Most Popular Numbers Headlines This Year
The most viewed headlines from our Numbers Topic Page over the last year.
#1 Six Charged in Alleged $1M Auto Insurance Claims Scheme in Massachusetts
Feb 27 2024 // Six people have been indicted in connection with the alleged filing of fraudulent insurance claims through their auto body repair business in Everett, Massachusetts. Four of the defendants were arraigned this week in...
#2 Six Defendants to Stand Trial for Michigan Auto Insurance Fraud Scheme
Mar 18 2024 // Six defendants will stand trial on charges alleging the group operated an auto insurance fraud scheme targeting Michigan residents involved in automobile collisions, Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel and Anita Fox,...
#3 Four Minor Early Morning Earthquakes Hit Southern California
Jun 24 2024 // Four small earthquakes occurred in California in the early Monday morning hours, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. A magnitude 3.2 earthquake struck near Cobb at a depth of 1.1 miles, a M2.9 quake hit two miles...
#4 Two Rival Robotaxi Services OK’d to Operate Throughout San Francisco
Sep 4 2023 // California regulators approved an expansion that will allow two rival robotaxi services to operate throughout San Francisco at all hours, despite safety worries spurred by recurring problems with unexpected stops and other...
#5 Two Montgomery Workers Charged with Insurance Fraud in Alabama
Apr 30 2024 // Montgomery, Alabama, authorities have charged two workers – a contract employee and a firefighter – with insurance fraud in unrelated alleged scams. Local news outlet reported that Michael Granger Hicks, who worked for...
#6 3M Begins Payments to Service Members in $6B Earplug Settlement
Jan 24 2024 // (AP) — 3M has started paying out its $6 billion settlement to U.S. service members who say they experienced hearing loss or other serious injuries after using faulty earplugs made by the company. The chemical and...
#7 3M, DuPont Defeat Massive Class Action Over Forever Chemicals
Nov 28 2023 // A U.S. appeals court on Monday handed 3M, Corteva Inc subsidiary E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Co and other manufacturers of toxic so-called “forever chemicals” a big win in their fight against legal liability...
#8 Three Weeks Before Trial, Former Georgia Commissioner Oxendine Pleads Guilty
Mar 25 2024 // ATLANTA (AP) — A former Georgia insurance commissioner who made a failed Republican run for governor has pleaded guilty to conspiring to commit health care fraud. John W. Oxendine of Johns Creek entered the guilty plea...
#9 Three Insurers Reject Chevron’s $57 Million Claim for Iran Oil Seizure
May 9 2024 // Three insurance companies have rejected Chevron’s claim over the seizure last year of an oil cargo by Iran, according to a complaint filed on Tuesday in a U.S. court in California. The Chevron-chartered tanker...
#10 Three Charged With Helping Agents Cheat on Florida Insurance License Exams
Jun 28 2024 // Three Miami people, two them licensed insurance agents, have been charged with operating an unauthorized insurance agent licensing school and taking license examinations in applicants’ place. At least five...
#11 Two-Thirds of North America Could Face Power Shortages This Winter
Nov 9 2023 // More than half of the U.S. and parts of Canada, home to around 180 million people, could fall short of electricity during extreme cold again this winter due to lacking natural gas infrastructure, the North American...
#12 Six Years After They Began, Strems’ Massive Litigation Actions Detailed in Book
Oct 25 2023 // The story of disbarred Florida plaintiffs’ attorney Scot Strems has been told, in bits and pieces, in this publication and others over the last six years. But the saga and Strems’ alleged actions and the havoc...
#13 Four in Florida Charged with Faking Auto Accident Injuries to Gain PIP Payouts
May 15 2024 // Florida authorities this week charged four people with falsifying injuries from an auto accident and attempting to defraud three insurance companies out of personal injury protection payments. Maria Campos, Isabella...
#14 One of Lindberg’s Attorneys Withdraws Two Months Before Retrial Set to Begin
Mar 15 2024 // Embattled former insurance executive and entrepreneur Greg Lindberg has asked for a new attorney to represent him, less than two months before his second trial on bribery charges is set to begin. A federal magistrate judge...
#15 Two Dead After Plane Crash on Florida Interstate
Feb 12 2024 // NAPLES, Fla. (AP) — A pilot and co-pilot were identified as the two killed in a fiery plane crash on a Florida highway, law enforcement officials said. The Collier County Sheriff’s Office identified Edward Daniel...
#16 Five People Die in Private Jet Crash in Rural Virginia Woods
Mar 12 2024 // A small private jet crashed in woods and burned Sunday afternoon near a small airport in rural Virginia, killing all five people aboard, police said. The twin-engine IAI Astra 1125 went down amid trees along an airport...
#17 Nine Killed in Wisconsin Highway Crash Involving Semitrailer and Van
Mar 11 2024 // DEWHURST, Wis. (AP) — Nine people were killed Friday in a crash involving a semitrailer and a van at a western Wisconsin highway intersection. Preliminary reports about the early morning crash indicated the semitrailer...
#18 Two Crew Members on Florida-based Cruise Line Die in Ship’s Engineering Space
Mar 25 2024 // FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Two crew members on a Holland America cruise ship died during an “incident” in the ship’s engineering space, the cruise line said. The unidentified crew members died Friday...
#19 Two California Cities Among Most Likely to Experience Flood Damage
Jan 12 2024 // Two California cities made the list of cities most likely to experience flood damage in a new study. Stockton and Sacramento were among the most likely to experience flood damage based on data from the 200 largest cities...
#20 Six Presumed Dead After Bridge Collapse, as Port Disruptions Hit Cars to Coal
Mar 27 2024 // The 1.6 mile-long bridge collapsed in a matter of seconds. The catastrophic consequences are set to stretch out for weeks. As much as 2.5 million tons of coal, hundreds of cars made by Ford Motor Co., and General Motors...
