10 Things to Know for Today 6-23-15

1. CONFEDERATE FLAG AT THE CROSSROADS Following the massacre of nine people at a church in Charleston, South Carolina bipartisan momentum sees lawmakers and a growing tide of Republicans now argue this battle symbol belongs in a museum. 2. IRAQIS RETURN TO SHATTERED TIKRIT AFTER MILITANTS ROUTED But while police now patrol the streets of Saddam Hussein's hometown, its Sunni civilians are fearful the Islamic State group could come back. 3. KEY SENATORS ASKED TO CAST PRO-TRADE VOTE ONCE MORE Opponents meanwhile are mounting an equally emotional push to keep Obama from obtaining "fast track" negotiating authority. 4. CLINTON TO MEET WITH CHURCH OFFICIALS NEAR FERGUSON UNREST She's putting America's struggle with race relations at the forefront of her presidential campaign. 5. VATICAN SETS STAGE FOR NEW DEBATE ON CONTROVERSIAL ISSUES A document for a three-week synod in October mentions hot-button topics like gays, divorced Catholics and unmarried couples living together. 6. WHY THERE'S HOPE MONEY WOES WILL EASE IN GREECE Amid bailout talks, Athens finally offers economic reforms that creditors consider closer to being acceptable. Meanwhile, the ECB again increases the amount of emergency liquidity that Greek lenders can draw on. 7. MANHUNT FOR ESCAPED KILLERS CONTINUES Items recovered from a remote hunting cabin are sent to labs for DNA testing to determine if they are linked to a pair of convicted murderers as searchers converge on northern New York. 8. WHO WILL STAY AWAY FROM HOMELAND DURING SOUTH AMERICAN VISIT Pope Francis plans to skip Argentina during his July tour because he doesn't want to influence October's presidential election in his native country. 9. FASTEST RISING RENTS IN U.S. The biggest gains in home rental prices are coming not from New York or San Francisco but Jackson, Mississippi, and Portland, Maine. 10. WHAT'S HAPPENING AT THE WOMEN'S WORLD CUP Several Norwegian players team with Norway's national TV broadcaster NRK to produce a "mockumentary" addressing sexist stereotypes.