

Nation Jun 09

Across the country, millions of summer travelers are experiencing record wait times in TSA security lines. Meanwhile, travel warnings have been issued for Americans heading to Europe, as fears of terrorist attacks increase. For more on the security issues facing…
By PBS NewsHour
Politics May 23

WASHINGTON — A House committee said Monday that the head of security operations at the Transportation Security Administration has been replaced.
By Alicia A. Caldwell, Associated Press
World May 19

EgyptAir Flight 804 was on a routine trip from Paris to Cairo when something went horribly wrong over the Mediterranean Sea. As it approached Egyptian airspace, the plane suddenly began flying erratically before disappearing altogether, prompting an international search effort…
By PBS NewsHour
World Nov 06

Russia stopped all flights to Egypt after the nation's security chief recommended it wait until investigators concluded what caused the breakup of a passenger jet over the Sinai Peninsula. Chief foreign affairs correspondent Margaret Warner joins Judy Woodruff to discuss…
By PBS NewsHour
Jun 09

By PBS NewsHour
The U.S. Senate took a hard look at airport security after a damning report found that fake explosives, weapons and other banned items went unnoticed in 67 of 70 tests, while another report found that the TSA failed to identify…
Apr 20

By Alicia A. Caldwell, Associated Press
WASHINGTON — The Transportation Security Administration is tightening security rules for airline and airport workers in the wake of a criminal case in which an Atlanta baggage handler was accused of smuggling guns on commercial jets, Homeland Security Jeh Johnson…
Apr 19

By Jack Gillum, Associated Press
United Airlines stopped a prominent security researcher from boarding a California-bound flight late Saturday, following a social media post by the researcher days earlier suggesting the airline's onboard systems could be hacked.
Jul 03

Potential plots to smuggle bombs on flights to the U.S. are prompting American officials to call for expanded passenger screening at a number of airports in Europe, the Middle East and Africa. Al-Qaida affiliates in Yemen and Syria, said officials,…
Apr 21

By Justin Scuiletti
“How he survived, I don’t know,” said FBI spokesman Tom Simon. “It’s a miracle.”…
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