Rangers have recovered the body of a Japanese man who died after an apparent fall while climbing North America's tallest peak, authorities said Tuesday. Denali National Park and Preserve identified the climber as T. Hagiwara, from Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan. Rangers had found his body Monday, a day after they were contacted by family who had not heard from Hagiwara in several days.
Twenty years ago, Beth Stroud was defrocked as a United Methodist Church pastor after telling her Philadelphia congregation that she was in a committed same-sex relationship. In a closed meeting of clergy from the UMC's Eastern Pennsylvania region, Stroud exceeded the 2/3 vote requirement to be readmitted as a full member and pastor in the UMC. Bishop John Schol of Eastern Pennsylvania welcomed the outcome, stating, “I’m grateful that the church has opened up to LGBTQ persons.”
A suspect has been arrested after a woman was found dead in a home in Hanford.