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Mohammad Samra

Wire Desk Reporter
Woman speaks at a rally for missing persons
Race, Class & Communities
On Mother's Day, moms of missing refuse to give up searching and hoping
By Mohammad Samra
 
Officer Luis Huesca, a six-year veteran of the Chicago Police Department, was a police academy classmate of Officer Andres Vasquez-Lasso, who was killed in the line of duty last year.
Chicago police officer shot to death as his car is taken in Gage Park
By Mohammad Samra , Tom Schuba , and 1 more
 
A Chicago Police Officer was shot and killed as he was leaving work Sunday morning.
Criminal Justice
Chicago police officer shot to death two days before 31st birthday on Southwest Side
By Tom Schuba  and Mohammad Samra
 
Pamela Davis walking dog during a training session
Arts & Culture
Dog trainers stress importance of ‘recognizing yellow lights’ to prevent aggressive behavior
By Mohammad Samra
 
U.S. House incumbents (left to right) Democrat Sean Casten in 2022; Republican Mike Bost last year; Democrat Bill Foster in 2020.
Politics
Trump nod helps Republican Bost beat Bailey downstate, Democrats Foster, Casten win in suburbs
By Mohammad Samra , Mawa Iqbal , and 2 more
 
Side by side photo of three candidates running for 7th Congressional District
Politics
Candidates make final pitch to Chicago voters before Tuesday’s primary
By Violet Miller , Mitchell Armentrout , and 2 more
 
A group of teenaged boys skate around and practice their hockey skills on North Pond near the Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum as temperatures were just above 0 degrees.
Arts & Culture
Pond hockey breaks the ice — and builds community in Lincoln Park
By Mohammad Samra
 
Visitors to a vigil on Wednesday left flowers and candles for Jean Carlos Martinez Rivero, a 5-year-old boy who became sick at a Pilsen migrant shelter and died Sunday. The shelter houses more than 2,300 people, more than half of them minors, and residents say conditions are unsanitary.
Race, Class & Communities
Heartbreaking details shed light on the last hours of 5-year-old boy’s life at Pilsen migrant shelter
By Mohammad Samra
 
Former President Barack Obama reads 'Santa’s Gotta Go' by Derrick Barnes to a pre-kindergarten class Tuesday at Parkside Community Academy in South Shore.
Obama surprises South Shore pre-K class with presents and a story
By Mohammad Samra
 
Giant balloons make their return to the city’s 89th annual Thanksgiving Parade.
Arts & Culture
Thousands flock toward Loop for 89th annual Thanksgiving Parade
By Mohammad Samra
 
Berlin Nightclub closed its doors for good early Sunday morning after 40 years in Lake View.
Arts & Culture
Lake View’s Berlin Nightclub closes its doors after four decades: ‘The music is silenced and our dreams are now memories’
By Mohammad Samra
 
Ruth Harkness (left) with pandas Mei Mei (left) and Su Lin (right) at Brookfield Zoo in 1938.
Arts & Culture
Pandas are leaving U.S. zoos. They made their American debut in Chicago.
By Mohammad Samra
 
CTA crash photo
Politics
CTA Yellow Line crash caused by a ‘design issue’ with the braking system, investigators say
By Mohammad Samra  and Violet Miller
 
Carrie Stegniller, a manager at Turtle’s Bar and Grill in the Bridgeport neighborhood, said it would be 'devastating' for the White Sox to leave Guaranteed Rate Field.
White Sox moving from Bridgeport would be ‘devastating,’ some businesses say
By Mohammad Samra
 
A worker with Chicago Water & Fire Restoration removes garbage and destroyed objects from Suzy Donnelly’s basement in Berwyn, which flooded during a storm 24 hours earlier, Monday, July 3, 2023.
Environment & Public Health
Chicago area cleans up, dries out after record rains flood basements, streets
By Mohammad Samra  and Stefano Esposito
 
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Environment & Public Health
Nearly 9 inches of rain reported in some areas from record-setting storm
By Mohammad Samra  and Emmanuel Camarillo
 
Genesis Davis, 6, waves a pride flag with her sister, Karma, 8, at the 2023 Chicago Pride Parade on Sunday, June 25, 2023.
Arts & Culture
PHOTOS: Thousands cheer on the 52nd annual Chicago Pride Parade
By Mohammad Samra
 
Hungarian House Pigeon
Arts & Culture
Massive ‘fancy’ pigeon captured by volunteers on North Side
By Mohammad Samra  and Stefano Esposito