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The Venetian, Palazzo, Sands Expo Sold for $6.25 Billion on the Las Vegas Strip Two companies made an offer to purchase the Las Vegas casino giant Share this story Before Las Vegas Sands Corp. chairman and CEO Sheldon Adelson died in January, he teased that he was willing to part with his Las Vegas properties. Now two months after the 87-year-old casino magnate died from complications of non-Hodgkin lymphoma, the casino operator agreed to sell its Las Vegas properties for $6.25 billion to Apoll...

Casino Magnate Sheldon Adelson Dies at Age 87 The chairman and CEO of Las Vegas Sands Corp. died at his home in Malibu, California, on Monday Share this story Shahar Azran/Getty Images Sheldon Adelson, the chairman and CEO of the Las Vegas Sands Corp., died on Monday night at his home in Malibu, California, following complications related to his treatment for non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma. The 87-year-old went on medical leave from the company on January 7 to resume treatment for the disease origina...

Is a bit where i kick myself. it was not something becoming of a member of the royal family. >> he knows exactly what he has done and i hope he comes clean about it. >> reporter: to canada the government denying entry visas to some google workers from africa. they wanted to attend an artificial intelligence conference in vancouver, canada says it cant be sure they will leave once the conference ends which exceptionally high tidal waters returned to venice, the mayor closed the st. marks square a...

Venice has had so many problems. its sinking and now these epic floods are happening. meanwhile, the u.s. atlantic coast is bracing for a potential noreaster this weekend. lets get to meteorologist chad myers. could you believe that video? >> you know, and thats a salt water flood too. ive been on st. marks square. and the water went into the basilica crypts for the first time in 800 years. thats how unprecedented it is. the water just went up on a normal high tide. that was ugly. we will have...

13 million people pretty dull, though impeachment shouldnt be a scintillating tv show. but the present provided >> bret: thanks. up next, joe bidens interest and experience in impeachment proceedings. first, beyond our borders to inaccurate security forces fired live rounds and tear gas at antigovernment protesters in central baghdad today. three people were killed. at least 320 people have died and thousands more wounded since the unrest began october 1st. protesters are calling for an end to w...

For safety. it happened on a busy canal, which leads to the citys famous st. marks square. the cruiseship owner says the vessel was about to dock when it had a mechanical problem. wow. weve skipped to this fox news alert, new report on the number of migrant apprehensions at our southern border last month. now expected to be the highest in 12 years. this, as "the washington post" is reporting the trump administration will send homeland security agents to the guatemala-mexico border to try and ste...

Were fleeing from the barbarians 1500 years ago. i have no idea whether or not thats true, but as a new yorker, its everything i can do to keep from screaming in terror right now. its just like im losing my camera. thanks a lot. thanks for that. selling bird seed and selfie sticks is a new kind of cottage industry. and the cafes provide another lesson in venetian supply and demand. this is 12 euros. thats a $16 cup of coffee, people. wow. ♪ coming in winter means venice is lonelier, gloomier b...

70% of those visitors dont spend the night and are what locals like giovanni and his antique boat club call [ speaking italian ] eat and run. >> every day they stay 4 1/2 hours, eat some junk food and buy a chinese mask. the threats to the city are too much, too much mass tourism compared with the good stories. it doesnt mean rich people. the student who arrives hitchhiking in venice and stays here and doesnt spend, its okay. because he wants to live the city, he wants to know it. >> yeah. >> ev...

Marks square. napoleon called it the drawing room of europe. galileo demonstrated the first telescope right there in the original bell tower. theres the basilica known as the church of gold and next door the doges palace where you can almost hear the political scheming that seeped into the walls through the centuries. there may be ghosts filling st. marks, but most days it is definitely filled with tourists. and the pigeons who love them. ♪ [ camera clicking ] so legend has it that these guys ...

Unlike any place else, venice is a mix of both man-made beauty and audacity. i mean, even with modern engineering, it would take gigantic coglionis to place art filled cathedrals in the middle of a lagoon atop shifting mud long before cranes or mechanical pile drivers were even a thing. venetians figured out how to pound thousands of wooden piles into the muck, topped with layers of wood and rock. which means that every single brick in this entire city had to be bought or borrowed, salvaged or s...