--- title: Morning Must Reads: April 29 description: Calm After the Storm Baltimore streets previously rocked by riots were quiet Wednesday morning at the lifting of a nighttime curfew that was enforced by... canonical: https://time.com/3839823/morning-must-reads-april-29-2/ author: TIME Staff article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-04-29T11:50:10.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-26T19:54:21.559Z article:section: Politics og:title: Morning Must Reads: April 29 og:description: Calm After the Storm Baltimore streets previously rocked by riots were quiet Wednesday morning at the lifting of a nighttime curfew that was enforced by... og:url: https://time.com/3839823/morning-must-reads-april-29-2/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb24c27fcf0ec0da8/6986837dcd6848a30809364f/morning-must-reads1.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Morning Must Reads og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Morning Must Reads: April 29 twitter:description: Calm After the Storm Baltimore streets previously rocked by riots were quiet Wednesday morning at the lifting of a nighttime curfew that was enforced by... twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb24c27fcf0ec0da8/6986837dcd6848a30809364f/morning-must-reads1.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Morning Must Reads: April 29 (29 Apr 2015) by [TIME Staff](/author/time-staff/) ## TIME Staff Apr 29, 2015 11:50 AM CUT  The early morning sun rises behind the US Capitol Building in Washington, DC. The early morning sun rises behind the US Capitol Building in Washington, DC.Mark Wilson—Getty Images by [TIME Staff](/author/time-staff/) ## TIME Staff Apr 29, 2015 11:50 AM CUT ## [**Calm After the Storm**](http://time.com/3839812/baltimore-curfew-riots-freddie-gray/ "undefined") Baltimore streets previously rocked by riots were quiet Wednesday morning at the lifting of a nighttime curfew that was enforced by 3,000 police and National Guardsmen. The curfew ended at 5 a.m. with no reports of disturbances in the early morning hours ## [**Justices Debate Gay Marriage**](http://time.com/3838623/gay-marriage-american-exceptionalism/ "undefined") Supreme Court Justices met on Tuesday for the second time in two years to debate the constitutionality of same-sex-marriage bans ## [**Nepal Death Toll Rises**](http://time.com/3839672/nepal-earthquake-death-toll-5000/ "undefined") The death toll is expected to increase as rescue teams move away from Kathmandu and reach devastated villages near the quake’s epicenter ## [**NFL Ending Tax-Exempt Status, Commissioner Tells Owners**](http://time.com/3838666/nfl-tax-exempt-status-goodell/ "undefined") The National Football League is giving up its tax-exempt status, Commissioner Roger Goodell said in a letter to team owners. The league has been tax-exempt since 1942, though all 32 teams pay taxes on their income, Goodell said ## [**Every Episode of** **_Seinfeld_** **to Be Available on Demand**](http://time.com/3839734/seinfeld-streaming-hulu-on-demand/ "undefined") Hulu inked a massive $180 million deal with Sony Pictures TV on Thursday for the rights to distribute every episode of _Seinfeld_ via their on-demand platform. This is the first time the entire _Seinfeld_ catalog will be available in the era of online streaming ## [**AT&T Fires President Over Racist Text**](http://time.com/3839587/att-fires-president-aaron-slator-racist-text-100-million-lawsuit/ "undefined") AT&T Inc. on Tuesday confirmed that it has fired Aaron Slator, a president who became the subject of a $100 million discrimination lawsuit for using his work phone to send racially offensive images. The images in question were found on Slator’s phone by an assistant ## [**McDonald’s Drops 7 Sandwiches in ‘Menu Simplification’**](http://time.com/3839724/mcdonalds-sandwich-menu-chipotle-wends-burger-king-panera/ "undefined") McDonald’s plans to cut seven sandwiches from its menu — including the Deluxe Quarter Pounder and six different chicken sandwiches — in an effort to keep up with rivals Wendy’s and Burger King as well as restaurant chains like Chipotle and Panera ## [**_Friends_** **Reboot Won’t Happen, Says Co-Creator**](http://time.com/3839615/friends-marta-kauffman-sitcom-netflix-nbc/ "undefined") _Friends_ co-creator Marta Kauffman has no qualms about snuffing out the dreams of nostalgists hoping to see the gang back together again. “Nope, never gonna happen,” she told The Wrap when asked if the beloved series would ever see a reboot ## [**Israel Evacuates Surrogate Babies but Not Mothers**](http://time.com/3838319/israel-nepal-surrogates/ "undefined") Israel’s reliance on Nepalese surrogate babies has been thrust into the spotlight as more than two dozen surrogate Israeli babies have been evacuated from Nepal, where a devastating earthquake on Saturday killed more than 4,400 people ## [**WNBA’s Griner to Attend Domestic-Violence Counseling**](http://time.com/3839593/brittney-griner-domestic-violence-counseling-glory-johnson-assault-disorderly-conduct/ "undefined") Phoenix Mercury star Brittney Griner has entered into a diversion agreement after being arrested on suspicion of assault following a fight last week with her fiancée, fellow WNBA player Glory Johnson. The two 24-year-old players suffered minor injuries ## [**Black Sabbath’s Last Album to Drop in 2016**](http://time.com/3839748/black-sabbath-final-tour-album-ozzy-osbourne/ "undefined") Black Sabbath frontman Ozzy Osbourne said on Tuesday the band will release a final album and go on an accompanying tour in 2016 . “The plan is that next year we’ll do the final Black Sabbath tour and album,” Osbourne said at a press conference ## [**Relief as Indonesia Spares Life of Mary Jane Veloso**](http://time.com/3839647/mary-jane-veloso-reprieve-execution-indonesia/ "undefined") Mary Jane Veloso, a 30-year-old Filipina who was due to be executed by firing squad for smuggling 2.6 kg of heroin into Indonesia, was granted a reprieve on Wednesday after a woman accused of planting the drugs on her surrendered to police in the Philippines ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3839823/morning-must-reads-april-29-2/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3839823/morning-must-reads-april-29-2/"},"headline":"Morning Must Reads: April 29 (29 Apr 2015)","datePublished":"2015-04-29T11:50:10.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-26T19:54:21.559Z","description":"Calm After the Storm Baltimore streets previously rocked by riots were quiet Wednesday morning at the lifting of a nighttime curfew that was enforced by...","url":"https://time.com/3839823/morning-must-reads-april-29-2/","keywords":["Morning Must Reads"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb24c27fcf0ec0da8/6986837dcd6848a30809364f/morning-must-reads1.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"TIME Staff","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/time-staff/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb24c27fcf0ec0da8/6986837dcd6848a30809364f/morning-must-reads1.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Morning Must Reads","caption":"Capitol","creditText":"Mark Wilson—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/politics/","name":"Politics"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3839823/morning-must-reads-april-29-2/","name":"Morning Must Reads: April 29 (29 Apr 2015)"}}]}] ```