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Pissed by the baseless accusation, the woman left the meeting. </image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://scoop.upworthy.com/fibrebond-ceo-sells-company-and-gifts-workers-240-million-bonus-fp-ex4</loc><news:news><news:publication><news:name>UPWORTHY</news:name><news:language>en</news:language></news:publication><news:publication_date>2026-08-14T16:45:48.000Z</news:publication_date><news:title>540 employees received blue envelopes when their CEO sold his company for $1.7 billion — inside was $443,000 each</news:title></news:news><image:image><image:loc>https://d34zrgnx1tq8w.cloudfront.net/785398/uploads/b484eac0-e566-11f0-b2e3-e5531bf7d126_1200_630.jpeg</image:loc><image:title>540 employees received blue envelopes when their CEO sold his company for $1.7 billion — inside was $443,000 each</image:title><image:caption>The workers were handed the news in blue and white envelopes and had mixed reactions. Some were brought to tears, others thought it was a prank, and still others were speechless. Lesia Key, an employee of 29 years, revealed the difference it made.</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://scoop.upworthy.com/amputee-scolded-for-parking-in-a-handicapped-spot-fights-back-fp-ex3</loc><news:news><news:publication><news:name>UPWORTHY</news:name><news:language>en</news:language></news:publication><news:publication_date>2026-08-13T18:15:13.000Z</news:publication_date><news:title>18-time Paralympic champion was accused of faking her disability in a handicapped spot — she had a message for the &apos;handicapped police&apos;</news:title></news:news><image:image><image:loc>https://d34zrgnx1tq8w.cloudfront.net/787552/uploads/f3d99af0-f208-11f0-9c95-8f50f75b763d_1200_630.jpeg</image:loc><image:title>18-time Paralympic champion was accused of faking her disability in a handicapped spot — she had a message for the &apos;handicapped police&apos;</image:title><image:caption>&apos;I shouldn’t have to justify myself to strangers...&apos;</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://scoop.upworthy.com/homophobic-family-gets-restraining-orders-for-stealing-sons-share-fp-ex5</loc><news:news><news:publication><news:name>UPWORTHY</news:name><news:language>en</news:language></news:publication><news:publication_date>2026-08-13T14:45:02.000Z</news:publication_date><news:title>Family tried to exclude gay son from grandpa&apos;s inheritance — but the court ruled against them and then the restraining orders followed</news:title></news:news><image:image><image:loc>https://d34zrgnx1tq8w.cloudfront.net/789014/uploads/778fd1a0-fdb4-11f0-bf24-7d7992f99e15_1200_630.jpeg</image:loc><image:title>Family tried to exclude gay son from grandpa&apos;s inheritance — but the court ruled against them and then the restraining orders followed</image:title><image:caption>&apos;I will never be able to understand how you can throw your own child out of your life, solely based on who they love...&apos;</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://scoop.upworthy.com/customers-insult-pizza-guy-over-7-only-for-internet-to-take-revenge-fpr-ex3</loc><news:news><news:publication><news:name>UPWORTHY</news:name><news:language>en</news:language></news:publication><news:publication_date>2026-08-12T17:15:58.000Z</news:publication_date><news:title>Pizza delivery worker was humiliated over $7 by car dealership staff — the CCTV footage of them bullying backfired on them in real time</news:title></news:news><image:image><image:loc>https://d34zrgnx1tq8w.cloudfront.net/790435/uploads/45202e00-a075-11f0-a55f-0dd89333c4b4_1200_630.jpeg</image:loc><image:title>Pizza delivery worker was humiliated over $7 by car dealership staff — the CCTV footage of them bullying backfired on them in real time</image:title><image:caption>&apos;The manager apologized once for you, do you want him to apologize again for you?&apos;</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://scoop.upworthy.com/worker-walks-20-miles-to-be-on-time-ceo-changes-his-life-with-gift-fp-ex3</loc><news:news><news:publication><news:name>UPWORTHY</news:name><news:language>en</news:language></news:publication><news:publication_date>2026-08-13T16:15:59.000Z</news:publication_date><news:title>Employee walked 20 miles overnight to be on time for first day of work — when the CEO heard about it, he ensured it would never happen again</news:title></news:news><image:image><image:loc>https://d34zrgnx1tq8w.cloudfront.net/791179/uploads/148556d0-07f9-11f1-bc69-e9bc1f2c3593_1200_630.jpeg</image:loc><image:title>Employee walked 20 miles overnight to be on time for first day of work — when the CEO heard about it, he ensured it would never happen again</image:title><image:caption>&apos;He walked until he got here! I am in total awe of this young man!&apos;</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://scoop.upworthy.com/woman-mindblown-after-discovering-the-correct-way-to-use-cheese-grater-fpr-ex3</loc><news:news><news:publication><news:name>UPWORTHY</news:name><news:language>en</news:language></news:publication><news:publication_date>2026-08-13T13:45:56.000Z</news:publication_date><news:title>Woman mindblown after discovering the &apos;correct way&apos; to use cheese grater: &apos;Easy peasy now&apos;</news:title></news:news><image:image><image:loc>https://d34zrgnx1tq8w.cloudfront.net/791352/uploads/b306a130-1d75-11ef-ad2a-a9a293b12f38_1200_630.jpeg</image:loc><image:title>Woman mindblown after discovering the &apos;correct way&apos; to use cheese grater: &apos;Easy peasy now&apos;</image:title><image:caption>This woman reveals the correct way to use a cheese grater and it&apos;s quite shocking!</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://scoop.upworthy.com/what-mt-rushmore-might-have-looked-like-if-the-project-had-not-run-out-of-funds-fpr-ex3</loc><news:news><news:publication><news:name>UPWORTHY</news:name><news:language>en</news:language></news:publication><news:publication_date>2026-08-13T15:15:07.000Z</news:publication_date><news:title>Here is what Mt Rushmore might have looked like if the project had not run out of funds</news:title></news:news><image:image><image:loc>https://d34zrgnx1tq8w.cloudfront.net/791365/uploads/30700970-0b76-11ef-b64a-139adf029d26_1200_630.jpeg</image:loc><image:title>Here is what Mt Rushmore might have looked like if the project had not run out of funds</image:title><image:caption>Ever wondered what Mt Rushmore was really supposed to look like? Uncover the grand plans that never came to be!</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://scoop.upworthy.com/man-fired-for-wanting-a-raise-deletes-thousands-of-hours-of-work-leaving-boss-in-a-fix-fpr-ex3</loc><news:news><news:publication><news:name>UPWORTHY</news:name><news:language>en</news:language></news:publication><news:publication_date>2026-08-13T17:45:10.000Z</news:publication_date><news:title>Company fired their videographer then used his personal Google Drive for three years — when he found out, 18 people woke up to a nightmare</news:title></news:news><image:image><image:loc>https://d34zrgnx1tq8w.cloudfront.net/791370/uploads/6fb14060-0a1e-11f1-8dd8-2dfaa55bc86f_1200_630.jpeg</image:loc><image:title>Company fired their videographer then used his personal Google Drive for three years — when he found out, 18 people woke up to a nightmare</image:title><image:caption>He told his &quot;higher-ups&quot; that his videos were making a positive difference in their sales and asked for a raise.</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://scoop.upworthy.com/man-discovers-painting-of-his-lookalike-at-a-local-thrift-store-fp-ex3</loc><news:news><news:publication><news:name>UPWORTHY</news:name><news:language>en</news:language></news:publication><news:publication_date>2026-08-13T16:45:03.000Z</news:publication_date><news:title>Maine resident stunned by &apos;lookalike painting&apos; in thrift store. The moment he noticed the date it was painted — he froze</news:title></news:news><image:image><image:loc>https://d34zrgnx1tq8w.cloudfront.net/792532/uploads/096be0d0-107c-11f1-a7e7-bfa0ca2f7c24_1200_630.jpeg</image:loc><image:title>Maine resident stunned by &apos;lookalike painting&apos; in thrift store. The moment he noticed the date it was painted — he froze</image:title><image:caption>The painting, described by Chris Cunningham as an &apos;original&apos; from 1978, coincidentally predicted his birth 22 years before it actually happened.</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://scoop.upworthy.com/company-hosts-employee-appreciation-day-only-to-share-bad-news-fp-ex2</loc><news:news><news:publication><news:name>UPWORTHY</news:name><news:language>en</news:language></news:publication><news:publication_date>2026-08-14T16:05:43.000Z</news:publication_date><news:title>Company threw its staff an Employee Appreciation Day with food and games — then the CEO announced a salary freeze in the middle of his speech</news:title></news:news><image:image><image:loc>https://d34zrgnx1tq8w.cloudfront.net/798563/uploads/fc6891e0-3339-11f1-8841-df03eb0fc8ec_1200_630.jpeg</image:loc><image:title>Company threw its staff an Employee Appreciation Day with food and games — then the CEO announced a salary freeze in the middle of his speech</image:title><image:caption>Company hosts &apos;Employee Appreciation Day&apos; but turns a celebration into an awkward disaster</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://scoop.upworthy.com/dads-sarcastic-letter-verifying-daughter-period-claim-wins-praise-fp-ex2</loc><news:news><news:publication><news:name>UPWORTHY</news:name><news:language>en</news:language></news:publication><news:publication_date>2026-08-14T14:45:39.000Z</news:publication_date><news:title>Teacher asks dad to ‘verify’ daughter’s period claim after she opts out of P.E. class. His reply involving the CPS left the teacher squirming</news:title></news:news><image:image><image:loc>https://d34zrgnx1tq8w.cloudfront.net/798577/uploads/a6663310-334d-11f1-b5d3-d7cded513fa2_1200_630.jpeg</image:loc><image:title>Teacher asks dad to ‘verify’ daughter’s period claim after she opts out of P.E. class. His reply involving the CPS left the teacher squirming</image:title><image:caption>The father recalled buying tampons for his daughter, which he assumed she ordered for herself. </image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://scoop.upworthy.com/man-receives-495000-usd-after-being-discriminated-for-a-job-fp-ex2</loc><news:news><news:publication><news:name>UPWORTHY</news:name><news:language>en</news:language></news:publication><news:publication_date>2026-08-14T13:45:33.000Z</news:publication_date><news:title>Hiring team labeled candidate &apos;too old&apos; for the job. Their words cost them $495,000 from the company&apos;s pockets</news:title></news:news><image:image><image:loc>https://d34zrgnx1tq8w.cloudfront.net/798850/uploads/8cef9600-34b6-11f1-9906-63efce5de5cc_1200_630.jpeg</image:loc><image:title>Hiring team labeled candidate &apos;too old&apos; for the job. Their words cost them $495,000 from the company&apos;s pockets</image:title><image:caption>Man was called &apos;too old&apos; by company for a job. He got the best revenge ever.</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://scoop.upworthy.com/boss-asked-worker-to-cancel-approved-vacation-she-said-a-firm-no-fp-ex2</loc><news:news><news:publication><news:name>UPWORTHY</news:name><news:language>en</news:language></news:publication><news:publication_date>2026-08-14T13:15:29.000Z</news:publication_date><news:title>Boss told her to cancel her family holiday booked 5 months earlier — she answered with one word and walked away</news:title></news:news><image:image><image:loc>https://d34zrgnx1tq8w.cloudfront.net/800914/uploads/914ff860-43a8-11f1-bb39-517c4a866a51_1200_630.jpeg</image:loc><image:title>Boss told her to cancel her family holiday booked 5 months earlier — she answered with one word and walked away</image:title><image:caption>Boss told her that he was “too important and highly paid” to sit at a front admin office, which meant she was being indirectly asked to cancel or reschedule her family vacation or else get fired from the job.</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://scoop.upworthy.com/candidate-undoes-work-after-his-free-trial-ends-fp-ex1</loc><news:news><news:publication><news:name>UPWORTHY</news:name><news:language>en</news:language></news:publication><news:publication_date>2026-08-13T12:45:48.000Z</news:publication_date><news:title>Company told job applicant to work a free &apos;trial day&apos; — he spent 8 hours fixing their bugs, then reverted it all with a single click and walked out</news:title></news:news><image:image><image:loc>https://d34zrgnx1tq8w.cloudfront.net/806997/uploads/d8b98710-68b6-11f1-b48f-3d618198eab8_1200_630.jpeg</image:loc><image:title>Company told job applicant to work a free &apos;trial day&apos; — he spent 8 hours fixing their bugs, then reverted it all with a single click and walked out</image:title><image:caption>The candidate settled the score with the company that was using them as a contractual worker on the pretext of hiring.  </image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://scoop.upworthy.com/wife-was-uninvited-to-friend-wedding-so-man-decided-to-skip-it-too-fp-ex1</loc><news:news><news:publication><news:name>UPWORTHY</news:name><news:language>en</news:language></news:publication><news:publication_date>2026-08-13T17:15:07.000Z</news:publication_date><news:title>Groom disinvited his best friend&apos;s wife 6 weeks before the wedding after she&apos;d booked flights, outfits, and PTO. His best friend had one thing to say</news:title></news:news><image:image><image:loc>https://d34zrgnx1tq8w.cloudfront.net/807792/uploads/09e7c780-6e06-11f1-8050-37bac68756c4_1200_630.jpeg</image:loc><image:title>Groom disinvited his best friend&apos;s wife 6 weeks before the wedding after she&apos;d booked flights, outfits, and PTO. His best friend had one thing to say</image:title><image:caption>“I was honestly shocked. I told him that if my wife couldn&apos;t attend, then I wouldn&apos;t be attending either,” he said.</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://scoop.upworthy.com/entitled-mom-asked-passenger-in-wheelchair-to-switch-paid-seats-fp-ex1</loc><news:news><news:publication><news:name>UPWORTHY</news:name><news:language>en</news:language></news:publication><news:publication_date>2026-08-12T17:45:02.000Z</news:publication_date><news:title>Woman pre-boarded in a wheelchair after hip surgery — the entitled mom next to her still demanded the window seat she&apos;d paid for</news:title></news:news><image:image><image:loc>https://d34zrgnx1tq8w.cloudfront.net/807816/uploads/430f8d50-6e14-11f1-9967-49f37a110e55_1200_630.jpeg</image:loc><image:title>Woman pre-boarded in a wheelchair after hip surgery — the entitled mom next to her still demanded the window seat she&apos;d paid for</image:title><image:caption>Despite pre-booking a wheelchair service and paying $50 for a window seat to avoid disruption, an &quot;entitled&quot; mom asked her to switch seats because she wanted to breast-feed her 10-week-old baby.</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://scoop.upworthy.com/woman-forced-to-give-up-inheritance-from-great-aunt-fp-ex1</loc><news:news><news:publication><news:name>UPWORTHY</news:name><news:language>en</news:language></news:publication><news:publication_date>2026-08-14T12:45:25.000Z</news:publication_date><news:title>Woman inherited $25,000 from a great-aunt she wasn&apos;t close to — relatives sent her a draft document demanding she sign it away</news:title></news:news><image:image><image:loc>https://d34zrgnx1tq8w.cloudfront.net/807834/uploads/dfd228d0-6e2a-11f1-aa47-a711267abc92_1200_630.jpeg</image:loc><image:title>Woman inherited $25,000 from a great-aunt she wasn&apos;t close to — relatives sent her a draft document demanding she sign it away</image:title><image:caption>Things escalated when one of the relatives sent this person a draft and told them that giving up their share would be the &apos;right thing to do.&apos;</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://scoop.upworthy.com/womans-suspects-friend-of-stealing-family-heirloom-ring-fp</loc><news:news><news:publication><news:name>UPWORTHY</news:name><news:language>en</news:language></news:publication><news:publication_date>2026-08-12T18:15:00.000Z</news:publication_date><news:title>Woman’s 5-generation heirloom ring vanished after a friend stayed over. She denied taking it until her unwitting Instagram post gave it away </news:title></news:news><image:image><image:loc>https://d34zrgnx1tq8w.cloudfront.net/813300/uploads/301d0d80-964b-11f1-b754-875510c31be5_1200_630.jpeg</image:loc><image:title>Woman’s 5-generation heirloom ring vanished after a friend stayed over. She denied taking it until her unwitting Instagram post gave it away </image:title><image:caption>The woman, who’s a bartender, found $500 worth of cash missing from a drawer. The first suspect that came to her mind was a friend who had stayed in her house over the previous weekend.</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://scoop.upworthy.com/woman-hires-private-investigator-to-follow-her-husband-at-a-run-fp</loc><news:news><news:publication><news:name>UPWORTHY</news:name><news:language>en</news:language></news:publication><news:publication_date>2026-08-12T18:45:00.000Z</news:publication_date><news:title>Wife hired a PI after her &apos;lazy&apos; husband suddenly joined a running club. Her investigator ran the whole 5K — and caught him at the finish line</news:title></news:news><image:image><image:loc>https://d34zrgnx1tq8w.cloudfront.net/813304/uploads/3f739d00-9644-11f1-ab67-1983e74a950a_1200_630.jpeg</image:loc><image:title>Wife hired a PI after her &apos;lazy&apos; husband suddenly joined a running club. Her investigator ran the whole 5K — and caught him at the finish line</image:title><image:caption> &quot;I stayed behind the guy and watched him,&quot; Justin noted. Initially, he couldn&apos;t find anything suspicious. The man was running just like everyone else. </image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://scoop.upworthy.com/man-traveled-1700-miles-to-save-a-scottish-payphone-g</loc><news:news><news:publication><news:name>UPWORTHY</news:name><news:language>en</news:language></news:publication><news:publication_date>2026-08-14T05:45:00.000Z</news:publication_date><news:title>Scottish payphone needed 52 calls to be &apos;kept alive.&apos; One man drove 1,700 miles to do just that</news:title></news:news><image:image><image:loc>https://d34zrgnx1tq8w.cloudfront.net/813385/uploads/e2f2e440-954f-11f1-937d-cb2acc15f3aa_1200_630.jpeg</image:loc><image:title>Scottish payphone needed 52 calls to be &apos;kept alive.&apos; One man drove 1,700 miles to do just that</image:title><image:caption>Arnold got some help locating a phone box from a local Facebook group before traveling 1,700 miles to Einacleit.</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://scoop.upworthy.com/scientists-are-using-sharks-to-predict-hurricanes</loc><news:news><news:publication><news:name>UPWORTHY</news:name><news:language>en</news:language></news:publication><news:publication_date>2026-08-13T00:45:00.000Z</news:publication_date><news:title>Scientists have a strange new way to forecast hurricanes: sharks</news:title></news:news><image:image><image:loc>https://d34zrgnx1tq8w.cloudfront.net/813394/uploads/f9caef10-954e-11f1-937d-cb2acc15f3aa_1200_630.jpeg</image:loc><image:title>Scientists have a strange new way to forecast hurricanes: sharks</image:title><image:caption>As sharks swim through the ocean, they are perhaps the best vessels to record thermal profiles across key depth zones.</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://scoop.upworthy.com/repeat-shoplifter-returns-to-steal-after-being-caught-on-camera-fpsn</loc><news:news><news:publication><news:name>UPWORTHY</news:name><news:language>en</news:language></news:publication><news:publication_date>2026-08-13T05:45:00.000Z</news:publication_date><news:title>She stole $300 worth of clothes from a store built to give people second chances. Then the owner gave her one too</news:title></news:news><image:image><image:loc>https://d34zrgnx1tq8w.cloudfront.net/813408/uploads/d11bfb60-956a-11f1-94b3-2fe631fb8303_1200_630.jpeg</image:loc><image:title>She stole $300 worth of clothes from a store built to give people second chances. Then the owner gave her one too</image:title><image:caption>Rytlewski asked the woman to come back, return the stolen items, and apologize. Two days later, she did. Just not for the reasons the Heartening Austin owner hoped. </image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://scoop.upworthy.com/woman-gets-brutal-revenge-on-cheating-husband-with-envelopes-fp</loc><news:news><news:publication><news:name>UPWORTHY</news:name><news:language>en</news:language></news:publication><news:publication_date>2026-08-14T15:45:00.000Z</news:publication_date><news:title>She discovered texts proving her husband’s affair but waited for his b&apos;day — then handed his friends envelopes that silenced the room</news:title></news:news><image:image><image:loc>https://d34zrgnx1tq8w.cloudfront.net/813499/uploads/142626c0-960a-11f1-94ec-f11bad126d42_1200_630.jpeg</image:loc><image:title>She discovered texts proving her husband’s affair but waited for his b&apos;day — then handed his friends envelopes that silenced the room</image:title><image:caption> She discovered months of messages on her husband&apos;s phone that made her realize this wasn&apos;t simply a &quot;moment of bad judgment.&quot; </image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://scoop.upworthy.com/man-got-charged-extra-fifty-cents-for-not-tipping-at-shake-shack</loc><news:news><news:publication><news:name>UPWORTHY</news:name><news:language>en</news:language></news:publication><news:publication_date>2026-08-12T17:45:00.000Z</news:publication_date><news:title>Customers refused to tip at Shake Shack kiosk, then watched every item go up 50 cents</news:title></news:news><image:image><image:loc>https://d34zrgnx1tq8w.cloudfront.net/813501/uploads/6acaf660-9612-11f1-80e9-99ca4fd08292_1200_630.jpeg</image:loc><image:title>Customers refused to tip at Shake Shack kiosk, then watched every item go up 50 cents</image:title><image:caption>Man who got charged extra for not tipping at Shake Shack stirs an uproar on the internet. Turns out, it was just a glitch</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://scoop.upworthy.com/couple-made-wedding-guests-drive-to-four-locations-for-meals-fp</loc><news:news><news:publication><news:name>UPWORTHY</news:name><news:language>en</news:language></news:publication><news:publication_date>2026-08-13T14:15:00.000Z</news:publication_date><news:title>Newlyweds sent 100 guests hopping between 4 restaurants, racking up $50 in valet fees alone — half said &apos;no thanks,&apos; and went back home</news:title></news:news><image:image><image:loc>https://d34zrgnx1tq8w.cloudfront.net/813513/uploads/d3b81c40-9629-11f1-85d7-737515dd9000_1200_630.jpeg</image:loc><image:title>Newlyweds sent 100 guests hopping between 4 restaurants, racking up $50 in valet fees alone — half said &apos;no thanks,&apos; and went back home</image:title><image:caption>An L.A. couple made their wedding guests drive to three different restaurants for their meals, and then to a fourth to enjoy the wedding party. Not everyone was thrilled.</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://scoop.upworthy.com/captain-cuts-chiefs-lunch-short-but-one-report-leaves-him-grounded-fp</loc><news:news><news:publication><news:name>UPWORTHY</news:name><news:language>en</news:language></news:publication><news:publication_date>2026-08-13T16:45:00.000Z</news:publication_date><news:title>Crew chief was mid-lunch when the captain demanded a pre-flight check for his helicopter — the honest inspection left him grounded for 24 hours</news:title></news:news><image:image><image:loc>https://d34zrgnx1tq8w.cloudfront.net/813515/uploads/aa8b7440-961d-11f1-bf69-b325b1358305_1200_630.jpeg</image:loc><image:title>Crew chief was mid-lunch when the captain demanded a pre-flight check for his helicopter — the honest inspection left him grounded for 24 hours</image:title><image:caption>Haughty captain disrupts crew chief&apos;s lunch to have his own lunch in peace. Chief creates a report that melts away all his arrogance and makes him stay overnight at the base </image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://scoop.upworthy.com/man-comes-out-of-coma-after-seeing-his-newborn-daughter</loc><news:news><news:publication><news:name>UPWORTHY</news:name><news:language>en</news:language></news:publication><news:publication_date>2026-08-13T17:15:00.000Z</news:publication_date><news:title>His heart stopped for 2 hours. Doctors weren’t sure he was alive until his newborn baby made him cry</news:title></news:news><image:image><image:loc>https://d34zrgnx1tq8w.cloudfront.net/813521/uploads/4bfcdb80-9618-11f1-bf69-b325b1358305_1200_630.jpeg</image:loc><image:title>His heart stopped for 2 hours. Doctors weren’t sure he was alive until his newborn baby made him cry</image:title><image:caption> &quot;It was the craziest experience of my life,&quot; Emma recalls, watching her husband and daughter in that hospital bed.</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://scoop.upworthy.com/daughter-finally-gets-30-year-old-lost-letter-from-father-fpsn</loc><news:news><news:publication><news:name>UPWORTHY</news:name><news:language>en</news:language></news:publication><news:publication_date>2026-08-13T18:15:00.000Z</news:publication_date><news:title>Her father’s lost 1996 letter promised a flower-market visit. Nearly 30 years later, it surfaced in a stranger’s blind box — and found her </news:title></news:news><image:image><image:loc>https://d34zrgnx1tq8w.cloudfront.net/813525/uploads/cd75b620-971f-11f1-8a6c-b523e4a19f00_1200_630.jpeg</image:loc><image:title>Her father’s lost 1996 letter promised a flower-market visit. Nearly 30 years later, it surfaced in a stranger’s blind box — and found her </image:title><image:caption>The handwritten letter was the second letter that Xiaobai had written to his 15-year-old daughter Wenjun when she left home for the first time to study at North China Petroleum Health School in Renqiu.</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://scoop.upworthy.com/woman-stunned-at-220-000-student-loan-despite-timely-payment-fp</loc><news:news><news:publication><news:name>UPWORTHY</news:name><news:language>en</news:language></news:publication><news:publication_date>2026-08-13T12:45:00.000Z</news:publication_date><news:title>Her $96,000 student loan jumped by $125,000, so she called the Education Department. They left her on hold for 8 hours — then blamed a ‘glitch’</news:title></news:news><image:image><image:loc>https://d34zrgnx1tq8w.cloudfront.net/813537/uploads/e2e5e8e0-9634-11f1-9994-713a675154ff_1200_630.jpeg</image:loc><image:title>Her $96,000 student loan jumped by $125,000, so she called the Education Department. They left her on hold for 8 hours — then blamed a ‘glitch’</image:title><image:caption>Leila says she started out owing $96,000 in student loans and has since paid more than $165,000 toward the debt. So when she logged into her account recently, she was stunned to see the amount had ballooned!</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://scoop.upworthy.com/man-was-denied-entry-at-a-luxury-hotel-he-paid-6000-a-night-for-fp</loc><news:news><news:publication><news:name>UPWORTHY</news:name><news:language>en</news:language></news:publication><news:publication_date>2026-08-13T15:45:00.000Z</news:publication_date><news:title>He booked a $6,000-a-night stay and arrived with gifts for the hotel staff. They stopped him at the gate and called the cops on him</news:title></news:news><image:image><image:loc>https://d34zrgnx1tq8w.cloudfront.net/813547/uploads/4c261c10-96e1-11f1-9f5f-334f9f567d06_1200_630.jpeg</image:loc><image:title>He booked a $6,000-a-night stay and arrived with gifts for the hotel staff. They stopped him at the gate and called the cops on him</image:title><image:caption>Ryan Walker was escorted by the police from a hotel despite booking weeks in advance. </image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://scoop.upworthy.com/freediver-discovers-2-000-year-old-roman-shipwreck-50-m-under-sea</loc><news:news><news:publication><news:name>UPWORTHY</news:name><news:language>en</news:language></news:publication><news:publication_date>2026-08-14T04:45:00.000Z</news:publication_date><news:title>He dove 50m to inspect a &apos;strange rock&apos; and found a Roman shipwreck from 2,200 years ago</news:title></news:news><image:image><image:loc>https://d34zrgnx1tq8w.cloudfront.net/813633/uploads/fe7758a0-96d9-11f1-9ab5-1d05e15ad3f8_1200_630.jpeg</image:loc><image:title>He dove 50m to inspect a &apos;strange rock&apos; and found a Roman shipwreck from 2,200 years ago</image:title><image:caption>Giacomo De Mola became the first man in over 20 centuries to witness the Roman shipwreck.</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://scoop.upworthy.com/man-who-took-one-bottle-of-pills-revived-after-doctor-said-one-thing-fp</loc><news:news><news:publication><news:name>UPWORTHY</news:name><news:language>en</news:language></news:publication><news:publication_date>2026-08-13T17:45:00.000Z</news:publication_date><news:title>Scientists tested an &apos;anti-heartbreak&apos; nasal spray on recently dumped boyfriend. The results caught them off guard</news:title></news:news><image:image><image:loc>https://d34zrgnx1tq8w.cloudfront.net/813638/uploads/86107e50-96de-11f1-9f5f-334f9f567d06_1200_630.jpeg</image:loc><image:title>Scientists tested an &apos;anti-heartbreak&apos; nasal spray on recently dumped boyfriend. The results caught them off guard</image:title><image:caption>Man took an entire bottle of pills after breaking up with his girlfriend. Then a doctor told him something that made all his negative symptoms disappear.</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://scoop.upworthy.com/duolingo-restores-sick-boys-300-plus-days-streak</loc><news:news><news:publication><news:name>UPWORTHY</news:name><news:language>en</news:language></news:publication><news:publication_date>2026-08-13T15:00:00.000Z</news:publication_date><news:title>Boy’s 300-day Duolingo streak ended when he was hospitalized, so his mom asked the &apos;green owl&apos; for help</news:title></news:news><image:image><image:loc>https://d34zrgnx1tq8w.cloudfront.net/813640/uploads/ecc75de0-96e2-11f1-9f5f-334f9f567d06_1200_630.jpeg</image:loc><image:title>Boy’s 300-day Duolingo streak ended when he was hospitalized, so his mom asked the &apos;green owl&apos; for help</image:title><image:caption>Sunny Chaos took to X to ask Duolingo to restore her son&apos;s 301-day streak. The green owl responded with a surprise. </image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://scoop.upworthy.com/camera-catches-stranger-inside-their-nyc-apartment-at-11-pm-fpsn</loc><news:news><news:publication><news:name>UPWORTHY</news:name><news:language>en</news:language></news:publication><news:publication_date>2026-08-14T13:45:00.000Z</news:publication_date><news:title>NYC couple were enjoying their vacation until they got a chilling Ring camera notification. A stranger was on their couch — in their locked home</news:title></news:news><image:image><image:loc>https://d34zrgnx1tq8w.cloudfront.net/813659/uploads/e0b0c0b0-96f5-11f1-9f09-5bc9c73830e4_1200_630.jpeg</image:loc><image:title>NYC couple were enjoying their vacation until they got a chilling Ring camera notification. A stranger was on their couch — in their locked home</image:title><image:caption>Bill and Yelim Kim were on vacation when they got a notification that someone was in their living room. They were shocked because the woman did not break in, but actually got the keys to enter their apartment.</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://scoop.upworthy.com/woman-in-line-asks-girls-to-give-up-spot-but-staff-calls-her-bluff-fp</loc><news:news><news:publication><news:name>UPWORTHY</news:name><news:language>en</news:language></news:publication><news:publication_date>2026-08-14T14:45:00.000Z</news:publication_date><news:title>Woman demanded four girls give up their Comic-Con photo-op spot for her kids. She complained but the staff called her bluff instead</news:title></news:news><image:image><image:loc>https://d34zrgnx1tq8w.cloudfront.net/813662/uploads/0fa70100-96eb-11f1-ac5b-29b0bd6dda1b_1200_630.jpeg</image:loc><image:title>Woman demanded four girls give up their Comic-Con photo-op spot for her kids. She complained but the staff called her bluff instead</image:title><image:caption>The security staff wasn&apos;t going to allow any line cutters in their presence. </image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://scoop.upworthy.com/count-binface-won-27-of-votes-during-uk-election-against-nigel-farage</loc><news:news><news:publication><news:name>UPWORTHY</news:name><news:language>en</news:language></news:publication><news:publication_date>2026-08-14T14:15:00.000Z</news:publication_date><news:title>A trash can named &apos;Count Binface&apos; stood for elections in the UK and won 27% of the vote</news:title></news:news><image:image><image:loc>https://d34zrgnx1tq8w.cloudfront.net/813799/uploads/46fa4c80-97cb-11f1-af64-7db9360c6e72_1200_630.jpeg</image:loc><image:title>A trash can named &apos;Count Binface&apos; stood for elections in the UK and won 27% of the vote</image:title><image:caption>Count Binface contested in the Clacton by-election, and surprisingly came in second place. He still declared himself the winner.</image:caption></image:image></url></urlset>