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$400 Million Missing In Hack Of Japanese Digital Currency Exchange

Japanese cryptocurrency exchange Coincheck shut down trading Friday, after hackers stole hundreds of millions of dollars in digital currency. Financial regulators said they were looking into the loss.

An image provided by NOAA shows the hole in the ozone layer in 2015. NOAA scientists now say emissions of one ozone-depleting chemical appear to be rising, even though the chemical has been banned and reported production has essentially been at zero for years.

Banned, Ozone-Depleting Chemical Is Still Being Produced Somewhere, Scientists Say

Trichlorofluoromethane, or CFC-11, hurts the ozone layer and was phased out of production by 2010. Supposedly. But a NOAA study says CFC-11 emissions began to rise after 2012.

Major credit card companies say they are phasing out signature requirements starting in April.

No Need To Sign On Dotted Line: Credit Cards Are Phasing Out Signatures

Mastercard, Discover, American Express and Visa have all announced that they are limiting policies requiring you to make your mark. They say advances in technology make fraud less likely.

Trash lies in a storm water channel that empties onto Tourmaline Surfing Park in northern Pacific Beach, June 25, 2018.

San Diego's Biggest Infrastructure Need Isn't Streets — It's Storm Drains

The shortfall in funding for stormwater infrastructure in San Diego is worse than it is for streets, bridges, sidewalks or fire stations. The existing network of underground pipes is failing — and the city has nowhere near enough money to fix it.

Texas Speaker of the House Joe Straus, R-San Antonio, calls the House of Representatives to order in Austin, Texas in July 2017.

In A Blow To Moderate Wing Of GOP, Powerful Texas Republican To Retire

Joe Straus, the influential Texas House Speaker, was viewed as a pragmatic moderate who blocked a so-called 'bathroom bill' from passing during this year's legislative session.

Shirley Weber speaks at the Westin Hotel in downtown San Diego, June 7, 2016.

San Diego Assemblywoman Fined $4,000 For Campaign Finance Violations

The state Fair Political Practices Commission fined San Diego Assemblywoman Shirley Weber $4,000 for failing to report large contributions in a timely manner during her 2014 re-election campaign.

Mac Miller performs a Tiny Desk Concert on Aug. 1, 2018.

The Best Tiny Desk Concerts Of 2018

Watch 25 of the year's greatest, most surprising Tiny Desk performances, featuring just a sampling of the gifted artists who passed through NPR Music's office this year.

You Asked, We Answer: Can Microloans Lift Women Out Of Poverty?

The vision: Microloans will let women start their own businesses. What do the studies show?

Republican Senate candidate Don Blankenship, a former coal executive who spent a year in prison, speaks at a town hall meeting at West Virginia University on March 1.

Tuesday's Primaries: Spotlight On GOP Senate Battles In West Virginia And Indiana

An ugly West Virginia contest features controversial coal executive Don Blankenship. President Trump said he could jeopardize a key GOP Senate target. Ohio Democrats have a big contest for governor.

Activists listen while mayors speak to the press outside the Tornillo Port of Entry in Tornillo, Texas.

Immigration Poll Finds Deep Divide Over Trump's Agenda

None of the president's major immigration policies get majority support in a new NPR-Ipsos poll — but Republicans strongly back the border wall, the travel ban, and changes to legal immigration.

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