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Mystery drones have been spotted across the United States.

And now the Long Island police have been given a partial green light to shoot them down. Meanwhile, Trump has announced his intention to possibly take back the Panama Canal and also possibly purchase Greenland,

saying the current situation in these areas are not favorable to the United States.

Also, a recent study show that artificial intelligence systems are even now learning

to strategically mislead people. I'll be talking about these topics and more today, so let's

dive into it. First off, folks, on the drones, limited authority to shoot down the mystery drones

was given to police in Long Island and this is now raising

debates in other parts of the United States where the lack of any clear answers on

what the heck these are is creating deepening concerns over what exactly we're

dealing with and who may be behind it. Now the debates are also raising new

questions over military laws on shooting down the drones

and why they're not being used.

Now first off on the green light, police have gotten the permission to shoot down the mystery

drones.

At least they do in Long Island in New York.

This is not everywhere.

New York Post said this is that NASA County cops have gotten the green light to shoot troublesome drones out of the sky, with officials saying they don't want to wait for something disastrous to happen.

It notes the order went out Thursday as county officials unveiled a new state-of-the-art drone command center that can track the mysterious flying

crafts from miles away. But they need to feds to sign off on the high-tech tools to intercept

and take down the drones. And instead, they're taking matters into their own hands. They said,

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