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Red River Bancshares: Q3 Earnings Snapshot
ALEXANDRIA, La. (AP) — ALEXANDRIA, La. (AP) — Red River Bancshares Inc. (RRBI) on Wednesday reported net income of $8.8 million in its third quarter. The bank, based in Alexandria, Louisiana, said it had earnings of $1.27 per share. The holding company for Red...
Alexandria Real Estate Equities: Q3 Earnings Snapshot
PASADENA, Calif. (AP) — PASADENA, Calif. (AP) — Alexandria Real Estate Equities Inc. (ARE) on Monday reported a key measure of profitability in its third quarter. The results did not meet Wall Street expectations. The real estate investment trust, based in Pasadena, California,...
Former northern Virginia jail deputy gets 6 1/2 years for drug operation, sex trafficking
A former sheriff's deputy at a northern Virginia jail was sentenced Wednesday to 6 1/2 years in prison for smuggling drugs into the jail and for running a sex trafficking operation out of a Baltimore apartment. Robert T. Sanford Jr., 37, worked night shifts at the Fairfax County...
Trains collide in Egypt's Nile Delta leaving 3 dead, 29 injured
CAIRO (AP) — Two passenger trains collided in Egypt’s Nile Delta on Saturday, killing at least three people, two of them children, authorities said. The crash happened in the city of Zagazig, the capital of Sharqiya province, the country's railway authority said in a statement....
Defense Department civilian to remain jailed awaiting trial on mishandling classified documents
A federal judge has overruled a magistrate and ordered a Defense Department civilian and U.S.-Turkish dual citizen to remain jailed while he awaits trial on accusations he mishandled classified documents. Gokhan Gun, 50, of Falls Church, was arrested outside his home on Aug. 9....
Military veteran pleads guilty to illegal possession of ricin
A Marine Corps veteran who authorities said tried to fake his own death after a falling out with a Virginia-based militia group pleaded guilty Wednesday to illegal possession of ricin, a biological toxin. Russell Richardson Vane IV, 42, of Vienna, Virginia, had been in jail since his...
Train crashes into traffic in Egypt and kills 2, official says
CAIRO (AP) — A train on Egypt's northern coast crashed into traffic on Wednesday, killing two people and injuring two others, the local governor's office said. The crash, in the city of Borg el Arab located to the west of Alexandria, was due to a truck being on the tracks when...