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On December 23, 2021, President Biden signed the bipartisan Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act (UFLPA or the “Act”), Pub. L. No. 117-78, which will ban the importation of all goods sourced from the People’s Republic of China’s northwest Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR or “Xinjiang”), or by entities operating in the region, effective June 21, 2022. The human rights-oriented trade restriction establishes a rebuttable presumption that such goods have been produced using forced labor—particularly by the Uyghur Muslim community—which are banned by existing statue. [Read More]

SLOVYANSK, Ukraine -- The front lines in eastern Ukraine are shifting in significant ways, with Russia and Ukraine carrying out offensive operations in and around Bakhmut. Russian forces inside the city have made further advances and claim to have full control of every district. Ukraine claims its forces are still fighting in a small area in the western fringe of the city. Meanwhile, the situation outside Bakhmut is dynamic, with Ukrainian forces reporting a counteroffensive to the north and south of the city. [Read More]

The road to exaltation or eternal life is the same for all. Simplicity coupled with commitment define it. Too many try to make the journey too complicated. The visitation of angels or extraordinary manifestations are not required to gain God's greatest gift: "For behold, this is my work and my glory — to bring to pass the immortality and eternal life of man." (Moses 1:39.) As Alma told his son Helaman, " [Read More]

Charley Sullivan has been navigating the world while blind for more than 70 years. "My mother taught me at a very young age— I could do anything," Sullivan said. The 72-year-old says the inability to see doesn't hold her back in day-to-day life. “I take care of my own house, I clean my own house, I cook," she said. "I, you know, I bake some, I do laundry," Sullivan said. [Read More]

Ken Levine began his career as a screenwriter for Paramount Pictures and a playwright in New York. After joining the games industry in 1995, Levine created the original story and game design for Looking Glass Studios' Thief: The Dark Project. In 1997, he founded Irrational Games (later 2K Boston / Ghost Story Games), with the company's first project being System Shock 2, of which Levine was lead designer. Following that, Levine was most notably the project director and lead writer of BioShock and BioShock: Infinite. [Read More]

Playboy Bunny Danielle Lupo is speaking out in defense of late Playboy founder Hugh Hefner. The magazine publisher has been the subject of A&E’s explosive 10-part docuseries, "Secrets of Playboy." It features new interviews with numerous members of Hefner’s staff and inner circle, as well as past girlfriends. "I want to emphasize how I’ve never felt more loved and respected as a woman working for Playboy than in any other job I’ve had in my life," [Read More]