Death toll in New York building collapse rises to 8

At least eight people have died after a three-story building in Brooklyn collapsed at the edge of a construction site, New York City’s mayor said on Thursday, as firefighters kept digging through the rubble to find others who may be trapped beneath the wreckage. The building came down on Wednesday afternoon. “There are no words for a loss of this magnitude,” Mayor Zohran Mamdani posted on social media. “My heart is with the families and loved ones of those we have lost, those who are injured and...