Lee Brown
Background
Lee Brown is a breaking news reporter on The Post's early morning team. After working for UK national newspapers on Fleet Street, he moved to the Big Apple just 10 days beꦑfore Sept. 11, 2001, which became the first -- and biggest -- story he covered here.
Latest Articles
Gilgo Beach serial killer suspect's brother killed police captain in crash while 'coked up,' drunk: court records
July 14, 2023 | 7:39pmCraig Heuermann, 57, was "intoxicated an🍎d "coked-up" condition in the February 1988 crash in which he later pleaded guilty to criminally negligent homicide and driving while intoxicated, records show.
Everything we know about family of 'quiet' Gilgo Beach serial killer suspect Rex Heuermann
July 14, 2023 | 4:18pmGilgo Beach murder suspect Rex Heuermann is a twice-married architec🔜t quietly raising two children -- including a son with special needs -- in the ramshackle Long Island home he grew... 𝄹
Who is Gilgo Bea♒ch serial killer suspect Rex Heuermann?
July 14, 2023 | 10:12am"I'm a troubleshooter born and 🍬raised on Long Island," the suspect said of his work as an architect working alongside NYC's Department of Buildings.
Architect and married dad of two busted in notorious Gilgo Beach serial killings after DNA fou♔nd on pizza crust
July 14, 2023 | 6:41amRex Heꦓuermann, 59, a married architect at a New York City firm, was caught after DNA from a hair of victim Megan Waterman matched that of his, taken by investigators...
BLM vows to 'redouble' fight, defund police as movement marks 10th anniversary
July 13, 2023 | 4:20pmBLM Grassroots director Melina Abdullah said the 10th a༺nniversary means "we have to absolutely redouble ▨our efforts and redouble our commitment to making black lives matter."
Salman Rushdie not sure he can 'be bothered' to face fanatic accused of trying to murder him
July 13, 2023 | 1:17pmဣ "There's one bit of me that actually wants to go and stand on the court and look at him -- and there's another bit of me that just can't be...
Hit-and-run driver kills elderly touristꦅ outside WH while fleeing a Secret Service stop
July 13, 2023 | 11:00amUniformed agents had tried to stop a Honda Accord just before 1:30 p.m. for driving with an expi♔red license꧙, before the suspect "quickly fled southbound," the service said.
Kevin Spacey testifies he's 'a big flirt' being stabbed in the back by ex-lovers
July 13, 2023 | 9:19am“I never thought that (the man) I knew would ... 20 ye🌊ars later stab me in t⭕he back,” Spacey told jurors of the accuser he wistfully recalled as being "funny...
Seattle police had mock headstone for black teen killed in gun battle with cops: 'Incredibly disturbing'
July 13, 2023 | 8:12amSeattle police kept a mock headstone for a black robber killed in a shootout with cops on display in a precinct break room -- leaving th𝔍e dead teen's mom "heartbroken."...
Deer passed COVID mutations to humans: study ⛄
July 12, 2023 | 2:34pmThe "spillover" of "deer-adapted strains back to humans" could "undermine the effectiveness" of immunity from preไvious infections and even vaccines, the study warned.
CNN under fire for misgendering Dylan Mulvaney: 'Unbelievably bad'
July 12, 2023 | 9:21am“He, of cour⛄se, is the transgender person they were going to sponsor and go along with, with Bud Light,” reporter Ryan Young said, using "he"🍸 instead of Mulvaney's preferred "she."
𒅌Sicko sports 🍎doc Larry Nassar was stabbed in his cell away from prison cameras: insider
July 12, 2023 | 7:45amAnother ജpri🐬soner is thought to have used a makeshift weapon to stab Nassar 10 times in the chest, neck and back.
Chicago suburb starts making reparations payouts in 'test run for the whole country'
July 11, 2023 | 12:27pmEvanston expects to pay $25,000 eac💙h to 140 qualifying residents by the end of the year. 🐠
Elon Musk, Joe Rogan mock MSNBC's op-ed linking home workouts to rise of far right
July 11, 2023 | 10:44amMSNBC's re-shared a year-old op-ed by extremism expert Cynthia Miller-Idriss claiming that the "far right has taken advantage of pandemic at-home fitness t🅺rends."
Trump fights to delay classified docs trial until after 2024 election for sake of 'American democracy'
July 11, 2023 | 8:07am"There is simply no question any trial of this action during the pendency of a presidential election will impact both the outcome of that ♑election and, importantly, the ability of...
Military instructor filmed her own death when parac🍌hute failed
July 10, 2023 | 2:59pm"It was a freak accident, an absolute tragedy," a senior Royal Air Force source said of the death pluཧnge moments after Fisk was pictured filming a tandem dive.
Transgender woman wins Miss Netherlands pageant ඣfor first time -- and has a shot at M🃏iss Universe
July 10, 2023 | 10:22am"I DID IT !!!!! 👑❤️🏅," Rikkie Valerie Kolle, 22, wrote on Instagram of "making my community proud and showing it can be done." 🐠
🏅 Ex-Team USA gymnastics fiend Larry Nassa🍨r stabbed 10 times in neck, back and chest while in prison
July 10, 2023 | 8:42amLarry Nassar stabbed multiple times in altercation at federal prison in Florida. 𒁃
Tea time: Biden shares drink with UK leader Rishi Sunak before heading for tea with King Charles 🎉
July 10, 2023 | 7:37amBiden said that he "couldn’t be meeting with a closer friend or greater ally" than the UK and leader Rishi Sওunak.
Chicago coꦿps accused of sex with migrants, including now-pre🐽gnant teen girl: probe
July 7, 2023 | 2:34pmThe disturbing allegations "are under investigation" by both internal affairs and an independent police watchdog, Chicago Police Department confirmed to The Post. ✅