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Black women start a movement to tackle their health crisis

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Among Black women ages 20 and older, more than half have heart disease, according to the American Heart Association.

And this same population is at the highest risk for strokes, which is the leading cause of death for Black women. The CDC reports that nearly 3 out of 5 African American women suffer from high blood pressure. Also, 3 out of 5 Black women suffer obesity.

The bottom line, according to the American Heart Association is that African American women are more likely to die at a younger age than women of other ethnicities.

Vanessa Garrison and T. Morgan Dixon refuse to accept this fate, and formed the nonprofit GirlTrek to reclaim their health through walking.

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Sen. Bob Menendez to resign next month following conviction in federal corruption trial: Sources

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Staff members were informed of the senator’s decision Tuesday and the official resignation will be submitted to New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy, who will select an interim replacement, according to the sources.

A Manhattan federal jury found the New Jersey Democrat guilty on all charges, including bribery, fraud, acting as a foreign agent and obstruction, on July 16 following a two-month-long trial. Federal prosecutors said he accepted hundreds of thousands of dollars in bribes in the form of cash, gold bars, mortgage payments and more in exchange for the senator’s political clout.

Menendez was not required to resign due to the conviction.

Following the guilty verdict, several political leaders called for Menendez’s immediate resignation, including Majority Leader Sen. Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y.

“In light of this guilty verdict, Senator Menendez must now do what is right for his constituents, the Senate, and our country, and resign,” Schumer said at the time.

Sen. Cory Booker, Menendez’s New Jersey counterpart, and Murphy had also joined in the calls for his immediate resignation. Murphy said at the time that he would call on the U.S. Senate to expel him if the senator refused to resign and make a temporary appointment in the event of a vacancy.

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