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1. Reporter's notebook: My Olympic Lunar New Year

   An NPR reporter covering the Olympics in Milan takes us on cultural side quests, to a hospitality house and a candy store.

2. Michael Pollan says AI may 'think' — but it will never be conscious

   "Consciousness is under siege," says author Michael Pollan. His new book, A World Appears, explores consciousness on both a personal and technological level.

3. The U.S. and Canada set to square off in Olympic women's ice hockey gold medal match

   Canada was long the top dog of Olympic women's hockey. But with a win Thursday, the Americans could do more than earn a third gold medal — they could prove the sport's balance of power has shifted.

4. Amazon dethrones Walmart as the world's biggest company by sales

   In a slow-motion race of two retail behemoths, Amazon's trump card was its lucrative cloud-computing business.

5. A Republican plan to overhaul voting is back. Here's what's new in the bill

   A Republican voting overhaul is back on Capitol Hill — with an added photo identification provision and an altered name. Opponents say the legislation would disenfranchise millions of voters.

6. 'Dude, good luck': the Olympic wit and wisdom of a pioneering African skeleton racer

   Who says serious athletes are always serious? Akwasi Frimpong, who's competed for Ghana, is a world-class wisecracker as he reflects on being a Black African athlete in the white world of winter sports.

7. HUD rule could push families with undocumented immigrants out of their homes

   A proposed rule could put nearly 80,000 people at risk of eviction, many of them U.S. citizen children. Undocumented immigrants don't get rental aid but can currently live with family members who do.

8. 1,000 Kenyans were recruited to fight for Russia in Ukraine, intelligence report says

   A new Kenyan intelligence report said the Kenyans were recruited to fight for Russia in Ukraine after being misled with false promises of jobs in Russia before being sent to the front lines.

9. Refugees in the U.S. could be arrested under a new immigration memo

   The move is another Trump administration effort to limit legal pathways to migration or resettlement, after already curbing the number of admitted refugees and re-reviewing those admitted under the Biden administration.

10. Police arrest Ex-Prince Andrew. And, Trump hosts the first Board of Peace meeting

    U.K. police arrested Former Prince Andrew today on suspicion of misconduct in public office, U.K. media reports. And, President Trump is hosting the first-ever Board of Peace meeting today.