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-- Elissa Silverman
Unions Opposing Anti-Noise Legislation
Labor unions have banded together in a bid to stop final approval of an anti-noise law in the District, sponsoring a three-day radio campaign that begins today, said Dwight Kirk, a spokesman for the groups.
The D.C. Council voted 8 to 5 this month to give preliminary approval to legislation that would restrict noncommercial public speech during the day to no more than 80 decibels or 10 decibels above the ambient noise level when measured from 50 feet.
The five dissenters asked whether the legislation would infringe on the right to protest, and they wondered how noise complaints from the H Street NE neighborhood had escalated into legislation for the entire city. The council is scheduled to take a final vote Tuesday.
-- Nikita Stewart
SOUTHEAST CRIME
Man Found Fatally Wounded in Apartment
A man was found fatally shot in a Southeast Washington apartment last night, D.C. police said.
Officers went to the Anacostia Gardens Apartments, in the 3600 block of Ely Place SE, about 10 p.m. to investigate a report of gunshots, said Capt. David Taylor of the 6th Police District.
The man, who had multiple gunshot wounds, was taken to a hospital and pronounced dead a short time later. Police did not identify the man but said he lived in the second-floor apartment where he was found. Officers were interviewing neighbors and witnesses and trying to determine whether the shooting might have occurred during a robbery.
-- Clarence Williams
