AMNA NAWAZ: In the day's other headlines: More than half-a-million voters in Chicago have spoken, and they said no to the incumbent mayor.

They will decide who the next mayor will be very soon.

John Yang reports on Tuesday's election results.

LORI LIGHTFOOT (D-Mayor of Chicago, Illinois): Obviously, we didn't win the election.

JOHN YANG: Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot turned out of office after just one term.

She got 17 percent of the vote, placing third in a nine-person feel.

LORI LIGHTFOOT: Regardless of tonight's outcome, we fought the right fights and we put this city on a better path, no doubt about it.

(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE) JOHN YANG: The first Black woman and the first openly gay person to lead the city has become the first incumbent to lose reelection since Jane Byrne in 1983.

HEATHER CHERONE, WTTW: It's a seismic event in Chicago history.

JOHN YANG: Heather Cherone is a reporter at WTTW, Chicago's PBS station.

HEATHER CHERONE: In 2019, she ran as a progressive, but did not govern as a progressive, which left that community angry and frustrated and ready to pick a new candidate.

JOHN YANG: The top two finishers advance to a run-off in just five weeks, squaring off in a campaign that's likely to focus largely on crime and public safety.

PAUL VALLAS (D), Chicago Mayoral Candidate: Thank you.

Five weeks.

JOHN YANG: Paul Vallas, the former CEO of Chicago Schools, was in first place with a third of the vote.

PAUL VALLAS: Thank you very much.

JOHN YANG: Vallas is the only white mayoral candidate in a city that's about 29 percent Black and 29 percent Hispanic.

He says, as mayor, he would increase the number of cops on the street.

PAUL VALLAS: The voters want a mayor who's going to -- who's going to get the city back on track and who is going to address its most pressing issues.

And, obviously, the issue of public safety is front and center.

BRANDON JOHNSON (D), Chicago Mayoral Candidate: Well, Chicago we did it, you all.

(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE) JOHN YANG: Brandon Johnson, a county commissioner and former teacher, says he'd focus on the root causes of crime.

He finished second, edging out Lightfoot with 20 percent of the vote.

BRANDON JOHNSON: A few months ago, they said they didn't know who I was.

(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE) BRANDON JOHNSON: Well, if you didn't know, now you know.

HEATHER CHERONE: This is the most chaotic possible outcome of the vote last night, with the two candidates completely ideologically opposed, race, approach to schools, approach to public safety.

JOHN YANG: Now that the run-off matchup is set, early voting starts later this month.

For the "PBS NewsHour," I'm John Yang.

AMNA NAWAZ: Late today, Mayor Lightfoot announced that Chicago's police superintendent, David Brown, will step down in two weeks.

Both of the candidates in the run-off had vowed to replace him if they're elected.

For the first time, police in Israel have used force against crowds protesting an overhaul of the nation's courts.

It started after hundreds of people in Tel Aviv blocked highways today, waving flags.

Officers on horseback used stun grenades and others fired a water cannon.

They said protesters threw rocks and water bottles.

Critics of the court plans say it would weaken the independence of Israel's judges.

Rescuers in Northern Greece spent the day searching for survivors and bodies after an overnight train crash killed 43 people and injured scores more.

A passenger train and a freight train collided head on.

Cranes were brought in to lift derailed cars as crews dug into the wreckage.

The prime minister toured the site and promised accountability.

KYRIAKOS MITSOTAKIS, Greek Prime Minister (through translator): What we are experiencing today is very, very difficult as a country.

We're talking about an unspeakable tragedy.

One thing I can guarantee, we will find out the causes of this tragedy and do everything in our power to make sure it never happens again.

AMNA NAWAZ: The cause of the crash is still unknown, but the Greek transportation minister resigned today, and a stationmaster in a nearby city was arrested.

In Ukraine, a top government adviser suggested today that commanders might pull back from the besieged town of Bakhmut in the east.

They have held out for months, but Russian forces are closing in on the last escape route.

Shelling hit the nearby town of Chasiv Yar today, sending up thick smoke and leaving a grocery in flames.

Ukrainian fighters have set up new defensive lines there.

Back in this country, the latest winter storm to sock California is finally winding down.

It dumped several feet of new snow east of Los Angeles.

Farther north, a storm added to already staggering totals.

Parts of the Sierra Nevada have gotten more than 41 feet of snow since October, the most in 50 years.

The U.S. Senate moved today to keep climate change and various social responsibility issues out of investment decisions.

The vote was 50-46 to block a rule that makes it easier for hedge fund managers to consider those concerns.

The measure now goes to President Biden, who is expected to issue a veto.

And on Wall Street, stocks struggled again as fears about inflation kept investors on edge.

The Dow Jones industrial average gained just five points to close at 32661.

The Nasdaq fell 76 points.

The S&P 500 lost 18.

Still to come on the "NewsHour": LGBTQ Americans voice their apprehension as new state laws restrict their rights; pharmaceutical giant Eli Lilly slashes the price of insulin after pressure from the government and consumers; the ruling party's candidate wins Nigeria's presidency after a disputed vote; plus much more.