--- title: Morning Must Reads: May 7 description: Britain's Nail-Biter Voters in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland go to the polls Thursday to elect a new government in one of the tightest... canonical: https://time.com/3850056/morning-must-reads-may-7-2/ author: TIME Staff article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-05-07T11:42:32.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-26T19:54:37.991Z article:section: Politics og:title: Morning Must Reads: May 7 og:description: Britain's Nail-Biter Voters in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland go to the polls Thursday to elect a new government in one of the tightest... og:url: https://time.com/3850056/morning-must-reads-may-7-2/ 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: May 7 twitter:description: Britain's Nail-Biter Voters in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland go to the polls Thursday to elect a new government in one of the tightest... 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: May 7 (7 May 2015) by [TIME Staff](/author/time-staff/) ## TIME Staff May 7, 2015 11:42 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 May 7, 2015 11:42 AM CUT ## [**Britain’s Nail-Biter**](http://time.com/3848663/uk-election-what-to-know/ "undefined") Voters in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland go to the polls Thursday to elect a new government in one of the tightest races for more than a century. Here’s a guide to the parties, the leaders and the key issues ## [**Bibi’s Last-Minute Deal**](http://time.com/3849312/netanyahu-israel-coalition-government/ "undefined") Israeli Prime Minister Benjaminm “Bibi” Netanyahu formed a coalition government, reaching an agreement with the hard-line nationalist party ## [**Patriots Tampered With Footballs**](http://time.com/3849039/deflategate-new-england-patriots-tom-brady/ "undefined") An NFL investigation said New England Patriots employees likely deflated footballs and Tom Brady was probably “at least generally aware” ## [**Tornadoes in Southern Plains Destroy Homes, Flip Cars**](http://time.com/3849898/tornado-southern-plains-destroy-homes-flip-cars-oklahoma-nebraska-kansas-texas/ "undefined") Authorities are set to survey the damage done by tornadoes that swept across the southern Plains, leaving a path of destruction near Oklahoma City. At least 12 people were injured, but no deaths were reported from twisters that also hit parts of Texas, Kansas and Nebraska ## [**How Narendra Modi Wants to Change India**](http://time.com/3849494/narendra-modi-india/ "undefined") In a rare two-hour interview with TIME at his residence in New Delhi, Prime Minister Narendra Modi calls the U.S. and India “natural allies,” defends the pace of his reform drive and rebuffs criticism of his government’s attitude toward India’s religious minorities ## [**Meet the First Baby Born With Assistance From Stem Cells**](http://time.com/3849127/baby-stem-cells-augment-ivf/ "undefined") Doctors in Canada have begun a new chapter in medical history, delivering the first in a wave of babies expected to be born this summer through a technique that some experts think can dramatically improve the success rate of in vitro fertilization ## [**‘Pollen Tsunami’ Causing Misery in the Northeast**](http://time.com/3849804/pollen-vortex-tsunami-northeast-winter-oak-birch-new-york-weather-allergy/ "undefined") A ferocious winter, delayed spring and even the beginnings of climate change have created a “pollen tsunami” that is slamming allergy sufferers in the Northeast. Oak and birch trees are coming out at the same time as the seasonal ones like poplar, alder and ash ## [**A Posthumous Kurt Cobain Solo Album Is in the Works**](http://time.com/3849749/kurt-cobain-solo-album-montage-of-heck-brett-morgen/ "undefined") A Kurt Cobain solo album from beyond the grave might soon be forthcoming, according to the director of _Montage of Heck_ — the recent highly acclaimed documentary on the artist and Nirvana front man’s life ## [**Fox Cancels** **_The Mindy Project_** **— but There’s Hope at Hulu**](http://time.com/3849770/fox-cancels-the-mindy-project-fix-the-mindy-project-television-kaling-comedy/ "undefined") Fox has canceled _The Mindy Project_, which boasts a cult audience but has been dogged by low ratings. The show’s producer, Universal Television, is currently in serious talks with Hulu for multiple additional seasons ## [**Kenya Rolls Back Threat to Close Massive Refugee Camp**](http://time.com/3849568/kenya-dadaab-refugee-camp-uhuru-kenyatta/ "undefined") Kenya’s President Uhuru Kenyatta said Wednesday that hundreds of thousands of Somali refugees in the Dadaab camp would not be forcefully repatriated, walking back a threat made last month after a deadly attack at a university by the militant group al-Shabab ## [**_Supergirl_** **Lands a Series at CBS**](http://time.com/3849516/supergirl-cbs-series-order/ "undefined") The new series stars _Glee_ alum Melissa Benoist as Kara Zor-El, who escaped Krypton amid its destruction years ago. The drama is one of CBS’s relatively new efforts to venture outside of its standard crime-procedural comfort zone ## [**Calif. Regulators Approve Unprecedented Water Cutbacks**](http://time.com/3848403/california-drought-water-regulation/ "undefined") California water regulators adopted sweeping, unprecedented restrictions on how people, governments and businesses can use water amid the state’s ongoing drought, hoping to push reluctant residents to deeper conservation ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3850056/morning-must-reads-may-7-2/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3850056/morning-must-reads-may-7-2/"},"headline":"Morning Must Reads: May 7 (7 May 2015)","datePublished":"2015-05-07T11:42:32.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-26T19:54:37.991Z","description":"Britain's Nail-Biter Voters in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland go to the polls Thursday to elect a new government in one of the tightest...","url":"https://time.com/3850056/morning-must-reads-may-7-2/","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/3850056/morning-must-reads-may-7-2/","name":"Morning Must Reads: May 7 (7 May 2015)"}}]}] ```