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SENSATIONS 06-27-2008

June 27, 2008 - 11:41 am

Lebron James of the Cleveland Cavaliers, with friends at Tao nightclub (Venetian) on Thursday. Members of the Kardashian family were at another table...

Boston Celtics star Paul Pierce, most valuable player of the NBA Finals, along with teammates Ray Allen, Kendrick Perkins, Rajon Rondo, Glen Davis and Tony Allen, celebrating their world championship at Jet nightclub at The Mirage and Fix restaurant & bar at Bellagio on Thursday night. Pierce has a Las Vegas home...

Bette Midler, touring the Liberace Museum on Friday, all aglow over the glittering collection of costumes, pianos, stage cars and jewelry...

Toni Basil of "Hey Mickey" video fame, dancing on stage during The Time's show at the Flamingo on Thursday. Basil, who is Midler's choreography for "The Showgirl Must Go On," was pulled on stage along with a number of her dancers...

Hilton headliner Barry Manilow and friends, attending the Toxic Audio show Friday afternoon at the V Theater inside the Miracle Mile at Planet Hollywood...

NBA stars Lebron James of the Cleveland Cavaliers and Chris Paul of the New Orleans Hornets at 40/40 Club (Palazzo) on Thursday...

Caesars Palace headliner Bette Midler, at Tryst (Wynn) with cast members from her show, “The Showgirl Must Go On" after dining at Wing Lei (Wynn)...

Also at Tryst: Jacksonville Jaguars running back Fred Taylor and soccer star Shaun Wright-Phillips of English Premier League team Chelsea...

Actor Dennis Quaid, checking into a suite Thursday at the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino...

Khloe and Kourtney Kardashian, dining at BOA Steakhouse (Forum Shops at Caesars) on Thursday...

Actor Branscombe Richmond, dining with his wife and two children at Nove Italiano (Palms) on Thursday...

People carry umbrellas while walking on a path at Alamo Square Park, in San Francisco, Tuesday, ...

California to holiday travelers: Stay off the roads

By Tran Nguyen The Associated Press

December 23, 2025 - 5:49 pm

California officials and weather forecasters urged holiday travelers to avoid the roads on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day ahead of a series of powerful winter storms.

Police lights. (Las Vegas Review-Journal)

‘Sopranos’ actor indicted for attempted murder in road rage shooting

Jessica Schladebeck, New York Daily News

December 23, 2025 - 10:13 am

An actor whose credits include HBO’s hit “The Sopranos,” as well as the films “J. Edgar” and “The Prestige,” has been indicted on charges related to a road rage incident, during which he shot a woman in the face, police said.

Clark County Assistant County Manager Kevin Schiller speaks at a press conference in Las Vegas ...

Clark County manager earns praise in review from commissioners, gets bonus

By Ricardo Torres-Cortez / RJ

December 22, 2025 - 7:41 pm

The Clark County Commission praised the local government’s top executive and voted to award him a 4 percent bonus during a year-end performance review.

As prisoners stand looking out from a cell, Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem speaks duri ...

‘60 Minutes’ pulls story about Trump deportations from its lineup

By David Bauder Associated Press

December 22, 2025 - 2:50 pm

An internal CBS News battle over a “60 Minutes” story critical of the Trump administration has exploded publicly, with a correspondent charging it was kept off the air for political reasons and news chief Bari Weiss saying Monday the story did not “advance the ball.”

In this undated photo provided by her attorney, Todd Pomerleau, Any Lucia Lopez Belloza celebra ...

College student deported during Thanksgiving travel describes ICE officer’s intimidation

By HOLLY RAMER Associated Press

December 22, 2025 - 1:52 pm

A college student who was deported while trying to visit family for Thanksgiving said an immigration officer told her it wouldn’t matter if she spoke to a lawyer, she was going to be removed from the country anyway.

A Real ID sign is displayed as travelers wait to go through security check point at O'Hare Inte ...

A major change is coming to a decades-old TSA rule at US airports

Fernanda Tronco AMG-TheStreet

December 22, 2025 - 9:02 am

Several U.S. airports have begun rolling out “guest pass” programs, which allow non-ticketed visitors to enter post-security areas of airport terminals.

A medical marijuana plant grows at CRC on July 23, 2024, in Pike County, Ala. (AP Photo/Kim Cha ...

What’s next in Nevada for cannabis after Trump’s move to reclassify it as a less-dangerous drug?

By Ricardo Torres-Cortez / RJ

December 22, 2025 - 7:00 am

Under reclassification, state-legal cannabis businesses would be able to deduct expenses with the Internal Revenue Service, “the same as any other company would do,” according to a report.

When not to travel between Las Vegas, SoCal during Christmas, New Year’s Eve weeks

By Mick Akers / RJ

December 22, 2025 - 2:19 pm

As 2025 comes to an end, Santa won’t be the only thing coming to town as the Las Vegas Valley readies to host holiday and New Year’s Eve celebrations over the next two weeks.

Volunteers bag and hand out food at The Just One Project Thursday, Dec. 18, 2025 in Las Vegas. ...

Las Vegas City Council honors nonprofit that helped feed locals when SNAP benefits paused

By Ricardo Torres-Cortez / RJ

December 22, 2025 - 6:00 am

While Nevada’s food stamps benefits were paused due to the federal government shutdown, a local nonprofit helped feed about 65,000 people, enough to fill Allegiant Stadium.

Lawsuit: Las Vegas gun range provided gun that ‘exploded’ in man’s face

By Casey Harrison / RJ

December 22, 2025 - 6:00 am

A Las Vegas gun range provided a man a Soviet-era submachine gun that exploded after a malfunction, which left him with “severe and debilitating injuries,” according to a lawsuit.