Investors are dealing with this dilemma by pouring money into muni bonds-then worrying about it. Since the bondmarket crash of 1987, the number of muni mutual funds has risen from 279 to 492, reports the Investment Company Institute. Assets now stand at $132.5 billion. But muni bonds aren’t right for everyone. And you may not be getting as large a tax-exempt yield as you believe. Who should buy munis? Any fixed-income investor in the 28 percent tax bracket and up....

James C. Sexton, a California motel operator and self-described “master of tax,” had been teaching an online course called Principles of International Taxation for Robertson’s fully-accredited law school since the fall of 1999. Baxter Ennis, a school spokesman, said that when Sexton was hired to teach the course at the Virginia Beach, Va., school, “We had no reason to doubt [his] credentials…. Mr. Sexton presented that he had more than 30 years experience in international law....

He might as well have been describing Sonny Rollins. At 77, and with nearly 60 years of recording experience blown out of his horn, the last living colossus of the tenor saxophone is certainly a familiar figure. It is for his ability to continually surprise, to remain an almost willfully enigmatic genius, that he is still so beloved. He stepped onto the Carnegie Hall stage Tuesday night with a pronounced limp, horn in hand—looking like a wounded pelican—and was greeted with a standing ovation....

“Rock Steady” (Interscope) Before you shy away in fear of another goofy ska album, consider that most of this CD is driven by much cooler and palatable dancehall beats, hip-hop rhythms and linear, simple ’80s pop. The change of pace, coupled with some of the best production around (they teamed up with everyone from Prince to the Neptunes), makes “Rock Steady” the band’s best album to date. The songs are strong and focused yet the band still manages to have fun....

Kyle Johnson, 19, of Costa Mesa, California, told KCBS-TV in Los Angeles that he would like a more genuine apology from Elliott, who was handcuffed earlier this month at the Electric Daisy Carnival in Las Vegas after the incident. “I did get an apology from him, it wasn’t a sincere apology,” Johnson said. “He didn’t maintain eye contact. It didn’t seem sincere at all.” According to TMZ Sports, Elliott was seen arguing with his girlfriend in a parking lot at 3 a....

And De La Soul has definitely done it again with their much-anticipated fourth album, “Art Official Intelligence: Mosaic Thump,” due August 8. The first single, “Oooh,” featuring Redman, makes you wanna say, ‘Aaah,’ as you sit back and reminisce about the days of 1989 when their first big hit,“Me, Myself, and I” topped the charts. For fans searching for another rendition of “3 Feet High and Rising”– the group’s acclaimed debut album–take note that De La Soul is less quirky....

On Friday, festival organizers revealed that they were trying to reschedule the event and provide a virtual experience for certain performers. “We are devastated to share this news with you. ‘The show must go on’ is in our DNA, and this is the first time in 34 years that the March event will not take place,” they said in a statement. “We are now working through the ramifications of this unprecedented situation....

We read that many Republicans are refusing to get the coronavirus vaccine, while most Democrats are all in. The reasoning on the right seems to be that President Joe Biden wants us all to get vaccinated, therefore they won’t. Do these folks think that they are somehow offending or frustrating the opposition? They’re definitely astounding the opposition and also some on their side. Right-wingers rejecting efforts to get them vaccinated are more likely to come down with a virus that could kill or leave them with long-term disabilities....

There are few guidelines. Some men’s whiskers reach their sideburns; other men keep the boundaries to the corners of their mouths. There’s just one rule: “We want the mustaches not to be intimidating. They should just add to the personality and look good.” With the positive attention and extra 30 rupees per month, Jain expects even more policemen to be twirling their own mustaches soon.

When Monday came, I called my doctor for the results of my quadruple screen blood test from the past week, nothing I really sweated because a CVS test a couple months before had told us that our baby’s chromosomes were completely normal. This time though, the doctor said that one of the screening tests concerned him and asked me to go to the hospital right away. The ultrasound technician’s silence told David and me that something was very wrong....

As a Cuban-American whose family has been torn apart by the tyranny of the Castro regime, I never intended to cheer for the Cuban National Team. I didn’t want to give Fidel Castro any reason to gloat. Watching the opening two rounds on television, our family had rooted for Team USA and Puerto Rico, which had Bernie Williams, my son Devin’s favorite player. Then, when we got to San Diego for a family vacation, we cheered in the semifinals for the Dominican Republic and Alfonso Soriano....

There were plenty of trees and grass and sun in “the Village,” but when I called the police after our apartment had been robbed for the third time, they brought an entire van full of officers to investigate. Though it’s been 11 years since my mother moved out of the Village, I still drive through it whenever I’m in town, and I’ve seen a lot of changes. From the mid-1990s until the last few years, the violence and crime deterred middle-class Washingtonians from planting stakes in the area....

The meeting took place in the wake of the deadly attack at the Capitol on January 6 in which far-right extremists and Trump supporters attempted to overthrow the government in support of the baseless claim of widespread election fraud, which Lindell repeatedly backed. “Today 01/15/2021 the MyPillow founder met with President Trump and suggested instituting martial law after the twice impeached president staged a coup,” the petition states. “Time to tell our major retailers to stop selling his products....

On Tuesday, a Polish woman called The Krakow Animal Welfare Society with concerns for what she believed to be an animal trapped in a tree near her apartment. “He’s been sitting in a tree across the block for two days!” she claimed. “People don’t open windows because they’re afraid it’s going to enter their house!” According to the animal rescue organization’s Facebook spokesperson, identified only as Adam, the team tried to help the panicked woman identify what kind of animal was stuck....

The bet, which was placed with a British bookmaker over the weekend, stands to earn a $1,987,502 return if the Democrat wins. It is the biggest political bets of all time, according to the bookmaker Betfair. Political gambling is allowed in the U.K., but is banned in the U.S. So far, Betfair said stakes worth a combined $337 million have been placed in the lead-up to the election. Of these, $170 million has been placed on Biden and $156 million on Trump, the firm said....

In a holding pattern 13,000 feet somewhere above the southeastern United States, the pilot saw the guidance computers and the controls that maintain the craft’s lateral stability shut down. A passenger in row 1–directly above the flight computers and near the navigation antennas–was using a radio transmitter and receiver, a flight attendant said. The first officer hurried back and told the man to shut it off, the systems blinked back on....

The remains of the child, who is believed to have been between 6.5 and 10 years old when she died, were found near a rest stop in a heavily wooded area in Lincoln County. The discover was made off the H.B. Van Duzer Forest State Scenic Corridor—a state park which travels along Highway 18 from Polk County to Lincoln City. After the discovery was announced on Tuesday, officials confirmed to KPTV that the remains were found near the Van Duzer rest area....

Lindell appeared this week on a streaming network he set up called Lindell TV, which airs a 24-hour feed and features various conspiracy-prone guests. In a viral clip taken from the broadcast, Lindell gets cut off by his own attorney when he starts wading into the election-fraud waters. Then, he resumes his train of thought. “What we’re doing now is I am going after Dade County in the 2022 [midterm] election,” Lindell told host Brannon Howse....

Lindell, a staunch ally of former President Donald Trump, is a key promoter of the conspiracy theory that the 2020 election was “rigged” or “stolen” in favor of President Joe Biden. Although Lindell has spent millions of his own money in an effort to spread these false allegations, the “evidence” he has presented has been consistently discredited and debunked by election and cybersecurity experts. During a Friday evening segment of The Lindell Report on the MyPillow founder’s Frank Speech website, the pro-Trump businessman claimed more people are coming forward with claims of election malfeasance....