The Transportation Security Administration could save $17.5 million over five years if the agency had less-expensive workers conducting internal investigations, agency officials told the House’s Homeland Security subcommittee on transportation security Tuesday.

Merchandise returns in 2013 cost U.S. retailers more than $267 billion in lost sales, and retail fraud and abuse accounted for $9.1 billion to $16.3 billion in the United States, an increase of 2.6 percent from 2012, according to The Retail Equation’s 2013 Consumer Returns in the Retail Industry report.

The NHL says it will reconsider sending its players to Sochi next month if something "significant" happens before Feb. 9.

The NYPD installed 200 temporary security cameras around midtown Manhattan in order to guard against terrorism during the city's Super Bowl activities.

The State Department is telling American athletes competing in the upcoming Sochi Winter Olympics to avoid wearing team gear outside the games’ venues.

Smith & Wesson said it won't sell its newest firearm in California because of a state law that requires firearms to imprint a unique stamp on bullet casings.

Two surveillance blimps with monitoring capabilities that extend from Raleigh, N.C. to the shores of Lake Erie will go airborne in October.

Federal officials say screeners at U.S. airports detected a record number of weapons in 2013.

The White House is taking new actions to combat sexual assault, particularly on college campuses, as President Barack Obama announced a new task force to help educational institutions prevent and respond to sexual violence as well as beef up the ability of federal agencies to hold schools accountable if they aren’t addressing problems.

Five men were arrested in connection with the 1978 Lufthansa heist at John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York.