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Drones Start Deliveries

NPR
Published October 17, 2019 at 4:22 AM CDT

The drone delivery fantasy moves closer to reality. Walgreens is testing out delivery from store to door by drone in Virginia, and UPS won approval to expand air delivery of medical supplies.

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