This undated photo provided by Michael Thomas in April 2020 shows a clouded sulphur butterfly in Cromwell, Conn. In an April 2020 interview, Ann Swengel, a citizen scientist tracking butterflies for more than 30 years, recalled that a few decades ago she would drive around Wisconsin 'look out in a field and you'd see all these Sulphur butterflies around. I can't think of the last time that I've seen that.' (Mike Thomas via AP)
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Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that are being talked about today:
1. US CHURCH FACES NEGLECT ALLEGATIONS IN HAITI: A fire at one of the children's homes run by the Church of Bible Understanding killed 15 people, residences which have faced years of infractions and failed two state inspections.
2. LATINOS FACE DILEMMA WITH BIDEN: They could look past the former vice president's resume and vote for him or sit out the election and risk another four years of Trump, who escalated his hardline immigration stance this week.
3. GUAIDO ALLIES PAYING THEMSELVES: Opposition lawmakers in Venezuela have quietly agreed to pay themselves a $5,000 a month as part of a law that approved $100 bonuses for health care workers battling the coronavirus.
4. EARTH'S INSECT POPULATION SHRINKING: Researchers say the world has lost more than one quarter of its land-dwelling insects in the past 30 years.
5. ACTRESS SHIRLEY KNIGHT DIES: Shirley Knight, the Kansas-born actress who was nominated for two Oscars early in her career and went on to play an astonishing variety of roles in movies, TV and the stage, has died. She was 83. Kaitlin Hopkins says her mother passed away Wednesday of natural causes
Beekeeper Erin Gleeson looks at a honey bee that landed on her glove, Monday, April 20, 2020, in Washington. From bees and other pollinators that are crucial to the world's food supply to butterflies that make places a bit more pretty, land-dwelling bugs are disappearing at a rate of just under 1% a year, according to a study in Thursday, April 23, 2020 edition of the journal Science. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
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FILE - In this Feb. 19, 2020, file photo, Democratic presidential candidate former Vice President Joe Biden walks on a picket line with members of the Culinary Workers Union Local 226 outside the Palms Casino in Las Vegas. Biden's tenure as Barack Obama's vice president is complicating his efforts to deepen ties with Latinos who could be critical to winning the White House. For many Latinos, Biden's embrace of the Obama years is a frightening reminder of when the former president ejected about 3 million people living in the U.S. illegally, earning him the moniker of 'deporter in chief.' (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)
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FILE - In this Feb. 14, 2020 file photo, orphans sit inside a social services bus after police removed them from a children's home run by the Orphanage of the Church of Bible Understanding (COBU), following a fire at one of the organization's other homes in Kenscoff, on the outskirts of Port-au-Prince, Haiti. The fire on Feb. 13 killed 13 children and two adult caretakers described as disabled by authorities and the church's lawyer. (AP Photo/Dieu Nalio Chery, File)
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FILE - This April 18, 1976 file photo shows Tony winners, from left, Edward Herrmann, Carole Bishop, Shirley Knight and Sammy Williams, pose with their awards at the 30th Annual Tony Awards in New York. Herrmann won best actor in a play for "Mrs. Warren's Profession"; Bishop won best actress in a musical for "A Chorus Line"; Knight won best actress in a play for "Kennedy's Children"; and Williams won best actor in a musical for "A Chorus Line." Knight, the Kansas-born actress who was nominated for two Oscars early in her career and went on to play an astonishing variety of roles in movies, TV and the stage, has died. She was 83. Kaitlin Hopkins says her mother passed away Wednesday of natural causes in San Marcos, Texas. (AP Photo, File)
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