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The National Science Foundation awards a four-year grant to South Dakota State University in partnership with universities across the nation. The project is led by the University of Maine and aims to find ways to secure electric girds in rural communities.

"We are at a crossroads in the electric industry with much of the power engineering workforce retiring at the same time," said SDSU's Tim Hansen.

Horses seized due to neglect in Gage County graze at the Epona Equine Rescue. A donation of $10,000 on Tuesday will help with their costly recovery.

Ever-worsening drought conditions in Panama have created a major shipping bottleneck at the Panama Canal, which has a "parking lot of vessels" piling up on both sides with no end in sight.

On both sides of the Panama Canal, fleets of ships find themselves immobilized, delayed by weeks as waterway authorities have slowed traffic to conserve water amid a severe drought. A report from the Brazilian news agency O-Globo gives a detailed picture of what is happening.

A severe drought has led to a backup of more than 160 ships at the Panama Canal, harming trade to the East and Gulf Coast ports.

More than 200 ships are stuck on both sides of the Panama Canal after authorities capped the number of crossings because of a serious drought.

ZeroHedge - On a long enough timeline, the survival rate for everyone drops to zero

Dear Greta, Panama could use some of that polar ice you claim is melting at a "record rate."

It was like something out of a movie — just getting a rag-tag group of guys together to play some ball, only to go on a run.