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News Articles: drones

The number of Georgia prison guards vs. the number of incarcerated people since 2010.

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Too few guards and too many drones: Georgia prisons leaders alert lawmakers to dangers

While the number of prison guards in Georgia prisons is at a 15-year low, officials say the number of people incarcerated in the state is at a 15-year high. Meanwhile, there's a contraband problem, too. GPB's Grant Blankenship explains.

December 02, 2025
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  • Grant Blankenship
Combat medic Olena Ivanenko, 44, whose military call sign is "Ryzh," takes a break from the front line in the northeastern city of Sumy, Ukraine, earlier this year.

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  • Europe

'No turning back': More and more Ukrainian women join the army to fight Russia

An increasing number of women are joining the Ukrainian military, with thousands serving in front line roles, as Russia's war on Ukraine nears its fourth year — with no peace in sight.

November 11, 2025
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  • Joanna Kakissis,
  • Tetiana Burianova,
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A solitary horseman stands atop a rocky outcropping in Cappadocia, Turkey.

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  • Photography

Drone photo winners will amaze your eyeballs: From a high-up horseman to a holy river

The dazzling aerial photos honored by the 2025 Siena awards offer "new ways of seeing familiar places," as one judge puts it.

October 25, 2025
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  • Kamala Thiagarajan
A sign reading "drone flying prohibited" is pictured in Halsskov, West Zealand, Denmark. Denmark banned all civilian drone flights across the country as Copenhagen hosted a European summit, after mysterious drone sightings across the country began in September.

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  • Europe

Denmark prepares for a Russian 'hybrid war' after repeated drone spottings

Many Danes are rethinking their personal security, and stocking up on emergency supplies, amid unidentified drone appearances. Denmark's leaders warn that Russia is waging a "hybrid war."

October 03, 2025
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  • Teri Schultz
From left: Jeanine Pirro, NFL player Matt Prater sniffing … something, and a famous ambulatory robot.

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  • National

Over what does the Trump admin want to unleash 'dominance'? Find out in the quiz

Plus: physical fitness, Confederate statues, robot overlords and weird zoo requests.

August 08, 2025
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  • Holly J. Morris
A drone hovers in airspace outside the safety perimeter surrounding St. Louis Lambert International Airport as an airliner approaches for a landing on March 10.

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  • National

Drones delivering coffee? Trump administration wants more companies using UAVs

The Trump administration wants to make it easier for companies to use drones for business — from delivering coffee to inspecting power lines to working on farms.

August 06, 2025
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  • Joe Hernandez
Police officers stand in formation behind a drone that will be used to increase the security in Jamundi, Valle del Cauca province, Colombia, on June 13, 2024.

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  • Latin America

Colombia deploys armed drones in escalating fight against drug gangs

In Colombia, drug gangs are waging a new kind of war — by air. Armed with cheap drones, they're targeting rivals in a dangerous escalation.

July 16, 2025
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  • John Otis
Bryan County Sheriff’s Office Deputy Campbell Grieninger performs pre-flight checks on a drone owned by the Sheriff’s department in Pembroke on June 19, 2025.

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  • News

Surveillance concerns rise over Bryan County’s new use of drones during traffic stops

The state solicitor has cleared drone usage for traffic violations on Georgia public roads — and across the nation, drone use by law enforcement agencies is on the rise.

July 07, 2025
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  • Tyler Davis and
  • The Current
President Trump waves as he departs the White House on June 6, 2025.

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  • Politics

With an eye to the World Cup, Trump signs executive order on drone risks

The risks of drones have been underscored by Russia's drone strikes in Ukraine, and Ukraine's surprise drone strikes that destroyed some aircraft deep within Russia, the White House said.

June 06, 2025
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  • Deepa Shivaram
Houthi supporters chant slogans during a weekly, anti-U.S. and anti-Israel rally in Sanaa, Yemen on Friday, April 18.

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  • Middle East

Houthi rebels have shot down 7 US Reaper drones worth $200 million in recent weeks

The U.S. has increased its attacks on the Houthis, launching daily strikes since March 15, when President Donald Trump ordered a new, expanded campaign.

April 25, 2025
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  • The Associated Press
Biophysicist Oleh Halaidych, 34, helps make drones at a workshop in Kyiv. "I think we are all motivated because we see that this is a cheap and accessible way to make weapons," he says. "They kill the enemy and destroy his armored vehicles."

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  • World

Ukraine's DIY drone makers are helping fighters on the front lines

The war in Ukraine is now largely being fought with drones. Ukraine made 2 million last year. Drone makers churn them out in factories and mom-and-pop operations like one in a Kyiv basement apartment.

April 12, 2025
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  • Eleanor Beardsley
A woman walks in front of a war-ravaged shopping complex in Kherson, Ukraine, on Jan. 4. People in the city say cloudless days are most dangerous because Russian drones take advantage of the high visibility to swarm over the front-line city.

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  • Europe

Ukraine says Russia hunts civilians with attack drones in the front-line city Kherson

Ukrainian officials say Russia is using drones to target civilians in Kherson. Some Russian soldiers appear to be bragging about the deadly attacks on social media.

January 22, 2025
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  • Brian Mann
A man walks down a war-ravaged street in Pokrovsk, an industrial city in eastern Ukraine's Donetsk region, on Dec. 19, 2024. Behind him is the hotel Druzhba, which was destroyed by a Russian missile last summer. Pokrovsk was once home to 60,000 people. Now it's largely abandoned, with Russian troops active within a mile of the outskirts.

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  • Europe

Ukrainian soldiers and shopkeepers hold on as Russia's siege of Pokrovsk tightens

Ukrainian forces are fighting to hold on to the key city of Pokrovsk, in one of the fiercest battles in eastern Ukraine, but commanders admit the Russians have more troops and firepower.

January 02, 2025
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  • Brian Mann
Callsign "Sonic", 34, a сommander of the strike unmanned aerial vehicle platoon, known as Dovbush's hornets, a unit of 68th Separate Jäger Brigade.  He watches the live streams of drone pilots operating in the Donbas Region on Dec. 19, 2024.

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  • World

Inside a secret Ukrainian drone command post, where Russian soldiers are seen as prey

NPR visits a secret drone command center near the front lines in eastern Ukraine, where crews are using remote-controlled aircraft to hunt Russian soldiers on the battlefield.

December 24, 2024
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  • Brian Mann
Residents across New Jersey have been trying to decipher who has been flying mysterious unidentified drones over the state, with some taking to Facebook to share videos of sightings. Above, a screengrab from video of a potential sighting shared on Facebook.

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  • National

Mystery drones flying over New Jersey have residents and officials puzzled

The drones have been seen above critical infrastructure like reservoirs, rail stations and military bases. The governor says there is "no known threat," but the FBI is still investigating.

December 11, 2024
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  • Jason Breslow
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