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AC Police Stop Woman With Knife From Killing Store Clerk Some great work from some Atlantic City Police Officers may have saved a life Monday evening. At about 7pm, police were called out to Ocean Body Oil in the 1400 block of Atlantic Avenue for the report of a woman with a knife. Officers Valmir Loga and Christopher Dodson arrived and found the woman, Octavia Watson, holding a knife, refusing to leave the store.  According to police, "The officers gave numerous commands to Watson to drop the knife who continually refused. Watson yelled at the officers that she was going to kill the store...

Backers of the bill said it was not aimed at the Catholic Church. But the legislation came at a time when North Dakota dioceses were under scrutiny for historical inaction on child sex abuse.

Several Democratic lawmakers back a bill that would allow for medically assisted suicide for terminally ill patients. If passed, North Dakota would join eight other states, the District of Columbia and Canada in legalizing the practice.

Mark Schneider, testifying before the House Human Services Committee. BISMARCK, N.D. (KFGO) – The North Dakota House Human Services Committee has heard testimony on a bill that would legalize medically assisted suicide for those with a terminal illness. Mark Schneider, a well-known attorney in Fargo for more than 40 years, said, “no one can speak of dying with dignity more credibly than someone who is dying…I fill that bill. I am dying.” He has terminal cancer and supports the bill. He told the committee, “the end game will render me an empty shadow of my former self. Quality of lif...

KVRR Local News February 1, 2021 BISMARCK, N.D. – A bipartisan North Dakota bill that would have required clergy to be included in state law as mandatory reporters of child abuse has been withdrawn. West Fargo Republican Sen. Judy Lee withdrew the legislation on Friday, saying the bill has become a distraction. The Roman Catholic dioceses in Fargo and Bismarck had opposed the bill.  Private discussions between clergy and penitents are considered by many religions to be sacrosanct. Christopher Dodson, executive director of the North Dakota Catholic Conference, said the legislation would ha...