The Obama administration is stepping up efforts to make sure states properly regulate drinking water safety. Environmental protection agency asks states to determine if they properly treating and sampling water to prevent the sort of contamination that happened in Flint, Michigan.

 

United Nations could vote on Tuesday on whether to impose tough new sanctions on North Korea. United States asked for the vote following North Korea's latest nuclear test and rocket launch.

 

And a federal judge is backing Apple in its battle with the government. The judge ruled that the Justice Department could not use a 227-year-old law to force Apple to help the FBI access iPhone data in a routine drug case.

 

Sandy Kozel, The Associated Press with AP News Minute.