L ou Christie, the locally born singer who in 1966 topped the pop charts with “Lightnin’ Strikes,” died Wednesday. He was 82.

Sara Burack, a real estate agent who appeared on Netflix’s Million Dollar Beach House, has died following a hit-and-run accident in Hampton Bays, NY, according to multiple media reports. She was 40.

With the Central Election Commission set to announce recall votes and dates soon, TaiwanPlus asks political commentator Courtney Donovan Smith how these recalls might play out and what have been the ...