Cocaine Bear was a hit in theaters earlier this year. Now we've got a real-life "soda bear" in Canada. Local news sources reported that a black bear broke into a car in British Columbia in the middle of the night and started drinking soda, drinking a total of 69 cans. The vehicle's owner runs a food business, so she uses her car for storage. The bear's reported drink of choice? Orange crush.
MISSING SPACECRAFT
The hunt is on for a retired NASA spacecraft that was set to return to Earth. The spacecraft launched in 2002, observing solar flares and recording over 1,000 events until NASA decommissioned it in 2018.The defense department said the re-entry was scheduled to take place around 9 p.m. eastern on Wednesday night, but it's unclear where it landed.
ARTIFICIAL REEF
Officials in Okaloosa County, Florida sank an old ship to create an artificial reef. The ship is now resting upside down at a depth of about 72 feet. Experts said the structure will provide marine life with a robust ecosystem, and that there will be more deployments of this kind in the future.
A Colorado funeral home owner where 115 decaying bodies were found tried to conceal the improper storage of corpses and claimed he was doing taxidermy, according to a suspension letter sent to him by state regulators.
Air travel costs are up but there are ways to make the airport experience better and cheaper. Travel journalist Francesca Page joined Cheddar News to provide how to bring those costs down while traveling, especially ahead of the holiday season.
Senior dogs only have a 25% adoption rate, according to the ASPCA. Josey Miller of Best Friends Animal Society and seven-year-old Christine the Chihuahua joined Cheddar News to discuss the benefits of adopting older pets and to dismiss some myths about taking them home.
