News Minute: Here is the latest Florida news from The Associated Press

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DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (AP) - A small alligator turned up today on a Volusia County beach. It's the second time it's happened in two weeks. Authorities say rough seas and unusually high tides could have swept at least 1 of the gators into the ocean from the river.

MIAMI (AP) - A tropical depression has been dumping heavy rains on Central America as it trudges toward southern Mexico. The National Hurricane Center in Miami said the Atlantic season's second tropical depression could bring up to 10 inches of rain across parts of Belize, Guatemala and southern Mexico.

MIAMI (AP) - The daughter of a prominent Cuban dissident who died in a car crash says her family decided to seek refuge in the U.S. after facing continued repression on the island. Rosa Maria Paya has pushed for an international investigation into her father's death. Oswaldo Paya died in 2012.

VERO BEACH, Fla. (AP) - The attorney for an 18-year-old Florida girl who was charged with a felony for having sexual contact with her 14-year-old girlfriend wants the judge to remove himself from the case. Attorney Julia Graves says the case is being singled out because a trial was set before more than 200 other criminal cases and the trial date is premature.