Tropical depression in Gulf slogs south away from Florida, hurricane center says

Florida got a tiny scare on the first day of the Atlantic hurricane season with the formation of Tropical Depression Two in the Gulf of Mexico and a threat it might form into Tropical Storm Arlene. The depression, though, did not gain strength overnight according to the National Hurricane Center is expected to lose steam as it heads south toward Cuba and away from the Sunshine State. In its 11 a.m. advisory said the center of the system was located about 270 miles west of Fort Myers with maximum sustained winds of 35 mph moving south at 5 mph. The system is expected to continue moving south to...