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Drone sightings lead to airspace shutdown at Ohio Air Force base, arrests near Boston airport

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Drones flying around Wright-Patterson Air Force Base near Dayton , Ohio , forced base officials to close the airspace for about four hours late Friday into early Saturday .

Boston police arrest two men accused of operating a drone “dangerously close” to Logan Airport .

Democratic Sen. Chuck Schumer calls on U.S. agencies to use advanced technology to identify drones.

Some U.S. political leaders, including Trump , have called for stronger action against the drones, including shooting them down.

Certain agencies within the Department of Homeland Security have the power to “incapacitate” drones, Mayorkas says.

“We need those authorities expanded,” he says.

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77

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formal

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English

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53

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short-lived

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