Jack Morphet
Background
Jack Morphet is a staff reporter at the New York Post. He has worked as a journalist for 10 years and won awards for his coverage of natural disasters and government corruption. Jack has reported on the top stories from around the nation, including the Uvalde school shooting, the Gabby Petito murder and Hurricane Ian. He also covers crime and politics in New York City. Jack reported on the gunning down of NYPD officers Wilbert Mora and Jason Rivera in Harlem, the Bronx apartment fire that killed 17 people and the state of emergency over the city’s migrant influx. Jack has degrees in law and journalism from Bond University. Before joining The Post, he worked at The Sunday Telegraph in Sydney, Australia. During a hiatus from journalism, Jack worked on an Australian cattle ranch.
Latest Articles
Post witnesses Haitian motorist making illegal turn in Springfield, Ohio, smashes into mom with autistic daughter
September 13, 2024 | 8:42pm"The Haitians just don't know our laws. They are causing accidents all the time. They just need to learn the laws of the road, they need schooling,” the mom told...
Influx of wild-driving Haitian migrants turning streets of Springfield into combat zone: 'Eight to 10 accidents a day here'
September 12, 2024 | 8:03pm"Haitians are going the wrong way down one-way streets, making unlawful U-turns in the middle of the roadways, damaging property by driving recklessly, there's been some street signs taken out,...
Exclusive: 9/11 survivor describes being knocked out by force of Twin Towers collapsing -- as he visits Ground Zero for first time on anniversary
September 11, 2024 | 4:06pmDirk Delph was at work at 67 Wall Street when al-Qaeda hijackers crashed jets into the North and South Towers on Sept. 11, 2001.
9/11 FDNY first responders killed by Ground Zero toxins rises to 370 -- surpassing total that died on day of terror attack
September 9, 2024 | 7:09pmThe number of 9/11 FDNY first responders killed from exposure to toxins at Ground Zero has risen to 370 – surpassing the amount of department members who died on the...
Hunter Biden enters shock guilty plea in $1.4M tax evasion case, first son facing up to 17 years in prison
September 5, 2024 | 11:48amHunter Biden’s lawyers announced on the first day of his tax evasion trial that the first son plans to plead guilty.
Hunter Biden, wife arrive hand in hand at LA courthouse for federal $1.4M tax evasion trial
September 5, 2024 | 11:30amHunter Biden was seen walking hand-in-hand with his wife when he arrived Thursday at a Los Angeles courthouse, where he will stand trial on federal charges accusing him of failing to pay...
Two arrested as dozens of Hamas-cheering anti-Israel protesters descend on Columbia in chaotic start to new school year
September 3, 2024 | 12:19pmDozens of screaming anti-Israel protesters swarmed Columbia University as day one of classes kicked off Tuesday -- just months after the Ivy League school descended into a cesspool of antisemitism...
Alleged drunk driver who fatally struck NHL star, brother lets out exasperated sigh as he's ordered held another week in jail
August 30, 2024 | 1:30pmJudge Michael J. Silvanio ordered Higgins to be held until his detention hearing next Thursday, September 5.
NHL star and brother killed by suspected drunk driver: police
August 30, 2024 | 9:16amColumbus Blue Jackets star Johnny Gaudreau and his younger brother were struck and killed by a suspected drunk driver Thursday evening while biking in their hometown on the eve of...
Why throngs of NYC’s homeless are choosing Penn Station over shelters — and leaving commuters in a constant state of fear
August 28, 2024 | 6:15pmMany homeless people have chosen to live on streets near Penn Station – where tourists, everyday New Yorkers and, especially, an army of aid workers provide food, water, gift cards...
NYC landlord accused of beating armed vagrant cheered by locals who complain 'it's like the wild west now'
August 26, 2024 | 5:48pmThe Chinatown landlord accused of brutally beating an armed vagrant is being hailed a hero by locals — who say the area has devolved into a lawless cesspool because of...
Why would-be Trump assassin remains an infuriating enigma weeks after shooting
August 26, 2024 | 6:00amFive weeks since the first attempted assassination of a current or former president in over 40 years, the public still has precious few answers about 20-year-old gunman Thomas Matthew Crooks.
No cakewalk! East Village cafe tracks down viral Olympic Village muffins, flies them in from France in tricky feat
August 23, 2024 | 3:48pmAngel Zheng, owner of Isshiki Matcha, teamed up with a sweet-toothed stranger she met on TikTok, Kelin Carolyn Zhang, to track down the mouthwatering double chocolate chip muffins at a...
Unhinged dog that mauled 4 NYC pups strikes again – a year after owner claimed she’d put it down
August 17, 2024 | 4:25pmSyko, a German shepherd belonging to a former UES bookstore owner that fatally mauled a toy poodle last year, attacked another small dog and its elderly owner.
14 busted as rowdy anti-Israel protesters descend on NYC rally for VP Kamala Harris: cops
August 15, 2024 | 7:35pmFourteen people were taken into custody – with two of them slapped with criminal charges and hauled off to Manhattan Criminal Court -- following the Wednesday night mayhem, according to...
Nassau County mask ban official amid rise in antisemitic hate -- as Hochul softens her stance
August 14, 2024 | 6:51pmNew York's Nassau County enacted a first-in-the-nation post-pandemic mask ban Wednesday -- but don't expect it to be rolled out statewide as Gov. Kathy Hochul threw off her mask of...
NYC outdoor dining sheds shutter in droves amid new rules on storage, trees, fire hydrants: ‘It’s too costly’
August 12, 2024 | 7:48pmThe blighted dining sheds that sprang up en masse during the COVID-19 pandemic could soon be a thing of the past due to strict new regulations -- with thousands shuttering...
How Kamala Harris and Tim Walz fiddled as Minneapolis burned during destructive 2020 BLM riots
August 7, 2024 | 6:43pmAs his state's largest city was engulfed in flames, Gov. Walz held off on mobilizing the Minnesota National Guard for a full 18 hours.
Broad-daylight brawl, junkies dozing on street on NYC's West Side just one day after Post's report on 'humanitarian crisis'
August 5, 2024 | 7:37pmThe Post reported Sunday on the dire state of Manhattan's West Side, where strung-out homeless weirdos have taken over. It was business as usual on Eighth Avenue one day later.
'Greenpoint goon' finally locked up after yet another NYC groping attack: 'He can't be released again'
July 26, 2024 | 7:00amChristopher Boissard is a registered sex offender with 39 busts since 2011, but has somehow dodged significant prison time despite repeatedly attacking helpless women in Greenpoint -- until now.