These Rochester teens wanted to help families like theirs. Now Congress is recognizing their new app.

ROCHESTER - In a city this big, it can be tough to find the right resources for Muslim refugees. Where's the nearest halal restaurant? What direction is east? Where can non-English speakers find legal help or mental health resources? It drove a group of current and former Rochester students from Century and John Marshall high schools to create an online app to assist newcomers to the area. Their app, Merhaba, was one of this year's Congressional App Challenge finalists. "We were working on something that we knew was novel, that...