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Death toll from building collapse in New York rises to eight, mayor says

Verified: 49 outlets in 27 countries have reported this story since Nov 11, 4 of them from the United States. 8 killed, according to 10 outlets.

📍 New York, US·🕐 35m ago·49 outlets

The three-story residential building in the Brooklyn neighborhood of New York collapsed on Wednesday

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✓ Verified · 49 outlets

Two or more outlets reported this story and its reliability score reached 65%, so WorldPulse marks it verified. That means more than one outlet says so, not that it is proven true.

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Figures in this story

From the headlines of its reports in its last 2 days, each with the outlets that report it.

Killed · 3 figures, newest first
810 outlets: bdnews24.com, cbc.bb +8· latest Nov 12, 4:42 PM UTC
8 dead in New York City building collapse, more than a dozen injured ↗
219 outlets: aljazeera.com, bbc.co.uk +17· latest Nov 12, 12:28 PM UTC
Two killed, 17 injured in New York building collapse ↗
19 outlets: abc.net.au, abcnews.com +7· latest Nov 12, 2:06 AM UTC
1 Dead, 10 Injured After Brooklyn Building Collapses into Construction Site ↗
Injured · 4 figures, newest first
174 outlets: cbc.bb, haitiantimes.com +2· latest Nov 12, 3:23 PM UTC
At least 8 killed, 17 hurt in Brooklyn building collapse ↗
105 outlets: breitbart.com, news.tuoitre.vn +3· latest Nov 12, 9:24 AM UTC
Building collapse in Brooklyn kills at least two, injures more than 10 ↗
121 outlet: bbc.co.uk· latest Nov 12, 12:33 AM UTC
New York building collapse kills one person and injures 12 ↗
The story so far · 50 reports · · 27 countries✓ Verified Nov 11, 10:37 PM UTC

4 outlets from the United States, where the story is: ABC News, Breitbart, UPI and 1 more · how we count

  1. Nov 11, 10:16 PM UTCFirst report
    New York City building collapse traps people in rubble1news.co.nz ↗
  2. Verified: a second independent outlet reported itNov 11, 10:37 PM UTC · +20 min
  3. Nov 11, 10:38 PM UTC+21 min
    New York City building collapse leaves people trapped in rubbleindependent.co.uk ↗
  4. Nov 11, 11:10 PM UTC+53 min
    At least 1 person dead, 2 critically injured after building collapses in Brooklyn, police sayabcnews.com ↗
  5. Nov 12, 3:41 PM UTC+17 h
    New York building collapse kills at least eight as rescuers search rubblethenationalnews.com ↗
  6. Nov 12, 3:46 PM UTC+17 h
    Brooklyn building collapse kills 8newsofbahrain.com (again) ↗
  7. Nov 12, 4:35 PM UTC+18 h· you’re reading this
    Death toll from building collapse in New York rises to eight, mayor saystass.com ↗
  8. Nov 12, 4:42 PM UTC+18 h
    8 dead in New York City building collapse, more than a dozen injuredglobalnews.ca ↗
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[Claude] Both other reports cover the same Brooklyn three-story building collapse and its rising death toll to eight, with no conflicting facts (Report 2 adds the construction-site detail and Thursday timing,

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Reliability
79%

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