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Public isn’t buying plan for toll hike

August 19, 2021 at 10:47 p.m.

Hundreds of residents turned out Wednesday for public hearings on the proposed tollway increase, calling the size of the hike outrageous and claiming tollway officials have remained unaccountable for what...

Boy’s crash shows security has holes

August 20, 2021 at 1:42 a.m.

The chilling image of the small plane that slammed into a 42-story office building in Tampa raised new concerns about security at general-aviation airports as authorities revealed Sunday the teenage...

Airport screener job must change, security experts say

January 30, 2019 at 11:35 a.m.

Federal officials are scrambling to assemble a new agency to cure airport security ills, but experts say that unless the screener's job is reinvented and better technology provided, improvement could...

Lawmakers reach deal on air security

August 20, 2021 at 9:14 a.m.

Ending a long fight between Republicans and Democrats, House and Senate negotiators reached an agreement Thursday to bolster airport security and to replace the private contractors that screen passengers and...

2 cleavers found in bag after screening

January 30, 2019 at 11:37 a.m.

Argenbright Security Inc., already under fire for lax procedures and security failures, on Tuesday was dealing with new lapses by its screeners at two major airports. A chef from Hong...

Security giant’s overhaul fails to win over its foes

August 20, 2021 at 8:12 a.m.

Reeling from a barrage of criticism for security lapses at its checkpoints at the nation's airports, the country's largest airport security firm on Friday sought to recast itself by announcing...

U.S. begins fueling Metra’s expansion

August 20, 2021 at 12:06 p.m.

Passenger train service returned to far west suburban Elburn on Monday, if only momentarily, for the first time in more than 40 years. A special Metra train carrying a delegation...

Note causes diversion of 2nd jetliner

January 30, 2019 at 11:39 a.m.

For the second time this week, a U.S. airliner made an unscheduled landing Thursday after a passenger discovered a note in a magazine pouch that claimed a bomb was on...

FAA pushes criminal checks for 1 million airport workers

January 30, 2019 at 11:43 a.m.

The Federal Aviation Administration, acknowledging that not enough is known about the backgrounds of airline industry employees, said Wednesday that it will require criminal record checks on an estimated 1...

Intruder wrestled from cockpit

August 20, 2021 at 5:18 a.m.

A man stormed into the cockpit of a jet Monday afternoon, throwing the Chicago-bound plane into a momentary dive before crew and passengers tackled the man, binding him with the...

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