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Sports fans may recall a bizarre incident in November 2023 during the Monday Night Football Ravens-Bengals matchup- a small drone made an unexpected appearance overhead at the M&T Bank...

Here are some basic do's and don't when flying a drone in Washington State.

It's the perfect time to spot the mammals from locations along WA's south coast — and to send the drone up. But there are certain rules that must be followed.

In Texas, people care about what happens on or OVER their property. So, can you legally shoot down or swat down a strange drone flying over your land or house?

Drone technology also referred to as unmanned aerial systems (UAS), stands at the forefront of contemporary transportation with the potential to reinforce the efficiency of a range of tasks.

>> can these individual jurisdictions, the cities where these airports are, are we seeing a trend where they are creating or writing their own ordinances to protect their individual airports? >> well, they have tried to and they want to. several cities have tried to do that. the federal aviation administration said, wait a minute. only we can write air operations and drone laws and aircraft laws. only we can do that except they havent defined except to say they have to be below 400 feet. they ca...

I want to start where nick left off. these charges that could have been faced by this person? >> absolutely. both the faa and the federal bureau of investigation are working together. where they can find persons that have violated drone laws, they can find them. it is tough to find them often. with are they can find them, they do prosecute and vig or usually. >> there are new regulations relating to drones. do you expect there will be more now that this number of drone incidents is increasing? >...

From his on-line posts, the connecticut teen appears to be a drone enthusiast. he has posted additional videos including this one. >> you want to take pictures. >> reporter: he says a woman assaulted him after the flew a drone above her. the woman allegedly believes he was recording her at a connecticut beach. >> she took a swing at me. i began to fall to the grund. >> reporter: the woman was charged. he was not. but when it comes to this video, no indication yet whether theres any law to be enf...

Device is now asking that man to pay for the destroyed drone, worth $1,350. >> he swatted it down. it hit his leg, then hit the cement and smashed the camera, the blades, and messed up the copter. >> reporter: the growing popularity of drones sparking disputes among neighbors across the country. in vancouver, washington. >> it was freaky. >> reporter: a 7-year-old boy says he noticed a drone flying outside the window of this home and scared, he hid, while his friends grandfather says he came fac...

Her and was threatening to hurt her and her family. timothy sweet has been ordered to stay away from her for the next three years. >> the drones are moving from the battlefield to the big city mostly unregulated. rick leventhal tells us lawmakers have their eyes on the sky. >> for a couple hundred to a thousand dollars you, too, can own a drone like this. that can soon change lawmakers are scrambling to regulate unmanned aircraft mostly to prevent snooping or arming of drones. 13 states have dro...