Family members of inmates watch as soldiers raid the Tocorón Penitentiary Center, in Tocorón, Venezuela, Sept. 20, 2023. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos, File)
Presidential candidate George Simion, right, and Calin Georgescu, winner of the first round of last year’s annulled election, speak to the media after casting their votes in the second round of the country’s presidential election redo in Mogosoaia, Romania, Sunday, May 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Andreea Alexandru)Presidential candidate George Simion, right, and Calin Georgescu, winner of the first round of last year’s annulled election, speak to the media after casting their votes in the second round of the country’s presidential election redo in Mogosoaia, Romania, Sunday, May 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Andreea Alexandru)
Presidential candidate Nicusor Dan speaks to media after polls closed for the second round of the country’s presidential election redo in Bucharest, Romania, Sunday, May 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Andreea Alexandru)Presidential candidate Nicusor Dan speaks to media after polls closed for the second round of the country’s presidential election redo in Bucharest, Romania, Sunday, May 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Andreea Alexandru)Supporters of Presidential candidate Nicusor Dan celebrate on the street after polls closed for the second round of the country’s presidential election redo in Bucharest, Romania, Sunday, May 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Andreea Alexandru)
Supporters of Presidential candidate Nicusor Dan celebrate on the street after polls closed for the second round of the country’s presidential election redo in Bucharest, Romania, Sunday, May 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Andreea Alexandru)A child opens a curtain as her mother exits a voting booth before casting her vote, in the second round of the country’s presidential election redo in Bucharest, Romania, Sunday, May 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Andreea Alexandru)
A child opens a curtain as her mother exits a voting booth before casting her vote, in the second round of the country’s presidential election redo in Bucharest, Romania, Sunday, May 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Andreea Alexandru)
Presidential candidate George Simion speaks to media after polls closed for the second round of the country’s presidential election redo in Bucharest, Romania, Sunday, May 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)McKenzie Hartman, 26, was an economist for
research division in Ogden, Utah, when she received an email Feb. 19 that she should return to the office with all her equipment.The next day, a manager collected her equipment and walked her out. On the way home, Hartman took a wrong turn because her mind was elsewhere.
“It felt surreal,” she said. “I had planned on working for the federal government since high school.”Hartman lost access to her office’s video conferencing software and couldn’t join her colleagues for her own goodbye gathering. She had to call in instead. Her termination letter came the following weekend.