The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) is ending its nearly 20-year-old policy requiring passengers to remove their shoes at airport security checkpoints. A new policy, starting Sunday, will allow most passengers to keep their shoes on at many major airports nationwide, with a planned rollout to all U.S. airports soon. This change aims to expedite the security process. However, passengers triggering alarms will still need to remove their shoes for further screening. The decision follows years of searching for ways to improve passenger flow and comes nearly two decades after the shoe-bombing attempt of 2001.

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