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A worker at the Wupperthal Original Rooibos Co-operative's processing facility carries a bag of freshly harvested rooibos to the processing area. The country's rooibos tea exports have skyrocketed from barely 500 tons in 1996 to nearly 9,000 tons today — enough to fill 3.6 billion teabags. But indigenous farmers were long cut out of the revenues, until a ground-breaking agreement was forged.

Local farmers in South Africa were cut out of rooibos tea cash. Now change is brewing

9:11am May 27, 2023

by Tommy Trenchard

For generations, the Khoisan people harvested the rooibos plant to make tea. As this caffeine-free drink has grown trendy — 9,000 tons exported a year — they've been cut out of revenues. Until now.

Texas state Attorney General Ken Paxton reads a statement at his office in Austin, Texas, Friday, May 26, 2023. An investigating committee says the Texas House of Representatives will vote Saturday on whether to impeach.

The Texas AG may be impeached by members of his own party. Here are the allegations

8:49pm May 26, 2023

Saturday, the Texas House will vote on whether to impeach state Attorney General Ken Paxton who investigators say allegedly abused his office to help a campaign donor by committing bribery and more.

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The family of an 11-year-old shot by police in Mississippi plans to sue

5:29pm May 26, 2023

by Michael Guidry

The Mississippi Bureau of Investigation is looking into the shooting of an 11-year-old by police. The boy was the one who called 911 but ended up shot and wounded by an officer.

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Three-term Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton faces calls for impeachment

5:29pm May 26, 2023

by Julián Aguilar | The Texas Newsroom

A Texas House committee has recommended impeaching Republican Attorney General Ken Paxton who it says has abused his office to help a campaign donor, alleging bribery, obstruction of justice and more.

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Student sues school district over denied request to wear a sash at graduation

5:29pm May 26, 2023

by Halle Zander

A student in a small Colorado town is suing after her school told her she can't wear a sash to graduation that displays both the U.S. and Mexican flags.

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One journalist's experience of being drawn into one of the largest Jan. 6 trials

5:29pm May 26, 2023

by Micah Loewinger

A recording of audio of Oath Keeper Jessica Watkins from a walkie-talkie app called Zello became a key piece of evidence in Watkins' trial.

South Carolina Assistant Attorney General Thomas Hydrick argues during a hearing in Columbia on Friday that a judge should not halt enforcement of the state's new abortion law.

A judge halts South Carolina's new abortion law pending state Supreme Court review

5:27pm May 26, 2023

by The Associated Press

A judge put South Carolina's new law banning most abortions around six weeks of pregnancy on hold until the state Supreme Court can review the measure.

Aderrien Murry was shot in the chest after police officers responded to a domestic disturbance call at his home. The 11-year-old survived and is recovering.

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A boy, 11, called police in Mississippi. A cop shot him

1:46pm May 26, 2023

by Bill Chappell

Nakala Murry says her son doesn't understand what happened to him. "His words to me were: 'Why did he shoot me? What did I do?' "

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George Floyd's uncle advocates for the passage of a federal Medical Civil Rights bill

7:46am May 26, 2023

Three years ago George Floyd was killed in police custody in Minneapolis. NPR's Michel Martin talks to Selwyn Jones, Floyd's uncle and co-founder of Hope929 Foundation, about advocating for justice.

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Morning news brief

7:37am May 26, 2023

Indiana doctor is reprimanded for providing an abortion to a 10-year-old rape victim from Ohio. The Texas attorney general faces possible impeachment. Turkey's presidential runoff election is Sunday.

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