WBUR TODAY: Amazon drone plan hits turbulence
❤️ 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...