New York officials say they've ended their rescue operations at the site of a collapsed building in Brooklyn and that there are no more victims inside. The collapse killed at least eight people, including two children, and injured dozens more. William Brangham reports.
BBC News – World Eight people, including two children, were killed when a residential building collapsed into an adjacent construction site in Brooklyn on Wednesday. Firefighters spent hours searching the rubble overnight before declaring the operation over on Thursday, as authorities launched an investigation into the disaster.
Eight people, including two children, were killed when a residential building collapsed into an adjacent construction site in Brooklyn on Wednesday. Firefighters spent hours searching the rubble overnight before declaring the operation over on Thursday, as authorities launched an investigation into the disaster.
BBC News – World A dangerous search for survivors continues after a three-storey building collapsed in Brooklyn on Wednesday afternoon.
BBC News – World US lawmakers now want to question Huang over whether one of his alleged relationships was with a Chinese spy.
NYTimes – World An Israeli airstrike hit the surgery department of Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis, southern Gaza, early on Thursday, killing at least six people including a surgeon and wounding between 20 and 28, according to Gaza health officials and civil defence. Israel said it was targeting a Hamas commander and other militants. Health officials described it as the deadliest single strike since Israel's elections last month, and the first on a Gaza hospital since the 2025 ceasefire.
NPR – World Kushner and Witkoff met with Putin in a meeting that lasted about two hours. They then headed for Dublin for talks with Zelenskyy as the conflict stretches toward the five-year mark.
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