Travelers across the country are reporting a surprising shift at airport security: keeping their shoes on. For the first time since 2006, the TSA has begun quietly phasing out the long-standing requir

A Massachusetts law enforcement and homeland security consultant who helped draft some of the first rules requiring passengers to remove their shoes at airport security checkpoints says the decision to end the policy raises concerns.

Travelers at US airports will not have to remove their shoes while going through security.