NEWSNATIONNOW (Kellie Meyer) - One American dead after Cuban forces shootout with Florida speedboat: Official
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio says the U.S. isn’t going to base its conclusions on what the Cuban government says.
AXIOS (Julianna Bragg) - U.S. launches investigation after Cuba kills 4 on Florida boat
U.S. officials are looking into an announcement by Cuba's government that it killed four people aboard a Florida-tagged boat near the Villa Clara coast on Wednesday, Secretary of State Marco Rubio said. Why it matters: The Trump administration has already signaled an openness to regime change in Cuba, and the incident that Cuban officials claim was "intended to carry out an infiltration for terrorist purposes" risks another escalation between Washington and Havana. The latest: Rubio told reporters U.S. officials were still gathering facts about what happened and the nationalities and residential statuses of those on the boat, with the Department of Homeland Security and Coast Guard involved in the independent investigation. - There…