AHCA, former chief Brown Brown, fatal bus crash

Here are the top headlines of the evening. [Here are the top headlines of the evening.]  [Dallas News](  Evening Roundup [DallasNews.com Â]( March 24, 2017 By Holly Rusak and Wayne Carter Good evening! Here is a look at some of the top headlines of the day. If you like this newsletter, please forward this email to a friend and [check out our other newsletters here](. Prefer the online view? [It's here](. [House Speaker Paul Ryan, R-Wis., announces that he is abruptly pulling the troubled Republican health care overhaul bill off the House floor on Friday. (J. Scott Applewhite/AP)]( House Speaker Paul Ryan, R-Wis., announces that he is abruptly pulling the troubled Republican health care overhaul bill off the House floor, short of votes and eager to avoid a humiliating defeat for President Donald Trump and GOP leaders, at the Capitol in Washington on Friday. (AP) GOP leaders withdraw embattled health care bill House Republican leaders have [withdrawn legislation to dismantle the Affordable Care Act]( after failing to reach consensus with Republicans members on the measure. The news comes just hours after House Speaker Paul Ryan traveled to the White House reportedly to warn President Donald Trump that the bill was headed toward failure, and hands the GOP leaders a devastating loss after weeks of negotiations and 11th hour pressure tactics with the party's conservative wing. The demise of the legislation signals that neither Trump or Ryan have control of the Republican caucus. Editorial: Republicans are [failing at fixing Obamacare]( because they've never been honest about its merits. Also: A Texas family [lobbies to legalize medical marijuana](, which helps stop their autistic daughter from hurting herself. Chief David Brown (Jae S. Lee/The Dallas Morning News) Former Dallas Police Chief urges residents to oust incumbent council member [David Brown has endorsed Matt Wood in his campaign to unseat Philip Kingston](, who regularly clashed with Brown during the chief's tenure. In a statement, Brown called Wood a "positive leader who'll make public safety a priority" in District 14, which includes parts of downtown, Uptown, Oak Lawn, Knox-Henderson and East Dallas. Kingston has been endorsed by the Dallas Police Association, which was routinely at odds with Brown toward the end of the chief's tenure. Meanwhile: [Candidates for Dallas DA clash]( over who's best criminal justice innovator. The wreckage of a Mount Pleasant ISD bus lies alongside U.S. Highway 271 following a crash late Thursday near Talco, in East Texas. (KYTX-TV) 2 die, 20 hurt when semi hits school bus carrying track team in East Texas Two people died late Thursday when an [18-wheeler drifted into oncoming traffic on an East Texas highway, hitting a bus carrying a high school track team]( before slamming head-on into a car. The crash occurred near Talco on U.S. Highway 271 as the Mount Pleasant ISD track teams were returning from a meet in Paris. Killed in the crash were the truck driver and the driver of the car, Mount Pleasant assistant girls' track coach Angelica Beard. The bus involved in the accident was carrying the boys' team. A second bus carrying the girls' team was several miles behind and was not involved in the accident. [The Margaret Hunt Hill Bridge (Tom Fox/The Dallas Morning News)]( The Margaret Hunt Hill Bridge (Tom Fox/The Dallas Morning News) Photo of the day It's been five years since the first cars rushed across the Margaret Hunt Hill Bridge. In light of that anniversary, [our writers look at the impact it has had]( on the city's architecture, its transportation and the culture of West Dallas. Quick links - Spin me right round: [Skyscraper by famed architect]( would remake Dallas' skyline - STAAR is coming: Texas [braces for another testing season](, hoping to avoid last year's mess - Electoral bias? Texas A&M student backed by Rick Perry claims he[ may have lost election because he's 'heterosexual, white, Christian']( - 'Wake up call': New details emerge from [rape survey of UT students]( - Discovered: Baptist [pastor jailed on child porn charge](, thanks to Best Buy's Geek Squad Finally, The [relationship between quarterback Tony Romo and head coach Jason Garrett]( is one born of their employment by the Cowboys. It's a friendship that's become frayed by circumstance the way it would in any workplace where one party reports to the other, writes David Moore. That's all for this evening! 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