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POPEYES has issued a ruthless reply to McDonald’s after it dropped the Snack Wrap’s return date on Tuesday.

Fast food customers nationwide had been waiting for the arrival confirmation for around six months.

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Popeyes has fired back at McDonald’s amid the Snack Wrap return announcement (stock image)[/caption]

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McDonald’s had teased the Snack Wrap’s comeback in December.

Earlier this year, CEO Chris Kempczinski also noted a continued focus toward chicken-based offerings on menus.

“We’re excited about the significant opportunity we see within our chicken portfolio, and see the potential to add another point of chicken market share by the end of 2026,” Kempczinski told investors on an earnings call.

As part of that expanded portfolio, the Snack Wrap will finally return on July 10, as noted in a lengthy X post from the chain.

Along with the date reveal, McDonald’s social media manager wrote several humorous and heartfelt paragraphs thanking customers for championing the Snack Wrap.

“From the bottom of my heart, thank you. today, i woke up with an even greater feeling of gratitude and pride. because finally after 9 years, i get to announce the day the Snack Warp returns,” a portion of the message read.

“It’s the honor of my lifetime to finally say… the Snack Wrap is back. because of YOU. see you 07.10.2025.”

Amid the excitement, top competitors like Popeyes are poking fun at McDonald’s as they attempt to sway consumers to opt for their chicken offerings instead.

“i ain’t reading all that,” Popeye’s wrote in a ruthless reply.

“i’m happy for u tho … or sorry that happened.”

Popeyes also asked “…y’all good?”

The post has since gotten over 10.7 million views and thousands of replies.

“Popeyes and McDonald’s beefing was not on my bingo card,” a foodie cried out.

Popeyes responded, “no beef, just chicken.”

“We all know [McDonald’s] brought it back because you came out with your own,” another customer said.

“Y’all have blackened chicken tender wraps … we know who the real winner is,” someone else remarked.

STAYING COMPETITIVE

Joe Erlinger, president of McDonald’s USA, did note while speaking with ABC News that the Snack Wrap was coming back in part due to “competitive reasons.”

“It has a cult following,” he said of the Snack Wrap.

“I get so many emails into my inbox about this product.”

The Snack Wrap was discontinued in 2016, and was previously offered in grilled and crispy versions.

Some franchised McDonald’s locations held onto the Snack Wraps until 2020, but shortages amid the coronavirus pandemic later wiped them out for good.

STRIPS INCLUDED

International customers have still been able to get them.

This version of the Snack Wrap is set to include a McCrispy Strip as its protein base.

McCrispy Strips were tested last summer and officially introduced at McDonald’s over 13,600 restaurants in early May.

Some customers have mixed feelings about the Snack Wrap not including the grilled version this time around.

McDonald’s also faced backlash recently about an “absolutely insane” price increase on a meal, as it went from $10 to $25 after taxes and fees.

A BIZARRE memo about the Roswell UFO crash could unlock secrets and expose the truth about the “flying saucer” mystery.

A prominent ufologist made the startling claim after aliens were rumored as being spotted dead among the wreckage.

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The mystery material was recovered from the Roswell site after a ‘flying disk’ apparently crashed in the New Mexico desert in 1947[/caption]

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A Ufologist believes this photo of a memo may be key to cracking the case[/caption]

The so-called Roswell Incident happened on July 2, 1947, in a remote desert area in New Mexico.

Conspiracy theories and mystery swirling the alleged crash have fascinated UFO watchers for nearly 80 years.

Back in 1947, the 509th Bomb Group – based in Roswell – released a press release claiming a UFO had crashed in the area, and the United States Army Air Forces were in possession of a “flying disk.”

However, confusion ensued after that release was later retracted, and replaced with a statement saying the object was in fact a high altitude weather balloon.

The news alert had initially been issued by 1st Lt. Walter Haut, the public information officer at the base.

Decades later, his daughter, Julie Shuster, was adamant that his original “flying disk” statement had been accurate.

But he had to keep everything “secret.”

A similar view has been expressed by veteran researcher Kevin Randle, a prominent ufologist who is regarded as one of the top experts on the reported crash.

Randle has written multiple books about UFOs and the Roswell story.

He’s adamant that he has “eliminated all possible terrestrial explanations.”

“What we can say with authority is that something fell at Roswell,” he said.

“We have eliminated all the terrestrial explanations.”

The expert, who served in the Air Force and National Guard, said the UFO case could be solved by delving into a historic memo.

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The site of the Roswell crash[/caption]

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Expert Kevin Randle has spent years investigating the reported UFO crash[/caption]

The eerie memo can be seen in a black and white photograph sent out on the news wires at the time.

The grainy note appears to say the words “victims of the crash.”

The memo itself can be seen in the old pic being held by Brigadier General Roger Ramey, who at the time of the crash was commanding officer of the 8th Air Force in Roswell.

Ramey is holding the piece of paper slightly turned away from the camera. But, fortunately, some words can now be read using technology.

KEY MEMO

“The Ramey memo could be the key to this whole thing,” Randle said.

“Ramey was holding the memo in his hand when he was photographed with the debris in his office.

“And what’s interesting is we know when the picture was transmitted over the wire, we know who took it and we can see Ramey is holding the document in his hand.

“So we pretty much have the provenance nailed down.

“There are words in the document when you blow it up, that you can read.

“Some people interpret the critical line as saying ‘victims of the wreck.’

“Well, ‘victims of the wreck’ takes it out of the realm of a weather balloon – but it’s kind of an interpretation of what you see.”

Randle has interviewed some 600 people over the past few decades in his search to establish the truth around the mysterious case.

POLITICAL HOAX

He has concluded that the weather balloon story is nothing but a “government hoax” to fob off those intrigued by UFO sightings.

Randle said, “What they’ve said officially is that the Roswell crash was a weather balloon and [radar-type] target from this experiment being conducted in New Mexico.

“What I discovered is that while [the radar-type] targets were a part of the experiments conducted on the east coast, when they got to New Mexico, they didn’t use those targets.

“That kind of points the finger at this being a government hoax to explain away the Roswell case.”

KEPT SECRET

Julie Shuster, Walter Haut’s daughter, told SBS News, a broadcaster based in Australia, that she had many conversations with the former Army PR man about the “flying disk” he wrote about in 1947.

She said before her death in 2015, “People began to talk about Roswell in the late ’70s after several decades of keeping quiet.

“I would ask dad to tell me the whole story, and he told me the same thing he told everybody: ‘I put out the press release’, and nothing else.”

It was not from this Earth, it was something manufactured off this Earth.

Walter Haut, ex-public information officer, Roswell

It later emerged that Haut had been sworn to secrecy by base commander and close personal friend, Colonel William Blanchard.

But, Haut was unhappy about keeping such a big secret, and prepared a signed affidavit to be opened after his death.

Originally from Chicago, Illinois, he died in Roswell in 2005.

“Basically dad said yes, he did see the bodies, yes he did see the craft and much more than that,” said Shuster.

“At one point I asked him about the size, and he said the craft was about 25 feet in diameter.”

EGG-SHAPED

Thomas Carey, who co-authored a book with Shuster, Witness to Roswell: Unmasking the Government’s Biggest Cover-Up, published in 2007, said his big secret “all came out in his sealed statement after he died.”

Carey added, “The ship which he described was about the size of a Volkswagen Beetle, more of an egg-shaped object, and he did see a number of bodies.

“He described them as being the size of children.

“And when asked point blank if what he believed it was that he had seen, without hesitation he’d say, ‘It was not from this Earth, it was something manufactured off this Earth.’”

A retired cop claimed that he saw the remains of dead aliens being lifted with a crane and hauled away.

Former Deputy Sheriff Charles H Forgus of Howard County, Texas, recalled traveling to Roswell to pick up a prisoner with Sheriff Jess Slaughter.

Forgus claimed he saw four alien bodies with big eyes and brownish-colored skin being taken away by military personnel.

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PRINCE William joked families can be a “mixed bag” when he visited soldiers at an army air field.

The Prince of Wales asked a group if their family are okay and if they see them enough, before quipping: “Some of them might not want to see you that much.

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Prince William joked families can be a “mixed bag” when he visited soldiers at an army air field today[/caption]

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He spoke to children the Army Air Corps in Wattisham, Suffolk[/caption]

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Wills is the colonel-in-chief, a role he stepped into in May 2024[/caption]

“It’s a mixed bag sometimes.”

This comes as the royal’s feud with his brother Prince Harry continues.

The latest blow to their fractured relationship came when the Duke of Sussex dropped some extraordinary bombshells in a BBC interview.

He filmed a rare sit-down chat after losing his appeal against the decision to remove his taxpayer-funded security.

William’s comments came after he observed a combat PT training session.

He visited the Army Air Corps in Wattisham, Suffolk, in his role as colonel-in-chief which he became in May 2024.

He also promised he would take up issues with accommodation which was raised by the soldiers, saying: “It probably hasn’t been looked at for a while.

There will be a big notebook on somebody’s desk.“Whether they listen to me, that’s another matter.”

He arrived yesterday as a passenger in a wildcat helicopter – a key element of AAC’s capabilities – before flying the chopper himself on the way home.

During the trip, he was also shown inside planning and comms tents to learn about their operations.

And he served bacon and sausage baps at an Archers Breakfast, a weekly social event held by 664 Squadron for its personnel and families.

He said as he served the food: “It’s making my mouth water.”

And the ladies serving with him praised his abilities, saying he was “spot on” and “had pace”.

He then spoke with soldiers and their families outside, including Mike and Lorna Pope, parents of Air Trooper Daniel Pope of 664 Squadron who sadly died of cancer in 2016.

The squadron and regiment honour his memory through an annual cross country race and by naming Pope’s Bar after him, which was the venue for meeting the families.

And he spoke with WO2 Matthew Foster and children Archie, six, and Ida, eight. He told the children: “Your dad does a very important job here.”

At the end of the engagement, he presented Staff Sergeant Kenneth Robert Copeland with an award for his exceptional service in West Africa.

He also presented promotions for several soldiers from corporal to sergeant.

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The royal presented promotions for several soldiers from corporal to sergeant[/caption]

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The dad-of-two served bacon and sausage baps at an Archers Breakfast[/caption]

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THE New York Knicks have been forced to pay fired head coach Tom Thibodeau a staggering $30 million.

The team announced their leading man was being axed yesterday in a surprise move which stunned the NBA world.

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The New York Knicks fired head coach Tom Thibodeau on Tuesday afternoon[/caption]

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It comes after they were hammered 4-2 in games by the Indiana Pacers in the playoffs just days ago.

The Knicks will have to pay up the remainder of his contract, which equates to the mind-blowing sum of $30m.

And in a shock twist, he’ll get his severance package before the extension they gave high in last summer even kicks in.

Thibodeau was contracted with the New Yorkers until the end of the 2027-28 season, after being handed an extra three-years.

His extraordinary buyout is one of the largest in basketball, and puts to an end what was thought to be a safe coaching seat.

The Knicks suffered Eastern Conference Finals heartbreak last week after being beaten by the well-deserved winning Pacers.

They came up short of reaching the NBA Finals with the loss, which had followed an incredible 2025 campaign.

It was the first time the team had reached the Eastern finals in 25-years, bringing dreams of a title back to New York.

The Knicks continued the news of his firing on Tuesday afternoon with a statement on social networking site X.

“Our organization is singularly focused on winning a championship for our fans,” said Knicks President Leon Rose.

“This pursuit led us to the difficult decision to inform Tom Thibodeau that we’ve decided to move in another direction.

“We can’t thank Tom enough for pouring his heart and soul into each and every day of being the New York Knicks head coach.”

Thibodeau led the Knicks to four playoffs, and the same amount of series wins, in five years with the team.

“Ultimately, we made the decision we feel is best for our organization moving forward,” he added.

“Tom will always be a part of our Knicks family and we truly wish him nothing but the best in the future.”

In five seasons with the Knicks, Thibodeau led the franchise to a 226-174 regular-season record.

They also recorded 51 wins in 2024-25, the most since 2012.

However, his teams in the postseason posted a 24-23 record.

New York was Thibodeau’s third head-coaching stop in the NBA.

The 67-year-old had a spell with the Chicago Bulls between 2010 and 2015.

He was also with the Minnesota Timberwolves from 2016 to 2019.

THE PITTSBURGH STEELERS have reopened talks over a massive trade deal.

This comes amid all the saga surrounding Aaron Rodgers’ future, with the Steelers very keen on adding him to Mike Tomlin‘s squad.

However, Pittsburgh refuse to put all their eggs in one basket and are rigorously working on strengthening their offensive line.

That is why they are holding talks with Miami Dolphins star Jonnu Smith.

According to ESPN, there is renewed hope that a trade could be completed and Smith, 29, could land at the Acrisure Stadium.

That is despite the tight end’s agent insisting that his client’s “first choice” is to remain in Miami.

The Philadelphia native is said to be eyeing a new contract with the Dolphins after penning a two-year deal worth $8.4million with the franchise last season.

However, the Steelers are moving fast as new tight end signing Donald Parham Jr is set to miss the 2025 campaign after tearing his Achilles.

If Smith moves to Pittsburgh he could end up playing with NFL legend Rodgers, 41.

The quarterback was released by the New York Jets earlier this year.

The former Green Bay Packers star met with the Steelers back in March. 

But Rodgers went on to tease retirement at the end of the 2024 season.

And the former Super Bowl champion has yet to confirm whether he will play another year in the NFL. 

DRIVERS could save thousands of dollars from a new bill that targets unfair towing practices.

Lawmakers have empathized with those who have been hit with unreasonable towing fees.

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Lawmakers are targeting towing companies that use unfair practices and add-on fees[/caption]

Towing companies across North Carolina could face harsher penalties if they are caught charging consumers unfair fees, as reported by NBC’s affiliate WRAL.

Drivers often complain that towing companies typically charge a confusing combination of fees, including a base charge (like a hook-up fee) and a per-mile charge.

Some companies even tack on additional fees, including storage, after-hours service, or special equipment charges.

Under House Bill 199, the state would create a new government group, called the North Carolina Towing and Recovery Commission, that have the power to issue and revoke permits to tow truck businesses.

Leaders of the group would be picked by the governor and the state legislature.

The bill would also require towing companies and local businesses to make consumers and drivers aware of potential towing practices using explicit language or prominent signage.

Several lawmakers have backed the bill, including Representative Carson Smith.

“I’m not big on increasing the size of government … but this is a mess,” said Smith, during Tuesday’s debate.

During the debate, Smith recalled a story of a trucker in his district who was charged $3,500 to get his rig back after a towing incident.

Another representative, Carolyn Logan, said she recounts a tractor-trailer that was parked illegally in Charlotte, North Carolina, had been targeted, with the driver still waiting inside the truck.

The driver’s truck was booted by a local towing company, and it cost $12,000 to take the boot off.

Lawmakers agreed that drivers across the nation are facing unnecessary towing fees that most people cannot afford.

“This is a serious problem that we have going on in our state,” Logan said.

The problem is that there isn’t a universal, standardized towing fee structure across all locations.

Towing fees vary widely based on factors like location, distance, vehicle size, and time of day.

While some jurisdictions, like New York City, may have set maximum rates, the actual costs charged by towing companies often depend on those factors.

This bill also hopes to create a database that towing companies would be required to update with the vehicles they take, where they take them, and how much they charge.

That way, drivers who realize their vehicle has been towed can navigate the database and easily retrieve their car.

The database, a crucial part of the bill, would be run by the state.

“It protects not just our small businesses in the trucking and towing industries, but it protects consumers as well,” said Representative Laura Budd.