{"id":1031240,"date":"2026-08-29T16:02:20","date_gmt":"2026-08-29T16:02:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/1031240\/"},"modified":"2026-08-29T16:02:20","modified_gmt":"2026-08-29T16:02:20","slug":"mega-mixed-use-developments-in-prosper-more-dallas-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/1031240\/","title":{"rendered":"Mega mixed-use developments in Prosper & more Dallas news"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The next time you fly through Dallas Fort Worth International Airport<\/strong>, you might bump into the U.S. Transportation Security Administration\u2019s new top dog.<\/p>\n

No, we\u2019re not talking about the TSA\u2019s top boss. We\u2019re talking about a doggone cute canine.<\/p>\n

Bolt, a three-year-old, brown-coated German shorthaired pointer, just won the TSA\u2019s annual Cutest Canine Contest<\/a>. All entrants in the contest were TSA bomb-sniffing dogs.<\/p>\n

Travelers voted on social media for the agency\u2019s most precious pup, choosing from among four finalists in different regions of the U.S. TSA canine handlers at U.S. airports initially nominated 85 dogs. Agency employees then voted online to whittle the list to four finalists.<\/p>\n

\"Bolt Bolt is a three-year-old, brown-coated German shorthaired pointer.Photo courtesy of TSA<\/p>\n

Bolt\u2019s handler, Daphne Wang, describes him as \u201csuch a character and a hard-working little guy.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cHe absolutely loves his job and coming to work,\u201d Wang says in a release.<\/p>\n

\u201cI am so happy he gets to show the world his quirky personality. It\u2019s definitely an adventure working with Bolt every day,\u201d she adds. \u201cThere is nothing ordinary about him. He works hard and plays even harder. He is always in working mode, even at home. He is never short on energy and is always 1,000 percent excited to go to work.\u201d<\/p>\n

WebMD describes German shorthaired pointers like Bolt as a \u201cloyal and loving breed\u201d<\/a> known for its hunting prowess.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey\u2019re intelligent and full of energy, so they won\u2019t be happy lazing about all day,\u201d says WebMd.<\/p>\n

TSA canines like Bolt and their handlers move through groups of people to sniff out the odor of explosives. A handler learns to notice subtle changes in their canine\u2019s behavior if an explosive device appears to have aroused the dog\u2019s senses.<\/p>\n

\u201cExplosives-detection canine teams are one of TSA\u2019s most effective and visible layers of security,\u201d says TSA Administrator David Cummins. \u201cThese highly trained dogs and their handlers help detect threats in dynamic transportation environments, deter potential attacks, and give travelers confidence that TSA is using proven, adaptable capabilities to protect the traveling public.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"Bolt Bolt moves through groups of people to sniff out the odor of explosives. Photo courtesy of TSA<\/p>\n

\"Bolt \"Bolt <\/p>\n

TSA canines and handlers undergo training at a facility in San Antonio.<\/p>\n

The federal government launched canine training in 1972. The training program came under TSA\u2019s control following the 9\/11 terrorist attacks.<\/p>\n

TSA-led bomb-sniffing teams began by screening air cargo in 2008. Three years later, the agency expanded the program to include passengers.<\/p>\n

\u201cCanines are an essential part of our team at TSA,\u201d says Ha Nguyen McNeill, the agency\u2019s deputy administrator. \u201cAs cute as Bolt and our other canines are, the work they do is vital for TSA\u2019s national security mission.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The next time you fly through Dallas Fort Worth International Airport, you might bump into the U.S. Transportation…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":1031241,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[5135],"tags":[5229,1596,20337,20335,10084,13367,358,3187,67,586,132,5230,68,2969],"class_list":["post-1031240","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-dallas","tag-america","tag-dallas","tag-hot-headlines","tag-most-popular-stories","tag-openings","tag-prosper","tag-texas","tag-tx","tag-united-states","tag-united-states-of-america","tag-unitedstates","tag-unitedstatesofamerica","tag-us","tag-usa"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/117179642444869742","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1031240","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1031240"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1031240\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1031241"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1031240"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1031240"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1031240"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}