Broward County News

A South Florida jury on Thursday ordered Philip Morris USA to pay $300 million to a former smoker, agreeing that the tobacco company's negligence was the cause of her emphysema .

Investors claiming they were fleeced by a high-profile South Florida attorney filed a $100 million lawsuit Friday contending that the lawyer orchestrated a massive Ponzi scheme with the help of a Canadian bank's U.S. subsidiary and several accomplices.

Broward County authorities are looking for a man they say broke into an elderly woman's home and sexually assaulted her.

A former Miramar city commissioner has been indicted on mail-fraud, extortion and bribery charges by a federal grand jury.

Two people are dead and one injured following a collision between a commuter train and a car in Broward County.

A man who allegedly robbed the Publix on College Parkway in south Fort Myers was arrested by Broward County sheriff's deputies Wednesday.

Cyclists ride along Glades Road west of U.S. 441 on Saturday morning. Cycling groups are on a mission to end confrontations with motorists.

Commissioners voted unanimously to elect Ken Keechl for the one year term. Keechl represents parts of Fort Lauderdale, Hollywood and Wilton Manors.

With his slightly rotund figure and an Afro mushrooming out from under his cap, Renyel Pinto is one of the more conspicuous members in the Florida Marlins ' bullpen.

Authorities in Broward County are searching for a man with "notably bad breath" who is suspected of robbing a South Florida bank branch.

Two people were killed and another person was injured in a Tamarac house fire. Broward County authorities responded to 911 calls early Sunday morning of a home completely engulfed in flames.

Two people were killed and another person was injured in a Tamarac house fire. Broward County authorities responded to 911 calls early Sunday morning of a home completely engulfed in flames.

Twenty-eight city police officials, including captains, majors, undercover officers and the department spokesman, helped guard the home and businesses of attorney Scott Rothstein while, federal agents say, he ran a $1 billion Ponzi scheme.

The identity of the pilot killed when his small plane crashed in the Florida Everglades has been confirmed.

U.S. Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, D-Fl, speaks at a luncheon sponsored by the Southwest Florida affiliate of the Susan G Komen Foundation of Southwest Florida and the Collier County Chapter of Hadassah on Friday at the Hyatt Regency Coconut Point.

Share + Nov 13, 2009 6:38 am US/Eastern Get information on the fair here. POMPANO BEACH The Broward County Fair starts next weekend, but don't look for rides, elephant ears, or games of skill.

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A man charged with killing his dementia-plagued father by dragging him into the ocean has reached a plea deal, his attorney said Thursday, in a case that illuminated the stresses faced by those who care for people with Alzheimer's disease.Bobby Yurkanin, 53, of Fort Lauderdale, will plead guilty to second-degree manslaughter Friday in exchange for ...

The identity of the pilot killed when his small plane crashed in the Florida Everglades has been confirmed.

It's a call that no firefighter ever wants to have to answer. For firefighter-paramedic Bobby Goss, it was the worst call of his four-year career.