LOS ANGELES (AP) — A man carrying a note that said he wanted to “kill TSA” pulled a semi-automatic rifle from a bag and shot his way past a security checkpoint at Los Angeles International Airport on Friday, killing one Transportation Security Administration officer and wounding two others, authorities said. The gunman was wounded in […]
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Police arrest man after finding suspicious packages at Florida airport
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Authorities have a suspect in custody after finding two suspicious packages — including one they described as destructive — at the Jacksonville International Airport. Zeljko Causevic was booked into the Jacksonville County Jail early Wednesday and is being held without bond on charges that include making a false report about planting a […]
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Auburn disaster exercise set for Wednesday
AUBURN — Local, state and federal agencies, as well as private businesses, will participate in a simulated disaster Wednesday morning at the Auburn-Lewiston Intermodal Transportation Center at the Auburn-Lewiston Municipal Airport. In a release from the City of Auburn, an exercise slated to begin at 8:30 a.m. Wednesday is designed to test the readiness of […]
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Bar Harbor airport gets $1.5M federal grant
TRENTON (AP) — Hancock County-Bar Harbor Airport is getting a more than $1.5 million federal grant to be begin construction of a new taxiway. The grant from the U.S. Transportation Department was announced Tuesday in a joint statement from Maine U.S. Sens. Susan Collins and Angus King. Collins is the ranking member of the Senate […]