All the headlines from our Numbers Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Feb 21 2018 // 3M Co. has settled a lawsuit with Minnesota’s Attorney General Lori Swanson for $850 million, putting an end to eight years of litigation over a former Scotchgard ingredient that got into the state’s drinking...
Feb 19 2018 // Two men have been killed and a third was critically injured in an accident at a Pennsylvania crane manufacturer.State police say the accident happened at Manitowoc Cranes in Shady Grove, about 65 miles southwest of...
Feb 6 2018 // Two men have been killed and a third was critically injured in an accident at a Pennsylvania crane manufacturer.State police say the accident happened Friday morning at Manitowoc Cranes in Shady Grove, about 65 miles...
Jan 24 2018 // The bodies of five people killed in an Oklahoma oil well explosion were recovered on Tuesday afternoon in a building adjacent to the drilling site outside of Quinton, Oklahoma, Pittsburg County Sheriff Chris Morris said at...
Jan 23 2018 // New York officials say two more counties that sustained extensive shoreline damage from Lake Ontario flooding last year are now eligible for federal recovery aid.Gov. Andrew Cuomo and U.S. Sens. Chuck Schumer and Kirsten...
Jan 8 2018 // Four multi-family homes have been damaged and six residents and two firefighters injured following in an early morning fire in Providence, R.I.Fire officials say the blaze was reported at around 3 a.m. Saturday in the...
Jan 4 2018 // A major New York highway has been reopened east of Buffalo after a deadly chain-reaction pile-up in heavy snow.WHEC says one driver was killed and another severely injured Tuesday afternoon when about three dozen vehicles,...
Jan 2 2018 // Two subcontractors are suing the company fired by the New Hampshire National Guard for what it called substandard work on hangars at Pease Air National Guard Base. New Hampshire Public Radio reports that B.L. Mechanical of...
Dec 13 2017 // Financial Services Superintendent Maria T. Vullo has announced the 10 appointees who will serve on the newly formed Department of Financial Services (DFS) State Insurance Advisory Board.Governor Andrew M. Cuomo signed...
Dec 4 2017 // A pair of 23-year old students, Hugo Moreau and Paul Nicolet, came out on top in the final round of an inaugural blockchain competition held in Switzerland.The two Swiss masters students at École Polytechnique Fédérale...
Dec 4 2017 // For more than three years, 3M Co. underreported its discharge of a class of potentially toxic chemicals into the Tennessee River by a factor of 1,000, according to a letter sent by a 3M official to regulators at the...
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Nov 22 2017 // Four people are missing and presumed dead following last week’s fire at a Pennsylvania senior living community.The massive blaze tore through Barclay Friends Senior Living Community in West Chester late Thursday,...
Nov 22 2017 // The National Weather Service says two people were hurt in two moderate tornados in Kentucky. The weather service says both tornados touched down Saturday and were rated EF-1. The first happened shortly before 3:30 p.m. CST...
Nov 21 2017 // Chemicals once used by 3M Co. for Scotchgard, fire retardants and other products have shown links to cancers and premature births, Minnesota’s State Attorney General said in a request to update a $5 billion lawsuit...
Nov 6 2017 // Federal authorities say five Rhode Island residents have been charged with participating in a scheme to create fake prescriptions for opioid pills and occasionally use medical insurance to pay for those prescriptions.The...
Oct 25 2017 // One of Hartford, Connecticut’s biggest bondholders isn’t too worried the distressed capital city will default on its debt.Lyle Fitterer, the head of municipal securities investments for Wells Fargo Asset...
Oct 17 2017 // Three people have been injured after a train hit a car at a Pennsylvania railroad crossing.Railroad officials say the crash happened around 4:15 p.m. Sunday in Aspinwall, a suburban area north of Pittsburgh. A spokesman...
Oct 2 2017 // An employee at Pennsylvania’s Department of Transportation granted driving privileges to more than 30 people without requiring them to show proper documents or take driving tests under a bribery scheme that netted...
Sep 25 2017 // The Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of New Jersey (IIABNJ) and The Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of New York (IIABNY) launched new brands today for their respective associations. IIABNJ became Big I...