5 Things to Know in Florida for Aug. 27

A judge is siding with families who are fighting a state law that ties students' promotion to fourth grade on how they perform on standardized reading tests.

Southern Florida is bracing for heavy rains from a tropical disturbance that could strengthen into a tropical storm. the National Hurricane Center says the system has a 20 percent chance of becoming a tropical depression by Sunday and could strengthen once it emerges in the Gulf of Mexico next week.

Zoo Miami spokesman Ron Magill says 31-year-old Bonnie had been pregnant for several months but started experiencing elevated distress Thursday, leading to emergency surgery she did not survive.