Tropical depression near tropical storm strength in Atlantic

MIAMI (AP) — A tropical depression in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean is close to tropical storm strength, though forecasters weren’t predicting a landfall location. The U.S. National Hurricane Center says the depression was centered Wednesday morning about 1,285 miles east of the Southern Windward Islands. At 5 a.m. EDT, it had maximum sustained winds of 35 mph and was moving west-northwest at 12 mph. Forecasters said it could reach tropical storm status sometime on Wednesday. Ther