US to Allow Flights for Small, Commercial Drones

The U.S. set new rules Tuesday to permit small, commercial drone flights across the country, but stopped short of allowing large-scale drone delivery of consumer products from distant warehouses. The regulations, announced in Washington, will let business interests fly the drones to monitor farmlands, check on rescue operations when natural disasters occur, look at wildlife nesting, provide educational and research opportunities and many other usages. But the drones must weigh less...

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