Boston in shutdown as New York enjoys a snow day
Massachusetts has been badly hit by the US east coast snow blizzard, but in New York, where only a few inches of snow fell overnight, the mayor talked of a “better safe than sorry scenario”.
Kylie Morris
Kylie Morris is the former Washington correspondent and the former Asia correspondent for Channel 4 News. She was also the presenter of More 4 News.
Kylie previously worked at the BBC as the Gaza correspondent from 2001-2002, Kabul correspondent 2002-2004, for which she won an FPA award, and then as the BBC Asia correspondent until joining Channel 4 News in 2006.
One of her first assignments for Channel 4 News was reporting the conflict in Lebanon in July 2006, for which we collectively won an RTS Award. She has been in and out of the newsroom in the last two years - recently she reported the Gulnaz film alongside Leslie Knott and Cleminitne Malpas which has just been nominated for another FPA award.
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Key questions: Argentina’s prosecutor and the president
The case of an Argentine prosecutor’s death and the national spy agency’s links with President Cristina Fernandez unfurls with increasing complexity amid controversy over ties to a 1994 bombing.
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New York in lockdown waiting for storm Juno to hit
Manhattan is a ghost town as transport and businesses shut up shop in wait for giant snowfalls. Workers aren’t expected in on Tuesday – except on Wall Street.
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US measles outbreak spreads from Disneyland
Doctors in the US have urged parents and schools to vaccinate children against measles after an outbreak that began in Disneyland in California continues to spread.
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Obama: the president who will not go quietly
it was an unscripted aside that ended up revealing the most in President Obama’s State of the Union address: “I have no more campaigns to run.”
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David Oyelowo: Hollywood’s problem with powerful black characters
Revealing nominees for its major awards last week, the Academy suffered a massive diversity failure. elcome to post-racial America.
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US torture laid bare – but the CIA remains defiant
A Senate committee report on CIA torture is not exactly devoid of politics, but will be remembered for its grievous exposures.
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Remains found of missing Mexico student
DNA tests on charred human remains found in a rubbish tip in Mexico have confirmed that they are the remains of one of the 43 students who went missing 10 weeks ago.
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‘New York is Ferguson’ say protesters over death of Eric Garner
At the protests, they chanted “I can’t breathe” over and over. They were Eric Garner’s last words. The chant that echoed around Grand Central Station? “New York is Ferguson. Ferguson is New York.”
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Ferguson riots: the story, but not the whole story
America watches as anger in Ferguson continues to rage, and spreads to the other parts of the country – but are they getting the whole truth?
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What began with the death of Michael Brown is not over yet
So the grand jury spoke. And what followed was protest and anger and a sense that there was never any other way this was going to fall.
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Ferguson braced after decision on Michael Brown shooting
Preparations are in place in Ferguson, Missouri, to step up action on the streets after it was decided not to press charges against the policeman who killed teenager Michael Brown.
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Free at last? Obama finally acts on US immigrants
Obama could have made his big move on immigration years ago, but now faces a tough fight with congress over who should be allowed to stay.
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Going, going, gone – Democrats lose control of the US senate
So it turns out the midterms did matter, that every vote counted, that politics is still a bloodsport in the US.
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North Carolina: the most expensive Senate race in US history
There’s been $113, 639,041 spent on this week’s Senate election. It’s obscene money, particularly in a race between a Democrat and a Republican desperate to declare their interest in working people.
