Born and raised in Houston, Texas, she completed her Bachelors degree in History at Vanderbilt University and her Masters degree in Middle Eastern Studies from the American University of Beirut.

CNN’s John Sutter traveled to Texas to explore an “inconvenient ... But there is no shortage of volunteers: “We are Yazidi. We are women. And we will destroy (ISIS) and anyone who touches ...

DHS is leading a national effort on welfare checks for unaccompanied minors, but the move has alarmed advocates and the ...

Harris County Attorney Christian Menefee on Thursday won the endorsement of the Congressional Progressive Caucus (CPC) in the ...

A Texas A&M University student from Iran was granted a temporary restraining order when a federal judge ordered the ...

HOUSTON — A dozen firefighter cadets in Houston have been dismissed from the training program, according to Fire Chief Thomas ...

State Sen. Paul Bettencourt (R-Houston), in announcing Senate Bill 2010 for its second reading, said a provision of the Texas Constitution bans grants of public money to private individuals ...

HOUSTON, Texas -- On a recent Friday morning, a handful of volunteers gathered to plant herbs and vegetables atop POST Houston. The Skyfarm at POST is one acre of greenery and is billed as the ...

in the special House election for Texas’s 18th Congressional District. Menefee, the youngest county attorney in Houston history, will face off against a crowded slate of largely young ...

Rabbi David Lyon and the Central Conference of American Rabbis (CCAR) slam the Trump administration's attack on freedom of ...

Millennial and Gen Z Muslims are seeking mosque alternatives amid discontent with the Islamic Society of Greater Houston.