$73.13

Irene Triplett was the final American to receive a pension from the Civil War in the 1860s — $73.13 a month. How could someone in 2020 still receive a Civil War pension, some 160 years on? First, when she was born in 1930 her father was already 83. Second, Triplett suffered cognitive impairments, qualifying her for a lifelong pension as a helpless adult child of a veteran. She died Sunday at 90.

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What’s new in drive-thru services during lockdown?

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Botox. Florida residents worried about their laughter lines and crows’ feet need frown no longer — they just need to go to a drive-thru. A partial relaxing of restrictions in the state meant certain elective medical procedures could resume, including Botox injections and cosmetic surgery.