Canada is searching for the object shot down in its far north on Saturday but the weather is posing challenges, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said.

Significant military and police resources are deployed in searching for and hopefully finding the object Trudeau told reporters Monday in Whitehorse, Yukon, adding that teams are in place to assess what was on board and whether any of it is hazardous material.

The prime minister said the search is being conducted in a fairly large area of Yukon, one of three territories in Canadas north. He said its roughly between the towns of Dawson City and Mayo.

The object was shot down by a US plane on Saturday, acting on authorization from Trudeau. It is the fourth airborne object shot down in North American airspace over the past week, starting with a large balloon that US officials have said was a surveillance craft sent by China.

Canadian Defense Minister Anita Anand said the object shot down over Yukon is potentially similar to that balloon, but smaller and cylindrical in shape.

Trudeau said obviously there is some sort of pattern in the four objects being located and shot down within days of each other, but cautioned it will take time to recover all of the material and analyze where it came from.

The fact that we are seeing this in a significant degree over the past week is a cause for interest and close attention, he said.

The Canadian leader was in Yukon for a previously-scheduled trip commemorating the 50-year anniversary of an Indigenous land claims and self-governance agreement, as well as a Liberal Party fundraiser.

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President Joe Biden has fired the embattled Architect of the Capitol, Brett Blanton, following a scathing inspector general report on his personal and professional management and calls for his removal.

The White House said Monday that Blantons appointment was terminated. It comes as House Speaker Kevin McCarthy said Monday hed lost confidence in Blantons ability to do the job.

An inspector general report released last year found administrative, ethical and policy violations by Blanton, a Trump-era appointee, including that he abused his government vehicle and misrepresented himself as a law enforcement official. A House hearing last week unearthed new questions and criticisms including that he was not at the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, when it came under attack by former President Donald Trumps supporters.

The Architect of the Capitol, Brett Blanton, no longer has my confidence to continue in his job. He should resign or President Biden should remove him immediately, McCarthy said Monday in a tweet.

The speakers statement came as questions and criticism swirled around the architect, who is responsible for the maintenance and operation of the historic Capitol building and its surrounding complex and grounds.

Blanton has come under intense criticism after the inspector general report found Blanton allowed unauthorized use of his work vehicle, including by his wife and adult daughter, racking up nearly 30,000 miles about triple the estimate for his official use.

Blanton also came under fire when he testified that he was not at the Capitol during the Jan. 6, 2021 attack because it was a telework day under COVID-19 protocols.

He also faced fierce questions about Capitol tours he allowed and sometimes conducted despite pandemic restrictions. An investigation launched after a hotline tip about unauthorized use of his work vehicle drew attention to his office.

On Monday, the chairman of the House Administration Committee, Rep. Bryan Steil, R-Wis., also called on Blanton to immediately resign.

The Inspector Generals report was highly concerning, Steil said. He said at last weeks hearing, Blantons refusal to be transparent and truthful has made clear that he can no longer lead the organization and must resign immediately. I look forward to continuing to conduct robust oversight to ensure our government is accountable to the American people.

The Office of the Inspector General report issued in October 2022 found that Blanton had Abused His Authority, Misused Government Property and Wasted Taxpayer Money, Among Other Substantiated Violations.

The inspector general said it received a hotline complaint on March 7, 2021, concerning the misuse of an AOC (Architect of the Capitol) vehicle.

It said the black Ford Explorer near the Walmart at Tysons Corner was driving extremely reckless in the parking garage and swerving out of the garage at a high rate of speed, estimated to be about 65 miles per hour (mph) in a 30-mph zone.

The complainant said the driver, a woman later identified to be Blantons adult daughter, made obscene gestures toward them while at the stop sign outside the parking garage.

The report said the family racked up miles on the vehicle beyond what was estimated for the architects official use, amounting to $13,926.56 in questioned costs. It said the daughter had referred to using the AOCs fuel as free gas.

The AOC OIG found overwhelming evidence that Blanton and his family continually misused AOC vehicles intended for home-to-work use, the report said.

Blanton was nominated in December 2019 by Trump as the 12th Architect of the Capitol, and confirmed to the post by the U.S. Senate.

The architects job is sweeping and historic, responsible for maintenance and operation of the U.S. Capitol and its expansive grounds and building complex. Blanton, a former U.S. Naval officer, is a civil engineer and previously worked as deputy vice president at the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority.

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When the pandemic broke out nearly three years ago, older Americans were vulnerable. 

They still are today. 

Since 2020, people 65 and over have comprised over 75% of COVID-related deaths, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Those between age 65 and 74 are roughly five times more likely to be hospitalized for COVID-19 than those between 18 and 29; the rate rises to nearly nine times as likely for those 75 to 84, and 15 times as likely for those 85 and older. 

There continue to be very high costs of COVID, Dr. Julia Raifman, leader of the Health Inequities Strategic Research area at the Boston University School of Public Health, tells The New York Times.

At the outset of the pandemic, COVID-19 swept through nursing homes as they became the epicenter for massive outbreaks. In March 2020, I distinctly remember a concerned call from an investigative reporter and past professor of mine, as she scoured daily news updates only to see how quickly cases rose in senior communities. 

In March 2020, I worked with a team led by my professor to document the nursing home outbreaks along with the heartbreaking accounts from families who lost loved ones. Months of reporting led us to understand that institutions meant to protect seniors were failing themand the family members left behind felt as if their relatives were reduced to nothing more than a number spread across a news screen. 

Fast forward to vaccine rollouts and isolation measures rolled backpeople began to resume their so-called normal lives. However, with sub variants dominating the scene and becoming more immune evasive, along with low national vaccination rates, seniors are still at high risk. 

As the New York Times reports, seniors and their families continue to feel the fallout, whether from the repercussions of facing severe illness or the constant avoidance of normal life due to fear of contracting the virus.

How to protect the most vulnerable

So what obligation is there to protect those still vulnerable? In the early days of the pandemic, many businesses instituted senior hours, where older Americans could shop in a safer, more isolated environment, the New York Times reports. However, those accommodations are no longer commonplace. 

Public spaces are not accessible to people concerned about infections, Raifman tells the New York Times. 

However, Raifman says there is a middle ground, which doesnt turn the world upside down again. For those seniors who still want to take precautions, it means creating spaces where they can engage with others, complete their errands and enjoy life in a way that feels right for them. Public spaces could create specified times allotted for masking or social-distancing, for example. 

We can mitigate transmissions in smart and inclusive ways, Raifman tells the New York Times. 

For others, it can look like taking precautions when feeling ill. It means avoiding the idea that you must push through and work when sick only to infect those who may be more vulnerable to severe illness than you. It becomes socially acceptable and, in fact very, very encouraged for people to say, Im not feeling well and I cant come to work, Dr. Preeti Malani, an infectious disease specialist with The University of Michigan, previously told Fortune.

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The White House would like you to know that all of the recent dramatic activity in the skies is unrelated to aliens. 

I know there have been questions and concerns about this but there is no, again no indication of aliens or extraterrestrial activity with these recent takedowns, Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said Monday to the assembled giggling press corps. Wanted to make sure that the American people knew that, all of you knew that, and it was important for us to say from here because weve been hearing a lot about it. 

Last week, President Joe Biden ordered the military to shoot down a suspected Chinese spy balloon off the South Carolina coast. And over the weekend, the U.S. military shot down three additional flying objects over Alaska, Canada, and Michigan. The one shot down in Michigan was described as octagonal, but so far the military has not identified the objects in more detail, or explained what kept them airborne. 

Melissa Dalton, the assistant defense secretary for homeland defense, said that an increased attention to air space following the Chinese balloons appearance could partly explain why there was an increase in incidents over the weekend. 

We have been more closely scrutinizing our airspace at these altitudes, including enhancing our radar, which may at least partly explain the increase, she said on Sunday. 

Although the White House was forceful with its denial of any alien ties to the objects on Monday, other government officials have been more coy. When asked if the activity was extraterrestrial, the head of NORAD and U.S. Northern Command, Gen. Glen VanHerck, said on Sunday: I havent ruled out anything at this point.

This is not the first time that the White House has had to deny direct engagement with extraterrestrial life. In 2011, the White House responded to two different petitions from the public demanding formal acknowledgment of extraterrestrials. 

The U.S. government has no evidence that any life exists outside our planet, or that an extraterrestrial presence has contacted or engaged any member of the human race, Phil Larson of the White House Office of Science & Technology Policy wrote at the time. 

While the terms extraterrestrial and UFO are used interchangeably, they are in fact two separate things. While the government might be denying any extraterrestrial connections to the shoot-downs, it is not denying the flying object part of the equation. 

UFO discussions have always existed on the fringes of society, but have become more mainstream in recent years. In 2019, two pilots went on the record with the New York Times, about UFOs they had seen that were different from anything widely known to be flown by any military.  

And in 2021, the intelligence community released a report acknowledging UFO sightings. They found no evidence that they were related to alien life, but they were also unable to rule that out as a possible explanation. 

Former Senate Leader Harry Reid was instrumental in the release of that report, as well as a Pentagon program, the Advanced Aerospace Threat Identification Program, to investigate reports of UFOs. 

What have I personally learned from official investigations into unidentified aerial phenomena so far? Reid wrote in a New York Times op-ed in 2021. The truth, disappointing as it may be, is that theres still a great deal we dont understand.

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Elon Musk has a message for whoever might blame him for a third World War erupting over Ukraine: Its not his fault. In fact, his decision to restrict Ukrainian access to his communicationshes disabling satellite broadband use for any potential strikes on Russian soilcould help prevent the conflict from spiraling out of control. If you ask him, that is.

The serial entrepreneur has become a vital player in Ukraines defense thanks to his Starlink service, which has enabled communications for its soldiers all the way up to the front lines since last March. But Musk has complained about the cost of this pro -bono technology, at one point tweeting that the cost to his company SpaceX would exceed $100 million by the end of the year. Briefly, he even floated the idea that the U.S. taxpayer foot the bill, before dropping the idea.

On Sunday, Musk didnt cite any objections over any financial hit from providing the coverage. Instead, he argued that restricting Kyivs communications will prevent the regional conflict from evolving into something worse.

His specific worry is that his satellite-based broadband provider could be used to mount long-range drone strikes in Russian territory that might herald a new, more horrific phase of the war. In early December, Kyiv hit two targets hundreds of miles from its border, a politically controversial issue that some argue could transform a war of liberation into an offensive one.

We will not enable escalation of conflict that may lead to WW3, he posted on Sunday.

Russia has also threatened to shoot down Musks Starlink satellites in low earth orbit, claiming they are a legitimate military target.

The worlds second-richest person has become increasingly concerned about the prospects of a broader conflagration. Musk has echoed warnings of a global nuclear war from longtime associate David Sackslike himself and Peter Thiel, a member of Silicon Valleys so-called PayPal mafia. 

SpaceX accuses Kyiv of weaponizing communications

The CEO of Tesla, SpaceX and Twitter has taken an active interest in resolving the conflict, which is nearing its one-year anniversary. 

In October, shortly before Ukraine liberated the regional capital of Kherson, Musk confided that he had spent an entire night thinking how to de-escalate tensions where professional diplomats had failed. He even floated a plan that would officially cede Crimea to Russia, which quickly proved unpopular.

Musks comment on Sunday came in response to a request from Scott Kelly, a former NASA astronaut and activist supporting Ukraines freedom fighters.

Defense from a genocidal invasion is not an offensive capability. Its survival, wrote Kelly, whose twin brother recently defeated a candidate backed by Thiel in Arizonas Senate race. 

Musk dismissed Kellys remarks in a tweet, characterizing them as media & other propaganda. Two minutes later, the SpaceX CEO expressed his agreement that left-wing activists appeared to be agitating for World War III.

Starlinks use in the war threatens to become a source of contention between SpaceX and the Ukrainian government. Earlier this month, Musks operations chief and number two at the company, Gwynn Shotwell, went so far as to upbraid Kyivs use of the satellite broadband service at a conference held in Washington, D.C.

It was never intended to be weaponized, she said, adding, Ukrainians have leveraged it in ways that were unintentional and not part of any agreement.

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The ability to work from anywhere, low mortgage rates, and tight inventory levels fueled the Pandemic Housing Boominvestors were in a frenzy and demand surged.

Fast-forward and that boom has turned into a correction as the Federal Reserve aggressively raised interest rates over the last year. Mortgage rates spiked, demand fell, prices slumped, and several boomtowns like Phoenix and Las Vegas saw an investor exodusall of which has triggered a dramatic correction in their housing markets. 

However, Miami continues to be a market thats proving to be an exception to the recent twists and turns of the housing market. According to the Zillow Home Value Index, Miami home values in January remain at their all-time high. Meanwhile, major markets like San Francisco (down 9.2% from its 2022 peak), Boise (-8%), Austin (-7.9%), Boston (-2.6%), and Atlanta (-1.9%) have all fallen a bit from their all-time highs.

So, is the home price correction simply delayed in Miami? Or is Miami set to miss it entirely?

In a recent paper put forward by Goldman Sachs, researchers say we should expect double-digit 2023 home price declines in major markets like Austin and San Francisco while home prices rise 0.8% in Miami. They also expect Miami to post another positive 2.8% home price uptick in 2024.

Simply put: Goldman Sachs expects Miami to avoid a home price correction.  

As of last month, Miamis median home sale price was $510,000, according to Redfinthats an increase of 8.5% from the previous year. 

Miamis real estate resilience began with the pandemic as it created an enormous demand within the regions housing market. Companies, their employees, and people in general were flocking to Miami, and theres several reasons behind that intense migration: people looking to escape drastic COVID policies; its enticing weather and culture; and it being considered investor friendly.

Over the last couple of years, everybody left and moved to Miami, broker and owner of his own real estate firm, Howard Chase, told Fortune. Because of that we had an enormous increase in demand, and the supply couldn't keep up. As a result, we had enormous increases in prices.

Chase called it a paradigm shift in Miamis housing marketalthough it has tapered off and leveled out given the current economic climate and the lifting of some pandemic protocol. 

Since then, obviously, our market has cooled off a bit, but we have a unique market demand, were not like the rest of the country, Chase said. And the reason is, we have buyers from so many corners of the world buying in Miami, so were a bit impervious to interest rate hikes.

Those foreign buyers, Chase said, are mostly cash buyers who dont have interest in financing. Chase gave the example of Argentina, which has higher taxes and extremely high inflation, so clients will use Miami as a sort of safe haven for their money. That's one reason Miami continues to attract a large pool of buyers from South and Central America. 

But of course theres more to it.

For one, major companieslike Citadelare moving to Florida to save on taxes and reduce costs for their employees. Therefore even if mortgage rates rise, people are still saving money by moving to Miami, says Dolly Lenz, founder of Dolly Lenz Real Estate.

Higher interest rates affect everyone, Lenz said, because people are having to budget twice as much. But if youre an American relocating to Miami, chances are youre relocating from somewhere more expensive. For example, moving from Manhattan to Miami. For those buyers, the run up in Miami home value is less daunting.

Ines Hegedus-Garcia, Avanti Way Realtys executive vice president and the 2023 chairman of the Miami Association of Realtors, emphasized that Miamis real estate market has remained resilient largely due to its cash-driven purchases, coupled with its lower taxes, cultural offerings, and warm climate.

Simply put, buyer demand has remained steady in Miami, while it has proven transitory in so-called Zoom towns like Boise.

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David Jude Jolicoeur, known widely as Trugoy the Dove and one of the founding members of the Long Island hip hop trio De La Soul, has died. He was 54.

His representative Tony Ferguson confirmed the reports Sunday. No other information was immediately available.

In recent years, Jolicoeur, had said he was battling congestive heart failure and wore a LifeVest defibrillator machine. De La Soul was part of the hip-hop tribute at the Grammy Awards last week, but Trugoy was not onstage with his fellow bandmates.

Tributes poured in on social media shortly after the news broke Sunday.

Dave! It was a honor to share so many stages with you, wrote rapper Big Daddy Kane on Instagram.

Rapper Erick Sermon posted on Instagram that This one hurts. From Long Island from one of the best rap groups in Hiphop # Delasoul #plug2 Dave has passed away you will be missed RIP.

Young Guru added, Rest in peace my brother. You were loved. @plugwondelasoul I love you brother we are here for you. Smiles I love you bro. This is crazy and DJ Semtex wrote that it was heart wrenching news.

Luke Cage showrunner and hip-hop journalist Cheo Hodari Coker wrote on Twitter that, You dont understand what De La Soul means to me. Their existence said to me, a black geek from Connecticut that yes, hip-hop belongs to you too, and Trugoy was the balance, McCartney to Pos Lennon, Keith to his Mick. This is a huge loss.

Jolicoeur was born in Brooklyn but raised in the Amityville area of Long Island, where he met Vincent Mason (Pasemaster Mase) and Kelvin Mercer (Posdnuos) and the three decided to form a rap group, with each taking on distinctive names. Trugoy, Jolicoeur said, was backwards for yogurt. More recently hed been going by Dave.

De La Souls debut studio album 3 Feet High and Rising, produced by Prince Paul, was released in 1989 by Tommy Boy Records and praised for being a more light-hearted and positive counterpart to more charged rap offerings like N.W.As Straight Outta Compton and Public Enemys It Takes a Nation of Millions released just one year prior.

Sampling everyone from Johnny Cash and Steely Dan to Hall & Oates, De La Soul signaled the beginning of alternative hip-hop. In Rolling Stone, critic Michael Azerrad called it the first psychedelic hip-hop record. Some even called them a hippie group, though the members didnt quite like that.

In 2010, 3 Feet High and Rising was added to the National Recording Registry by the Library of Congress for its historic significance.

Its a hip-hop masterpiece for the era in which it was released, Jolicoeur told Billboard earlier this year. I think the element of that time of what was taking place in music, hip-hop, and our culture, I think it welcomed that and opened up minds and spirits to see and try new different things. I think the innocence that we had back then was brave, but we were in a time where innocence was so cool. Not sampling James Brown, but sampling Liberace; I think it was shocking (when) we came out (that) we sampled Liberace. I dont know if itd impact the same way (now).

They followed with De La Soul Is Dead, in 1991, which was a bit darker and more divisive with critics, and Stakes is High, in 1996.

De La Soul released eight albums and in March were going to make their streaming service debut, on Spotify, Apple Music and others after a long battle with Tommy Boy Records about legal and publishing matters. The 2021 acquisition of Tommy Boy Records by Reservoir, with masters from the likes of De La Soul, Queen Latifah and Naughty By Nature, helped move things along and the full catalog was set to debut on March 3.

You think that you own your stuff and that now its on cruise control, waiting for the checks to come in. But it is not that way at all. Theres a lot to do, Jolicoeur told Billboard. You do need collaborators, you do need help, you do need to rework back into the system and not necessarily be the lone commissioner of this project. You need allies, you need companies to work with, you need people to hire, and we learned a big lesson from that. It definitely wasnt just, We got our masters back! It aint that.

Over the years, the group was nominated for six Grammy Awards, winning one for Best Pop Vocal Collaboration for the Gorillaz song Feel Good Inc.

During the pandemic, he said, there were talks of solo albums and branching out which werent new.

We support each other in those ideas, but at the same time, I think the magic really happens when its the three of us, he said. Im not trying to crack that formula, and I dont think anyone else is, either.

Asked what advice he would give to groups about how to stay together, he said you have to fight, but remember youre fighting for the team.

Sometimes its about money, but then theres an element of: We dont get along because we havent been honest with each other. Get through that honesty, move on, and keep going because it feels good going. Fight it out, get it all out, and come back knowing that youre fighting for the team, he said.

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