Mass Stabbing In Tokyo; Opioid Manufacturer In Court; Devastating Ohio Tornadoes

Plus, prenatal visits in groups is a thing now. [NPR] by Korva Coleman and Suzette Lohmeyer First Up [Police forensic experts investigate a crime scene where a man stabbed 19 people, including children in Kawasaki on May 28. Two people, including a child, are reportedly dead.]( Jiji Press /AFP/Getty Images Here's what we're following today. A mass stabbing attack near Tokyo on Tuesday left at least two victims dead, including an 11-year-old girl, and about 17 injured. An eyewitness told police that the suspect, armed with two knives, [approached a school bus]( and began stabbing children "one after another." The National Weather Service is investigating more than 50 reports of tornadoes across eight states on Memorial Day. Catastrophic damage is reported in the Dayton, Ohio, area, leaving many people trapped in debris. The [deadly weather]( is part of an unusual pattern that’s also caused flood worries in Arkansas and Oklahoma. All eyes will be on Oklahoma this week when the first case in a flood of litigation against opioid drug manufacturer Johnson & Johnson begins on Tuesday. The suit alleges the nation's largest drugmaker helped [ignite a public health crisis]( that killed thousands of state residents. The Supreme Court is letting stand part of an Indiana law that requires that aborted fetuses be cremated or buried. But it did not take up part of the state's [law that banned abortions]( because of fetal abnormality or race or sex of the fetus. We need to radically overhaul how to prepare for and respond to disasters in the era of climate change, experts say — one of the key lessons learned from the [wildfires that devastated]( Paradise, Calif. Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, author and historian Tony Horwitz died Monday in Washington, D.C., at the age of 60. He won the Pulitzer in 1995 for his articles on low-wage workers in America. Horwitz also wrote many books, including his latest, [Spying On The South](. --------------------------------------------------------------- The Daily Good Prenatal visits with strangers? It’s a thing now. [Reporter Jenny Gold and her husband, Alex Gourse, with their newborn son at Prentice Women's Hospital in Chicago two days after his birth.]( Courtesy of Bella Baby Photography Take one of the most intimate chapters in a couple's life and have the two experience it with a bunch of strangers: An expectant couple moved to San Francisco, where they knew almost no one. They soon found a supportive community with other pregnant women and their partners at a medical practice that offers [group prenatal care](. --------------------------------------------------------------- Today's Listen South of the border: young, educated and willing to work. [Claudio Gage poses for a portrait at the Hola Code offices in Mexico City on May 13. Gage was deported to Mexico after having lived in the U.S. for more than a decade.]( Alicia Vera for NPR A new generation of migrants is arriving in Mexico: young adults who were born in Mexico, raised in the U.S. and are now returning — some voluntarily, some by force — to the country of their birth. They've been dubbed "Generation 1.5." With limited support from the Mexican government for these often well-educated returnees, several organizations are looking to help them out and take advantage of their skills. (Listening time, 9:15) [▶ LISTEN]( --------------------------------------------------------------- The Picture Show There’s a story behind that masked man’s mask. [Some goalie masks have all but entered the realm of fine art. Here's Nana Fujimoto's headgear when she played for the Japanese national team during the 2018 Winter Olympics.]( Harry How/Getty Images For decades, ice hockey goalies have carried on a tradition of painting their masks. They represent something the uninitiated may not have expected to find on an ice surface: art, history — even high fashion, of a sort. "I will tell you that it's a huge thing for [a goalie to look good]( says former goaltender Ron Tugnutt, who played for eight teams during his 16-year NHL career. "A lot of children want to grow up to be goalies because they see these masks." --------------------------------------------------------------- Before You Go [Around 50 tourists and photographers were huddled near Mesa Arch in Utah to catch a glimpse of the sunrise in early May.]( Nate Hegyi/KUER - [Instagramming hoards]( are descending on America’s national parks. - Lonnie Bunch III is poised to become the Smithsonian Institution’s [first African American secretary](. - Parents, this one's for you: Ever notice that Infants’ Tylenol [more expensive]( than Children’s Tylenol? Wonder why? - To [increase women’s productivity]( at the office, turn up the dang thermostat! - Sad news in the sports world: All-Star Boston Red Sox [first baseman Bill Buckner]( often remembered for the most famous error in baseball history, died Monday at age 69. And famed Green Bay Packers [quarterback Bart Starr]( hero of the “Ice Bowl”, passed away on Sunday at 85. - Former Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper, running for president in 2020, says if Democrats don’t clearly [stand against socialism]( the U.S. will reelect Trump. - Hate crimes are rising, but few police departments are [trained to identify them](. - Here are four takeaways from the [European Parliament election]( results — more than 50% of European voters turned out. --------------------------------------------------------------- What do you think of today's email? 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