Bricking news! A traveler’s attempt to hide a disassembled gun inside a Lego toy box landed Newark Liberty International Airport on the Transportation Security Administration’s annual list of wildest discoveries at checkpoints in 2024.

The reason for this distinction is an incident in October where a Mississippi man attempted to hide gun parts in a boot behind a sock, while concealing other parts in a Lego box.

The TSA at Newark Liberty International Airport showed off their lost and found on Monday. Their program aims to reunite travelers with their lost items. Keys, passports, glasses, hats, scarves, belts, phones, and even driver's licenses were all left behind.

The agency released a YouTube countdown Tuesday featuring its 10 "best catches" of 2024. Newark Airport was included.

TSA warns about prohibited item Among the top catches, the TSA listed a disassembled gun found within an “Avengers”-themed Lego set detected at New Jersey’s Newark Liberty International Airport in October. The passenger, from Mississippi, was ...

A United Airlines flight bound for Puerto Rico made an emergency stop at Newark Liberty International Airport on Saturday, according to the Federal Aviation Administration. United Airlines Flight 2143 landed at Newark Airport at 11:40 a.

Crews reported mechanical issues as the plane flew over the Atlantic Ocean before the decision was made to return to Newark.

At the top of TSA’s list of craziest findings in 2024 is a firearm found in the side pocket of a baby stroller at William P. Hobby Airport in Texas. The baby was also in the stroller as the traveler approached the airport security area. It is not the first time such an event has occurred.

"The level and extensiveness of the frigid air may be tough to match the rest of the winter," forecasters warned.

The season's latest winter storm could wreak havoc on air travel in the Northeast this weekend. Meanwhile, parts of Texas and the Gulf Coast are eyeing another potential winter storm.

Most of the United States is being assailed with extreme winter weather this week as Arctic air blasts south from Canada, snow tracks up the Northeast coast and a potentially crippling winter storm takes aim at the South.

The winter storm hitting the tri-state area is significantly affecting air travel, causing cancellations and long delays for flights at John F. Kennedy, LaGuardia, and Newark airports. A handful of flights scheduled to depart the tri-state area have already been canceled,