American Airlines CEO aims to ‘rebuild trust’ after Black men removed from flight CEO Robert Isom vows immediate action following the incident involving eight Black men on a flight from Phoenix to JFK, as well as other alleged accounts of racial discrimination toward passengers. Read more on NPR

Ukraine’s Kharkiv has withstood Russia’s relentless strikes. Locals fear what’s next While some have fled Ukraine’s second-largest city, others remain, even performing a classical music festival in defiance of the war. Read more on NPR

Cybersecurity firm Kaspersky denies it’s a hazard after the U.S. bans its software The Moscow-based company said in a statement that the U.S. Commerce Department’s decision would not affect its ability to sell and promote its cyber security products and training in the U.S. Read more on NPR

MLB game in Alabama takes on extra significance following Willie Mays’ death Major League Baseball played at historic Rickwood Field in Birmingham, Ala., Thursday. It is where Willie Mays, who died this week at age 93, made his professional debut in the Negro Leagues. Read more on NPR

Extreme temperatures can cause all sorts of heat-related illnesses NPR’s Michel Martin talks to emergency room physician Dr. George Chiampas about how to stay healthy during the heat wave. Read more on NPR

Is a statewide ban on cell phones in schools realistic? Banning smartphones in schools is one of those rare policies that Republicans and Democrats seem to agree on but it hasn’t always been a popular idea — so what’s changed? Read more on NPR

Poll: France’s far-right party is on a path to win snap parliamentary elections NPR’s Leila Fadel talks to Jean-Yves Camus of the French think-tank IRIS, about the rise of the far right in the country, and what’s at stake in legislative elections. Read more on NPR

Abortion is becoming more common in primary care clinics as doctors challenge stigma More family medicine and primary care doctors are doing abortions and questioning why it’s been separated from other care for decades. Read more on NPR

D.C. woman returns thrifted vase — a priceless Mayan artifact — to its homeland A thrift shopper from picked up the vase at a store near her home in Washington, D.C. It wasn’t until she went to Mexico that she realized she might have a piece of history sitting on her shelf. Read more on…

Asteroid headed toward Earth? NASA simulation explores how the nation might respond NASA and other federal agencies recently did a tabletop simulation of an Earth-threatening asteroid to see how they’d handle it Read more on NPR