Security Breach Briefly Closes Newark Airport Checkpoint
A security checkpoint at New Jersey's Newark Liberty International Airport has been briefly shut down because a prohibited item was found in a bag.
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A security checkpoint at New Jersey's Newark Liberty International Airport has been briefly shut down because a prohibited item was found in a bag.
Residents woke up Wednesday to a fresh batch of snow and a new set of headaches for their commute.
It's been four days since the weekend blizzard, and some airline passengers still found themselves stranded.
When it snows that fast, it wreaks havoc on travel, and especially on air travel. Runways at John F. Kennedy Airport were still covered in snow on Monday evening, much of still blowing around.
The blizzard making its way into the Tri-State Area is causing major travel issues at area airports, major roadways and transit hubs.
Two buses that were headed from Atlantic City to Manhattan became stuck around 6 p.m. Sunday in the express lanes of the Garden State Parkway in Holmdel. One bus was finally freed just before 7 a.m. Monday, while those aboard the second bus were put on other buses around 11:30 a.m. Monday and driven to safety.
A security scare shut down parts of Newark Liberty Airport on Monday morning. A checked bag set off a radiation alarm, leading to an evacuation.
Federal authorities on Friday were investigating reports of lasers being pointed at planes landing at Newark Liberty International Airport.
He's threatening to sue. An airline passenger says the new security pat-down measures went way too far and he recorded it all on his cell phone.
A new government report criticizes attempts to reduce area airport chaos, saying scheduling rules continue to put too many planes in line when weather is the worst.
Three checkpoints in the terminal were closed for 10 minutes, causing a backlog of passengers.
American inspectors were expected in Yemen Monday, where investigators said the plot originated, to examine security practices.
The young Yemeni woman arrested on suspicion of mailing the powerful bombs was released on bail Sunday, and a Yemeni official said authorities no longer believe she shipped the bombs.
Yemeni authorities arrested a woman Saturday and searched for other suspects linked to al-Qaida's Persian Gulf faction in the plot to mail bombs powerful enough to down a cargo plane.
In light of Friday's bomb plot, Kelly revealed the difficulty of the screening cargo entering the U.S. "Some of it is screened, but most of it is not screened," Kelly said.
Authorities on three continents thwarted multiple terrorist attacks aimed at the United States from Yemen on Friday.
In Nutley, there's a zero-tolerance policy in effect this year for any pranks this Mischief Night – the evening before Halloween. Since the infamous night falls on a Saturday this year, police are expecting the worst.
As airports across the country roll out the Transportation Security Administration's new, high tech full body x-ray machines, an alternative is being offered to those who feel that the scanners don't leave enough to the imagination.
Air travelers passing through Newark Liberty International Airport will soon feel a little more exposed.
Police have identified the driver of a pickup truck killed Wednesday afternoon in a crash that snarled traffic in northern New Jersey for hours.
An NJ Turnpike spokesman said all lanes have reopened following a multivehicle crash that killed one person and shut down southbound lanes of the turnpike's outer roadway on Wednesday.
His job was to keep travelers safe by screening for bombs in carry-on luggage at Newark Liberty International Airport. But instead, authorities say a TSA supervisor was stealing thousands of dollars from unsuspecting passengers -- mostly women.
Authorities say a taxi that caught fire near a Newark Liberty Airport terminal outside New York City caused no major problems or disruptions.
There will be extra law enforcement at two of our area's major transportation hubs Saturday morning.
"They're gonna see cars. They're gonna see bodies," said Port Authority Deputy Executive Director Bill Baroni.
