Most Popular Numbers Headlines This Year
The most viewed headlines from our Numbers Topic Page over the last year.
#1 Five Charged in Multi-Million-Dollar Insurance Fraud Case
Apr 15 2025 // Five people have been charged in a large-scale insurance fraud scheme involving misrepresented life insurance policies that resulted in fraudulent commissions totaling over $1.4 million. The five, which include a former...
#2 Two Plane Crashes Lead to Deadliest Year in Skies Since 2018
Dec 31 2024 // Commercial aviation has suffered its deadliest year since 2018 after the Jeju Air Co. disaster in South Korea and last week’s downing of an Azerbaijan Airlines plane. Fatalities onboard passenger aircraft jumped to...
#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 Three Charged With Helping Agents Cheat on Florida Insurance License Exams
Jun 28 2024 // Three Miami people, two of 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...
#5 Three Dozen High-Rise Buildings in South Florida Are Sinking, Study Says
Dec 19 2024 // SUNNY ISLES BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Almost three dozen high-rise condos and luxury hotels along the beach in South Florida are sinking or settling in unexpected ways, in some cases because of nearby construction, according to...
#6 Four Charged In $10 Million No-Fault Insurance Fraud Scheme
Oct 18 2024 // Four men have been charged with defrauding New York auto insurers by allegedly submitting more than $10 million in fraudulent claims for psychological services —and then laundering the proceeds of that fraud through a...
#7 Two Florida Employees Charged with Defrauding Aetna of $1M
Nov 18 2024 // It was an inside job, one that cost an insurance company in Florida more than $1.1 million, authorities said. Investigators with Florida’s Department of Financial Services on Friday charged Rochell Green and Breana...
#8 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...
#9 Four Charged in Death of 5-Year-Old Michigan Boy in Oxygen Chamber Explosion
Mar 13 2025 // Four people have been charged in the death of a 5-year-old boy who was “incinerated” inside a pressurized oxygen chamber that exploded at a suburban Detroit medical facility, Michigan’s attorney general...
#10 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...
#11 Two Workers Injured in Explosion at Cannabis Facility
Jan 27 2025 // Two workers were injured in an explosion and fire at a cannabis extraction facility on Maryland’s Eastern Shore last Wednesday, state fire officials said. Firefighters were called to PharmaCann in Stevensville for a...
#12 Two Iowa Men Charged With Insurance Fraud
Oct 10 2024 // Michael Vecchio, age 50, of Sioux Center was charged with one count of Insurance Fraud – Presenting False Information (Class D Felony) and Todd Meendering, age 61, of Boyden was charged with one count of Insurance Fraud...
#13 Four Tops Singer Sues Detroit-Area Hospital for Racial Discrimination
Jun 13 2024 // WARREN, Mich. (AP) — The lead singer of the Four Tops said a Detroit-area hospital restrained him and ordered a psychological exam after refusing to believe that he was part of the Motown music group. Alexander Morris,...
#14 Two Construction Firms Ordered to Pay $600K in Wages, Damages to 131 Workers
Aug 7 2024 // The Department of Labor said it has obtained a federal court order that requires two New Jersey construction companies and their owners and managers to pay $600,000 in back wages and liquidated damages to 131 former...
#15 Two Workers Die in Accident at South Dakota Farm Silo
Sep 11 2024 // VOLGA, S.D. (AP) — Two people have died in an accident at a farm silo in South Dakota. The Brookings County Sheriff’s Office said in a Facebook post that the accident happened just before noon Saturday on a farm...
#16 Five Dead, One Critically Injured in Tragic Ohio Car Crash
Oct 8 2024 // GOSHEN, Ohio (AP) — An early morning crash involving two cars on an Ohio road killed five people and critically injured another person, authorities said. The Ohio State Highway Patrol said a car heading northeast on...
#17 Three PFCs Partner with ePayPolicy on Newest Financing Feature
May 6 2024 // ePay believes more insurance customers will choose “Buy Now, Pay Later” financing with more convenient access to established premium financing companies Three premium finance companies have partnered with...
#18 Two Russian Men Plead Guilty in LockBit Ransomware Attacks
Jul 22 2024 // Two Russian nationals pleaded guilty to their roles in ransomware attacks in the US, Asia, Europe and Africa for a notorious hacking gang known as LockBit. Ruslan Astamirov and Mikhail Vasiliev admitted they helped to...
#19 Four Killed in Georgia High School Shooting; Suspect in Custody
Sep 5 2024 // Four people were killed and nine others injured after a teen gunman opened fire at a high school in Winder, Georgia, an old railroad town northeast of Atlanta. The identities of the victims haven’t been released, but...
#20 Two Florida Tourist Sites Halt Drone Shows After Boy Was Hit at Orlando Event
Dec 31 2024 // ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — A theme park resort and a huge hotel in central Florida either have stopped using drones or canceled their drone-based shows after several drones collided and fell from the sky during a separate...
