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The KYW Newsradio All-Local for Monday, April 29, 2024 (Midday Edition):

• Pro-Palestinian protesters are camped out on Penn’s campus for a fifth day, even after university officials ordered them to disband. KYW's Tim Jimenez was live earlier in University City while crews were out cleaning.
• Aramark food service workers picketed outside wells fargo center during game 4 of the sixers’ first round playoff series, marking day four of their strike. KYW's Vik Raghupathi has the story.
• There's a new incentive in south jersey for low-income families to put more healthy food on the table. KYW South Jersey reporter Mike Dougherty tells us how it works.

The KYW Newsradio All-Local on Monday, April 29, 2024 (morning edition):

• Aramark food service workers on their fourth day of striking picketed outside Wells Fargo Center during a disappointing Game Four of the Sixers’ first-round playoff series against the Knicks.
• A new program at some grocery stores in South Jersey is designed to help people put more healthy food on the table. 
• Nearly 15,000 people were packed into Philadelphia’s Navy Yard Sunday morning for the 27th annual Gift of Life Donor Dash. Donors, recipients and people from all walks of life moved together to raise money in support of organ donation services, and to recruit more organ donors.

The KYW Newsradio All-Local for Sunday, April 28, 2024 (Evening Edition):

• Tens of thousands of people are running and walking throughout the country today as part of the 27th annual Gift of Life Donor Dash. Philly's event started at the Navy Yard. KYW's Justin Udo tells us donors, recipients and supporters took part.
• Learning loss from the COVID-19 pandemic has affected children all over the world, with greater impacts felt in low-income neighborhoods. A nonprofit in Camden says students there are making significant progress. Details from KYW's South Jersey reporter Mike Dougherty.
• The School District of Philadelphia is honoring the life of former superintendent Constance Clayton by naming its headquarters after her. We get the story from KYW Education Reporter Mike Denardo.
• The city of Philadelphia is looking for first-time home buyers. KYW community impact reporter Racquel Williams has more on an upcoming Turn the Key open house.

The KYW Newsradio All-Local - Sunday, April 28, 2024 (Morning Edition):

• Pro-Palestinian protestors camping on Penn’s campus have ignored calls from university leadership to disband and are still in an encampment for a third day. Interim president Doctor J. Larry Jameson says he supports the rights of community members to peacefully protest, but he's accusing some of these protestors of using intimidation and creating a hostile environment on campus. KYW’s Nigel Thompson was there talking to students.
• Philadelphia police have arrested the woman they believe shot a 15-year-old girl in the head in Southwest Philadelphia. Investigators say the teen was sitting in the passenger seat of a vehicle when she got into a dispute with 31-year-old Sharnay Lewis. They say Lewis pulled a gun during the argument and shot through the back windshield, hitting the girl in the head.
• The headquarters building for the School District of Philadelphia has a new name. As KYW education reporter Mike DeNardo tells us, it'll now be known as the Constance E. Clayton Education Center.
• Millions of women are the victims of violence every year. Barbara Jordan is a personal safety expert and the founder of the organization Always Bev. She says this includes random attacks in public and violence from someone the victim knows.