Lisa Mahapatra

Though most people eat about 4,500 calories worth of Thanksgiving goodies on the day, what's on the plate depends on the state.

Sixty-two percent of U.S. adults believe a person has a moral right to suicide if he or she is in a great deal of pain and has no hope of improvement, but far fewer approve of physician-assisted suicides.

Looks like Williamsburg and Portland have become too mainstream for hipsters. Here’s where they’re congregating now.

The volcano in Indonesia is one of 35 currently erupting volcanoes. Here they are, in a map.

The stock index broke the 4,000 mark Monday, but not for the first time. Here’s a timeline of Nasdaq's milestones.

Despite donating the most in dollar amount to humanitarian causes in 2010, the U.S. was not the most generous country in the world.

Those old enough to remember where they were when President Kennedy was murdered and one other date.

If you live in these locales, you're not in the low-rent district.

Both imports from and exports to China from the EU28 member countries declined in the first half of 2013.

The United States ranks fourth among OECD countries, with the highest health care expenditures per capita, driven by private sector spending.

More restaurants on the East Coast are offering Thanksgiving takeout options than in the Midwest or the West Coast.

The number of requests Google received for private data from governments has more than doubled since 2009.

True, the iPhone is sleek and winning the app war, but Samsung is king in 90 countries.

There are more correlations between race and obesity than income level and obesity.

The recent recession slowed global GDP growth to 3.2 percent in 2012, and it's still falling.

Android is king in more than half the countries surveyed.

There are more than 65,000 people in the U.S. worth more than $30 million. Here’s where they live.

The economic value of the average worker in the U.S. is not the same as that of a worker in Switzerland.

Cue Frank Sinatra's theme song - the one from the latter part of his career.

The combined net worth of the world's billionaires stands at $6.5 trillion, more than the GDP of every country except the U.S. and China.

U.S. law enforcement agencies requested data on more than 8,000 Apple devices in the first half of 2013.

Two activities that most would not suspect, topped the list.

Only 13% of the world’s workers are engaged in the work they’re doing; 24% are so unhappy they’re actively undermining their colleagues’ work.

The average annual income in the U.S. was almost triple the average in Estonia.

Here's a demographic breakdown of who’s consuming all the news that’s being produced. The results may surprise you.

The richest man in Washington, and all of America, remains Bill Gates. Find out who's the richest in your state with this interactive map.

Younger people are more likely to consume news on Facebook and less likely to consume it elsewhere.

Women have caught up in some areas in some places, but they are still far behind in the political arena, particularly.

They’re not just in California. Here are the counties where the tech sector is growing the fastest.