationally.

A federal appeals court is being asked to decide whether to place limits on the government’s ability to search electronic devices at airports.

The Transportation Security Administration is rolling out new and stronger screening methods for carry-on baggages at airports across the United States.

If the Trump administration gets its way, U.S. citizens boarding international flights will have to submit to a face scan, a plan privacy advocates call an ill-advised step toward a surveillance state. The Department of Homeland Security says it’s the only way to successfully expand a program that tracks nonimmigrant foreigners. They have been required by law since 2004 to...