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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.

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.

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.

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

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…