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1. It's Chalamet vs. ballet in this week's news quiz. Are your answers en pointe?

   Meanwhile, if you've been paying attention to medicine, basketball and the British Parliament, you'll get at least three questions right this week.

2. Medicaid can share data with ICE. Here's how that 180-degree change spreads fear

   When Medicaid began sharing personal data with federal immigration authorities last year, it upended decades of explicit promises to patients. Now, even eligible immigrants fear getting the health coverage.

3. Egg prices have taken a beating. What's behind the drop?

   A year ago, eggs were scarce and prices were sky-high. But avian flu took a much smaller toll on America's egg-laying chickens this winter than last, and egg prices have tumbled 42%.

4. Democrats set a turnout record in Texas, so is this the year it turns blue?

   Latinos helped Texas Democrats set the new record for a primary, but the state has been a white whale for the party for decades.

5. Trump wants more apprenticeships. An Arkansas manufacturer is giving it a try

   President Trump has touted apprenticeships as part of his promise of a golden era for American workers. But are his administration's investments enough?

6. Bucking stigma, more places turn to factory-built for affordable housing

   Mobile homes have long been zoned out of cities and suburbs. But with updated designs and a housing shortage, they're increasingly being welcomed as more-affordable starter homes.

7. At the Winter Paralympics, some athletes have found business opportunities

   At the Winter Paralympics, athletes with prosthetics often modify them to fit their bodies more precisely. That has led to some competitors starting their own businesses to help fellow amputees.

8. Morning news brief

   Israel launches strikes in Beirut, FBI investigating two unrelated attacks in Michigan and Virginia, Senate passes bipartisan housing bill to ban large investors from buying up single-family homes.

9. Cuba will release 51 people from prison in an unexpected move

   The announcement was made just hours before Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel is scheduled to speak early Friday "to address national and international issues."

10. A record number of political parties register for Haiti's first election in a decade

    A record 280 political parties had registered by Thursday's deadline to participate in Haiti's first general election in a decade, hopeful for a chance to help ease their country's multiple crises.