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The University of Connecticut freshman added two awards to her dazzling first year of women's college basketball with the nation's No. 1-ranked team.
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Japan extends virus emergency for 2 weeks for Tokyo area
Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga announced that his government is extending a state of emergency in the Tokyo region for another two weeks because its medical systems are still strained by COVID-19 patients.