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Air travelers are finally getting a break on fares.

“Not a good decision,” a spokesperson said.

The shooting occurred at about 11 a.m. after the alleged shooter exited a bathroom shortly after being dropped off at the airport.

Millions of of travelers packed into airports over the holiday weekend, and many were met with chaos as thousands of flights were delayed or cancelled.

The July Fourth holiday weekend is off to a booming start with airport crowds crushing the numbers seen in 2019, before the pandemic.[San Marcos, TX] [Hays County news] News San Marcos News, San Marcos Record [Texas State]

Leisure travel has bounced back this year, and that means particularly big crowds over three-day holiday weekends.

The fireworks are still a few days away, but travel for the July Fourth weekend is off to a booming start.

American Airlines will eliminate service for three cities following the Labor Day holiday weekend as a result of staffing shortages, marking the latest hiccup for the airline industry amid thousands of cancellations and cuts in recent months. An airline spokesperson said the company will drop service to Toledo, Ohio; Ithaca, N.Y.; and Islip, N.Y., on…

Airlines are canceling more than 1,500 flights across the U.S. in one of the worst days yet in the summer travel season.

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Emily Calandrelli said she wanted to pump before her flight to avoid breast pain. She needed the ice packs to preserve the milk for her baby.

COPPELL (AP) — The chief of the Transportation Security Administration said Thursday that his agency has quadrupled the number of employees who could bolster screening operations at airports that beco[San Marcos, TX] [Hays County news] News San Marcos News, San Marcos Record [Texas State]

The people who screen your bag at the airport are expecting big crowds this summer.

Health officials continue to recommend that Americans wear masks on planes, trains and buses, despite a court ruling last month that struck down a national mask mandate.

U.S. health officials on Tuesday restated their recommendation that Americans wear masks on planes, trains and buses, despite a court ruling last month that struck down a national mask mandate on public transportation. Americans age 2 and older should wear a well-fitting masks while on public transportation, including in airports and train stations, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommended, citing the current spread of coronavirus and projections of future COVID-19 trends. For months, the Transportation Security Administration had been enforcing a requirement that passengers and workers wear masks.

Democratic leaders on the congressional panels that oversee the Transportation Security Administration are seeking answers about the agency’s handling of such incidents.

GOP Rep. Cawthorn said he a mistakenly brought a handgun to a TSA checkpoint. It was reportedly his second time he was caught with a gun at the airport.

Ink cartridges, cooking spray, and a popular brand’s smartphone are just a few items banned by the Transportation Security Administration at the airport and on flights.

This is the second time the North Carolina lawmaker has been caught with a gun at an airport security checkpoint.

Secretary of State Antony Blinken testified before the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations following his weekend trip to Kyiv, Ukraine.

The Department of Homeland Security announced plans to make airport security more accommodating for transgender travelers, but GOP lawmakers are opposed.

The Justice Department is filing an appeal seeking to overturn a judge’s order that voided the federal mask mandate on planes and trains and in travel hubs.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department is filing an appeal seeking to overturn a judge’s order that voided the federal mask mandate on planes and trains and in travel hubs, officials said Wednesday.[San Marcos, TX] [Hays County news] San Marcos News, San Marcos Record [Texas State]

A notice of appeal was filed in federal court in Tampa.

"One-way masking does work," former FDA chief Dr. Scott Gottlieb told CNBC Wednesday.

The number of people hospitalized with Covid in Philadelphia almost doubled last week, from 46 people on April 11 to 82 people on Monday.

After a record-high number of firearms caught at security checkpoints across the nation, local TSA officials are urging travelers to be wary of rules.

A poll finds that a majority of people in the United States continue to support a mask requirement for people traveling on airplanes and other shared transportation.

A ruling by a judge in Florida means that the federal requirement to wear masks on airplanes and public transportation appears to be dead.

The DOJ said Tuesday that it disagrees with a district court's decision to end the mask mandate.

The DOJ said Tuesday that it disagrees with a district court's decision to end the mask mandate.

The announcement came after a federal judge struck down a federal mask mandate for public transportation.

The ruling has largely put the onus on individual airlines, customers and transit agencies to decide on how to enforce guidelines.

A U.S. District Court judge in Florida ruled that the mask mandate exceeds the CDC's authority.

A U.S. District Court judge in Florida ruled that the mask mandate exceeds the CDC's authority.

A federal judge in Florida struck down a national mask mandate on airplanes and mass transit Monday, and airlines and airports swiftly began repealing their face covering requirements.

Police said the suspicious device was a PlayStation console in "a degraded condition."

Police said the suspicious device was a PlayStation console in "a degraded condition."

Las Vegas pool parties' list of prohibited items for entry includes many items that are often floating around in a purse or pocket.

The Biden administration will continue to require travelers to wear masks on planes and other forms of public transport.

We’ve been recognizing National Work Zone Awareness week which kicked off on Monday, aimed at keeping construction workers safe on our highways.

The Biden administration will continue to require travelers to wear masks on planes and other forms of public transport,.

The CDC announced the face mask requirement will be extended until May 3.

The U.S. has repeatedly extended the mask mandate during the pandemic.

The Biden administration has announced it will extend through May 3 the nationwide mask requirement for airplanes and public transit as it monitors an uptick in COVID-19 cases.

The TSA said the man apparently had "no idea" the blade was present.

HARLINGEN — The huge increase in seats available to airline passengers at Valley International Airport is, perhaps predictably, creating new issues at the facility. All in all, the sleepy days of arriving 30 minutes before your flight takes off from VIA are over. The airport also reconfigured the TSA checkpoint area in an attempt to use the space more efficiently and speed the process along. So far, the longest wait time for transiting the TSA checkpoint has been 25 minutes. “A lot of times in the past, especially over the last couple of years, it’s been no-wait.

The administration’s spotlight on these issues comes as several Republican-led states have passed laws and bills that erode protections for transgender people.

President Biden is advocating against what his administration calls “dangerous anti-transgender legislative attacks."

President Biden is advocating against what his administration calls “dangerous anti-transgender legislative attacks."

The Biden administration says U.S. airport security procedures will become more gender-neutral.

The move intends to make federal documents more inclusive for transgender, intersex, nonbinary and gender-nonconforming people.

Austin-Bergstrom International Airport had security lines so long they trailed outside the main terminal on both Sunday and Monday mornings.

After the last couple years of living through a global pandemic, it seems as though most of us are itching to get in some good travel time.

The Transportation Security Administration at Valley International Airport has hired three new screeners in anticipation of higher passenger numbers, airport officials say.

The warm weather days are here y’all!

The TSA enforces the mask rule, which extends to planes, buses, trains and transit hubs.

The TSA enforces the mask rule, which extends to planes, buses, trains and transit hubs.

The monthlong extension comes as the CDC said it would work on a "revised policy framework for when, and under what circumstances, masks should be required in the public transportation corridor."

The directive had been set to expire March 18.

Federal officials are extending the requirement for masks on planes and public transportation through mid-April while taking steps that could lead to lifting the rule.

The U.S. is extending a requirement that masks are worn on planes, trains and other forms transportation until the middle of next month.

The federal Transportation Security Administration is weighing whether to extend the mask mandate for airports, commercial aircraft, buses and rail systems, which expires March 18. The mandate designed to stem the spread of COVID-19 has been extended three times since it was put in place in February 2021. “As per the mask mandate in the terminal building and airlines, it’s set to expire on March 18 unless it’s renewed,” Marv Esterly, director of aviation at Valley International Airport, told the airport board last week. Esterly said local TSA officials gave no indication what course of action TSA officials in Washington would take on the mandate. The Federal Aviation Administration admits the mask mandate has contributed to a large number of onboard incidents among passengers and crew.

We are just three months into 2022 and already the Federal Aviation Administration has received hundreds of reports of passengers acting aggressively in the air. Last year, 2021 was a record-setting year for the number of incidents involving disruptive passengers on planes. Because of this, flight attendants are enrolling in the Transportation Security Administration’s Crew Member Self-Defense training course.

Authorities mistook Bethany K. Farber with a woman by the same name who had a warrant for her arrest in Texas. Farber was jailed for 13 days, a lawsuit says.

There has been a surge in guns being discovered at airport checkpoints.

Delta Air Lines has told the U.S. Department of Justice that any person convicted of a disruption on board a flight should be put on the national “no fly” list.

Newly released video shows a security officer leaping over conveyor belt rollers and saving a 2-month-old boy who stopped breathing at a New Jersey airport security checkpoint.

We rounded up some of the strangest finds that the TSA and CBP documented in Texas in 2021.

Authorities say a passenger awaiting a bag search at the Atlanta airport’s main security checkpoint reached in the bag and grabbed a firearm, and it went off, causing chaos among travelers.

Millions of Houstonians are expected to travel this holiday season, as travel rebounds in the air and on the ground.

The number of airline passengers traveling for Thanksgiving this year is expected to rebound to pre-coronavirus pandemic levels, but the Transportation Security Administration says it is ready to handle the surge.

The Transportation Security Administration security administration is reporting a record number of firearms discovered at airports across the country this year.

Travelers who refuse to wear masks could now face up to $3,000 in fines.

Ask anyone old enough to remember travel before Sept. 11, 2001, and you're likely to get a gauzy recollection of what flying was like.

If you're flying on a plane or taking a train, be ready to keep wearing that face mask for a few more months.

Air travel in the United States hit another pandemic-era record over the weekend as vacationers jammed airports, but shares of airlines, cruise lines, hotels and almost anything else related to travel are tumbling on growing concerns about highly contagious variants of coronavirus.

The airline industry’s recovery from the pandemic passed a milestone as more than 2 million people streamed through U.S. airport security checkpoints on Friday for the first time since early March 2020.

The Biden administration says it is moving to increase the pay and union rights for security screeners at the nation’s airports.

Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas says people traveling for Memorial Day weekend should be patient because there will be long lines at U.S. airports.

The federal government will issue cybersecurity regulations in the coming days for U.S. pipeline operators following a ransomware attack that led to fuel shortages across much of the Eastern Seaboard.

If you're traveling over the Memorial Day weekend, expect lots of company.

Mother's Day weekend meant bigger crowds at U.S. airports.

The federal government is extending the requirement that travelers wear face masks on planes, trains and buses.

The Transportation Security Administration has extended a requirement that passengers on planes, trains and buses wear face masks.

FILE - In this Friday, March 19, 2021 file photo, an airliner lands at Tampa International Airport in Tampa, Fla. On Sunday, March 21, more than 1.5 million people streamed through U.S. airport security checkpoints, the largest number since the pandemic tightened its grip on the United States more than a year ago. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)More than 1.5 million people streamed through U.S. airport security checkpoints on Sunday, the largest number since the pandemic tightened its grip on the United States more than a year ago. It marked the 11th straight day that the Transportation Security Administration screened more than 1 million people, likely from a combination of spring break travel and more people becoming vaccinated against COVID-19. The TSA said Monday that it screened about 1.54 million people on Sunday, which appeared to be the largest number since March 13, 2020. Still, the number of people passing through airport checkpoints Sunday was about one-fourth below the number on the closest Sunday in 2019.

Across the United States, air travel is recovering more quickly from the depths of the pandemic, and it is showing up in longer airport security lines and busier traffic on airline websites. "Our last three weeks have been the best three weeks since the pandemic hit, and each week has been better than the one prior,” American Airlines CEO Doug Parker said Monday. Shares of the four biggest U.S. carriers hit their highest prices in more than a year. Delta Air Lines CEO Ed Bastian said Monday that bookings began picking up five or six weeks ago. Since the pandemic hit, air travel has picked up a few times — mostly around holidays — only to drop back down.

(AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File)DURHAM, N.C. -- Duke University issued a quarantine order for all of its undergraduates effective Saturday night due to a coronavirus outbreak caused by students who attended recruitment parties, the school said. The university said in a statement that all undergraduate students will be forced to stay-in-place until at least March 21. Suspension or dismissal from the school are potential punishments for “flagrant or repeat violators.”Over the past week, the school has reported more than 180 positive coronavirus cases among students. AdItaly has now tallied some 3.2 million cases in the pandemic. The COVAX alliance aims to share COVID-19 vaccines with more than 90 lower and middle-income nations.

HOUSTON – The Transportation Security Administration said Friday that it has changed language in its face mask requirement to include specific fines -- which could range from $250 to $1,500 or more -- for people who refuse to wear a mask while traveling. Based on substantial aggravating or mitigating factors, TSA may seek a sanction amount that falls outside these ranges. TSA has provided transportation system operators specific guidance on how to report violations so that TSA may issue penalties to those who refuse to wear a face mask. The requirement extends to wearing masks in airports, bus and rail stations, as well as while on planes, public transportation, passenger railroads, and buses. Read more in the news release from TSA.

Federal safety officials are investigating people who took part in last week's riot at the U.S. Capitol to decide whether they belong on the federal no-fly list. The assessments are one of several steps federal agencies are taking to increase security before President-elect Joe Biden's inauguration next week. The assessments could result in rioters being added to the federal no-fly list, the person said. The FBI said earlier this week it was considering adding Capitol rioters to the federal no-fly list but stopped short of saying that individuals were being scrutinized. Airlines and Washington-area airports also have promised tighter security after last week’s riot at the Capitol by supporters of President Donald Trump.

Administrative worker Sander Edmondson, left, hands a COVID-19 testing kit to a woman at a testing site in Los Angeles, Sunday, Dec. 27, 2020. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)Here’s what’s happening Monday with the pandemic in the U.S.:THREE THINGS TO KNOW TODAY— A huge study of another COVID-19 vaccine candidate is getting underway Monday as states continue to roll out scarce supplies of the nation’s first shots. Some 30,000 volunteers are needed to prove if this vaccine — a different kind than its Pfizer and Moderna competitors — really works and is safe. — Homicides in Detroit, New York, Philadelphia and other U.S. cities have topped 2019 numbers as violence surged during the coronavirus pandemic. ___Find AP’s full coverage of the coronavirus pandemic at https://apnews.com/hub/coronavirus-pandemic

(AP Photo/Emrah Gurel)BEIJING — Authorities in China’s northeastern port city of Dalian are testing millions of residents after seven new coronavirus cases were reported there in the last 24 hours. It has a deal to secure up to 100 million doses of the potential vaccine produced by AstraZeneca. Koca said the first shipment of three million doses of CoronaVac would be shipped to Turkey on Sunday and arrive Monday. He said Turkey could get 4.5 million doses until the end of March and would have the option buy up to 30 million doses. Indonesia has reported nearly 700,000 COVID-19 cases, the largest caseload in Southeast Asia and second in Asia only to India’s 10.1 million confirmed cases.

HOUSTON – George Bush Intercontinental Airport (IAH) in Houston is the 2020 Airport of the Year, according to the Transportation Security Administration. The TSA team in Houston consists of more than 1,100 employees, which includes TSA officers, inspectors, canine handlers, explosives experts, managers and program analysts. The award recognizes team achievements in key operations and mission support functions, such as measurable improvements, superior performance, notable innovation and significant operational improvements in support of TSA’s mission. “We are honored to be named TSA’s 2020 Airport of the year,” Houston Airports Director Mario Diaz said. “On behalf of the entire team at Bush Airport and the traveling public, I also congratulate the George Bush Intercontinental Airport TSA team for their invaluable commitment to safety and efficiency throughout this challenging year.

The Transportation Security Administration screened at least 1 million people on four of the last 10 days through Sunday. That's still half the crowd recorded last year at airports, when more than 2 million people were counted per day. With new reported cases of coronavirus spiking across the country, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention had issued a warning against Thanksgiving travel just a week before the holiday. On Monday, JetBlue Airways said “booking trends remain volatile,” and a recovery in travel demand will be uneven into next year. Those are slightly deeper reductions in flying and revenue than the New York carrier had expected before the recent spike in infections.

HOUSTON – The Transportation Security Administration at George Bush Intercontinental Airport found eight guns inside luggage over the course of a week, according to a news release. Those eight were part of 92 that have been found in 2020, meaning 11.5% of guns found at IAH were found in just a week, the release revealed. Here is a breakdown:9/20/2020: .40 loaded9/20/2020: 9mm loaded9/22/2020: .380 loaded9/23/2020: .380 loaded9/23/2020: .357 loaded9/24/2020: .380 unloaded9/24/2020: 9mm unloaded9/27/2020: 9mm loaded“Guns are prohibited in the cabins of airplanes. This law has been in place long before TSA existed,” said Juan Sanchez, TSA’s Federal Security Director for IAH. Go online to see the rules for transporting firearms.

(AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez)With air traffic nearing a five-month high, airport security is finding guns in passenger carry-on bags at three times the rate recorded before the pandemic. There has been a significant increase in loaded guns at checkpoints, said TSA Administrator David Pekoske. Last year, 4,432 guns were found in carry-on bags, or about 12.1 per day, and 87% were loaded. TSA's public appeal to follow gun rules came the same day that it reported screening 831,789 people on Sunday. It was the first time checkpoint traffic in U.S. airports has topped 800,000 since March 17.

The top TSA official in Kansas, Jay Brainard, says the TSAs actions amount to gross mismanagement." The special counsel has ordered TSA's parent agency, the Homeland Security Department, to conduct an investigation. Brainard filed his whistleblower complaint on June 3, and the special counsel on Thursday ordered the Homeland Security Department to investigate the allegations. By law, the special counsel only takes that step when it believes there is a substantial likelihood of wrongdoing. The special counsel will review Homeland Securitys findings and issue a report to the White House and Congress.

Five restaurants continue to operate with enhanced off-premise service only, while nine restaurants remain temporarily closed. Transactions at fast food restaurants were down 17% the week of May 24, while transactions at sit-down chains were down 49%. CENTRAL GOVERNMENTS & BANKS: Spains national statistics office said that it received zero international tourists in April. That compares with 7 million tourists that spent 7 billion euros ($7.8 billion) in Spain in the prior-year period. Istanbuls 15th century Grand Bazaar, museums, gyms, child care centers and nurseries, were among other venues allowed to resume operations.

HOUSTON – George Bush Intercontinental Airport is among the top five airports where Transportation Security Administration officers found the most guns in 2019. IAH officers detected 138 guns in carry-on bags or on passengers last year, authorities announced Wednesday. NEWS: TSA officers caught more firearms at checkpoints nationwide in 2019 than ever before in the agency’s 18-year history. Read the full press release: https://t.co/n3Zqyfpcnx pic.twitter.com/Qejm69lzwy — TSA (@TSA) January 15, 2020The IAH information was part of a news release that also announced that TSA officers found more firearms at checkpoints nationwide in 2019 than ever before in the agency’s 18-year history. The top five airports where TSA officers detected guns at checkpoints in 2019 were:1.