It’s Friday! And I created this news quiz . Let me know what you think! Here’s what you need to know today. (PS: You can have this delivered to your inbox by subscribing here.)

1. Here comes the (checks notes) 8th Democratic presidential debate

Seven candidates will face off in tonight’s debate, the last one before voters in New Hampshire cast their ballots in next week’s primary. The debate begins at 7 p.m. CST. Click the link to find more information on how you can watch tonight’s debate and which candidates qualified. [NPR]

Meanwhile, it’s “Who won the Iowa caucuses?: Day 5.” Data released by the Iowa Democratic Party show Pete Buttigieg and Sen. Bernie Sanders in a near tie, but an official winner has not been declared. The Associated Press, which many news organizations rely on to call elections, said it cannot declare a winner because of irregularities in the vote count. [NPR]

2. Trump wants to “expunge” his impeachment

President Donald Trump said today that his impeachment should be “expunged” because it was a “total political hoax,” and he falsely accused House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of breaking the law when she tore up a copy of his State of the Union address on live television.

Republicans have raised the possibility of expunging Trump’s impeachment if they take back the House. Pelosi dismissed the idea, saying, “First of all they’re not getting the chamber back, but apart from that, there’s no expunging. If they don’t want to honor their oath of office, then they’re going to expunge from their own souls the violation of the Constitution that they made.” [Washington Post]

Meanwhile, Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman, who testified in House impeachment hearings and infuriated Trump, was fired from the White House and will be reassigned within the military. [New York Times]

3. Doctor’s death sparks outrage in China as coronavirus cases mount

The Chinese public is voicing its anger online at communist authorities today after a doctor who tried raising the first warnings over coronavirus died from his infection this week. Dr. Li Wenliang had been reprimanded by police after sharing his concerns about the virus on a social media group in December.

“A hero who released information about Wuhan’s epidemic in the early stage, Dr. Li Wenliang is immortal,” wrote the chief scientist of China’s Center for Disease Control on Weibo, China’s Twitter-like social media platform.

Chinese authorities face widespread accusations for initially downplaying the severity of the virus. More than 31,000 cases have been confirmed in China, and the death toll has surpassed 600. [BBC]

Meanwhile, an Illinois couple who were diagnosed with the coronavirus have been discharged from a Hoffman Estates hospital and are transitioning into “home isolation.” [Chicago Tribune]

4. Trump’s tax appeal for Chicago skyscraper is under investigation

Gov. JB Pritzker’s administration and a state watchdog are looking into whether a Republican state official pressured his staff to give President Trump a larger property tax break on the Trump International Hotel & Tower in Chicago, reports the Chicago Sun-Times.

The investigations come after the state’s executive inspector general’s office received an anonymous complaint about Mauro Glorioso, the executive director of the Illinois Property Tax Appeal Board. The complaint said Glorioso, a Republican attorney, rejected his staff’s decision to deny Trump a refund and wanted them to rule in the president’s favor, the Sun-Times reports.

Trump appealed for a refund of at least $1 million on his downtown tower in 2012. [Chicago Sun-Times]

5. U.S. economy added more jobs than expected last month

Employers added 225,000 jobs in January, and the unemployment rate rose slightly to 3.6%, according to a new report from the Labor Department. Forecasters had expected only 164,000 jobs would be added.

The bottom line?: The job market is strong, but wage growth (aka wage increases) remained modest even though the unemployment rate is near a 50-year low. Manufacturing jobs have taken a hit from the U.S. trade war, while service industries, like heath care and education, have been steadily hiring. [NPR]

Here’s what else is happening

• Australia’s east coast has gone from combating wildfires to bracing for flash floods. [NPR]

• The Archdiocese of Chicago announced 23 parishes will merge into nine parishes. [Chicago Tribune]

• Parents of students at Lincoln Park High School want to meet with Mayor Lori Lightfoot and school officials. [Chicago Sun-Times]

• Former Illinois congressman Joe Walsh ended his primary challenge to President Trump. [CNN]

Oh, and one more thing …

Are you looking for a podcast to listen to this weekend? WBEZ’s Motive is out with a new season about a group of young women trying to get justice after years of silence.

The story begins with the death of 21-year-old Lauren Bajorek, a woman who was studying abroad in Seville, Spain.

Her death is just the beginning as the podcast reveals the story of dozens of women coming forward with allegations against the same man Lauren was with the night she died.

The first two episodes are out, and you can find them on Apple, Spotify and Pocket Casts.

Tell me something good …

What’s your favorite thing to do when you have a day off from work?

Wendy writes:

“On an unexpected day off? Read, read and read some more. I have piles of good books beckoning to me, and nothing makes me relax like becoming gripped by one. Words are magic.”

And Jennifer Kish writes:

“As it so happens, I am taking an unexpected day off work [on Friday]! I am going to wake at the same time as usual, go to the gym while it is nice and empty, get groceries and salt a chicken for dinner, and then pick up my best friend, who I haven’t seen in 2.5 years and is coming into town in the afternoon!”

Thank you so much to all the folks who wrote in this week. What a long week. Maybe I should take a day off.

Thanks for reading and have a nice night! I’ll see you on Monday.