Race fever is spreading across South Florida and Formula 1 drivers are out and about.

Wall Street fell further from its record as worries worsen among U.S. consumers about inflation and tariffs.

Whether dressed in black, mimicking bare branches or decked out with enough bows for a Taylor Swift concert, the Christmas trees in some U.S. homes this year display an unconventional streak.

Retailers in Broward and Miami-Dade counties opened stores early in the morning for shoppers hunting for in-person Black Friday deals, but there weren’t any frenzied crowds.

U.S. stocks rose to one of their best days of the year as Wall Street relaxed after the first of several highly anticipated reports on the economy this week came in better than expected.

A registered sex offender was arrested Tuesday after Miami-Dade police say he stalked a 10-year-old girl inside a Home Depot store.

Fourth of July is here! If there are a few things you need from the store, many of them are open today.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis held a press conference at a Home Depot in Fort Myers on Tuesday morning, where he spoke about the tax-free holiday to help South Floridians prepare for the upcoming hurricane season.

The Miami-Dade Police Department’s Organized Retail Crimes Squad, along with Homeland Security, arrested three suspects for their involvement in the theft and resale of retail goods, according to authorities.

A theft ring targeting Home Depot stores across the state raked in a tidy sum, but the man deputies say operated it has since made the Broward County jail his home.

A horse meat sting in a Hialeah Gardens Home Depot parking lot led to the arrest of a Miami Lakes man on a felony charge Wednesday, according to police.

A Homestead man added three felony charges to a count of petit theft after pulling out a gun and threatening the life of a Home Depot employee who stopped him from stealing a $99 power tool, leading to his arrest Monday, according to police.

Americans increased their purchases at retailers last month – for clothing, dining out, sporting goods and other areas – in a sign that solid consumer spending is still powering a resilient U.S. economy.

The Coconut Creek Police Department is asking for the public’s help in identifying a video voyeurism suspect.

The Coconut Creek Police Department is asking for the public’s help in identifying a video voyeurism suspect.

Walmart reported strong first-quarter sales results as the nation’s largest retailer’s low-prices continue to draw budget conscious consumers in a challenging economic environment of stubbornly high inflation.

The Coconut Creek Police Department is asking for the public’s help in identifying a video voyeurism suspect.

Target has reported another quarterly profit decline and issued a cautious sales and profit outlook for the current period.

Consumers picked up their spending modestly in April from March, particularly in dining out and online, buoyed by a solid job market and easing inflationary pressures.

Walker Edison Furniture recently issued a voluntary recall of some 120,000 twin-size bunk beds.

Miami-Dade police arrested a man Thursday who they described as a member of a traveling organized crime ring after they said he was responsible for stealing from over 70 Home Depot stores in Florida and Illinois.

A 19-year-old Lauderdale Lakes man faced a voyeurism charge Tuesday after Broward County deputies accused him of trying to record a woman using the bathroom at a Home Depot store in Oakland Park.

Walmart on Tuesday reported strong sales for the holiday season as budget-conscious consumers looking for better deals flocked to its stores.

The Home Depot posted strong profits in its final quarter of 2022, but a tepid outlook for this year is sinking shares of the home improvement retailer.

Home Depot says it’s investing $1 billion in wage increases for its U.S. and Canadian hourly workers.

A 52-year-old man faces a charge of lewd and lascivious conduct after Miami police said he made a lewd request to an 11-year-old girl sitting down inside a Home Depot store in the city’s Little Havana neighborhood.

The federal labor board has scheduled a November vote on a petition from Home Depot workers in Philadelphia to form what could be the first storewide union at the world's largest home improvement retailer.

Home Depot workers in Philadelphia have filed a petition with the federal labor board to form what could be the first store-wide union at the world’s largest home improvement retailer.

Home Depot’s fiscal first-quarter sales improved even as the chain faced a slower start to spring, and it raised its full-year guidance.

A Pembroke Pines man was the grand prize winner of the first Florida Lotto Bonus Play Promotion drawing, taking home $25,000, the Florida Lottery announced on Thursday.

Home Depot says a worksheet about privilege that went viral is an unauthorized document from the home improvement company's Canada division.

A female sergeant from the Miami-Dade Police Department was patrolling the area when a Home Depot employee told her someone had been stealing items.

Target’s sales and profits surged in the first quarter as its customers, emerging from the pandemic, returned in big numbers to its stores for dresses, cosmetics and luggage.

At Walmart, sales of teeth whitener are popping as customers take their masks off.

Orders for big-ticket manufactured goods rebounded 0.5% in March as U.S. factories recovered from frigid February weather disruptions.

A shooting at a bus stop in Hialeah Gardens left a 21-year-old man dead and sent two victims to a hospital, detectives say. They're searching for the gunman.

In this Oct. 29, 2020 file photo, a passer-by walks past stoves on display at a Home Depot location, in Boston. The Commerce Department reported Wednesday, March 24, 2021, that orders for durable goods declined last month for the first time after nine consecutive monthly gains including a sizable 3.5% rise in January. GDP in the October-December quarter rose from an estimate last month of an 4.1% rate. AdEconomists believe all the government relief measures will boost GDP in the current January-March quarter to 5% or higher. “The economy is poised for robust growth,” said Mark Zandi, chief economist at Moody’s Analytics.

The Commerce Department reported Wednesday, March 24, 2021, that orders for durable goods declined last month for the first time after nine consecutive monthly gains including a sizable 3.5% rise in January. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)WASHINGTON – Orders to U.S. factories for big-ticket manufactured goods slumped 1.1% in February with demand in a key sector that tracks business investment also dropping. Orders had been rising for nine consecutive months, including a sizable 3.5% jump in January, according to the Commerce Department. The category that covers business investment dropped 0.8% in February following solid gains of 0.6% in January and 1.5% in December. AdThe report Wednesday showed that excluding transportation, orders would still have fallen by 0.9% in February.

BROWARD COUNTY, Fla. – A man accused of being a serial power tool thief who targeted Home Depot stores throughout Broward County has been arrested, authorities announced this week. Alain Carre, 39, was arrested Feb. 25 in Lauderdale Lakes in connection with thefts from Home Depot stores in Deerfield Beach, Pompano Beach, North Lauderdale and Sunrise. He is accused of committing at least 11 thefts at Home Depot stores since Jan. 15, stealing more than $17,000 worth of merchandise. Carre faces multiple charges, including grand theft, resisting arrest without violence, fleeing or eluding law enforcement and operating a motor vehicle without a valid driver’s license. He is currently being held at the Broward County Main Jail.

Orders to U.S. factories for big-ticket goods shot up 3.4% in January 2021, pulled up by surge in orders for civilian aircraft. (AP Photo/Steven Senne, File)WASHINGTON – Orders to U.S. factories for big-ticket goods shot up 3.4% in January, pulled up by surge in orders for civilian aircraft. Orders for civilian aircraft and parts jumped 389.9%. Excluding transportation equipment, which can bounce wildly from month to month, durable goods orders were up a solid 1.4%. AdA category economists watch for hints at future investment -- orders for nondefense capital goods excluding aircraft — rose 0.5%.

Orders to U.S. factories for big-ticketed manufactured goods rose a moderate 0.9% in November with a key category that tracks business investment plans showing a gain. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)WASHINGTON – Orders to U.S. factories for big-ticket manufactured goods rose a modest 0.2% in December, held back by a big drop in the volatile aircraft sector. Economists had expected total orders would post a stronger advance of around 1% in December but noted that the overall gain was held back by the big drop in aircraft orders. Excluding transportation orders, total orders rose 0.7% in December, and that followed a 0.8% rise in November. “The December data are signaling still strong but slower growth in both business investment and equipment spending.”

Orders to U.S. factories for big-ticketed manufactured goods rose a moderate 0.9% in November with a key category that tracks business investment plans showing a gain. The Commerce Department said Wednesday, Dec. 23 that the November gain in orders for durable goods, items expected to last at least three years, followed stronger gains in recent months including a 3.8% rise in October. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)WASHINGTON – Orders to U.S. factories for big-ticketed manufactured goods rose a moderate 0.9% in November with a key category that tracks business investment plans showing a gain. The November gain in orders for durable goods, items expected to last at least three years, followed stronger gains in recent months including a 3.8% rise in October, the Commerce Department said Wednesday. Analysts are concerned that business investment could begin to fade if the resurgence of the coronavirus curtails demand.

Authorities say he has committed over 40 thefts at Target and Home Depot stores throughout South Florida over the past three months. Jose Luis Cruz Jr. is accused of taking over $80,000 in value from the stores since Sept. 26, investigators say. Watch surveillance video:The stores that have been hit are located in Miami-Dade, Broward, Palm Beach and St. Lucie counties. Detectives said they have surveillance video for most of the crimes. If you have information, you are asked to call Broward Crime Stoppers at (954) 493-8477 or visit browardcrimestoppers.org.

(Copyright 2020 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.) BOSTON – Home Depot has reached a $17.5 million settlement with the attorney generals of 46 states and the District of Columbia over a 2014 data breach that exposed the payment card information of some 40 million customers. The Massachusetts Attorney General’s office detailed the settlement in a statement Tuesday, saying Home Depot agreed under its terms to employ a full-time chief information security officer among other measures. Cybercriminals hacked into Home Depot’s self-checkout point-of-sale systems using a third-party vendor’s username and password and installed malware that harvested the customer data from April through September 2014.

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. – Water was invading neighborhoods across Broward County Sunday into Monday morning due to Tropical Storm Eta. The already saturated ground is overwhelmed and authorities in Fort Lauderdale say there is nowhere for it to go. “We already have a storm water system in place. As you know, we are continuing to rebuild our storm water systems throughout the city. She said there was about 2 feet worth of standing water.

Getty Images(CNN) - Home Depot is spending a lot of money to become a bigger player online, but the results aren't working out as well as the retailer had hoped. Home Depot reported revenue that missed forecasts Tuesday morning and lowered its sales outlook, too. Home Depot CEO Craig Menear said in a statement that some of the expected benefits from the company's One Home Depot initiative "will take longer to realize than our initial assumptions." Still, the sales setback for Home Depot Tuesday will only put a small dent in what has otherwise been a solid year for the company. We consider Home Depot something of a leading indicator of sentiment," said Neil Saunders, managing director of GlobalData Retail, in a report.

PEMBROKE PINES, Fla. - Pembroke Pines police are searching for three men they said stole $907 worth of chainsaws from a Home Depot. The theft was reported just before 8 p.m. Sept. 12 at the Home Depot at 11001 Pines Blvd. According to authorities, two of the men entered the store and placed three Echo chainsaws in a shopping cart. Police said the men then met a third man, who was wearing a red tank top, just inside the entrance door and the three proceeded to leave the store without paying for the chainsaws. Authorities said loss prevention officers tried to stop the men, but they got into a red vehicle and fled the scene.

NORTH MIAMI, Fla. - Shoppers were flocking to stores again Friday as Hurricane Dorian is expected to be just days away from hitting Florida. One woman lined up 45 minutes before doors opened at a Home Depot in North Miami so she could be the first customer inside. When the clock hit 6 a.m., doors opened and people piled in, stocking up on plywood, generators and batteries. The Walmart customer said he also stocked up on nonperishable items in case the power to his home goes out. So, we will see," one Home Depot customer said."

Justin Sullivan/Getty Images(CNN) - President Donald Trump and his advisers insist their trade war with China won't hurt American consumers. The tariffs Trump has already imposed on China are estimated to cost the average American household $600 per year, according to a report by JPMorgan Chase. He said the tariffs on China will wipe out most of the benefits households got from the Republican tax cuts. Trade war casts shadow on economyThe tit-for-tat battle between the world's two largest economies threatens to set off a severe slowdown or even recession. Trump escalated the trade war with China this month by vowing to impose 10% tariffs on $300 billion of U.S. imports from China on Sept. 1.

Spencer Platt/Getty Images(CNN) - Looking for more proof of just how hard it is for traditional retailers to compete in a world that's increasingly dominated by Amazon? Nordstrom and Gap are the worst-performing stocks in the S&P 500 so far this year. Several other big brick-and-mortar retailers are among the market's biggest losers of the first half of 2019. All of those companies have recorded sluggish sales and profits as consumers increasingly shop online. And Home Depot, which faces less competition from Amazon and online shopping in general, is up more than 20%.