Midday Roundup: North African democracy group wins Nobel Peace Prize

Working together. A group of Tunisian leaders who worked to build democracy after a revolution has won this year’s Nobel Peace Prize. The National Dialogue Quartet is a coalition of workers, business owners, activists, and lawyers who steered the nation away from civil war after an Arab Spring uprising in Tunisia in 2011. “The Arab Spring began with great hopes that were soon replaced with grave doubts. Tunisia has managed to avoid the disappointment and dashed hopes that have tragically emerged elsewhere,” United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said.

Campus shooting. A confrontation between two groups of students escalated into gun violence overnight at Northern Arizona University in Flagstaff. One student is dead and three others injured after 18-year-old Steven Jones opened fire with a handgun, university officials said. Jones is in police custody. The shooting happened outside a dorm that houses fraternity and sorority members. The Delta Chi fraternity has confirmed its members were involved in the incident, but said it was not fraternity-related.

Death in Aleppo. A general in Iran’s powerful Revolutionary Guard was killed in Syria as Islamic State (ISIS) advanced on the northern city of Aleppo. Iranian officials said Gen. Hossein Hamedani was on an advisory mission. Iran has supported the government of President Bashar al-Assad in the Syrian civil war but says it only has advisers, not fighters, in Syria. ISIS sprang up in the chaos amid the war between the government and Syrian rebel groups but has won more decisive victories in the past year than either side. Its latest gains in Aleppo come as Russia has mounted an offensive against rebels, in support of the Syrian government.

Rough rides. The City of Baltimore has agreed to pay $95,000 to a woman who alleges police took her on an intentionally rough ride in a van after her arrest in 2012. The practice of so-called “rough rides” received attention after the death of Freddie Gray, who suffered a spinal injury during a ride in a police van in April. The city is preparing for the trial of six officers in Gray’s death. Christine Abbott, who is poised to receive the settlement from the city, said she was slammed around in the back of a police van like “a piece of cargo.” But the city claims its payment to Abbott is not for a rough ride, but for emotional damage she felt when her dress partially fell off during the arrest.

Fallen hero. A U.S. airman who helped thwart a terror attack on a French train was stabbed and seriously injured in a fight Thursday. Airman 1st Class Spencer Stone is expected to survive the stab wounds he received in an alcohol-related brawl in Sacramento, Calif. “This incident is not related to terrorism in any way,” Sacramento Deputy Police Chief Ken Bernard said.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.