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Fewer passengers, but more firearms at airports

10/13/21

This is alarming: While there are still fewer passengers flying on commercial planes due to the pandemic, there is an uptick in the number of firearms people are bringing with them to U.S. airports. The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) announced this week that so far this year its officers have found a record number of →

TSA Year in Review – another record for firearms

01/12/17

TSA's Year in Review is out and - no surprise- another record number of firearms were found at airport checkpoints during 2016. →

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Fliers “tipped” TSA $765,000 in loose change

04/28/16

Passengers left behind more than $765,000 in loose change at airport checkpoints in 2015. And the TSA gets to keep it. →

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TSA keeps $531,000 left behind by travelers

02/15/13

Frazzled and forgetful passengers left more than a half million dollars in spare change in the plastic bowls and bins at airport security checkpoints last year. That’s about $45,000 more than the amount left behind in 2011, according to the Transportation Security Administration (TSA). What happens to all that money? TSA makes “every effort to →

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TSA will allow snow globes through airport security checkpoints

07/18/12

Souvenir hunters rejoice: Later this summer, you will able to pack snow globes in your carry-on luggage when you go to the airport. Transportation Security Administration officers will permit the items as long as they are packed in a passenger’s plastic, quart-sized, resealable bag along with other gels and liquids. TSA will permit snow globes →

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What happens to items left at airport checkpoints?

10/29/11

What happens to all the stuff left at airport security checkpoints? →

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