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October 29, 2024
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Family and friends commemorated Preston Lord at Frontier Family Park in Queen Creek on Monday evening with floating lanterns.

Lord, 16, was beaten in a gang attack at a Halloween party one year ago. He died two days later from traumatic brain injuries.

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Heather Corcoran’s home is decorated in Taylor Swift themed Halloween decorations, including references to Swift’s lyrics on Oct. 25, 2024, in Phoenix.

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Today in history

Here are just some of the events on this date in the past.

•	On this day in 1980: The Navy’s USS Parsons, based in San Diego, rescued 110 Vietnamese refugees 330 miles south of Saigon.
•	In 1998: Astronaut John Glenn, at age 77, became the oldest person to travel into space as part of the Space Shuttle Discovery crew.
•	In 2004: Osama bin Laden admitted for the first time in a videotaped statement that he had ordered the Sept. 11 attacks, and told Americans that “the best way to avoid another Manhattan” was to stop threatening Muslims’ security.
•	In 2012: Hurricane Sandy made landfall on the U.S. East Coast, causing hundreds of deaths and nearly $70 billion in damages.
•	In 2015: China announced the end of their one-child policy after 35 years.
•	In 2022: Hundreds of people in South Korea were crushed as a large crowd pushed through narrow streets during Halloween festivities in Seoul, leaving 150 killed and dozens more injured.

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AZ Briefing: Preston Lord honored 1 year after fatal attack

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