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SpaceX is set to launch its Dragon spacecraft to rendezvous with the International Space Station this weekend. If successful, it will be the first commercially developed, launched and operated craft to meet the ISS. SpaceX head Elon Musk talks about the launch, and his other project, Tesla Motors.

The 13th-seeded Navarro will next face Aryna Sabalenka, while Americans Taylor Fritz and Frances Tiafoe advanced to the semis on the men's side of the tournament.

John Doe, Exene Cervenka and Dave Alvin of X discuss punk's early days. Jerrod Carmichael says that the complicated family debates on his NBC comedy series are inspired by real life.

Swimming in London's Aquatic Center, the U.S. women's 4x100m medley relay team set a new world record in winning a gold medal, with Allison Schmitt swimming freestyle to anchor a relay that finished two seconds ahead of the competition, at 3:52.05.

Two men have been arrested in connection with the murder of Malcolm Shabazz, the grandson of civil rights-era leader Malcolm X who died Thursday in Mexico City. The men, who work at a bar Shabazz visited, reportedly face charges of homicide and robbery.

Brood X cicadas delayed a plane carrying reporters covering President Biden's first trip overseas Tuesday night. President Biden, meanwhile, had his own cicada confrontation.

"You could stop on a street corner and hear Malcolm X," the vibraphonist says of 1960s New York, where he made his controversial debut as a bandleader. His new Blue Note album is Enjoy The View.

Also: X-Files star Gillian Anderson is writing a book; a new poem by Graham Hillard.

Book reviewer Alan Cheuse provides his annual holiday suggestions for gift giving: The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay, by Michael Chabon from Random House. X Presidents by Robert Smigel and Adam McKay from Villard. The Telling, by Ursula LeGuin from Harcourt. A Dance for Emilia, by Peter S. Beagle from Roc. The Fisher King, by Paule Marshall from Scribner.Rhapsodies in Black: Music and Words from the Harlem Renaissance, CD from Rhino records. Light Action in the Caribbean, by Barry Lopez from Knopf and the recorded version from High Bridge. Nights & Horses & the Desert: An Anthology of Classical Arabic Literature, edited by Robert Irwin from Overlook. American Sea Writing: A Literary Anthology, edited by Nathaniel Philbrick from The Library of America. Jewish American Literature: A Norton Anthology, from W. W. Norton & Company. The Beatles Anthology, by The Beatles from Chronicle Books.

The government is set to issue draft guidelines to be used in case of a dirty bomb attack. The recommendations allow for a higher acceptable level of radiation exposure for first responders and residents. NPR's David Kestenbaum reports.