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1. U.S. figure skater Alysa Liu said she didn't care if she medaled. She won gold

   Liu is the first American woman to win an individual figure skating gold medal since Sarah Hughes in 2002.

2. Internal memo details cosmetic changes and facility repairs to Kennedy Center

   Trump announced his plans to close the Kennedy Center entirely for two years "for Construction, Revitalization, and Complete Rebuilding." The announcement came after many prominent artists canceled existing scheduled appearances.

3. Baby chicks link certain sounds with shapes, just like humans do

   A surprising new study shows that baby chickens react the same way that humans do when tested for something called the "bouba-kiki effect," which has been linked to the emergence of language.

4. American Jordan Stolz speedskates to a third Olympic medal -- silver this time

   U.S. speedskater Jordan Stolz had a lot of hype accompanying him in these Winter Olympic Games. He's now got two gold medals, one silver, with one event to go.

5. 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.

6. 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.

7. In a thrilling comeback win, U.S. women take home Olympic hockey gold over Canada

   For much of Thursday's final, it seemed Canada would refuse to relinquish the throne of Olympic women's ice hockey to this younger American squad. But the U.S. found the grit to topple them, 2-1.

8. 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.

9. 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.

10. '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.