AllSides Balanced Search reveals information and ideas from all sides of the political spectrum so you can get the full picture.
Oct 02 2023
News
Model of a Human Skull Shuts Down Salt Lake City Airport Security
A model of a human skull caused a temporary scare at Salt Lake City International Airport on September 18. While screening passengers' bags, TSA agents saw what looked like a human skull stuffed with ‘unidentifiable components’ that appeared similar to an explosive device, according to KSL News. Salt Lake City police were called and arrived on the scene with a bomb-sniffing dog and explosives
NowThis NewsSep 08 2023
News
Patriots cornerback Jack Jones ruled out for Sunday's game with injury
THE AIRPORT. YOU’D HAVE TO BE AN IDIOT TO DO THIS. HOW COULD YOU NOT THINK YOU’D GET CAUGHT? AND THAT ACTUALLY PLAYS INTO THE DEFENSE IN THE CASE, WHICH IS NOBODY IN THEIR RIGHT MIND WOULD DO THIS. AND THEREFORE HE MUST NOT HAVE KNOWN THAT THE GUNS WERE IN THE BAG. LEGAL ANALYST GREG HENNING SAYS PATRIOTS QUARTERBACK JACK JONES IS NOT GETTING SPECIAL TREATMENT. THE DA DROPPED ALL CHARGES
WCVBApr 04 2023
News
Handful of guns seized at DTW Airport within a few days
ROMULUS, Mich., (CBS DETROIT) – In a span of four days, TSA officers at Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport (DTW) prevented five guns from making it onboard flights. All of them were loaded. Guns getting confiscated at checkpoints is pretty common at airports around the country. According to the TSA, it's about a dozen or so each day. What's unusual about the ones confiscated at DTW is
CBS News (Online)Mar 25 2024
Perspectives Blog
2024 Voter Guide: Where the Presidential Candidates Stand on Infrastructure
Updated August 7, 2024
Where do the 2024 presidential candidates stand on U.S. infrastructure issues?
After the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA)—which would allocate $550 billion in federal spending to new infrastructure projects—was passed in 2021, public support for increased infrastructure investment remained steady. Two-thirds of Americans continue to support
AllSides StaffNov 01 2022
News
Supreme Court Okays Masks On Planes During Public Health Emergencies
The Supreme Court upheld a ruling Monday that will allow the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) to mandate mask-wearing during public health emergencies.
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit had ruled that the TSA had the authority to mandate masks under its duties to maintain security and safety on modes of transportation. The Supreme Court let that ruling stand,
The Daily CallerAug 14 2023
News
Police thought ‘crazy plane lady’ Tiffany Gomas was intoxicated, airline staff said she assaulted them: video
Texas airport police believed the ‘crazy plane lady’ at the center of the viral “that mother f–ker is not real” plane meltdown was intoxicated — and threatened to arrest her, according to bodycam video obtained by The Post. Tiffany Gomas, 38, is seen in clips telling officers “f—k you” and “get the f—k out of my face” during the July 2 incident, which started when Gomas was kicked off an
New York Post (News)Feb 19 2023
News
New Orleans man stopped from carrying AR and 163 rounds of ammunition onto flight
Transportation Security Administration, or TSA, agents at the Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport (MSY) stopped a man from carrying an assault rifle and 163 rounds of ammunition onto a plane heading to Houston, Texas on Feb. 14. The TSA said in a press release last week that a 52-year-old man from Jefferson, Louisiana, was in possession of a Palmetto PA-15 Multi AR firearm, which
Fox News DigitalAug 01 2023
News
Hit-and-run arrest; Gun caught at Rapid City airport
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) — It’s Tuesday, August 1. Start your day with KELOLAND On The Go with everything you need to know in news and weather. A motorcyclist is dead, and a driver is charged in his death after a crash late Saturday night in Sioux Falls. A Brookings man is accused of strangling three cats. Two loaded handguns were recovered by TSA officers during screening at the Rapid City
KelolandJun 09 2023
News
Loaded gun found in carry-on luggage at South Dakota airport is 4th such incident this year
Officials from the Transportation Security Administration in South Dakota stopped a passenger with a loaded handgun from getting onto a plane in the fourth such incident at the Sioux Falls Airport this year. During the routine screening of carry-on luggage this past Tuesday, a TSA officer at the Sioux Falls Regional Airport spotted a silhouette of a handgun on the X-ray screen, the
ABC News (Online)Mar 08 2023
News
Airport police seize loaded gun from Mike Epps, who says he forgot it in his bag
Comedian Mike Epps was caught at the Indianapolis International Airport on Sunday with a revolver and ammunition. According to an airport police report, the Indianapolis native who was in town to kick off a nationwide comedy tour, was found with Smith & Wesson .38-caliber at a TSA checkpoint lane Sunday morning. An Indianapolis Airport Authority officer responded to a call of a possible
USA TODAY