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This Morning from CBS News, June 18, 2015

By Dan Woo

June 18, 2015 / 7:52 AM EDT / CBS News

Church massacre

A white man opened fire during a prayer meeting inside the historic black Emanuel AME Church in downtown Charleston, South Carolina last night, killing nine people in an assault that authorities described as a hate crime. The shooter was still at large this morning. CBS News correspondent Jeff Pegues reports authorities are distributing a surveillance image of the shooter in hopes of identifying and capturing him.

Oklahoma flooding

Torrential rains took aim at Oklahoma yesterday, leaving abandoned cars floating in a window-high mess. CBS News correspondent Omar Villafranca reports the southern part of the state is the latest to be surrounded, blown and drenched by the remnants of Tropical Storm Bill.

Hostage policy

The Obama administration appears to be a step closer to revising the U.S. policy on hostages. CBS News has learned administration officials will brief some of their families, as well as former hostages next week in Washington. CBS News correspondent Margaret Brennan reports on whether the possible changes will make it more likely the Americans could be brought home safely.

Female face of $10 bill

In five years, the Treasury Department will replace Alexander Hamilton, featured on the $10 bill, with a historical female figure. Treasury Secretary Jack Lew says no woman has been chosen yet. Lew spoke with CBS News correspondent Julianna Goldman in an interview airing only on "CBS This Morning."

Interest rates

For all the buildup to yesterday's Federal Reserve policy announcement -- the first in nine years in which an interest rate hike was considered -- the result was a bit anticlimactic. The Fed still expects two interest rate hikes this year, as it did in March, and there are four policy meetings left this year.

Melting glaciers

Glaciers in Alaska often get second billing to the mountains of ice in the Himalayas or those in Patagonia. But a new study out yesterday suggests these glaciers are suffering the same fate as their more famous brethren and are already punching far above their weight when it comes to their contribution to sea level rise.

Mother's milk

Like many an Internet craze, it arose out of a perfect storm of dubious health claims, scientific misconceptions, greed, and a subculture of fetishists. The next thing you know, people are selling and buying human breast milk online for adult consumption. Now a lucrative online market exists for adult buyers of human breast milk. But is it a superfood?

Virtually real

Virtual reality uses immersive technology to push the boundaries of people's emotional, physical, and intellectual capabilities. People feel present in a virtual environment, or world, in which there are no rules: Gravity can be suspended, senses can be manipulated and avatars can be inhabited. Most of a Stanford University lab's work is focused on VR's potential to enhance people's empathy, and the staff says the overall goal is to use VR to improve relationships in the real world. They are also studying ways VR can affect children.