Jul 8, 2025 - News

Shoes can soon stay on at PDX security checkpoints

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An older man in a green and gray sweater lifts his leg, placing a hand on his shoe at a security checkpoint with a conveyor belt holding a patterned suitcase and a bin of clothes. A security officer stands nearby.

Keep those dogs in their kennels, the TSA said. Photo: Natalie Behring/Getty Images

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