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Religious Leaders Discuss Role of A.I. in Faith

The general consensus seems to be that while it could be possible to utilize the technology to spark ideas or help research, the concept of using A.I. to write entire sermons or homilies is antithetical to the notion of faith itself.

FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) – You likely don’t think of what the leader of your chosen faith is doing during services as a book report, but, in many ways, that’s not an inaccurate description. And if kids are using artificial intelligence to write papers for school, what’s stopping priests from going to ChatGPT for a homily? “A homily, for instance, in…

Fargo attorney says a Tennessee woman was jailed for nearly six months for a crime she did not commit

FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — A Fargo attorney who represented a Tennessee woman who spent nearly six months in jail says this should never have happened. Fifty-year-old Angela Lipps was held after authorities mistook her as the person involved in a Fargo fraud investigation. Lipps claims she has lived in north-central Tennessee her entire life and never set foot in North…

Village Family Service Center expands its services with teen addiction recovery program

FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — The Village Family Service Center is expanding its services with a teen addiction recovery program. “We’ve noticed there’s been a huge need for adolescent substance use in the Fargo-Moorhead area. There hasn’t been a program for several years. So we were able to establish an adolescent IOP program to help our youth in the community,” said…

North Dakota wants judge to void its $28M win in pipeline protest case in favor of fed settlement

Tribal flags hang on a fence in August 2016 near the construction site of the Dakota Access Pipeline north of Cannon Ball, N.D. (Kyle Martin/For the North Dakota Monitor)BISMARCK, N.D. (North Dakota Monitor) — Attorneys for North Dakota and the United States have asked a judge to toss a nearly $28 million judgment against the federal government related to the…

Pet Connection: Meet Marie and Pete

WEST FARGO — Marie and Pete are babies in green-cheeked conure years, and they’re just as bright, energetic and full of personality as you’d find in any other little one in the animal kingdom — perfect for an eager parrot parent-to-be. They came in as a bonded pair to the shelter and it’s surprising no one’s adopted them yet, since…

Former Cass County commissioner enters race for Fargo City Commission

FARGO (KVRR-KFGO) – A third person has entered the race for Fargo City Commission. Former Cass County Commissioner Chad Peterson announced his campaign Thursday morning. Peterson is a small business owner who served three terms on the Cass County Commission. Peterson says his goal is to get back to the basics of what city government should do. He says that…

High-Risk Sex Offender Registers at 525 1st Avenue E.

Rico Jay HarlandWEST FARGO — The West Fargo Police Department is notifying residents that a registered sex offender, Rico Jay Harland, is registered at 525 First Avenue E. Harland is a 34-year-old male with brown eyes and brown hair. Harland is approximately 5’4” and 138 pounds. In 2009, Harland was convicted of Gross Sexual Imposition in Towner County Juvenile Court…

Two Mexican nationals arrested in Stanley, ND indicted on child porn charges

FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — Two Mexican nationals have been indicted by a federal grand jury in Fargo for the attempted production, receipt, transportation, and possession of child sexual abuse material. 26-year-old Lidio Santiz Julian and 21-year-old Hugo Lopez Diaz are charged with multiple child exploitation offenses. Their arrests came following a months-long investigation conducted by Department of Homeland Security–Homeland Security Investigations…