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Paul Shelton, a D.C. police captain who’s been on the force for three decades, was charged with driving under the influence of alcohol on Sunday, after a crash that took place on Pennsylvania Avenue SE. His duties have been revoked.

LEADING THE MORNING NEWS:

  • Police say they’re reviewing footage of an officer-involved brawl that happened in Adams Morgan early Sunday morning. [City Desk, Post, Borderstan]
  • The man charged in a double homicide that occurred inside a home last week was the victims’ roommate. [Post]
  • The Federal Transit Administration and the National Transportation Safety Board disagree on Metro. [WAMU]
  • Mayor Muriel Bowser’s plan to replace D.C. General with smaller family homeless shelters is “a good thing.” [HuffPo]
  • The head of the D.C. teachers union criticized new D.C. Public Schools reforms on Monday. [WAMU]
  • Lawyers for the Post filed a motion to get files from the Vince Gray investigation unsealed. [Loose Lips]
  • Sports giant Ted Leonsis apparently thinks everybody should have free wifi, “like running water.” [DCist]

RECENT CITY PAPER STORIES TO HELP YOU MAKE SENSE OF YOUR DAY:

  • Aloha from the Outside: Some Hawaiian state senators have joined forces in support of statehood for D.C.
  • Convivial Citizenship: The French chef behind Shaw and Adams Morgan restaurants is now an American citizen.
  • A Streetcar Named Nando’s: The chicken-themed chain is opening on H Street NE with its own streetcar.

LOOSE LIPS LINKS, by Will Sommer (tips? wsommer@washingtoncitypaper.com)

  • Taxpayers still on the hook for most of the Wizards practice facility. [Post]
  • Video shows cop tussle with man in Adams Morgan. [City Desk]
  • Ted Leonsis: Let’s get that citywide wifi. [WBJ]
  • Cab commission mulls digital meters. [City Desk]
  • The D.C. GOP’s Donald Trump supporters aren’t so talkative. [Post]
  • Nando’s Peri Peri: so disrespectful to the streetcar. [City Desk]
  • DUI charge for MPD captain. [Post]

ARTS LINKS, by Matt Cohen (tips? mcohen@washingtoncitypaper.com)

  • Go-go leaders discuss preserving the future of the genre at panel discussion. [Arts Desk]
  • New York Times‘ pop and jazz critic Ben Ratliff discusses the future of music consumption. [Bandwidth]
  • Here’s the National Portrait Gallery’s portrait of Kevin Spacey as President Frank Underwood. [DCist]
  • “Art” is coming to The Yards. [DCist]
  • Damaged City Fest won’t take place at St. Stephen’s church this year. [Arts Desk]

YOUNG & HUNGRY LINKS, by Jessica Sidman (tips? jsidman@washingtoncitypaper.com)

  • Nando’s Peri-Peri will operate its own competing “streetcar” on H Street NE this weekend. [City Desk]
  • Willie T’s Lobster Shack closes in Dupont, will relocated. [PoPville, Borderstan]
  • Ten chain dishes to secretly love [Zagat]
  • Why chefs are burning your food intentionally [Post]
  • Red Hen chef Mike Friedman reveals his modern French country home kitchen. [Eater]
  • All the best wine bars in D.C. [Thrillist]