Off the news: TSA clears the air, nixes shoe removal rule

Since 2006, fliers leaving Hawaii (or on their way here) have been taking their shoes off and placing them on a Transportation Security Administration (TSA) conveyor belt, to be examined by X-ray for explosives. Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem announced Tuesday that the oh, so inconvenient requirement is coming to an end, “effective immediately.”

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