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One question asked about overtime sent the management scrambling</news:title></news:news><image:image><image:loc>https://d34zrgnx1tq8w.cloudfront.net/734703/uploads/0f9f3a20-e2eb-11ef-8972-cf39d92e16ac_1200_630.jpeg</image:loc><image:title>Company told 150 hourly contractors to cook their own &apos;appreciation&apos; potluck. 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Will everyone show up for this wild celebration?</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://scoop.upworthy.com/delivery-driver-noticed-strange-items-in-order-ends-up-saving-a-life-ex4</loc><news:news><news:publication><news:name>UPWORTHY</news:name><news:language>en</news:language></news:publication><news:publication_date>2026-08-02T16:15:50.000Z</news:publication_date><news:title>Texas DoorDash driver noticed suspicious items in an order. His next action saved a hostage</news:title></news:news><image:image><image:loc>https://d34zrgnx1tq8w.cloudfront.net/774529/uploads/980726a0-9d2d-11f0-aba4-47117bef18a4_1200_630.jpeg</image:loc><image:title>Texas DoorDash driver noticed suspicious items in an order. His next action saved a hostage</image:title><image:caption>Authorities credited the DoorDash driver for noticing the order wasn’t normal and alerting police.</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://scoop.upworthy.com/maid-of-honor-asked-to-pay-for-best-friends-wedding-gown-refuses-fp-ex3</loc><news:news><news:publication><news:name>UPWORTHY</news:name><news:language>en</news:language></news:publication><news:publication_date>2026-08-03T15:15:56.000Z</news:publication_date><news:title>Woman was excited to be best friend&apos;s &apos;maid of honor&apos; until she made a request that crossed a line</news:title></news:news><image:image><image:loc>https://d34zrgnx1tq8w.cloudfront.net/779586/uploads/0ea89020-bf8c-11f0-8af5-a7f6b766a8a1_1200_630.jpeg</image:loc><image:title>Woman was excited to be best friend&apos;s &apos;maid of honor&apos; until she made a request that crossed a line</image:title><image:caption>&quot;I&apos;m sorry your friendship ended on such a sour note. So she disinvited you, and now tries to save face? Bye, Felicia!&quot; a user wrote.</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://scoop.upworthy.com/company-fires-top-performer-without-a-reason-and-ends-up-in-loss-fp-ex4</loc><news:news><news:publication><news:name>UPWORTHY</news:name><news:language>en</news:language></news:publication><news:publication_date>2026-08-03T14:15:41.000Z</news:publication_date><news:title>Company fired its top performer on a false complaint — the client they handled walked out and took their $75,000 monthly contract with them</news:title></news:news><image:image><image:loc>https://d34zrgnx1tq8w.cloudfront.net/781204/uploads/26806530-c9f3-11f0-aeff-0f41e9efd62c_1200_630.jpeg</image:loc><image:title>Company fired its top performer on a false complaint — the client they handled walked out and took their $75,000 monthly contract with them</image:title><image:caption>One of the Reddit user&apos;s colleagues was fired for harassment. A few days later, someone filed a false complaint against the employee, assuming they had reported the first person.</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://scoop.upworthy.com/hr-forced-employee-to-join-wellness-walk-quickly-regreted-it-fp-ex5</loc><news:news><news:publication><news:name>UPWORTHY</news:name><news:language>en</news:language></news:publication><news:publication_date>2026-08-02T18:15:00.000Z</news:publication_date><news:title>HR forced employees to join a 15-minute &apos;wellness walk.&apos; One engineer walked out and never came back</news:title></news:news><image:image><image:loc>https://d34zrgnx1tq8w.cloudfront.net/781458/uploads/e53e7850-cb64-11f0-b465-97886b3d56f6_1200_630.jpeg</image:loc><image:title>HR forced employees to join a 15-minute &apos;wellness walk.&apos; One engineer walked out and never came back</image:title><image:caption> When Karen Resorcé, an HR professional, tried to force an employee to join their new &quot;wellness walk,&quot; he refused. Since it did not sit right with her, she asked him to leave, but quickly regretted it. </image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://scoop.upworthy.com/woman-dined-and-dashed-on-applebees-120-meal-but-karma-caught-up-fp-ex4</loc><news:news><news:publication><news:name>UPWORTHY</news:name><news:language>en</news:language></news:publication><news:publication_date>2026-08-01T17:45:10.000Z</news:publication_date><news:title>Woman eating at Applebee’s dined and dashed on a $120 meal — until one mistake forced her to return and cost her 8x the price</news:title></news:news><image:image><image:loc>https://d34zrgnx1tq8w.cloudfront.net/786677/uploads/3c2467e0-ed54-11f0-8488-9d1457d8e371_1200_630.jpeg</image:loc><image:title>Woman eating at Applebee’s dined and dashed on a $120 meal — until one mistake forced her to return and cost her 8x the price</image:title><image:caption>The sheer amount of food being ordered made the waiter a little suspicious, but he didn&apos;t think her vibe was off, and so he let it go. &quot;She wasn&apos;t giving me that type of energy,&quot; he said.</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://scoop.upworthy.com/manager-shifts-remote-team-to-in-office-for-then-complains-about-it-fp-ex5</loc><news:news><news:publication><news:name>UPWORTHY</news:name><news:language>en</news:language></news:publication><news:publication_date>2026-08-02T13:45:23.000Z</news:publication_date><news:title>Boss forced remote worker back to office calling her &apos;unproductive.&apos; When she stopped replying after hours — she had one line he couldn&apos;t argue with</news:title></news:news><image:image><image:loc>https://d34zrgnx1tq8w.cloudfront.net/788133/uploads/820c2af0-f5fa-11f0-9ab8-c96f2f2b08b3_1200_630.jpeg</image:loc><image:title>Boss forced remote worker back to office calling her &apos;unproductive.&apos; When she stopped replying after hours — she had one line he couldn&apos;t argue with</image:title><image:caption>&apos;It was never about RTO or bonding. It&apos;s all about control&apos;</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://scoop.upworthy.com/farmer-gets-sweet-revenge-at-fly-tipper-dumping-tyres-on-his-land-ex2</loc><news:news><news:publication><news:name>UPWORTHY</news:name><news:language>en</news:language></news:publication><news:publication_date>2026-08-03T15:45:00.000Z</news:publication_date><news:title>Farmer installed CCTV to catch someone dumping tires on his land. Few days later, the culprit found all 421 tires up at his doorstep</news:title></news:news><image:image><image:loc>https://d34zrgnx1tq8w.cloudfront.net/795251/uploads/2daf7170-1ec1-11f1-be4e-15547a64746c_1200_630.jpeg</image:loc><image:title>Farmer installed CCTV to catch someone dumping tires on his land. Few days later, the culprit found all 421 tires up at his doorstep</image:title><image:caption> &quot;I was just tyred of it! It&apos;s not been a Goodyear for him! We left him deflated, that&apos;s for sure!&quot;</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://scoop.upworthy.com/daughter-sends-mom-a-secret-code-to-save-her-from-danger-ex2</loc><news:news><news:publication><news:name>UPWORTHY</news:name><news:language>en</news:language></news:publication><news:publication_date>2026-08-02T13:15:18.000Z</news:publication_date><news:title>Teen at a party texted Mom asking if there was &apos;ice cream&apos; at home. Once she understood the code, she grabbed her keys and drove straight there</news:title></news:news><image:image><image:loc>https://d34zrgnx1tq8w.cloudfront.net/795556/uploads/4bd6fe00-212a-11f1-b1e0-91ff79287ddb_1200_630.jpeg</image:loc><image:title>Teen at a party texted Mom asking if there was &apos;ice cream&apos; at home. Once she understood the code, she grabbed her keys and drove straight there</image:title><image:caption>Throughout their drive back home, neither did she force her to explain the situation, nor did she pressure her to talk before she was ready.</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://scoop.upworthy.com/gay-man-finds-out-he-has-been-dating-his-cousin-after-dad-calls-fp</loc><news:news><news:publication><news:name>UPWORTHY</news:name><news:language>en</news:language></news:publication><news:publication_date>2026-08-02T13:45:00.000Z</news:publication_date><news:title>He thought he&apos;d found the perfect boyfriend in Australia — then a family secret revealed they were blood related</news:title></news:news><image:image><image:loc>https://d34zrgnx1tq8w.cloudfront.net/803658/uploads/83d5e120-8cd9-11f1-b729-4f7983aced95_1200_630.jpeg</image:loc><image:title>He thought he&apos;d found the perfect boyfriend in Australia — then a family secret revealed they were blood related</image:title><image:caption>A Turkish man found out the truth about his relationship after overhearing his father talking on the phone with his uncle. </image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://scoop.upworthy.com/woman-finds-she-is-in-50-billion-in-debt-after-a-night-out-fp-ex1</loc><news:news><news:publication><news:name>UPWORTHY</news:name><news:language>en</news:language></news:publication><news:publication_date>2026-08-03T13:15:33.000Z</news:publication_date><news:title>Woman screamed after discovering she owed Chase nearly $50 billion after a wild night out. Even the bank was initially confused</news:title></news:news><image:image><image:loc>https://d34zrgnx1tq8w.cloudfront.net/805761/uploads/4c035ba0-6098-11f1-8bcf-73ddd8f425ad_1200_630.jpeg</image:loc><image:title>Woman screamed after discovering she owed Chase nearly $50 billion after a wild night out. Even the bank was initially confused</image:title><image:caption>&apos;I swear to god it says negative 49 billion — what do I do?&apos; she screamed...</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://scoop.upworthy.com/server-used-orange-juice-to-settle-score-with-rude-customer-fp-ex1</loc><news:news><news:publication><news:name>UPWORTHY</news:name><news:language>en</news:language></news:publication><news:publication_date>2026-08-03T12:45:30.000Z</news:publication_date><news:title>Rude customer wouldn&apos;t stop demanding free soda refills — so server sneakily used &apos;orange juice&apos; loophole that sent his bill through the roof</news:title></news:news><image:image><image:loc>https://d34zrgnx1tq8w.cloudfront.net/805850/uploads/fb2d3b80-60c7-11f1-9fb8-6dd9b7a86bf3_1200_630.jpeg</image:loc><image:title>Rude customer wouldn&apos;t stop demanding free soda refills — so server sneakily used &apos;orange juice&apos; loophole that sent his bill through the roof</image:title><image:caption>Family guzzled down excess amounts of free soda. Server used the orange juice in menu to trick them into paying a big bill.</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://scoop.upworthy.com/woman-saves-a-man-by-answering-doorbell-at-3-am-fp-ex1</loc><news:news><news:publication><news:name>UPWORTHY</news:name><news:language>en</news:language></news:publication><news:publication_date>2026-08-02T15:15:44.000Z</news:publication_date><news:title>A woman woke at 3 a.m. to find a frightened 12-year-old ringing her doorbell — she was his last hope for saving his dad</news:title></news:news><image:image><image:loc>https://d34zrgnx1tq8w.cloudfront.net/806186/uploads/aeecaae0-632d-11f1-adad-8976ba423f28_1200_630.jpeg</image:loc><image:title>A woman woke at 3 a.m. to find a frightened 12-year-old ringing her doorbell — she was his last hope for saving his dad</image:title><image:caption>&apos;I like to think my daughter was in. Somebody would be there to do the same,&apos; Pye said, with tears in her eyes.</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://scoop.upworthy.com/woman-rising-utility-bill-revealed-she-paying-for-wrong-house-fp-ex1</loc><news:news><news:publication><news:name>UPWORTHY</news:name><news:language>en</news:language></news:publication><news:publication_date>2026-08-01T18:15:12.000Z</news:publication_date><news:title>Utility company blamed rising rates for her $740 bill on her empty condo. She kept digging and learned she’d paid her neighbor’s for 7 years</news:title></news:news><image:image><image:loc>https://d34zrgnx1tq8w.cloudfront.net/806324/uploads/b71e0ca0-63e0-11f1-8d0f-8d80ad5c470f_1200_630.jpeg</image:loc><image:title>Utility company blamed rising rates for her $740 bill on her empty condo. She kept digging and learned she’d paid her neighbor’s for 7 years</image:title><image:caption>She spent seven years paying for her neighbor&apos;s electricity before uncovering the huge mix-up. </image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://scoop.upworthy.com/staircases-that-led-to-nowhere-in-medieval-churches</loc><news:news><news:publication><news:name>UPWORTHY</news:name><news:language>en</news:language></news:publication><news:publication_date>2026-08-02T04:15:00.000Z</news:publication_date><news:title>Why do medieval churches have stairs leading nowhere?</news:title></news:news><image:image><image:loc>https://d34zrgnx1tq8w.cloudfront.net/811803/uploads/e5366500-89b1-11f1-b8ee-3d8e780040b1_1200_630.jpeg</image:loc><image:title>Why do medieval churches have stairs leading nowhere?</image:title><image:caption>Dr. Amy Boyington explained what the spiral staircases in Medieval churches were used for.</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://scoop.upworthy.com/girl-thought-boyfriend-would-cheat-during-football-and-he-did-fp</loc><news:news><news:publication><news:name>UPWORTHY</news:name><news:language>en</news:language></news:publication><news:publication_date>2026-08-01T18:15:00.000Z</news:publication_date><news:title>Gut feeling said her boyfriend would cheat at the football game, but he spent the night reassuring her. Then a silent nod at Homecoming exposed it all</news:title></news:news><image:image><image:loc>https://d34zrgnx1tq8w.cloudfront.net/811937/uploads/c85a5d50-8c00-11f1-8c58-196a24508b89_1200_630.jpeg</image:loc><image:title>Gut feeling said her boyfriend would cheat at the football game, but he spent the night reassuring her. Then a silent nod at Homecoming exposed it all</image:title><image:caption>Sarah&apos;s first love blamed her for everything until a sudden confession exposed his lies. </image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://scoop.upworthy.com/humble-secretary-who-rode-subway-daily-left-a-9-million-fortune</loc><news:news><news:publication><news:name>UPWORTHY</news:name><news:language>en</news:language></news:publication><news:publication_date>2026-08-02T05:45:00.000Z</news:publication_date><news:title>96-year-old secretary lived on coupons and subway rides. Her death revealed $9 million in her bank</news:title></news:news><image:image><image:loc>https://d34zrgnx1tq8w.cloudfront.net/811938/uploads/cb60df10-8b1a-11f1-93ab-d1f1bec98ac0_1200_630.jpeg</image:loc><image:title>96-year-old secretary lived on coupons and subway rides. Her death revealed $9 million in her bank</image:title><image:caption>She lived the modest life of a secretary. But behind the scenes, she had quietly accumulated a wealth of more than $9 million with an intelligent strategy</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://scoop.upworthy.com/husband-wants-divorce-because-working-wife-cant-serve-him-food-fp</loc><news:news><news:publication><news:name>UPWORTHY</news:name><news:language>en</news:language></news:publication><news:publication_date>2026-08-02T17:45:00.000Z</news:publication_date><news:title>Woman worked 12-hour nursing shifts to support her family. Her husband called her &apos;fat and lazy&apos; for refusing to be his trad wife</news:title></news:news><image:image><image:loc>https://d34zrgnx1tq8w.cloudfront.net/812036/uploads/cde00ee0-8b25-11f1-b590-275457e14be9_1200_630.jpeg</image:loc><image:title>Woman worked 12-hour nursing shifts to support her family. Her husband called her &apos;fat and lazy&apos; for refusing to be his trad wife</image:title><image:caption>Husband asked her for a divorce because she refused to cook food for him after working a 12-plus-hour shift. </image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://scoop.upworthy.com/gf-catches-bf-with-a-secret-key-to-her-house-thanks-to-video-game-fp</loc><news:news><news:publication><news:name>UPWORTHY</news:name><news:language>en</news:language></news:publication><news:publication_date>2026-08-02T14:15:00.000Z</news:publication_date><news:title>She thought boyfriend was sweet for waiting outside her house at 2 a.m. — a PlayStation timestamp told her what he was actually up to for 3 months</news:title></news:news><image:image><image:loc>https://d34zrgnx1tq8w.cloudfront.net/812053/uploads/d8321f40-8b3f-11f1-a128-65c03648f96e_1200_630.jpeg</image:loc><image:title>She thought boyfriend was sweet for waiting outside her house at 2 a.m. — a PlayStation timestamp told her what he was actually up to for 3 months</image:title><image:caption>Woman caught boyfriend&apos;s lie with a PlayStation timestamp. For the past three months, he used a spare key to enter her house.</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://scoop.upworthy.com/parents-hide-college-offers-from-son-to-stop-him-from-moving-away-fp</loc><news:news><news:publication><news:name>UPWORTHY</news:name><news:language>en</news:language></news:publication><news:publication_date>2026-08-02T15:15:00.000Z</news:publication_date><news:title>Parents hid 17-year-old acceptance letters from his dream universities until he was 24 — their reason left the son appalled</news:title></news:news><image:image><image:loc>https://d34zrgnx1tq8w.cloudfront.net/812061/uploads/76bad680-8bdf-11f1-a384-4b7ed9cda73e_1200_630.jpeg</image:loc><image:title>Parents hid 17-year-old acceptance letters from his dream universities until he was 24 — their reason left the son appalled</image:title><image:caption>A national champion&apos;s parents intercepted his college offers, putting their own convenience ahead of his entire future. It wasn&apos;t until he turned 24 that he discovered how far his parents had betrayed him. </image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://scoop.upworthy.com/realtor-gets-suspicious-after-seeing-old-truck-at-property-showing-fp</loc><news:news><news:publication><news:name>UPWORTHY</news:name><news:language>en</news:language></news:publication><news:publication_date>2026-08-01T17:45:00.000Z</news:publication_date><news:title>Buyer’s last-minute location change didn’t seem suspicious — until the realtor spotted a red truck lurking. Her gut told her to drive away</news:title></news:news><image:image><image:loc>https://d34zrgnx1tq8w.cloudfront.net/812184/uploads/3deee650-8c13-11f1-b626-a5120f5d147a_1200_630.jpeg</image:loc><image:title>Buyer’s last-minute location change didn’t seem suspicious — until the realtor spotted a red truck lurking. Her gut told her to drive away</image:title><image:caption>Nicole had a bad feeling about a client meeting. She tried to brush it off until she got to the location and saw an old red truck. She knew it was time to head out and canceled the meeting.</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://scoop.upworthy.com/smug-woman-had-all-three-cards-declined-at-the-store-fp</loc><news:news><news:publication><news:name>UPWORTHY</news:name><news:language>en</news:language></news:publication><news:publication_date>2026-08-01T17:15:00.000Z</news:publication_date><news:title>Sprouts customer berated cashier for ‘talking too much’ and bragged she had &apos;plenty&apos; of cards — then they started getting declined</news:title></news:news><image:image><image:loc>https://d34zrgnx1tq8w.cloudfront.net/812191/uploads/e8afdb70-8cbe-11f1-8387-3b322c91aad4_1200_630.jpeg</image:loc><image:title>Sprouts customer berated cashier for ‘talking too much’ and bragged she had &apos;plenty&apos; of cards — then they started getting declined</image:title><image:caption>The scene unfolded in East Los Angeles’ Sprouts Farmers Market.</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://scoop.upworthy.com/lady-makes-cheating-ex-send-her-500-through-fake-ig-account-fp</loc><news:news><news:publication><news:name>UPWORTHY</news:name><news:language>en</news:language></news:publication><news:publication_date>2026-08-02T18:15:00.000Z</news:publication_date><news:title>Cheating boyfriend received a $500 ransom demand to hide the evidence — one final selfie revealed he had paid his own girlfriend</news:title></news:news><image:image><image:loc>https://d34zrgnx1tq8w.cloudfront.net/812202/uploads/de20bc20-8c22-11f1-a267-559a24e29cbb_1200_630.jpeg</image:loc><image:title>Cheating boyfriend received a $500 ransom demand to hide the evidence — one final selfie revealed he had paid his own girlfriend</image:title><image:caption>Instead of breaking up, she waited for the perfect moment to get him to confess his wrongdoings until a blackmailer slid into her boyfriend&apos;s DMs and demanded $500 to keep his secret safe. </image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://scoop.upworthy.com/man-moves-wife-out-of-dream-farm-to-build-same-life-with-mistress-fp</loc><news:news><news:publication><news:name>UPWORTHY</news:name><news:language>en</news:language></news:publication><news:publication_date>2026-08-02T17:15:00.000Z</news:publication_date><news:title>Dad talked Mom into leaving her dream farmhouse for his new job, only to post TikToks from an identical farm — with his new wife</news:title></news:news><image:image><image:loc>https://d34zrgnx1tq8w.cloudfront.net/812259/uploads/9f3f2620-8cd3-11f1-b729-4f7983aced95_1200_630.jpeg</image:loc><image:title>Dad talked Mom into leaving her dream farmhouse for his new job, only to post TikToks from an identical farm — with his new wife</image:title><image:caption>Her husband built a dream life for her, then abandoned her and the kids for a coworker. </image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://scoop.upworthy.com/mechanic-secretly-revealed-woman-was-duped-of-3850-fpsn</loc><news:news><news:publication><news:name>UPWORTHY</news:name><news:language>en</news:language></news:publication><news:publication_date>2026-08-01T18:45:00.000Z</news:publication_date><news:title>Woman went into debt for a $3,850 car transmission repair. A month later, the mechanic called with a shocking confession: it was never touched</news:title></news:news><image:image><image:loc>https://d34zrgnx1tq8w.cloudfront.net/812298/uploads/1b340f90-8cd7-11f1-b729-4f7983aced95_1200_630.jpeg</image:loc><image:title>Woman went into debt for a $3,850 car transmission repair. A month later, the mechanic called with a shocking confession: it was never touched</image:title><image:caption>Mechanic shared a videotape with her confessing that the car repair she paid $3,850 for, was never done </image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://scoop.upworthy.com/he-told-girlfriend-he-had-gotten-another-woman-pregnant-as-a-prank-fp</loc><news:news><news:publication><news:name>UPWORTHY</news:name><news:language>en</news:language></news:publication><news:publication_date>2026-08-03T13:45:00.000Z</news:publication_date><news:title>Boyfriend spent full day convincing her he&apos;d gotten another woman pregnant. When she dumped him — he blamed her for overreacting</news:title></news:news><image:image><image:loc>https://d34zrgnx1tq8w.cloudfront.net/812305/uploads/140ac990-8cd5-11f1-b729-4f7983aced95_1200_630.jpeg</image:loc><image:title>Boyfriend spent full day convincing her he&apos;d gotten another woman pregnant. When she dumped him — he blamed her for overreacting</image:title><image:caption>&apos;After hearing it, mostly men were telling me I completely overreacted,&apos; she recalled.</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://scoop.upworthy.com/man-tried-to-force-roommates-out-of-the-house-by-invading-a-couch-fp</loc><news:news><news:publication><news:name>UPWORTHY</news:name><news:language>en</news:language></news:publication><news:publication_date>2026-08-02T16:15:00.000Z</news:publication_date><news:title>Roommate threatened them for using &apos;his couch&apos; and called the cops. He didn&apos;t realize they&apos;d been livestreaming and caught his lie in 4K</news:title></news:news><image:image><image:loc>https://d34zrgnx1tq8w.cloudfront.net/812309/uploads/a156a560-8cdc-11f1-b215-4fb73ec71cb4_1200_630.jpeg</image:loc><image:title>Roommate threatened them for using &apos;his couch&apos; and called the cops. He didn&apos;t realize they&apos;d been livestreaming and caught his lie in 4K</image:title><image:caption>Man invaded a couch and tried to force roommates out of the house. A livestream video showed clearly upped their game </image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://scoop.upworthy.com/surrogate-mothers-parents-want-to-be-kids-grandparents-due-to-dna-fp</loc><news:news><news:publication><news:name>UPWORTHY</news:name><news:language>en</news:language></news:publication><news:publication_date>2026-08-03T14:15:00.000Z</news:publication_date><news:title>She secretly became her male best friend’s surrogate. 22 years later, her parents want to be grandparents to children she never intended to raise</news:title></news:news><image:image><image:loc>https://d34zrgnx1tq8w.cloudfront.net/812512/uploads/a19e7c10-8f06-11f1-9976-813a9e90edef_1200_630.jpeg</image:loc><image:title>She secretly became her male best friend’s surrogate. 22 years later, her parents want to be grandparents to children she never intended to raise</image:title><image:caption>The woman offered to be a surrogate mom for her best friend so he could have two kids. She was helping him merely out of their friendship, but didn’t have any interest in being a mom. </image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://scoop.upworthy.com/man-accepts-date-only-to-realize-hes-the-seventh-man-in-line-fp</loc><news:news><news:publication><news:name>UPWORTHY</news:name><news:language>en</news:language></news:publication><news:publication_date>2026-08-03T15:15:00.000Z</news:publication_date><news:title>Man thought he’d landed a date. Instead, she invited him to compete against six other men at her &apos;dating event&apos;</news:title></news:news><image:image><image:loc>https://d34zrgnx1tq8w.cloudfront.net/812518/uploads/5d403de0-8f21-11f1-94e9-25c583e2d3d8_1200_630.jpeg</image:loc><image:title>Man thought he’d landed a date. Instead, she invited him to compete against six other men at her &apos;dating event&apos;</image:title><image:caption>He thought he was about to land a date on the dating app. A message revealed that the woman had organized a dating event </image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://scoop.upworthy.com/his-brother-donated-her-his-liver-and-are-now-getting-married-gsn</loc><news:news><news:publication><news:name>UPWORTHY</news:name><news:language>en</news:language></news:publication><news:publication_date>2026-08-03T16:15:00.000Z</news:publication_date><news:title>She survived because of a 10-year-old donor. 20 years later, she discovered she had married her savior’s younger brother</news:title></news:news><image:image><image:loc>https://d34zrgnx1tq8w.cloudfront.net/812529/uploads/e75f9a40-8f1a-11f1-821d-f9e74490501c_1200_630.jpeg</image:loc><image:title>She survived because of a 10-year-old donor. 20 years later, she discovered she had married her savior’s younger brother</image:title><image:caption>Waters, Michael’s grieving brother, became friends with Brooklyn Dotson. Over the years, this friendship turned into something much more intense. Now, they are getting married </image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://scoop.upworthy.com/police-wrongly-accused-teen-of-a-bank-robbery-over-his-clothes-sn</loc><news:news><news:publication><news:name>UPWORTHY</news:name><news:language>en</news:language></news:publication><news:publication_date>2026-08-03T14:45:00.000Z</news:publication_date><news:title>Police detained a teen on his way to a haircut, claiming his clothes matched a bank robber. The GPS data pointed somewhere else </news:title></news:news><image:image><image:loc>https://d34zrgnx1tq8w.cloudfront.net/812543/uploads/9a075b70-8f38-11f1-99a8-d3a56544bb14_1200_630.jpeg</image:loc><image:title>Police detained a teen on his way to a haircut, claiming his clothes matched a bank robber. The GPS data pointed somewhere else </image:title><image:caption>Teen mistaken for a bank robbery suspect was detained for 8 minutes, files a lawsuit against Boulder police.</image:caption></image:image></url></urlset>