Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about today:
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.