Federal officials are extending into January a requirement that people on airline flights and public transportation wear face masks.

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Welcome to Monday, the 53rd anniversary of the ratification of the U.S. Constitution’s 25th Amendment, which provides a system for presidential succession in the event of the chief executive’s incapacity. Here are some news items to begin your week: — ...

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Officials say a man has been caught with a replica grenade at Baltimore-Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport. Transportation Security Administration spokeswoman Lisa Farbstein says the man was caught Sunday while going through a TSA checkpoint. Farbstein says the grenade looked ...

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BWI Thurgood Marshall Airport opened a new Transportation Security Administration (TSA) Pre-check lane Tuesday, making for two locations in the airport where select passengers can experience the luxury of wearing shoes and belts, keeping their laptops and toiletries bagged.

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LINTHICUM — The Transportation Security Administration has opened a new lane for pre-approved airline passengers at Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport, doubling the number of locations for passengers to use the so-called “PreCheck” lanes. The new TSA PreCheck lane opened ...

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The justices of the U.S. Supreme Court jousted with attorneys on Monday in an effort to nail down just how much contact a defendant must have with a particular jurisdiction before he can be hauled into court there.

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BROOKLYN PARK — The Transportation Security Administration is investigating after three teenagers were caught with items including ammunition that they allegedly stole from a trailer in Maryland owned by the federal air marshal program. The Washington Post reports TSA says ...

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Baltimore Helicopter Services, owner of the Pier 7 Heliport, has received approval from the Transportation Security Administration to fly passengers directly to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport.

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WASHINGTON — Flight attendants, pilots, federal air marshals and even insurance companies are part of a growing backlash to the Transportation Security Administration’s new policy allowing passengers to carry small knives and sports equipment like souvenir baseball bats and golf ...

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The Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear an appeal from a national anti-gay marriage group that tried to thwart Maine’s campaign disclosure law requiring it to release its donor list. The high court turned aside an appeal from the ...

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