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Wingcopter raises $22 million to expand to the U.S. and launch a next-generation drone

TechCrunch

This new Series A round was led by Silicon Valley VC Xplorer Capital, as well as German growth fund Futury Regio Growth. with plans for an American facility, both for flight testing to satisfy FAA requirements for operational certification, as well as eventually for U.S. based drone production.

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Plastic straws symbolize a global pollution crisis but Trump wants them to stay

Fast Company Tech

In 2015, video of a marine biologist pulling a plastic straw out of a turtles nose sparked outrage worldwide and countries and cities started banning them, starting with the Pacific Island nation Vanuatu and Seattle in 2018. Find APs standards for working with philanthropies, a list of supporters and funded coverage areas at AP.org.

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