A 20-year rule requiring airline passengers to take off their shoes before going through TSA security checks has been removed, according to Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem.

For the first time since 2006, passengers at U.S. airports are allowed to keep their shoes on at security. “I like that rule,” said Mark Galimberti, who was flying from Pittsburgh to Seattle.

Noem said new screening technology is allowing them to get rid of the shoe removal policy that was introduced in 2006 over bombing concerns. The TSA will now use “multiple layers of screening,” ...

The Transportation Safety Administration (TSA) is allowing people to keep their shoes on at airport security checkpoints.

For the first time in almost 20 years, travelers no longer have to take off their shoes during security screenings at certain ...

Taking off your shoes and placing them in a bin has been the norm for flyers for nearly 20 years, but it won't be much longer.

TSA first implemented the no-shoes policy in 2006 after a passenger tried and failed to ignite a homemade shoe explosive on ...

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem announced the change on Tuesday, saying it will enhance the travel experience while ...

Now passengers traveling through domestic airports don't have to take their shoes off while going through TSA security screening. "We want to improve this travel experience, but while maintaining ...

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Passengers traveling through domestic airports don't have to take their shoes off while going through TSA security screening.

Fox 4’s Austin Schargorodski reports on the TSA’s decision to give the boot to its shoe removal rule at airport security, and ...