This week pro race car driver Danica Patrick announcing her team for the Daytona 500. The race will be one of her final two competitions before she makes her retirement. Cheddar Anchor Tim Stenovec speaks with Patrick about how she is readying for this race, and life after Nascar.
"One of the things that's really exciting to me also is keeping in mind that I have this cool platform to do other things," said Patrick. "I have a lot of side-hustle going on."
When looking at the future of Nascar, Patrick says her sport is based on personalities. And with many big names getting out of the game, she says the industry has to get more interactive and offer more behind-the-scenes depth.
During an interview with an elephant keeper in South Africa, the keeper was talking about the baby elephant he looks after whose name is Chavo, who immediately runs over to the keeper once he hears his name and starts playing with him.
Trained service dogs can help military veterans deal with mental health struggles. Cole Lyle, a veteran and founder of Kaya's K9s, joined Cheddar News to explain why service dogs are important for veterans and how he is helping to give veterans the resources for service dogs.
A jury awarded more than $1.2 million to Robert De Niro’s former personal assistant Thursday, finding one of his companies responsible for subjecting her to a toxic work environment.
