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Police fire teargas as protestors converge on downtown following Tuesday's police shooting of Keith Lamont Scott in Charlotte, N.C., Wednesday, Sept. 21, 2016. Protesters have rushed police in riot gear at a downtown Charlotte hotel and officers have fired tear gas to disperse the crowd. At least one person was injured in the confrontation, though it wasn't immediately clear how. Firefighters rushed in to pull the man to a waiting ambulance.(AP Photo/Gerry Broome) Police fire teargas as protestors converge on downtown following Tuesday's police shooting of Keith Lamont Scott in Charlotte, N.C., Wednesday, Sept. 21, 2016. Protesters have rushed police in riot gear at a downtown Charlotte hotel and officers have fired tear gas to disperse the crowd. At least one person was injured in the confrontation, though it wasn't immediately clear how. Firefighters rushed in to pull the man to a waiting ambulance.(AP Photo/Gerry Broome)

By Associated Press September 22, 2016 2 min read

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

1. VIOLENT PROTESTS ROIL CHARLOTTE

Anger in North Carolina’s biggest city, the latest to erupt after the death of a black man by police, escalates amid the wildly different stories about what happened from authorities and the victim’s family and neighbors.

2. US, RUSSIA TAKE SYRIA BATTLE TO NEW HEIGHTS

Top diplomats John Kerry and Sergey Lavrov blame each other for spoiling the Middle East country’s cease-fire that they had agreed to earlier this month.