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The storm was about 20 miles southeast of Little Cayman, the National Hurricane Center said. It was moving northwest at about 15 miles per hour.

Rafael is the 17th named storm of the Atlantic hurricane season, and it could become the 11th hurricane. The season lasts until Nov. 30.

Leonard Francis was also ordered to pay $20 million in restitution to the Navy, and to forfeit $35 million in “ill-gotten proceeds from his crimes,” officials said.

Searches were being conducted simultaneously at the company’s headquarters in Paris and Amsterdam as part of a preliminary investigation into tax fraud and money laundering, a French judicial source close to the investigation told NBC News.

Tourists visiting the picturesque and upscale Italian resort area can now take home a unique souvenir — canned air.

“Her Majesty The Queen is currently unwell with a chest infection, for which her doctors have advised a short period of rest,” a palace spokesperson said.

The case is the latest example of a wider Russian sabotage campaign to disrupt Western support for Ukraine, officials say.

Prosecutors said the group plotted to seize power in Saxony and potentially other eastern German states “to establish governmental and societal structures inspired by National Socialism.”

Named after the Latin word for “wood,” the palm-sized LignoSat is tasked with demonstrating the renewable material’s potential in lunar and Mars exploration.

An inquiry found that the teacher’s assistance broke a rule of “no discussion with others” in the preliminary round of the competition, in which the fashion design student finished 12th.

The Pacific Island nation, one of only 12 countries that retain diplomatic ties with Taiwan, has come under pressure amid U.S.-China tensions.