The head of the Transportation Security Administration says he's dropping a proposal that would have let airline passengers carry small knives, souvenir bats, golf clubs and other sports equipment onto planes.
American Airlines has joined other groups in opposing the Transportation Security Administration's plans to allow small knives and previously-banned items back onto airline flights.
Airports in California could soon see the second generation of full-body scanners used to detect nonmetallic weapons and improvised explosive devices after earlier machines raised privacy and health concerns.
Security screeners at Oakland International Airport recently found a little more than peanut butter inside a jar a man tried to take aboard his flight.