Multiple Events Unfold Across the Globe
Several significant events unfolded across the globe on Sunday, impacting communities in the United States, Ukraine, and Georgia. These incidents ranged from violent confrontations and political endorsements to public health concerns and international conflict.
In Georgia, a shooting at a hotel near Stone Mountain left one police officer dead and another seriously wounded. According to Gwinnett County Police Chief J.D. McClure, the officers were questioning 35-year-old Kevin Andrews of Decatur in his hotel room when Andrews allegedly opened fire. One of the officers returned fire, wounding Andrews, who was transported to a hospital and is expected to survive. He will be transferred to the county jail upon his release. McClure described the incident as an "unprovoked attack."
Meanwhile, in Portland, Oregon, Mayor Keith Wilson called for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to leave the city after federal agents deployed tear gas against protesters outside an ICE facility over the weekend. Wilson characterized the protests as peaceful, while reports indicated that federal agents used tear gas, pepper balls, flash-bang grenades, and rubber bullets against the demonstrators, some of whom were children. Wilson urged ICE agents to resign.
In Texas, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) halted "all movement" within the Dilley Immigration Processing Center due to a measles outbreak. The Department of Homeland Security confirmed that two detainees were diagnosed with the disease on Saturday. The announcement came the same day that a 5-year-old boy and his father, whose detention sparked widespread alarm last month, were released from the facility. The Texas Department of State Health Services confirmed the active measles cases on January 31, 2026.
In Ukraine, a Russian drone strike hit a bus carrying miners in the Dnipropetrovsk region, killing at least 12 people. Ukrainian emergency services later reported that the death toll had risen to 15, marking one of the deadliest single attacks on energy workers since the start of the war. The attack occurred hours after President Volodymyr Zelenskyy announced that a new round of peace talks between Ukraine and Russia had been postponed.
In New Hampshire, President Donald Trump endorsed former Sen. John E. Sununu in a crucial Senate race. Sununu, a Republican, is running to win back his job in the 2026 elections. Trump, who had previously been critical of Sununu, praised him as an "America First Patriot" who "will work tirelessly to advance our America First Agenda." The endorsement came over former Sen. Scott Brown, one of Trump's first-term ambassadors, in a race that could determine the Senate majority in the midterm elections.
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