The Best and Worst States in America to Do Business

People living in Vermont must be lookin' svelte.

Human Rights Watch has issued a disturbing new report on America's exploding prison population, which reveals many states routinely lock up minors in grown-up prisons.

Edmund Tse/flickr The incredible growth in residential solar installations in the U.S., from almost nothing to over 2 GW per year over the past decade, hasn't been as widespread as you might think.

Psychonaught/Wikimedia CommonsA drug called kratom is being sold legally in bars in Florida and other states, where some people are reportedly using it to wean themselves off their heroin addiction.

CONCORD, N.C. — President Barack Obama swooped into the heart of liberal North Carolina this week to drive home an increasingly crucial point about the Nov. 8 elections: with Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump running neck-and-neck, and a complex political situation threatening both Republican Governor Pat McCrory and Senator Richard Burr, North Carolina could be among the most crucial states in deciding both the White House and the Senate.

'"Fat" may be the new normal in America," declares WalletHub in its latest report. More than three-quarters of American adults are now overweight or obese, according to a study by JAMA Internal Medicine, cited by WalletHub. Moreover, that same study showed that for the first time ever, there are more obese people than overweight people in the country.

For the eighth consecutive year, CEOs named Texas the best place to do business, according to the latest Chief Executive magazine.