Some US airports are ditching TSA for private security officers

Some US airports are ditching TSA for private security officers

Three US airports have become early adopters of a controversial new program that allows third-party vendors to replace federal agents at security checkpoints. Some 20 US airports, including Atlantic City and San Francisco International, are currently utilizing privatized screening as part of TSA’s existing Screening Partnership Program (SPP). Now, three airport locations are expected to introduce … Read more

Jessica Pegula gives rare glimpse into private life in photos with husband at Tommy Paul wedding

Jessica Pegula gives rare glimpse into private life in photos with husband at Tommy Paul wedding

It’s pretty uncommon to see Jessica Pegula wearing anything other than her tennis attire. When Pegula, who is the world’s No. 3-ranked women’s tennis player and the daughter of Buffalo Bills owners Terry and Kim Pegula, posts on social media, it’s typically snapshots and highlights from her career on the court. Jessica Pegula hits the … Read more

Erling Haaland and girlfriend enjoy day on his private yacht after breakout World Cup

Erling Haaland and girlfriend enjoy day on his private yacht after breakout World Cup

Norwegian soccer star Erling Haaland, who turned 26 on Tuesday, celebrated his birthday on a luxury yacht with his girlfriend, Isabel Haugseng Johansen, and their friends in Italy this past weekend. The pair rode jet skis with his Norway teammate, defender Sander Berge and his girlfriend Julie Karlsen, while the vessel was parked in the … Read more

Major California airport to open ultra-luxe private terminal for wealthy travelers

Major California airport to open ultra-luxe private terminal for wealthy travelers

San Francisco International Airport ready to roll out the red carpet for the ultra-rich. The airport is officially seeking bidders to build a swanky new private terminal aimed at wealthy travelers who want to skip long TSA lines and have a valet driver take them directly to their planes. Travelers using the terminal, which would … Read more

Walt Disney’s ‘Mickey Mouse One’ private jet restored after being left to rot for decades

Walt Disney’s ‘Mickey Mouse One’ private jet restored after being left to rot for decades

Walt Disney’s forgotten plane is getting its happily ever after. The late entertainment titan’s company aircraft — affectionately known as “Mickey Mouse One” — has been restored to its 1960s glory after spending years crumbling in the Florida heat and humidity, according to the Orange County Register. The Palm Springs Air and Space Museum has completed work … Read more

Exclusive | Meet the rich kids of summer who fly private planes to $20K+ sleepaway camps for ‘elite’ friendships and life-building skills

Exclusive | Meet the rich kids of summer who fly private planes to K+ sleepaway camps for ‘elite’ friendships and life-building skills

For Elizabeth Weprin, the more than $250,000 she shelled over the course of nearly a decade for seven weeks of summer camp for her two daughters at Raquette Lake Camp in the Adirondacks, was priceless. Not just for the friendships her daughters would make at the program — where tuition starts at $17,450 per pup — … Read more

Knicks stars mingle with A-listers at private club after championship parade

Knicks stars mingle with A-listers at private club after championship parade

The Knicks took the party from City Hall to Chez Margaux, a social club a few miles away, after their star-studded championship parade in New York on Thursday. Knicks center Karl-Anthony Towns and fiancée Jordyn Woods, along with her sister Jodie Woods, were all smiles while partying with his teammates and friends at the private … Read more

Inside the most over-the-top World Cup packages for wealthy fans: Private jets, mega-yachts and more

Inside the most over-the-top World Cup packages for wealthy fans: Private jets, mega-yachts and more

Soccer fans, get your wallets out. The long-awaited 2026 FIFA World Cup, which kicked off last Thursday and is expected to attract approximately 6.5 million visitors from around the United States, is hosting 48 teams with matches being played across the United States, Canada and Mexico. While most are shell-shocked over the sky-high prices of … Read more

Exclusive | Six figure salaries, private jet travel, Louis Vuitton and Cartier gifts — inside the glamorous world of nannying to the 1%

Exclusive | Six figure salaries, private jet travel, Louis Vuitton and Cartier gifts — inside the glamorous world of nannying to the 1%

They’re caring for the kids — and signing NDAs, carrying Louis Vuitton bags, vacationing to luxe islands like Ibiza and making six figures. A new reality show, “Million Dollar Nannies,” reveals what it’s really like to be a Mary Poppins to the 1%, from being beholden to strict privacy agreements and undergoing extensive background checks to … Read more

Exclusive | Inside the rowdy street-side Knicks watch parties and private celebrations for Game 3 of the Finals: ‘Energy is off the charts’

Exclusive | Inside the rowdy street-side Knicks watch parties and private celebrations for Game 3 of the Finals: ‘Energy is off the charts’

Securing a wildly expensive seat inside Madison Square Garden for a Knicks game may be impossible to get, but for many New Yorkers, the best seats in the house weren’t courtside — they were in the streets. The Knicks’ historic return to the NBA Finals has sparked a level of civic excitement the city hasn’t … Read more

Iconic NYC deli unveils long-hidden private dining room — now renovated after decades of disuse

Iconic NYC deli unveils long-hidden private dining room — now renovated after decades of disuse

Katz’s Deli, New York’s oldest Jewish deli and living monument, has reopened a hidden piece of history, adding to its centuries-long influence on the minds and stomachs of New Yorkers. For the first time in nearly eight decades, the iconic Lower East Side institution has unveiled The Ludlow Room, a restored 68-seat dining room that … Read more

Exclusive | Private ‘recovery rooms’ are the new home gym for serious fitness fans — who can afford it

Exclusive | Private ‘recovery rooms’ are the new home gym for serious fitness fans — who can afford it

Go hard or go home? Nowadays, the motto’s go hard and recover hard. Fitness fans are increasingly focused on how they treat their bodies after working out, spurring a massive surge in popularity for things like sauna, cold plunges, red light therapy, hyperbaric chambers, compression therapy and massage. This has meant big business for gyms, … Read more

TSA Gold+ shifts airport screening to private security — travelers revolt: ‘Should terrify people’

TSA Gold+ shifts airport screening to private security — travelers revolt: ‘Should terrify people’

When you signed up for TSA Pre-Check, you were promised the dream of breezing through airport security, keeping your shoes on, and not having to sift through your strategically packed backpack to take out your laptop. But the selling point of ease holds little value when the security lines are hours long, and there aren’t … Read more

Exclusive | Checkmates: Plucky Brooklyn public school kids trounce private school foes to land national chess trophy

Exclusive | Checkmates: Plucky Brooklyn public school kids trounce private school foes to land national chess trophy

The kings of the elementary school chess world now wear backpacks from Brooklyn. A team of six public school students from PS 130, The Parkside School in Windsor Terrace, pulled off a brainy upset for the ages this month — taking home first place at the 2026 US Chess National Elementary K-6 Championship after toppling … Read more

Dine like a Dodger at this elevated Santa Clarita deli owned by Mookie Betts’ former private chef

Dine like a Dodger at this elevated Santa Clarita deli owned by Mookie Betts’ former private chef

The latest cult sandwich spot in Los Angeles isn’t tucked inside a trendy strip mall or an influencer trap — it’s hiding in an industrial corner of Santa Clarita, next to warehouses and storage units. Chef James Dalton — the longtime private chef to Dodgers superstar Mookie Betts — quietly opened Table 504 last week, … Read more

UCLA’s sorority row under private guard after insane homeless threats: ‘We called him the screamer’

UCLA’s sorority row under private guard after insane homeless threats: ‘We called him the screamer’

UCLA’s sorority row is being terrorized by aggressive homeless men threatening and harassing terrified sisters. Students revealed a relentless pattern of menacing encounters from vagrants targeting the women daily as they walk to and from campus. They describe men yelling vulgarities, making sexual remarks and approaching them on sidewalks near the houses, including one man … Read more

Exclusive | Private chefs dish on what it’s like to feed NYC’s wealthiest — from Champagne panics to wasted sushi

Exclusive | Private chefs dish on what it’s like to feed NYC’s wealthiest — from Champagne panics to wasted sushi

It was the $800 Uber Eats delivery.  Private chef Andrew Molen had just picked up a call from a regular client, who’d emerged in a panic from the wine cellar of his tony NYC home, hoping to pop up a particular bottle of Champagne when friends arrived — only to find none there. “I called … Read more

Maxx Crosby celebrates 6 years of sobriety with lavish party, private Shaboozey concert

Maxx Crosby celebrates 6 years of sobriety with lavish party, private Shaboozey concert

With a lot to celebrate, Maxx Crosby threw quite the party over the weekend. In addition to finding a new NFL home in Baltimore, this month also marked Crosby’s sixth year of sobriety — and on Saturday night, he and loved ones held a huge bash to recognize the feat. Baltimore Ravens’ Maxx Crosby celebrated … Read more

Exclusive | The ultra-rich’s new must have? A plastic surgery doula — who’ll book your doctor, private jet travel, and even a post-op masseuse

Exclusive | The ultra-rich’s new must have? A plastic surgery doula — who’ll book your doctor, private jet travel, and even a post-op masseuse

If you thought doulas only coached breathing in delivery rooms, meet the glam-squad godmothers of the operating room. Los Angeles–based concierge consultants Julie Obst and Alana Ungvari have carved out a niche as high-touch guides for clients navigating the nerve-racking, scar-sensitive, spreadsheet-worthy world of plastic surgery. Think part strategist, part therapist, part logistics wizard — … Read more

Exclusive | Upper East Side clinic’s ‘plastic surgery vacations’ include a private chef, trips to Bergdorf’s and recovery at the Plaza Hotel

Exclusive | Upper East Side clinic’s ‘plastic surgery vacations’ include a private chef, trips to Bergdorf’s and recovery at the Plaza Hotel

Delia Atenea never considered going under the knife — she’d always been slender, fit and confident in her own skin. But three pregnancies, including two sets of twins, took a toll on her body, leaving her with stretched skin that hung from her belly. Then a friend mentioned Dr. Ryan Neinstein. Atenea scrolled through his … Read more