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At least 8 killed, 17 hurt in Brooklyn building collapse

Verified: 45 outlets in 24 countries have reported this story since Nov 11, 4 of them from the United States. 2 killed, according to 19 outlets.

📍 Bridgetown, Barbados, BB·🕐 6m ago·45 outlets

By Katie Houlis New York (WCBS, WLNY) — At least eight people were killed and 17 others injured

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✓ Verified · 45 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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This report links 5 of the story's 45 outlets

Caribbean Broadcasting Corporation· National · state media ↗The Independent· National ↗Al Jazeera· International ↗bdnews24.com· National ↗CNA (Channel NewsAsia)· International ↗

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: 86 outlets: bdnews24.com, cbc.bb +4· latest Nov 12, 3:25 PM UTC
Eight confirmed dead after building collapses in Brooklyn ↗; 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 · 45 reports · · 24 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

Nov 11, 10:16 PM UTCFirst report
New York City building collapse traps people in rubble 1news.co.nz ↗
Verified: a second independent outlet reported itNov 11, 10:37 PM UTC · +20 min
Nov 11, 10:38 PM UTC+21 min
New York City building collapse leaves people trapped in rubble independent.co.uk ↗
Nov 11, 11:10 PM UTC+53 min
At least 1 person dead, 2 critically injured after building collapses in Brooklyn, police say abcnews.com ↗
Nov 12, 2:45 PM UTC+16 h
Brooklyn building collapse death toll rises to 8 gulfnews.com (again) ↗
Nov 12, 3:17 PM UTC+17 h
8 killed as Brooklyn building collapses bdnews24.com ↗
Nov 12, 3:23 PM UTC+17 h· you’re reading this
At least 8 killed, 17 hurt in Brooklyn building collapsecbc.bb ↗
Nov 12, 3:25 PM UTC+17 h
Eight confirmed dead after building collapses in Brooklyn nationwideradiojm.com ↗

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[Claude] The outlets differ: Reports 2 and 4 give different death tolls (two versus eight) for the Brooklyn collapse, which may reflect an early count later revised, while Report 3 is the same event without a conflicting figure.

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Reliability

91%

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