EDMONTON — Residents and businesses in Edmonton and the surrounding area were told Monday to limit their water use.

Epcor issued a mandatory ban on non-essential water use after a failure in the distribution pumping system at the E.L. Smith Water Treatment Plant in the morning.

“This mandated water ban includes all surrounding communities that Epcor provides water to, so that’s Edmonton and surrounding communities such as St. Albert, Sherwood Park, Stony Plain, Spruce Grove, Beaumont, Leduc, Fort Saskatchewan, amongst others

BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Colombia’s government and the nation’s largest remaining rebel group announced Monday they will extend their current cease-fire by one week, while delegates from both sides who are meeting in Cuba continue to discuss policies that could secure a longer lasting truce.

In a joint statement, the government and the National Liberation Army said they will abide by the conditions of the current cease-fire, which began in August and was set to expire Monday night.

The current cease-fire agreement

A Minnesota man was charged with murder Monday after authorities say he posed as a package delivery driver, entered a home and demanded money before he shot three people in the head, including at least one at point-blank range.

Alonzo Pierre Mingo, 37, was charged with three counts of second-degree murder, with intent, for in a suburban Minneapolis house, which authorities say happened as two children under the age of 5 were present. He’s jailed on a $5 million bond.

Mingo made

PALM BAY, Fla. (AP) — Four people were killed in a city on Florida’s Space Coast, including a retired priest and a man accused of wounding two police officers during a shootout at a family birthday party, authorities confirmed Monday.

Brandon Kapas, 24, got into a confrontation with Palm Bay police officers Sunday afternoon following a disturbance at his family’s home, police said. Kapas shot and wounded two officers while attempting to get away, officials said.

As additional officers were responding,

WASHINGTON (AP) — Attorney General Merrick Garland will undergo back surgery this weekend and delegate his duties to the deputy attorney general during the procedure, the Justice Department said Monday.

The news comes as Lloyd Austin at the Pentagon following a hospitalization related to prostate cancer that was criticized for being kept secret for days.

Garland, 71, will be under general anesthesia during the back procedure on Saturday, which will last about 90 minutes and is “minimally invasive,” said Xochitl Hinojosa, director of public affairs at

A man and a 16-year-old girl were arrested and charged for alleged separate suspected hate-motivated incidents in Toronto, police said.

Investigators were first called to the Vaughan Road and Eglinton Avenue West area in York on Dec. 18, 2023, for reports of mischief.

It’s alleged a man was walking in the area when he vandalized the front steps of a Jewish school. No injuries were reported.

On Jan. 26, 2024, police said

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Democratic presidential candidate U.S. Rep. Dean Phillips wants the Wisconsin Supreme Court to order that he be put on the primary ballot in the battleground state after he was who only put President Joe Biden’s name on the ballot.

Phillips asked the state’s highest court to take his case on Friday. On Monday, the Wisconsin Supreme Court that put forward Biden’s name as the only Democratic candidate, as well as the state elections commission, until Wednesday to

LOS ANGELES (AP) — A judge on Monday rejected request that her adult son be put into a court conservatorship controlling his money.

The Oscar- and Grammy-winning singer and actor had large payments from the trust of his late father, rocker Gregg Allman, are putting him in danger because of his struggles with mental health and substance abuse.

But Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Jessica A. Uzcategui was not convinced that a conservatorship was urgently needed and declined the petition, though she will still consider a larger, long

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — On the heels , Republican Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis finally weighed on what he wants state lawmakers to do this year: Change Washington.

Less than two weeks and less than halfway through the annual 60-day legislative session, DeSantis held a news conference Monday with cheering supporters to say he wants state lawmakers to seek U.S. constitutional amendments to create term limits for Congress and a balanced federal budget.

But the ideas aren’t new and 33 other states would