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Two killed after devastating building collapse in New York

Verified: 38 outlets in 19 countries have reported this story since Nov 11, 4 of them from the United States. At least 2 killed, according to 15 outlets.

📍 New York, US·🕐 57m ago·38 outlets

At least two people have died and 17 others have been injured after a three-storey building collapsed in Brooklyn, with rescue teams continuing to search the rubble for anyone who may still be trapped.

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✓ Verified · 38 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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From the headlines of its reports in its last 2 days, each with the outlets that report it.

Killed · 2 figures, newest first: at least 215 outlets: aljazeera.com, bbc.co.uk +13· latest Nov 12, 9:51 AM UTC
Brooklyn building collapse leaves at least 2 people dead and 17 injured ↗; 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: 172 outlets: haitiantimes.com, yahoo.com· latest Nov 12, 9:51 AM UTC
Brooklyn building collapse leaves at least 2 people dead and 17 injured ↗; 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 · 34 reports · · 19 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, 8:58 AM UTC+11 h· you’re reading this
Two killed after devastating building collapse in New Yorknewsbook.com.mt ↗
Nov 12, 9:11 AM UTC+11 h
US: Survivor pulled alive from rubble after deadly Brooklyn collapse euronews.com (again) ↗
Nov 12, 9:24 AM UTC+11 h
Building collapse in Brooklyn kills at least two, injures more than 10 news.tuoitre.vn ↗
Nov 12, 9:48 AM UTC+12 h
US: Survivor pulled alive from rubble after deadly Brooklyn collapse africanews.com ↗
Nov 12, 9:51 AM UTC+12 h
Brooklyn building collapse leaves at least 2 people dead and 17 injured yahoo.com ↗

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[Claude] The outlets differ: Reports 2–4 describe the same three-storey New York building collapse, but their death toll (one versus Report 1's two) and injury counts conflict with Report 1, which reports two dead and 17 injured,

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