Start your day with a quick digest of today's top Central Florida headlines.
 A candidate running for Supervisor of Elections in Pinellas County submitted a letter to State Attorney Aramis Ayala Friday alleging Derek Chauvin, the Minneapolis ex-cop accused of killing George Floyd, illegally voted in Florida during the 2016 and 2018 elections. |   | |
 Protesters took to the streets of downtown Orlando again on Friday to demand justice for George Floyd, a Minnesota man who died after a Minneapolis police officer put his knee on his neck for more than 8 minutes. | | | |
 A rejuvenated Tropical Storm Cristobal with a 240-mile wind field made its turn toward the U.S. on Friday bringing both a tropical storm warning and storm surge warning for parts of the Gulf Coast including Florida. | | | |
 Florida on Friday recorded its third straight day of 1,300-plus new cases of coronavirus, with another 1,305 infections logged for a new total of 61,488. | | | |
 Orange County may borrow as much as $700 million to expand its already Pentagon-sized convention center — even as tax revenues collapse amid the coronavirus crisis and industry executives warn they will want even bigger public subsidies to prop up the convention business once the pandemic passes. | | | |
 Biden pulled together the 1,991 delegates needed to become the nominee after seven states and the District of Columbia held presidential primaries Tuesday, according to the Associated Press. | | | |
 Despite a broad consensus about the danger of using a "neck restraint" maneuver to detain suspects, major police agencies in Central Florida and across the state have yet to explicitly ban the technique or even address the controversial practice in their policies. | | | |
 At the Florida women's prison that has recorded the most positive coronavirus tests among inmates of any state facility, the administration has started taking donations for much-needed supplies, like toilet paper and face masks, from a group of formerly incarcerated women. They are trying to support the women incarcerated there and the staff, because they say the prison is in crisis. | | | |
 A Florida restaurant got more than a little help in the form of about $40,000 to help it stay open during the coronavirus pandemic, according to media reports. | | | |
 A Florida man who was denied entry into a hospital to visit his wife because of coronavirus restrictions is accused of pointing a shotgun at a security guard and a nurse. | | | |
 To get a better sense of how far the region has come and how far we have to go, the Sentinel analyzed a variety of data points — from the amount of movement registered through cell phones of local people to the number of flights at Orlando International Airport and even bookings at the Orange County Jail. | | | |
 You pay for voucher-school education. But Florida doesn't make those schools report graduation rates or even hire qualified teachers. It's a black hole of accountability. | | | |
 Universal Orlando opened its theme park doors to passholders on June 3, allowing masked visitors to wander around and experience attraction in Universal Studios Florida and Islands of Adventure. On June 5, the parks officially reopened. | | | |
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