Aug. 20 (UPI) -- Two people died Monday morning after a small plane crashed into a Phoenix, local authorities said.

Aug. 20 (UPI) -- Hurricane Lane is poised to weaken and track south of Hawaii this week, but is expected to generate rough surf and rip currents.

Aug. 20 (UPI) -- Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam called for a special session of the Virginia General Assembly on Monday to redraw the districts of the Virginia House of Delegates.

Aug. 20 (UPI) -- An 8-foot alligator attacked and killed a 45-year-old woman walking her dog in southeastern South Carolina on Monday, sheriff's officials said.

Aug. 20 (UPI) -- At a cyber-bullying conference near Washington Monday, first lady Melania Trump said social media can be "destructive and harmful" when misused, as it often is.

Aug. 20 (UPI) -- A Georgian teenager broke a Guinness World Record by solving six Rubik's cubes under water in 1 minute, 44 seconds.

Aug. 20 (UPI) -- Former USA Gymnastics team doctor Larry Nassar was moved from an Arizona federal penitentiary days after he was assaulted there.

Aug. 20 (UPI) -- President Donald Trump defended immigration and border patrol agencies Monday afternoon at a White House event honoring their work.

Aug. 20 (UPI) -- An amateur inventor posted a video showing off his latest creation: a "motorized drift couch" that seats three while driving down a road.

Aug. 20 (UPI) -- A molecular mechanism has been found that explains why individuals carrying identical gene mutations for a disease end up with different severity or symptoms of the condition.