<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><urlset xmlns="http://www.sitemaps.org/schemas/sitemap/0.9" xmlns:news="http://www.google.com/schemas/sitemap-news/0.9" xmlns:image="http://www.google.com/schemas/sitemap-image/1.1"><url><loc>https://scoop.upworthy.com/influencers-instantly-regrets-asking-musician-write-free-personal-song-for-wedding-ex2</loc><news:news><news:publication><news:name>UPWORTHY</news:name><news:language>en</news:language></news:publication><news:publication_date>2026-06-28T18:16:05.000Z</news:publication_date><news:title>Influencers asked musician to fly to Ibiza and perform for free in exchange for promo — his sarcastic reply forced them to change their wedding date</news:title></news:news><image:image><image:loc>https://d34zrgnx1tq8w.cloudfront.net/558444/uploads/4155a960-72db-11ec-bda4-1fa0f4e2b05d_1200_630.png</image:loc><image:title>Influencers asked musician to fly to Ibiza and perform for free in exchange for promo — his sarcastic reply forced them to change their wedding date</image:title><image:caption>&apos;If you are an influencer, please don’t feel entitled to whatever you want. Some people would rather be paid for their time and treated with respect.&apos;</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://scoop.upworthy.com/his-company-accidentally-paid-him-286-times-his-salary-so-he-promptly-resigned-and-disappeared-ex2</loc><news:news><news:publication><news:name>UPWORTHY</news:name><news:language>en</news:language></news:publication><news:publication_date>2026-06-29T15:05:12.000Z</news:publication_date><news:title>His company accidentally paid him hundreds of times his salary. He promptly resigned and disappeared.</news:title></news:news><image:image><image:loc>https://d34zrgnx1tq8w.cloudfront.net/575189/uploads/36d237e0-fbbd-11ec-bc11-c97f16534c48_1200_630.jpeg</image:loc><image:title>His company accidentally paid him hundreds of times his salary. He promptly resigned and disappeared.</image:title><image:caption></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://scoop.upworthy.com/community-comes-in-support-of-tenants-to-teach-landlord-a-lesson-fp-ex3</loc><news:news><news:publication><news:name>UPWORTHY</news:name><news:language>en</news:language></news:publication><news:publication_date>2026-06-28T19:05:07.000Z</news:publication_date><news:title>Landlord scammed tenants with fake bills to extract more money — until the entire neighborhood teamed up to ensure he&apos;d never do it again</news:title></news:news><image:image><image:loc>https://d34zrgnx1tq8w.cloudfront.net/782813/uploads/94f26270-d4d9-11f0-bcf3-ebfc692a26e3_1200_630.jpeg</image:loc><image:title>Landlord scammed tenants with fake bills to extract more money — until the entire neighborhood teamed up to ensure he&apos;d never do it again</image:title><image:caption>&apos;It&apos;s truly criminal what some landlords can do...&apos;</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://scoop.upworthy.com/boss-insists-employee-hire-his-incompetent-crush-and-faces-backlash-fp-ex3</loc><news:news><news:publication><news:name>UPWORTHY</news:name><news:language>en</news:language></news:publication><news:publication_date>2026-06-28T14:25:42.000Z</news:publication_date><news:title>Boss forces HR to hire his &apos;almost-girlfriend&apos; despite being the worst candidate — soon discovers the heavy price of nepotism the hard way</news:title></news:news><image:image><image:loc>https://d34zrgnx1tq8w.cloudfront.net/783416/uploads/b45a2510-d990-11f0-988c-755317cc22df_1200_630.jpeg</image:loc><image:title>Boss forces HR to hire his &apos;almost-girlfriend&apos; despite being the worst candidate — soon discovers the heavy price of nepotism the hard way</image:title><image:caption>While the supervisor tried to gain cover by inventing fake excuses, HR already had proof showcasing his role in the &apos;forced hiring.&apos;</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://scoop.upworthy.com/fired-employee-used-companys-own-ai-to-reverse-their-decision-fp-ex3</loc><news:news><news:publication><news:name>UPWORTHY</news:name><news:language>en</news:language></news:publication><news:publication_date>2026-06-28T13:05:33.000Z</news:publication_date><news:title>Company tried to fire employee without severance. He used their own AI against them and pulled off the ultimate holiday coup</news:title></news:news><image:image><image:loc>https://d34zrgnx1tq8w.cloudfront.net/785030/uploads/4aecb2e0-e251-11f0-9318-d99185983b81_1200_630.jpeg</image:loc><image:title>Company tried to fire employee without severance. He used their own AI against them and pulled off the ultimate holiday coup</image:title><image:caption>The person had about two days to submit their defense, while the company had been planning for their layoff for weeks. They read the accusations carefully and realized the company had clearly blown things out of proportion, only to terminate them.</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://scoop.upworthy.com/woman-refuses-to-give-up-window-seat-to-couple-fp-ex2</loc><news:news><news:publication><news:name>UPWORTHY</news:name><news:language>en</news:language></news:publication><news:publication_date>2026-06-28T17:45:03.000Z</news:publication_date><news:title>Woman gets called heartless for refusing to give up her window seat to a couple on a 6-hour flight — her one-line response ended the conversation</news:title></news:news><image:image><image:loc>https://d34zrgnx1tq8w.cloudfront.net/789374/uploads/e5b09c00-fcf1-11f0-af65-a1a90d913ab8_1200_630.jpeg</image:loc><image:title>Woman gets called heartless for refusing to give up her window seat to a couple on a 6-hour flight — her one-line response ended the conversation</image:title><image:caption>&apos;If sitting together was so important, then they should have bought tickets together&apos;</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://scoop.upworthy.com/homeowner-calls-cops-on-overbearing-hoa-lady-ex2</loc><news:news><news:publication><news:name>UPWORTHY</news:name><news:language>en</news:language></news:publication><news:publication_date>2026-06-29T16:06:16.000Z</news:publication_date><news:title>His HOA rep kept patrolling the neighborhood reporting violations — so an annoyed neighbor rang 911 to report her</news:title></news:news><image:image><image:loc>https://d34zrgnx1tq8w.cloudfront.net/790927/uploads/7e591ff0-070f-11f1-a83b-f7537cba642e_1200_630.jpeg</image:loc><image:title>His HOA rep kept patrolling the neighborhood reporting violations — so an annoyed neighbor rang 911 to report her</image:title><image:caption>One in five Americans lives in HOA-governed communities, and 45% believe HOAs have a negative effect on the communities.</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://scoop.upworthy.com/employee-quits-after-boss-tried-to-steal-250-from-his-salary-fp-ex2</loc><news:news><news:publication><news:name>UPWORTHY</news:name><news:language>en</news:language></news:publication><news:publication_date>2026-06-29T16:45:21.000Z</news:publication_date><news:title>Boss docked $250 from worker&apos;s pay before making &apos;minimum wage&apos; threat — she asked him to check his email, leaving him begging to reconsider</news:title></news:news><image:image><image:loc>https://d34zrgnx1tq8w.cloudfront.net/792077/uploads/e362eb70-0d58-11f1-b622-153e30b9e559_1200_630.jpeg</image:loc><image:title>Boss docked $250 from worker&apos;s pay before making &apos;minimum wage&apos; threat — she asked him to check his email, leaving him begging to reconsider</image:title><image:caption>&quot;All my coworkers were standing with me in silence, which felt good,&quot; the employee noted.</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://scoop.upworthy.com/bolivian-tribe-with-1-dementia-follows-unique-diet-fp-ex2</loc><news:news><news:publication><news:name>UPWORTHY</news:name><news:language>en</news:language></news:publication><news:publication_date>2026-06-29T17:45:07.000Z</news:publication_date><news:title>Bolivian tribe with 1% dementia follows a diet so powerful, scientists are questioning modern lifestyle</news:title></news:news><image:image><image:loc>https://d34zrgnx1tq8w.cloudfront.net/792616/uploads/e1cc2ad0-f411-11ef-8b88-49abd0760aec_1200_630.jpeg</image:loc><image:title>Bolivian tribe with 1% dementia follows a diet so powerful, scientists are questioning modern lifestyle</image:title><image:caption>While the world chases different diets, a Bolivian tribe thrives on a different path—scientists are taking notes on their secret to aging well.</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://scoop.upworthy.com/hoa-insists-people-put-trash-out-sharp-at-7-am-rule-backfires-fp-ex2</loc><news:news><news:publication><news:name>UPWORTHY</news:name><news:language>en</news:language></news:publication><news:publication_date>2026-06-27T19:15:15.000Z</news:publication_date><news:title>HOA demands homeowners put trash out at 7 am sharp — the rule backfired so fast, the rule was withdrawn the next morning</news:title></news:news><image:image><image:loc>https://d34zrgnx1tq8w.cloudfront.net/792958/uploads/d25346d0-122c-11f1-8a57-2724b42c243e_1200_630.jpeg</image:loc><image:title>HOA demands homeowners put trash out at 7 am sharp — the rule backfired so fast, the rule was withdrawn the next morning</image:title><image:caption>Soon, the HOA board member realized the rule wasn&apos;t practical and eventually allowed residents to place trash bins out the night before or early morning.</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://scoop.upworthy.com/dad-gets-dna-test-after-finding-daughter-too-pretty-learns-an-unexpected-secret-fpr-ex2</loc><news:news><news:publication><news:name>UPWORTHY</news:name><news:language>en</news:language></news:publication><news:publication_date>2026-06-28T14:15:37.000Z</news:publication_date><news:title>At a birthday party, mom realized her daughter looked uncannily like her friend’s mom — a DNA test later revealed a truth that shook both families</news:title></news:news><image:image><image:loc>https://d34zrgnx1tq8w.cloudfront.net/793351/uploads/9e5ba7d0-38bc-11f1-a3d3-cdb7379cba61_1200_630.jpeg</image:loc><image:title>At a birthday party, mom realized her daughter looked uncannily like her friend’s mom — a DNA test later revealed a truth that shook both families</image:title><image:caption>Man noticed that his teenage daughter was too pretty to be his and ended up taking a DNA test to get shocking results.</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://scoop.upworthy.com/employee-let-go-for-taking-10-minutes-to-reply-to-emails-fpr-ex2</loc><news:news><news:publication><news:name>UPWORTHY</news:name><news:language>en</news:language></news:publication><news:publication_date>2026-06-28T15:16:46.000Z</news:publication_date><news:title>Boss fired worker for replying 10 minutes late to his emails — she pulled out their NDA and left the HR embarrassed</news:title></news:news><image:image><image:loc>https://d34zrgnx1tq8w.cloudfront.net/793352/uploads/37af61e0-55f3-11f0-93a0-6fba2f4da100_1200_630.jpeg</image:loc><image:title>Boss fired worker for replying 10 minutes late to his emails — she pulled out their NDA and left the HR embarrassed</image:title><image:caption>&apos;Worst place I have ever worked.&apos; </image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://scoop.upworthy.com/california-woman-noticed-a-12-year-old-looking-uneasy-beside-a-woman-she-said-one-sentence-that-stopped-the-kidnapping-fpr-ex2</loc><news:news><news:publication><news:name>UPWORTHY</news:name><news:language>en</news:language></news:publication><news:publication_date>2026-06-28T17:15:56.000Z</news:publication_date><news:title>California woman noticed a 12-year-old acting uneasy beside a stranger — one sentence from her stopped a kidnapping</news:title></news:news><image:image><image:loc>https://d34zrgnx1tq8w.cloudfront.net/794111/uploads/a8d83440-397e-11f1-95d9-bb4580a2979c_1200_630.jpeg</image:loc><image:title>California woman noticed a 12-year-old acting uneasy beside a stranger — one sentence from her stopped a kidnapping</image:title><image:caption>The woman&apos;s motherly instincts kicked in and she said to the suspect, &apos;That&apos;s my child, give her back to me.&apos;</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://scoop.upworthy.com/her-bosses-wore-the-same-trainers-but-only-she-got-fired-she-served-up-the-perfect-response-in-court-fpr-ex2</loc><news:news><news:publication><news:name>UPWORTHY</news:name><news:language>en</news:language></news:publication><news:publication_date>2026-06-29T18:16:10.000Z</news:publication_date><news:title>Her bosses wore the same trainers to work but only she was fired for it — she took them to court and left them with a 5-figure bill</news:title></news:news><image:image><image:loc>https://d34zrgnx1tq8w.cloudfront.net/794112/uploads/d84625e0-08a4-11f0-b32c-99ad8533c61e_1200_630.jpeg</image:loc><image:title>Her bosses wore the same trainers to work but only she was fired for it — she took them to court and left them with a 5-figure bill</image:title><image:caption>Woman fired from her job for wearing shoes that went against the dress code wins £29,187 in compensation.</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://scoop.upworthy.com/landlord-takes-revenge-on-childhood-bully-fp-ex1</loc><news:news><news:publication><news:name>UPWORTHY</news:name><news:language>en</news:language></news:publication><news:publication_date>2026-06-28T16:15:50.000Z</news:publication_date><news:title>25-year-old landlord ran into his old high school bully as a tenant. He had his &apos;petty&apos; revenge the day she moved out</news:title></news:news><image:image><image:loc>https://d34zrgnx1tq8w.cloudfront.net/794546/uploads/6fcff1c0-1d3f-11f1-8a34-55a593d8a55d_1200_630.jpeg</image:loc><image:title>25-year-old landlord ran into his old high school bully as a tenant. He had his &apos;petty&apos; revenge the day she moved out</image:title><image:caption>The high school bully was so uncomfortable with the growing hatred that she requested the landlord cancel her lease so she could move out. </image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://scoop.upworthy.com/man-asked-to-cut-ties-with-family-friend-gf-gives-him-ultimatum-fp-ex1</loc><news:news><news:publication><news:name>UPWORTHY</news:name><news:language>en</news:language></news:publication><news:publication_date>2026-06-29T17:15:25.000Z</news:publication_date><news:title>Man brings girlfriend home to meet his family — only to get dumped after she demanded boyfriend distance himself from a &apos;family friend&apos;</news:title></news:news><image:image><image:loc>https://d34zrgnx1tq8w.cloudfront.net/799152/uploads/e2fdbae0-38a3-11f1-bbf1-73cac5b2549e_1200_630.jpeg</image:loc><image:title>Man brings girlfriend home to meet his family — only to get dumped after she demanded boyfriend distance himself from a &apos;family friend&apos;</image:title><image:caption>&quot;After about 3 days, my gf pulled me aside and said she felt very uncomfortable with Felicia&apos;s relationship with my family,&quot; the man wrote. &quot;She said that it looked like we were married by the way she was treated. </image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://scoop.upworthy.com/bf-demands-half-of-partner-business-stunned-by-response-fp-ex1</loc><news:news><news:publication><news:name>UPWORTHY</news:name><news:language>en</news:language></news:publication><news:publication_date>2026-06-29T13:16:57.000Z</news:publication_date><news:title>Boyfriend threatens to leave if partner doesn&apos;t sign over 50% of their company. 4 days later, he realized he&apos;d messed up</news:title></news:news><image:image><image:loc>https://d34zrgnx1tq8w.cloudfront.net/799264/uploads/3391faf0-38bf-11f1-a3d3-cdb7379cba61_1200_630.jpeg</image:loc><image:title>Boyfriend threatens to leave if partner doesn&apos;t sign over 50% of their company. 4 days later, he realized he&apos;d messed up</image:title><image:caption>Their business only started taking off two years into their relationship, but the partner knew how much time and hard work it had taken to build it from ground up.</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://scoop.upworthy.com/airbnb-couple-find-rule-on-bed-fp-ex1</loc><news:news><news:publication><news:name>UPWORTHY</news:name><news:language>en</news:language></news:publication><news:publication_date>2026-06-29T14:06:03.000Z</news:publication_date><news:title>Couple on romantic vacation finds bizarre note taped to their Airbnb bed — the instructions were oddly specific</news:title></news:news><image:image><image:loc>https://d34zrgnx1tq8w.cloudfront.net/799310/uploads/75c13b50-3a3d-11f1-b9c4-f792f0b5f8c6_1200_630.jpeg</image:loc><image:title>Couple on romantic vacation finds bizarre note taped to their Airbnb bed — the instructions were oddly specific</image:title><image:caption>If it wasn’t enough to forbid the activities on the bed, the homeowner inadvertently extended similar prohibitions on other items as well.</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://scoop.upworthy.com/boyfriend-trades-engagement-ring-for-100-pounds-of-sapphire-gravel-fp-ex1</loc><news:news><news:publication><news:name>UPWORTHY</news:name><news:language>en</news:language></news:publication><news:publication_date>2026-06-28T12:45:29.000Z</news:publication_date><news:title>Man proposed with 100 pounds of &apos;gravel&apos; so his girlfriend could build a ring herself — then the polished result made them gasp</news:title></news:news><image:image><image:loc>https://d34zrgnx1tq8w.cloudfront.net/799616/uploads/4317a220-39a7-11f1-be61-8b2b1983ff73_1200_630.jpeg</image:loc><image:title>Man proposed with 100 pounds of &apos;gravel&apos; so his girlfriend could build a ring herself — then the polished result made them gasp</image:title><image:caption>The couple sorted out around 105 stones from the gravel that looked like sapphires. </image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://scoop.upworthy.com/man-found-a-artwork-as-a-child-that-turned-out-be-a-hidden-treasure</loc><news:news><news:publication><news:name>UPWORTHY</news:name><news:language>en</news:language></news:publication><news:publication_date>2026-06-28T03:45:00.000Z</news:publication_date><news:title>Boy refused to let go of a painting he found in the dumpster. 13 years later, it earned him $44,000</news:title></news:news><image:image><image:loc>https://d34zrgnx1tq8w.cloudfront.net/804594/uploads/388291a0-707d-11f1-96fe-2dbf29e84acc_1200_630.jpeg</image:loc><image:title>Boy refused to let go of a painting he found in the dumpster. 13 years later, it earned him $44,000</image:title><image:caption>He saved the artwork from ending up in a dump, and 13 years later, it changed his life forever. </image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://scoop.upworthy.com/trapped-underground-for-hours-miner-wrote-his-final-words-to-his-wife</loc><news:news><news:publication><news:name>UPWORTHY</news:name><news:language>en</news:language></news:publication><news:publication_date>2026-06-28T02:15:00.000Z</news:publication_date><news:title>In 1917, a trapped miner wrote his wife a farewell note with the dying embers of their last candle</news:title></news:news><image:image><image:loc>https://d34zrgnx1tq8w.cloudfront.net/807009/uploads/0e938760-6e29-11f1-aa47-a711267abc92_1200_630.jpeg</image:loc><image:title>In 1917, a trapped miner wrote his wife a farewell note with the dying embers of their last candle</image:title><image:caption>When they knew they weren&apos;t going to survive, James D. Moore and Manus Duggan wrote their final words on pieces of paper 2,500 feet below the surface, which still leave people in tears to this day.</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://scoop.upworthy.com/woman-defaced-mans-comic-out-of-revenge-but-it-made-it-more-worthy</loc><news:news><news:publication><news:name>UPWORTHY</news:name><news:language>en</news:language></news:publication><news:publication_date>2026-06-28T00:45:00.000Z</news:publication_date><news:title>Girl&apos;s angry reaction to schoolboy&apos;s &apos;feelings&apos; turned his $100 comic book into a $50,000 viral story</news:title></news:news><image:image><image:loc>https://d34zrgnx1tq8w.cloudfront.net/807100/uploads/44f1c7c0-6967-11f1-b92c-e9db0be4f008_1200_630.jpeg</image:loc><image:title>Girl&apos;s angry reaction to schoolboy&apos;s &apos;feelings&apos; turned his $100 comic book into a $50,000 viral story</image:title><image:caption>A woman ruined her friend&apos;s rare comic after a fallout, thinking it would hurt him, but it made the comic a legend instead. </image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://scoop.upworthy.com/dog-crawls-to-foster-mom-after-anesthesia-fp</loc><news:news><news:publication><news:name>UPWORTHY</news:name><news:language>en</news:language></news:publication><news:publication_date>2026-06-29T14:45:00.000Z</news:publication_date><news:title>Still groggy from anesthesia, a 6-year-old rescue dog began desperately crawling to his owner. When she realized why, her heart broke</news:title></news:news><image:image><image:loc>https://d34zrgnx1tq8w.cloudfront.net/807408/uploads/9a33af90-7381-11f1-b4d0-0d9051880fe6_1200_630.jpeg</image:loc><image:title>Still groggy from anesthesia, a 6-year-old rescue dog began desperately crawling to his owner. When she realized why, her heart broke</image:title><image:caption>Rivington, also known as Rivi, had to undergo an emergency dental procedure after he broke a front tooth, as Clare, his foster mom, told Newsweek. Thankfully, the treatment went well, and the dog soon woke up from anesthesia. </image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://scoop.upworthy.com/company-makes-discontinued-cup-to-give-an-autistic-boy-lifetime-supply</loc><news:news><news:publication><news:name>UPWORTHY</news:name><news:language>en</news:language></news:publication><news:publication_date>2026-06-29T03:45:00.000Z</news:publication_date><news:title>Autistic boy would only drink from one discontinued sippy cup. The manufacturer searched 4 countries</news:title></news:news><image:image><image:loc>https://d34zrgnx1tq8w.cloudfront.net/807514/uploads/24c3d820-6bc5-11f1-b1d0-155fe9c207a4_1200_630.jpeg</image:loc><image:title>Autistic boy would only drink from one discontinued sippy cup. The manufacturer searched 4 countries</image:title><image:caption>The 14-year-old boy wouldn’t sip from anything unless it was his little blue Tommee Tippee sippy cup, a product that stopped being produced 10 years ago.</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://scoop.upworthy.com/woman-who-collected-6-coca-cola-caps-watched-every-world-cup-for-free</loc><news:news><news:publication><news:name>UPWORTHY</news:name><news:language>en</news:language></news:publication><news:publication_date>2026-06-28T05:45:00.000Z</news:publication_date><news:title>In 1998, she collected 6 Coca-Cola bottle caps. She hasn&apos;t paid to attend a World Cup match since</news:title></news:news><image:image><image:loc>https://d34zrgnx1tq8w.cloudfront.net/807556/uploads/186c83c0-6f8e-11f1-b832-593c184321ed_1200_630.jpeg</image:loc><image:title>In 1998, she collected 6 Coca-Cola bottle caps. She hasn&apos;t paid to attend a World Cup match since</image:title><image:caption>Meet María del Jesús Pinargote, a lucky soccer fan who hasn&apos;t had to pay for a World Cup since 1998. </image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://scoop.upworthy.com/parking-dispute-exposes-shocking-crime-fp</loc><news:news><news:publication><news:name>UPWORTHY</news:name><news:language>en</news:language></news:publication><news:publication_date>2026-06-28T13:15:00.000Z</news:publication_date><news:title>Neighbor attacked disabled woman for photographing illegally parked car — when police showed up, they found a lot more than they expected</news:title></news:news><image:image><image:loc>https://d34zrgnx1tq8w.cloudfront.net/808102/uploads/f8d03e70-6fca-11f1-9448-6fdec7513f62_1200_630.jpeg</image:loc><image:title>Neighbor attacked disabled woman for photographing illegally parked car — when police showed up, they found a lot more than they expected</image:title><image:caption>While having a criminal encounter in the neighborhood isn&apos;t that common, 51% of people have moved homes in search of a safer neighborhood.</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://scoop.upworthy.com/woman-lost-vision-at-11-but-regained-it-at-24-after-hitting-her-head</loc><news:news><news:publication><news:name>UPWORTHY</news:name><news:language>en</news:language></news:publication><news:publication_date>2026-06-29T00:45:00.000Z</news:publication_date><news:title>Doctors said 11-year-old girl would never see again, until she hit her head kissing her guide dog</news:title></news:news><image:image><image:loc>https://d34zrgnx1tq8w.cloudfront.net/808111/uploads/1c12e280-706a-11f1-ae56-fd56aaf8aad7_1200_630.jpeg</image:loc><image:title>Doctors said 11-year-old girl would never see again, until she hit her head kissing her guide dog</image:title><image:caption>Lisa Reid, a woman from New Zealand, thought she would never see again. One accidental bump on the head while trying to kiss her dog changed her life.</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://scoop.upworthy.com/woman-communicated-with-dead-composers-who-helped-her-make-music</loc><news:news><news:publication><news:name>UPWORTHY</news:name><news:language>en</news:language></news:publication><news:publication_date>2026-06-29T05:45:00.000Z</news:publication_date><news:title>Dinner lady claimed dead composers played music through her hands. Experts couldn&apos;t prove her wrong</news:title></news:news><image:image><image:loc>https://d34zrgnx1tq8w.cloudfront.net/808215/uploads/49441510-7071-11f1-90fb-25884c0aae6b_1200_630.jpeg</image:loc><image:title>Dinner lady claimed dead composers played music through her hands. Experts couldn&apos;t prove her wrong</image:title><image:caption>Rosemary Brown claimed that dead composers such as Liszt, Beethoven, Brahms, and more used her as a vessel to continue their music.</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://scoop.upworthy.com/husbands-one-confession-made-wife-and-children-homeless-overnight-fp</loc><news:news><news:publication><news:name>UPWORTHY</news:name><news:language>en</news:language></news:publication><news:publication_date>2026-06-28T14:15:00.000Z</news:publication_date><news:title>Wife thought she was worth $10 million until her husband called a &apos;secret meeting&apos; in their van. His confession left her homeless by nightfall</news:title></news:news><image:image><image:loc>https://d34zrgnx1tq8w.cloudfront.net/808224/uploads/5971ddd0-7082-11f1-8b83-c58d5ffced33_1200_630.jpeg</image:loc><image:title>Wife thought she was worth $10 million until her husband called a &apos;secret meeting&apos; in their van. His confession left her homeless by nightfall</image:title><image:caption>Andrea Merriman was living a great life until one day a meeting with her husband changed everything. </image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://scoop.upworthy.com/a-couple-uninvites-guests-who-complain-about-the-wedding-fp</loc><news:news><news:publication><news:name>UPWORTHY</news:name><news:language>en</news:language></news:publication><news:publication_date>2026-06-28T18:15:00.000Z</news:publication_date><news:title>Couple complained about friend&apos;s &apos;expensive&apos; wedding despite it being paid for — the bride and groom quietly uninvited them and kept the $1,200</news:title></news:news><image:image><image:loc>https://d34zrgnx1tq8w.cloudfront.net/808232/uploads/81de2fe0-713a-11f1-aace-3d37f33ac731_1200_630.jpeg</image:loc><image:title>Couple complained about friend&apos;s &apos;expensive&apos; wedding despite it being paid for — the bride and groom quietly uninvited them and kept the $1,200</image:title><image:caption>Frustrated, the bride and groom finally decided to uninvite the couple. &apos;It&apos;s best if you don&apos;t come,&apos; they told them, saying they don&apos;t want to force the couple to attend the wedding.</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://scoop.upworthy.com/pregnancy-question-prompts-candidate-to-walk-out-fp</loc><news:news><news:publication><news:name>UPWORTHY</news:name><news:language>en</news:language></news:publication><news:publication_date>2026-06-28T17:15:00.000Z</news:publication_date><news:title>Job interviewer asked if she was planning to get pregnant. She stood up and walked out — but she wasn&apos;t done yet</news:title></news:news><image:image><image:loc>https://d34zrgnx1tq8w.cloudfront.net/808250/uploads/b2b1e920-7137-11f1-b2d4-17fefdadad00_1200_630.jpeg</image:loc><image:title>Job interviewer asked if she was planning to get pregnant. She stood up and walked out — but she wasn&apos;t done yet</image:title><image:caption>A woman was disgusted by an interviewer when they asked about her pregnancy plans. She left, but planned to do something about it.</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://scoop.upworthy.com/husband-missed-birthing-class-to-cheat-wife-caught-him-red-handed-fp</loc><news:news><news:publication><news:name>UPWORTHY</news:name><news:language>en</news:language></news:publication><news:publication_date>2026-06-28T18:45:00.000Z</news:publication_date><news:title>He skipped birthing class for ‘work,’ but a hotel booking on his phone made his wife suspicious. Her cunning door trick caught him red-handed</news:title></news:news><image:image><image:loc>https://d34zrgnx1tq8w.cloudfront.net/808322/uploads/79c43ff0-7146-11f1-bf9b-d79d335461b6_1200_630.jpeg</image:loc><image:title>He skipped birthing class for ‘work,’ but a hotel booking on his phone made his wife suspicious. Her cunning door trick caught him red-handed</image:title><image:caption>Man abandoned his pregnant wife at their birthing class, completely unaware that she knew exactly where he was going. </image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://scoop.upworthy.com/woman-bf-flirted-with-friend-bartender-declined-his-cards-fp</loc><news:news><news:publication><news:name>UPWORTHY</news:name><news:language>en</news:language></news:publication><news:publication_date>2026-06-28T15:15:00.000Z</news:publication_date><news:title>Man hit on his date&apos;s friend while she was in the bathroom — when the bill arrived, his cards suddenly started &apos;declining&apos;</news:title></news:news><image:image><image:loc>https://d34zrgnx1tq8w.cloudfront.net/808334/uploads/b18c65d0-7140-11f1-bf9b-d79d335461b6_1200_630.jpeg</image:loc><image:title>Man hit on his date&apos;s friend while she was in the bathroom — when the bill arrived, his cards suddenly started &apos;declining&apos;</image:title><image:caption>Noah Pilato shared how a bartender helped a woman who found out her partner was flirting with one of her friends. They gave him something to think about for the rest of his life.</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://scoop.upworthy.com/husband-confessed-to-cheating-with-woman-who-didnt-even-like-him-fp</loc><news:news><news:publication><news:name>UPWORTHY</news:name><news:language>en</news:language></news:publication><news:publication_date>2026-06-29T12:45:00.000Z</news:publication_date><news:title>Her husband confessed to &apos;affair&apos; with a coworker — but when his wife called to confront her, the other woman had no idea what he was talking about</news:title></news:news><image:image><image:loc>https://d34zrgnx1tq8w.cloudfront.net/808353/uploads/2cb78e40-7152-11f1-af49-ddd03b7ce799_1200_630.jpeg</image:loc><image:title>Her husband confessed to &apos;affair&apos; with a coworker — but when his wife called to confront her, the other woman had no idea what he was talking about</image:title><image:caption>Alexa found out her husband was cheating with a co-worker. When she confronted the other woman, she was not ready for it.</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://scoop.upworthy.com/hoa-enforce-unfair-rules-so-man-responds-with-a-mocking-statue-fp</loc><news:news><news:publication><news:name>UPWORTHY</news:name><news:language>en</news:language></news:publication><news:publication_date>2026-06-29T16:45:00.000Z</news:publication_date><news:title>HOA president threatened $500 fine citing fake rule about &apos;aggressive&apos; gravel driveway — he responded with 8-foot statue that left her seething</news:title></news:news><image:image><image:loc>https://d34zrgnx1tq8w.cloudfront.net/808569/uploads/8ce4eb40-73ba-11f1-b575-b397a795bb7d_1200_630.jpeg</image:loc><image:title>HOA president threatened $500 fine citing fake rule about &apos;aggressive&apos; gravel driveway — he responded with 8-foot statue that left her seething</image:title><image:caption>The board&apos;s president, as the author described, was overtly obsessed with &quot;everything looking like a boring, perfect, cookie-cutter magazine catalog.&quot; </image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://scoop.upworthy.com/woman-putting-mary-lisa-billboard-chose-the-one-who-did-not-apply</loc><news:news><news:publication><news:name>UPWORTHY</news:name><news:language>en</news:language></news:publication><news:publication_date>2026-06-29T13:45:00.000Z</news:publication_date><news:title>4,000 men applied after she put up billboard ads to find love. She chose the one who didn&apos;t apply</news:title></news:news><image:image><image:loc>https://d34zrgnx1tq8w.cloudfront.net/808577/uploads/9c6bb780-737c-11f1-b4d0-0d9051880fe6_1200_630.jpeg</image:loc><image:title>4,000 men applied after she put up billboard ads to find love. She chose the one who didn&apos;t apply</image:title><image:caption>Lisa Catalano has found love! However, she rejected all 4,000 boyfriend applications for a man she met on a dating app.</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://scoop.upworthy.com/man-got-revenge-against-petty-neighbor-using-japanese-beetles-fp</loc><news:news><news:publication><news:name>UPWORTHY</news:name><news:language>en</news:language></news:publication><news:publication_date>2026-06-29T15:45:00.000Z</news:publication_date><news:title>His neighbor harassed his family for years after losing a lawsuit — so at 3 am one night he got quiet revenge without him suspecting a thing</news:title></news:news><image:image><image:loc>https://d34zrgnx1tq8w.cloudfront.net/808593/uploads/0499a080-739e-11f1-b041-b53b7848f575_1200_630.jpeg</image:loc><image:title>His neighbor harassed his family for years after losing a lawsuit — so at 3 am one night he got quiet revenge without him suspecting a thing</image:title><image:caption>A man who was sick of his neighbor bullying him finally got his revenge by destroying his &apos;prized possession&apos; using Japanese beetles.</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://scoop.upworthy.com/lady-fakes-being-broke-to-freeload-stuff-from-walmart-fp</loc><news:news><news:publication><news:name>UPWORTHY</news:name><news:language>en</news:language></news:publication><news:publication_date>2026-06-29T17:45:00.000Z</news:publication_date><news:title>Woman held up Walmart checkout line, egging fellow customers to pay her $30 bill — then casually pulled out a $100 bill and called everyone selfish</news:title></news:news><image:image><image:loc>https://d34zrgnx1tq8w.cloudfront.net/808613/uploads/dff6fa30-73a1-11f1-b041-b53b7848f575_1200_630.jpeg</image:loc><image:title>Woman held up Walmart checkout line, egging fellow customers to pay her $30 bill — then casually pulled out a $100 bill and called everyone selfish</image:title><image:caption>Entitled woman fakes being short of money to freeload $30 from the cashier and customers in queue at Walmart. Cashier&apos;s non-reactive behavior leaves her sulking in the end </image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://scoop.upworthy.com/woman-ex-and-bff-engaged-after-she-broke-up-with-him-4-months-ago-fp</loc><news:news><news:publication><news:name>UPWORTHY</news:name><news:language>en</news:language></news:publication><news:publication_date>2026-06-29T18:45:00.000Z</news:publication_date><news:title>Best friend mysteriously vanished after making her dump her &apos;loser&apos; boyfriend. A secret photo from HomeGoods revealed what was really going on</news:title></news:news><image:image><image:loc>https://d34zrgnx1tq8w.cloudfront.net/808615/uploads/57589680-73be-11f1-94e8-c529cc34b967_1200_630.jpeg</image:loc><image:title>Best friend mysteriously vanished after making her dump her &apos;loser&apos; boyfriend. 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