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NPR's Rob Gifford reports from China where film director Ang Lee has been working on a new movie, Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon. It is a kung fu film, a first for Lee. He is best known for his adaptatation of novels such as Jane Austen's Sense and Sensibility and Rick Moody's The Ice Storm, as well as movies like The Wedding Banquet and Pushing Hands.

, a reporter for the Moscow Times, about this week's murder of the head of Russia's Ice Hockey Federation. The National Hockey League pays the Federation a great deal of money to allow Russian players to play in North America...this wealth may have attracted the attention of the Russian mafia and led to this killing.

Much of western Minnesota is frozen in ice or under freezing water, with thousands of residents forced out of their homes and thousands more without power. Rivers throughout Minnesota and North Dakota are swollen from runoff from melting snow, and a cold snap has complicated the problems as the floodwaters have begun to freeze. Minnesota Public Radio's Mark Zdechlik reports.

Les Waas, a beloved prankster, wrote the memorable song that drew children to the Mister Softee ice cream truck, among other well-known tunes. He passed away earlier this month, at 94 years old.

The scared deer was broadcast live by multiple television channels on Monday, as rescue workers tried to get it to safety. Sadly, it later emerged that the story didn't have a happy ending.

This week's snow and ice knocked out electricity to more than 500,000 customers in Pennsylvania. Tens of thousands of others in neighboring states are also without power. Utilities warn that it will be another day or two, at least, before repairs are finished.

Ninja Cafe Takayama creates the swordsicles out of ice cream. They are about 16 inches long — roughly the same length as a real ninja sword. The swordsicles will go on sale later this month.

Many holiday activities are on hold thanks to surging COVID-19 cases — but some seasonal attractions are determined to adapt to the pandemic era.

The boy, who was brought to the United States from Honduras, drank milk and played with a ball as he awaited the hearing in Phoenix.

Farmworker advocacy group Migrant Justice and the behemoth ice cream company have been negotiating for two years to agree on a worker-led initiative that ensures "just and dignified" practices.