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Two children among eight killed in New York building collapse

Verified: 56 outlets in 30 countries have reported this story since Nov 11, 5 of them from the United States. 2 killed, according to 21 outlets.

📍 New York, US·🕐 14m ago·56 outlets

The property in Brooklyn fell into a neighboring excavation site where construction workers had been preparing foundations for a planned development.

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✓ Verified · 56 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 · 4 figures, newest first
221 outlets: 1news.co.nz, aljazeera.com +19· latest Nov 13, 1:42 AM UTC
Two children among eight killed in New York building collapse ↗
814 outlets: bdnews24.com, cbc.bb +12· latest Nov 12, 11:28 PM UTC
New York mayor expands probe after Brooklyn building collapse kills 8 ↗
71 outlet: dailymail.com· latest Nov 12, 9:12 PM UTC
Seven of eight people killed in NYC building collapse identified ↗
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 · 63 reports · · 30 countries✓ Verified Nov 11, 10:37 PM UTC

5 outlets from the United States, where the story is: ABC News, Breitbart, NPR News and 2 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, 11:05 PM UTC+25 h
    Eight killed, including two children, in New York building collapsefrance24.com (again) ↗
  6. Nov 12, 11:28 PM UTC+25 h
    New York mayor expands probe after Brooklyn building collapse kills 8straitstimes.com (again) ↗
  7. Nov 13, 1:42 AM UTC+27 h· you’re reading this
    Two children among eight killed in New York building collapsejapantimes.co.jp ↗
  8. Nov 13, 1:55 AM UTC+28 h
    Brooklyn Building Collapse Killed 2 Children And 6 Adultsournews.bs ↗
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cross checkconfirmed90%

[Claude] All three reports describe the same Brooklyn building collapse; their earlier death tolls (two killed) are consistent with Report 1's later updated toll of eight, not contradictory.

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Reliability
98%

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