TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Donald Trump says he’s a movement candidate, but his presidential campaign will rise or fall based on his ability to make marginal changes in an American electorate that gave Barack Obama two comfortable victories. That means maximizing his support among white voters, but it almost certainly will require that he improve his standing among women and nonwhite voters.
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On Sunday, Libertarians selected a presidential ticket headed by former New Mexico Gov. Gary Johnson, who lit into presumptive Republican nominee Donald Trump on immigration and a range of other issues. At the party convention in Orlando, Florida, Johnson got his preferred running mate, former Massachusetts Gov. Bill Weld.
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MIAMI (AP) — A liberal group is spending $100,000 in television ads in South Florida to call out embattled Democratic National Committee chairwoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz for not cracking down harder on what many call the predatory practices of the payday lending industry. Allied Progress, in its 30-second ad, uses the congresswoman’s recent appearance on a local Sunday public affairs show to slam her for co-sponsoring a bill that would delay the federal Consumer Financial Protection Board from regulating the business. The ad features Wasserman Schultz saying “payday lending is unfortunately… necessary.” It begins airing Tuesday in the Miami TV market. Critics say payday lenders charge extremely high interest rates to mostly poor customers. The industry has long argued it provides a necessary financial service for those in need of emergency funds.
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CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — The National Hurricane Center says Tropical Depression Bonnie has dissipated. Forecasters say the storm will continue as an area of low pressure and could bring heavy rain especially during daylight hours to South Carolina and North Carolina as it moves slowly northeast over the next few days.
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MIAMI (AP) — Travelers who had braced for long lines and long waits were instead moving through most U.S. airports fairly quickly, as the busy Memorial Day travel weekend drew to close. However, the airlines said they aren’t ready to say “mission accomplished” yet, pointing out that this is just the first of a series of busy travel periods this summer.
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APOPKA, Fla. (AP) — A 1-year-old has died after authorities say the child’s father accidentally ran over him with a vehicle at a home in Apopka yesterday. The FHP says the boy’s father, Jorge Carrillo was rotating cars in and out of the driveway of the home when he rolled on top of the child. The child was taken to a hospital, where he died. Montiero says there’ll be no criminal charges against Carrillo, but traffic charges are pending.
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DELAND, Fla. (AP) — Three Florida sheriff’s deputies fatally shot an armed robbery suspect who they say refused to surrender and was holding a knife. Volusia County sheriff’s spokesman Andrew Grant said a gunman Sunday had robbed victims of their wallets at an Orange City park and ride.
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NEPTUNE BEACH, Fla. (AP) — A Florida police spokesman says a 13-year-old boy was badly hurt after a shark attack. Neptune Beach police spokesman Michael Key says the boy and his stepfather were swimming in chest-deep water Sunday afternoon when the shark attacked. Key says a lifeguard tower called in the incident, and he was rushed to the hospital to be treated for an 8-inch bite behind his right knee and top of his calf.
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TITUSVILLE, Fla. (AP) — The Florida Highway Patrol says three girls were killed and eight people were injured in a single-vehicle wreck on Interstate 95. The highway patrol says the crash happened around 6:40 p.m. Monday in Titusville, about 40 miles east of Orlando. Steven Montiero, a spokesman for the patrol, says a front tire may have malfunctioned, causing the SUV to flip. He says those inside were friends and family.
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MIAMI (AP) — A cruise has resumed its voyage to Cuba after briefly returning to port in Miami due to an electrical outage. The Fathom Adonia had to return to port Sunday evening. Carnival Cruise Line spokesman Roger Frizzell said the “momentary electrical issue” was quickly resolved and the ship departed again early Monday for its seven-night tour of Cuba.
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The CIA gives top secret briefings to Presidential nominees. The briefings are designed to get GOP and Democratic front-runners up to speed on problems around the globe in preparation of a White House win.
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SOUTHWEST RANCHES, Fla. (AP) — Police in South Florida were called to a gruesome scene: a pair of alligators eating a human body. The Sun Sentinel reports that Davie Police Capt. Dale Engle says the body found Monday appears to have been at the edge of the Everglades for a long time. Engle says officers were able to scare the alligators away from the body but the two lingered as officers tried to recover the body.
