A grand jury has indicted a Broward County man on manslaughter charges in what police are calling the road rage shooting of a federal customs agent.

Efforts by Waste Management Inc. to buy rival trash hauler Republic Services Inc. are getting more complicated.

Crews in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. have rescued two workers after a scaffolding fell at a high-rise building.

Waste hauler Republic Services says it will penalize companies seeking to make large-scale shares purchases, an apparent attempt to block a takeover bid by industry giant Waste Management.

AutoNation says its second-quarter profit tumbled 33 percent as its sales fell on a drop in vehicle demand.The nation’s largest automotive retailer says it earned $51.8 million, or 29 cents per share, compared with $77.3 million, or 37 cents per share,...

In a bad economy, fun is often the first casualty.For James Hedrick, that means it’s a busy time in his line of work. He’s one of those dreaded repo men.He spends his days scanning megayachts, sailboats and fishing skiffs as he steers his dinghy...

A 12-year-old accused of fatally beating his baby cousin after she interrupted a cartoon pleaded no contest Wednesday and was sentenced to a juvenile treatment center.Assistant State Attorney Maria Schneider said the sentence could last 12 to 36 months,...

A spot of tea landed a South Florida man in a spot of trouble with state prosecutors. Jerome Klein is now free while he awaits trial on a burglary charge. Authorities jailed him in April for violating bond after failing a drug test.Prosecutors didn’t...

A federal judge in Fort Lauderdale has thrown out the conviction and sentence for an Iranian woman accused in a scheme to illegally obtain night vision goggles for Iran.U.S. District Judge James Cohn found that 30-year-old Shahrazad Mir Gholikhan relied...