--- title: Morning Must Reads: May 11 description: Texas Storm Wreaks Havoc About two dozen people were injured and some homes were destroyed after a severe storm struck the small town of Van... canonical: https://time.com/3853506/morning-must-reads-may-11/ author: TIME Staff article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-05-11T11:45:29.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-22T07:05:09.023Z article:section: Politics og:title: Morning Must Reads: May 11 og:description: Texas Storm Wreaks Havoc About two dozen people were injured and some homes were destroyed after a severe storm struck the small town of Van... og:url: https://time.com/3853506/morning-must-reads-may-11/ 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 11 twitter:description: Texas Storm Wreaks Havoc About two dozen people were injured and some homes were destroyed after a severe storm struck the small town of Van... 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 11 by [TIME Staff](/author/time-staff/) ## TIME Staff May 11, 2015 11:45 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 11, 2015 11:45 AM CUT ## [**Texas Storm Wreaks Havoc**](http://time.com/3853461/texas-storm-injured-homes-destroyed-weather/ "undefined") About two dozen people were injured and some homes were destroyed after a severe storm struck the small town of Van in northeast Texas, an emergency management official said. The storm was part of severe weather that stretched across north Texas on Sunday ## [**Conservative Battle on the Horizon**](http://time.com/3853452/uk-david-cameron-election-parliament-conservatives-rebellion/ "undefined") Despite winning a majority in the British election, Prime Minister David Cameron’s Conservatives aren’t guaranteed smooth sailing ## [**Castro Thanks Pope Francis**](http://time.com/3853097/pope-francis-raul-castro-vatican-cuba/ "undefined") Cuba’s President received a warm Vatican welcome on Sunday from the Pope, who played a key role in the breakthrough between Havana and Washington ## [**Suspects Charged in Cop Killings**](http://time.com/3853091/mississippi-police-officers-fatal-shootings/ "undefined") Two Mississippi police officers were shot to death during an evening traffic stop that turned violent on Saturday night, marking the first deaths in the line of duty in Hattiesburg in three decades. Two of three suspects in custody are charged with capital murder ## [**Swedish Court Rejects Assange Appeal**](http://time.com/3853455/julian-assange-wikileaks-sweden-supreme-court-appeal-rejected/ "undefined") Sweden’s Supreme Court rejected an appeal on Monday by WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange to revoke an arrest warrant over sexual assault. The order was brought by Swedish prosecutors in 2010 following a set of allegations against Assange ## [**South African Opposition Party Elects First Black Leader**](http://time.com/3853324/south-africa-mmusi-maimane-demorcatic-alliance-johannesburg-jacob-zuma/ "undefined") South Africa’s main opposition group on Sunday chose its first black leader at a party congress, seeking to expand its appeal in a country whose ruling party has dominated since the first all-race elections in 1994 ## [**Saudi King to Miss Gulf Nation Summit in U.S.**](http://time.com/3853193/saudi-king-salman-gulf-summit/ "undefined") Saudi Arabia’s Foreign Minister says that King Salman will not attend an upcoming summit of heads of Gulf Cooperation Council countries at Camp David. The White House had previously said Obama would meet one-on-one with Salman before Thursday’s summit ## [**Rickie Fowler Wins Players Championship**](http://time.com/3853329/rickie-fowler-players-championship-golf/ "undefined") Rickie Fowler, facing a five-shot deficit with six holes to play, produced the greatest finish in the 34-year history of the TPC Sawgrass. In a three-man playoff on three of the most visually intimidating holes in golf, he never backed down ## [**Benedict Cumberbatch Passed Over for BAFTA Award Again**](http://time.com/3853381/sherlock-benedict-cumberbatch-bafta-award/ "undefined") Actor Benedict Cumberbatch failed to grab a British Academy of Film and Television Arts award on Sunday for another year in a row. Cumberbatch, who did not attend the ceremony, has had his name thrown into the ring three times for _Sherlock_ ## [**Elizabeth Wilson, of** **_The Graduate_** **and** **_Quiz Show_** **, Dies at 94**](http://time.com/3853444/elizabeth-wilson-graduate-quiz-show-addams-family-notorious-alfred-hitchcock/ "undefined") Elizabeth Wilson, who played Dustin Hoffman’s mother in _The Graduate_, has died at 94\. Wilson’s first role was an uncredited appearance in Alfred Hitchcock’s _Notorious_. She would later receive a proper credit for Hitchcock as Helen Carter in the 1963 thriller _The Birds_ ## [**Ebola Survivor Gives Powerful Commencement Speech**](http://time.com/3853126/ebola-kent-brantly-indiana/ "undefined") Dr. Kent Brantly, who contracted Ebola while treating patients in Liberia, told graduates of the Indiana University School of Medicine on Saturday that failure isn’t the focus of being a physician: “The most important thing we do is enter into the suffering of others” ## [**_Avengers: Age of Ultron_** **Dominates Weekend Box Office**](http://time.com/3853153/avengers-age-of-ultron-box-office-second-weekend/ "undefined") Disney and Marvel’s film soared ahead of the pack, taking in $77 million from North American theaters, and well ahead of the debut of the Reese Witherspoon-Sofia Vergara cop comedy _Hot Pursuit_, which scored just $13 million ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3853506/morning-must-reads-may-11/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3853506/morning-must-reads-may-11/"},"headline":"Morning Must Reads: May 11","datePublished":"2015-05-11T11:45:29.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T07:05:09.023Z","description":"Texas Storm Wreaks Havoc About two dozen people were injured and some homes were destroyed after a severe storm struck the small town of Van...","url":"https://time.com/3853506/morning-must-reads-may-11/","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/3853506/morning-must-reads-may-11/","name":"Morning Must Reads: May 11"}}]}] ```