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Shreveport Fire Dept. mourns loss of retired ATF K-9 Jude ATF K-9 Agent #853, Jude, died Friday, April 2, 2021 after a long battle with failing health. (Source: SFD) By Rachael Thomas | April 6, 2021 at 12:52 PM CDT - Updated April 6 at 5:13 PM SHREVEPORT, La. (KSLA) - The Shreveport Fire Department is sad to announce the loss of retired K-9, Jude. SFD says Jude was born on May 26, 2006 in Long Island, N.Y. and started his life of service as a puppy in Guide Dog School. Before his second...

In Philadelphia this is Fresh Air Im Dave Davies in for Terry Gross dogs can do amazing things with their noses sniff out explosives drugs even certain cancers today we talk with Alexandra Horowitz author of the book being a dog and founder of the dog Cognition Lab at Barnard College she says one reason dogs have such an acute sense of smell is that they have stereoscopic noses with separate control of each nostril that allows them to not only detect whether a smell is there but where in space ...

Terry Gross dogs can do amazing things with their noses sniff out explosives drugs even certain cancers today we talk with Alexandra Horowitz author of the book being a dog and founder of the dog Cognition Lab at Barnard College she says one reason dogs have such an acute sense of smell is that they have stereoscopic noses with separate control of each nostril that allows them to not only detect whether a smell is there but where in space it might be more to my left if that in front of me is th...

On filing cabinets dont miss an. Advert over and its telling. Stories. I. Think. Its 10 oclock in time for the news with Kevin Stanley a new campaign has been launched to reduce the number of antibiotics being handed out by G.P.s it being advice to go home and rest instead of rather than demanding the drugs because so many infections are becoming antibiotic resistant Professor Neil Woodford from Public Health England says its a growing problem my lab looks for resistance to the most powerful an...

Could mean for future of lab detection. we have dr. marty mack careerry, professor of public health at johns hopkins. dina, and marti, welcome to both all of you. dina, youre not surprised from 98% success from the dogs in this italian study? >> im not surprised at all. dogs have been showing throughout time with search-and-rescue, bomb detection, explosives detection, now with cancer the results have been tremendous. there hasnt been enough research produced but the research thats out there is ...

>> so it can detect -- were st still discovering this, looking lieu the library of materials but detect common ones, tnt, rdx. but it can differentiate molecules that have the groups that seem to be the signature for some common types of explosives. so its -- theres a large library of molecules that you can measure in this way. >> how does this differ, would you say, from current explosives detection devices? >> it differs in that this is a nano meter sized transdeucer and -- >> what is that exa...

on potential plotters who use more than one phone or phone number or device with a single court order. also expiring is the power to seize "all considered relevant to a national security investigation." finally, the lone wolf provision allowing non-u.s. citizens who may be up to no good about who arent connected with a foreign power or group. the you. a senate vote is hung up over civil liberties concerns. but democrats are s, harry reid complaining about the road blocks raised by te...

Welcome back to the most news in the morning. 27 minutes past the hour. recently the transportation industrys security screening procedures are under intense scrutiny by the federal government. amtrak believes it is using something effective and affordable. in our cnn security watch today, jean maserve takes a look at our detectives. >> reporter: let me introduce you to any must best friend, the next generation in explosives detection. a dogs nose sample the air many times a second. this dog sni...

Environment, the dogs have advantages over machines, even those that can only work for about 90 minutes at a stretch. >> theres nothing like a dog as far as mobility, as far as how quickly it can detect explosives and take us to the source of it, and the cost is basically less then any type of technology out there. >> reporter: even fans of this program dont think these dogs are the be-all and end-all in explosives detection, but they also believe we dont know yet the full capacity of these anim...

Recently the transportation industry security screen procedures have been under intense scrutiny by the federal government. but amtrak believes it is using something both effective and affordable and boy it is cute, too. we take a look at amtraks army of specialists, highly trained to sniff out dangerous explosives. >> reporter: i introduce you to my next best friend, the next generation in explosives detection. a dogs nose samples the air many times a second. this dog sniffs it for explosives. ...