Allie Griffin
Background
Allie Griffin is a news reporter at the New York Post. She worked as a field reporter at The Post straight out of college and rejoined the newsroom in 2022. She graduated from The New School with degrees in journalism + design and fashion design in 2018 and now advises the university's student-run newspaper. She is a native New Yorker and previously reported for local New York City outlets like the Staten Island Advance and the Queens Post. She lives in Brooklyn with a plump orange cat named Stuffie.
Latest Articles
10-year-old boy hospitalized after teen slashes him with butter knife in NYC
August 6, 2024 | 11:49pmThe teen allegedly brandished a butter knife and slashed the 10-year-old throughout the body.
Egyptian pyramids may have been built with unexpected help, new study reveals
August 6, 2024 | 10:15pmThe Step Pyramid of Djoser, erected some 4,500 years ago, may have been built through the use of a unified water-powered hydraulic lift system.
Pelosi and Biden haven't spoken since he dropped out of presidential race
August 6, 2024 | 2:16amNancy Pelosi and President Biden haven't spoken since he dropped out of the 2024 presidential race, the former House speaker said in an interview Monday.
Fast-moving wildfire burns down several homes in San Bernardino, Calif., forces mass evacuations
August 6, 2024 | 1:02amThe blaze, now named the Edgehill Fire, ignited in San Bernardino County's Little Mountain neighborhood at around 2:40 p.m., fire officials said.
Video shows terrifying moment pickup truck plows into 2 men on NYC sidewalk
August 5, 2024 | 10:35pm"[The driver] cleared out both of us. I went up in the air, he went under," one of the victims told cops at the scene.
Hurricane Debby blows $1M worth of cocaine onto Florida beach
August 5, 2024 | 8:06pmDebby, which made landfall as a Category 1 hurricane early in the morning, carried more than two dozen 70-pound packages of cocaine ashore as winds topped 80 miles per hour,...
San Francisco mayor suggests paying welfare recipients extra $100 a week to stay sober
August 1, 2024 | 3:04amThe proposed legislation utilizes "contingency management" practices, a type of behavioral therapy that reinforces positive changes through reward, and participation would be voluntary.
Ex-Arizona swim coach allegedly recorded teenage girls in locker room
July 31, 2024 | 5:25pmA 14-year-old girl was changing after swim practice with the Arizona Dolphins club team when she noticed a camera in the bathrooms.
WWII soldier ID'd and laid to rest in hometown 80 years after his death in combat
July 30, 2024 | 2:48am"It was just heartbreaking, especially to my grandma," Barb Bernhard, Schafer's niece, told the news station of his death. "My grandma was never the same."
Trump rips Paris Olympics opening ceremony over 'Last Supper' controversy: 'A disgrace'
July 29, 2024 | 10:56pm"I mean, they can do certain things. I thought it was terrible," Trump said. "Look, I'm for everybody. I'm very open-minded... but I thought what they did was a disgrace."
Beloved Brooklyn tenant and German national, 38, slugged by moped-riding menace dies of injuries
July 29, 2024 | 8:08pmFlorian Oltmann died three days after a moped-riding brute sucker punched him and his 56-year-old pal after the pair confronted the man for bumping into them on the sidewalk.
Trump tears into FBI director who questioned if ex-prez was struck by bullet during assassination attempt
July 26, 2024 | 2:17amWray was answering questions during a House Judiciary Committee meeting on Wednesday when he said there was uncertainty about what caused the Republican presidential nominee's ear wound.
California's Park Fire that's torched over 120K acres ignited by ex-con who pushed burning car into gully: DA
July 26, 2024 | 1:15amThe blaze quickly grew in size thanks to wind gusts and was only 3% contained by Thursday evening.
FDNY boss Laura Kavanagh's last day revealed as department still mum on replacement
July 25, 2024 | 11:15pmCommissioner Laura Kavanagh's last day is in less than two weeks and the FDNY has not given any hints on who will take over to lead the country's largest fire...
Harvey Weinstein sent to NYC hospital after contracting COVID, pneumonia in latest transfer from Rikers
July 25, 2024 | 8:41pmThe convicted rapist tested positive for the coronavirus and contracted "double pneumonia in his lungs," spokesperson Juda Engelmeyer said.
FedEx driver steals family's French bulldog that died after being left in his hot truck: sheriff
July 25, 2024 | 1:46amA FedEx driver allegedly stole a North Carolina family's French bulldog and threw it in the back of his hot truck -- where the pet died while he completed his...
Amazon driver caught speeding down sidewalk in TikTok video
July 25, 2024 | 12:32amA passenger in a passing car filmed the unbelievable off-course driving on Friendship Road in Flowery Branch on July 14, according to Storyful.
Marine veteran, who was shot at Trump rally, released from hospital
July 24, 2024 | 8:51pmMarine veteran David Dutch, 57, was discharged from Allegheny General Hospital Wednesday afternoon following an 11-day stay after he was shot at Trump's July 13 outdoor rally.
Beloved Texas teacher, 28, 'randomly' shot dead at outdoor bar during coaches convention
July 24, 2024 | 1:37am"She was sitting right next to me laughing and talking and the next [minute] bleeding in my lap," Humble High School football coach Robert Murphy said.
Hillary Clinton 'excited' about Kamala Harris' 2024 run, claims she can beat Trump in new op-ed: 'Fresh start for American politics'
July 23, 2024 | 11:05pm"Ms. Harris is chronically underestimated, as are so many women in politics, but she is well prepared for this moment," Clinton said.