Latest: Istanbul Attacks Prompt Heavy Security At U.S. Airports

Security was heightened at airports across the United States on Wednesday, following suicide attacks in Istanbul that left 41 people dead and more than 200 wounded.

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Port Authority officials said that security was tightened at LaGuardia, JFK and Newark airports around New York City. The agency said it is continuing to monitor the situation in Turkey and is collaborating with federal, state and local law enforcement partners to include the FBI Joint Terrorism Task Force.

One terminal at JFK was briefly evacuated Wednesday morning over a bomb scare.

At LAX, a spokesperson said that there have been no threats made there and airport security will "remain vigilant in our mission."

Istanbul's Ataturk International Airport, the third-busiest airport in Europe and 11th-busiest in the world, resumed business Wednesday in the wake of the attacks. Officials are investigating whether any or all of the three men who blew themselves up have ties to the Islamic State.

Turkish health minister Recep Akdag said that 128 of the people wounded in the attack are still in the hospital, including, including 41 in intensive care.

Of the dead, at least 13 people were foreign. It was not immediately clear whether any American citizens were killed or wounded in the attack.

This story will be updated.

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