Local
Alcon expands to Metro Atlanta
Lens manufacturer Alcon Laboratories plans to spend $250 million on expanding its Johns Creek location in Atlanta, according to the Atlanta Business Chronicle. The business currently has 1,700 employees and will create 250 jobs with the expansion. The new positions will be in the engineering and production sectors of the business. The Johns Creek Alcon location has been continuously adding jobs since 2013.
National
Two U.S colleges experience school shootings in a day
On Oct. 9, two U.S. college campus were hit with school shootings. The first one was at Northern Arizona University and began because of a fight around 1:20 a.m., according to CNN. The student then shot at four students, killing one and wounding the other three. The victims were members of the Delta Chi fraternity, and the gunman was allegedly a pledge for Sigma Chi. Later during the day at 11:30 a.m., a person was fatally shot at Texas Southern University, according to CNN.The shooting happened outside the university’s student housing, and two people suspected of being connected to the incident have been arrested. A third suspect is still on the loose.
World
Tunisian National Dialogue Quartet receives Nobel Peace Prize
The Nobel Peace Prize committee awarded the Tunisian National Dialogue Quartet with the Nobel Peace Prize for promoting a democracy in Tunisia, according to CNN. The quartet has helped the county create a system of government impartial to gender, religious ideals and political endorsements. A labor union, human rights group, lawyers coalition and trade confederation composes the group. The group started in 2013.
