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WBUR TODAY: Amazon drone plan hits turbulence

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  ❤️ Donate Wednesday, October 14, 2026 🌤️ Partly sunny, with a high near 76 and a chance of rain in the afternoon. Good Morning Boston, Sen. Ed Markey and challenger John Deaton met last night for the only scheduled debate of their general election race. WBUR's Anthony Brooks has a recap here. (It was a busy day of debates, with faceoffs in the Massachusetts lieutenant governor's race and Maine Senate race , too.) Now, to today's news: Drone turbulence: Several members of Massachusetts' congressional delegation are pushing Amazon to pause plans to deliver packages by drone in the parts of the MetroWest area. In a letter Wednesday to the retail giant and the FAA, Markey and Reps. Jim McGovern and Lori Trahan called for more study and public feedback before any drone deliveries take off. "We can’t let Amazon treat our skies like a testing ground for its drone delivery ambitions," Markey told WBUR in a statement. Catch up: As WBUR's Stephanie Brown and...
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Morning Digest: Republicans are sweating all five Texas seats they gerrymandered

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Morning Digest: Republicans are sweating all five Texas seats they gerrymandered Even deep-red districts that should've been automatic flips are drawing GOP spending David Nir and Jeff Singer Oct 14   Democrat Leticia Gutierrez (credit: Leticia Gutierrez campaign site) Leading Off Texas All five districts Republicans targeted when they gerrymandered Texas’ congressional map at Donald Trump’s behest last year nonetheless remain in play, including two seats that had once looked all but impossible for Democrats to hold. A new poll from the University of Houston shows Republican Alex Mealer with a modest 48-42 advantage over Democrat Leticia Gutierrez in the open 9th District, a constituency Donald Trump would have carried in a 59-40 landslide just two years ago. Respondents, however, now give Trump a negative 46-53 favorability rating. And deep-pocketed Republican outfits were already treating the 9th, which now includes the eastern reaches of Houston’s Harris County and areas furt...
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