Ruth Brown
The Archive
Nxivm captive created her own newspaper while stuck in room for two years
A member of the Nxivm cult who was allegedly held captive in a room with only a pad of paper and a pen for two years became so desperate that...
Student at elite school smeared as racist over Instagram post: suit
A Manhattan couple is suing the elite Spence School, saying the Upper East Side all-girls academy bought into a "Mean Girls"-like scheme by a pair of classmates to brand their...
Subway scoundrel has been ruining NYC commutes for 'several years'
A subway scoundrel has been terrorizing the city's already beleaguered underground by pulling the emergency brakes on trains during peak hours, MTA Chairman Pat Foye said Wednesday. At the MTA's...
'Fake wedding' couple may actually marry — then promptly divorce
Both the celebrity hairdresser who alleges his heiress “wife” faked their lavish wedding and the ex are now seeking to get their union legalized so they can get down to...
Infamous 'Broadway Bandit' has struck again: FBI
He should be rotting in prison — but instead he’s back for an encore. The crook known as the “Broadway Bandit” for sticking up a series of banks around the...
LIRR employees refusing to work overtime after MTA crackdown
Hundreds of Long Island Rail Road workers are refusing to work overtime shifts this weekend to protest the MTA's crackdown on OT abuse, according to a new report. The agency...
Cuomo says massive overtime at LIRR 'physically impossible'
He’s finally on board. Gov. Cuomo on Friday acknowledged that workers at his MTA’s Long Island Rail Road are logging overtime hours that are “almost physically impossible” — and demanded...
Pet dog also perished in Harlem fire that killed mom and 5 kids
The Harlem apartment fire that killed a mom and her five kids also claimed the family's dog, relatives and sources say. The pet — a 2-year-old Yorkie named Penny —...
El Chapo says he's tired of using toilet paper as 'makeshift earplugs'
Cry him a rio! Mexican drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman is griping that his Manhattan jail cell is too cramped, too noisy — and that the New York City...
'Fatal Attraction' killer Carolyn Warmus granted parole
Former Westchester County school teacher Carolyn Warmus — who murdered her lover’s wife in an infamous 1989 slaying — has been granted parole, the state Department of Corrections said Friday....
Meet the posh billionaire family entangled in admissions scam
The Chinese Stanford student whose parents paid $6.5 million to a crooked college fixer for securing her spot at the top school comes from a family of Bentley-driving billionaires who...
Feds bust cheating ring that took English test for Chinese nationals
William Singer wasn’t running the only college admissions scam in town. The same day his bribery scandal was broken wide open on March 12, the feds also quietly arrested five...
Student whose family paid $6.5M in scam says 'hard work' got her into Stanford
A newly unearthed video appears to show the Chinese student whose family allegedly paid a fixer $6.5 million to get her into Stanford bragging that she's living proof you don't...
Dire learning: Rich parents 'freaking out' as college admissions probe widens
Prosecutors are targeting more parents in the nationwide admissions scam — and now wealthy families with ties to the scheme's mastermind are freaking out and lawyering up, according to a...
Stanford student's family paid $6.5M in college admissions scam: report
The daughter of a billionaire pharmaceutical tycoon was identified Thursday as the young woman whose family paid $6.5 million just to get her into Stanford University. Yusi Zhao — also...
MTA chief orders 'excessive overtime' probe
They’re slamming the brakes on the gravy train. The MTA’s crackdown on overtime abuse at the Long Island Rail Road and its other agencies will see officials audit 12 months...
Couple pleads guilty in college admission cheating scandal
A wealthy real-estate honcho and his wife admitted on Wednesday to bribing their daughter’s way into UCLA -- becoming the first parents to plead guilty in the bombshell college admissions...
At least half of LIRR workers earn six-figure salaries: watchdog
At least half of Long Island Rail Road workers are earning six-figure salaries — more than any other arm of the MTA, including its own executive headquarters, according to a...
LIRR worker who made $256K in overtime logged a dangerous number of hours
A Long Island Rail Road track worker more than quadrupled his $55,000 salary last year by logging a seemingly impossible — and possibly dangerous — number of overtime hours. Marco...
Park Slopers mock de Blasio's presidential ambitions at YMCA
He can run on the treadmill — as long as he stays out of the race. Some prankster on Monday slapped a flyer mocking Mayor Bill de Blasio's presidential ambitions...