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Hungarian philosopher Agnes Heller dies at age of 90

Hungarian philosopher Agnes Heller, who was a student of Gyorgy Lukacs and later taught political theory for 25 years at the New School for Social Research in New York City, died at the age of 90 on Friday, the Hungarian Academy of Sciences said. Born 1929 in Budapest, Heller was a survivor of the Holocaust but she lost most of her family who perished in concentration camps.

U.S. rapper A$AP Rocky to remain in Swedish custody, Trump plans to intervene

Swedish prosecutors on Friday extended American rapper A$AP Rocky's detention by six days amid their ongoing investigation into a street fight in Stockholm as U.S. President Donald Trump said he planned to call Sweden's prime minister about the case. A district court agreed to a request from prosecutors for more time for their investigation of alleged aggravated assault by the 30-year-old performer, producer and model, whose real name is Rakim Mayers.