Shaniah Boyd is among the Black and Latina girls missing in Washington, D.C., police say.

An Instagram post announcing that 14 black girls went missing in D.C. within a 24-hour period sent people into a tizzy. Celebrities such as Taraji P. Henson, Sean "P. Diddy" Combs, LL Cool J and Gabrielle Union began posting about the missing Black girls in D.C. Soon, the Congressional Black Caucus was involved and called for the FBI to investigate. That's not all. Press conferences were held and demands made for authorities to pay more attention to the plight of missing black women in D.C. Problem was, the information was incorrect.

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Much of the mainstream media has failed to cover missing Black and Latinx girls in the nation's capital.

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Zoey Carles, a 12-year-old African-American girl, has gone missing in South Carolina.

On January 21, 2017, one day after the inauguration of President-elect Donald Trump, thousands are expected to gather in Washington D.C., in yet another march for women's rights.

Faced with D.C.'s sky-rocketing rent and surges in the price of living, Tyree's mother lost her job. The family was forced to make the difficult decision to move into the shelter, which houses around 243 people.

Lighting and harsh makeup have been named the culprits in an unusual story of a family not recognizing their own late grandmother in a funeral home.

Alonzo Smith, 27, was detained by two security guards in his apartment lobby in Southeast D.C. in November. The Metropolitan Police Department responded to a call about an assault and found Smith handcuffed and unresponsive while in the custody of two security guards known as the "special police."

Washington Tharpe told the Daily News that he's forgiven the two women who twerked on him at a gas station convenience store

Two women are wanted by police after being caught on camera twerking on a man inside a Washington D.C. convenience store.

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Police in Washington D.C. are looking for seven suspects who allegedly forced a man into a van at gunpoint and sexually assaulted him.

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Rapper Shy Glizzy was reportedly arrested today in Maryland after a run in with local police. In a series of videos posted on Instagram that appear…