A leak of 1,600 tons of molasses, equivalent to 223,000 gallons spilled this week in Honolulu Harbor killing hundreds of fish, as health officials warned swimmers to stay out of the water in the area.
An Indian court sentenced four men to the death penalty for the gang rape and murder of a student in the capital New Dehli. The four men were all found guilty on all counts earlier this week, in a case which led to violent protests throughout India. New laws against rape were also implemented due to the protests.
California's legislature approved a bill that will boost the state's minimum wage to $10 an hour by 2016. Governor Jerry Brown said he would sign the measure, which is expected to raise the current $8 minimum wage to $9 an hour next July and $10 by January 1, 2016.
A fast moving fire raged through two New Jersey beach towns on Thursday, reducing dozens of business along the boardwalk to rubble, Reuters reported. Flames erupted at a frozen custard stand in Seaside Park on Thursday afternoon, and blazed out of control for hours.
