Liechtenstein changes succession rule to allow women to ascend the throne

Liechtenstein has changed its law of succession. Women can now ascend to the throne. The declaration was made today on the country's national day.

Liechtenstein is the alpine principality, population forty-four thousand, between Switzerland and Austria. One of the smallest monarchies in Europe.

It's the sixth smallest country in the world.

One of the smallest. The change puts Liechtenstein in line with most of Europe's remaining monarchies, which have already made similar reforms.

In the United Kingdom, the death of Professor Jason Arday is being called a tragedy on multiple levels. The former Cambridge professor died recently. Prime Minister Andy Burnham called it a sad and sorry state of affairs.

Arday was one of the youngest Black professors ever appointed at Cambridge.

In Wales, thousands of people lined the streets of Swansea as the coffin of singer Bonnie Tyler was brought to her family home. Tyler died last month in a hospital in Portugal. She was seventy-three.

Tyler had a string of hits in the eighties. Total Eclipse of the Heart, Holding Out for a Hero. She sold more than a hundred million records worldwide.

In Indonesia, the death toll from this week's earthquake has now reached forty-seven. Rescue crews are working through a second night on Flores island, searching collapsed buildings in the eastern part of the country.

The magnitude seven point seven quake struck yesterday morning local time. Multiple aftershocks have complicated rescue efforts. The Ring of Fire remains active across the region.

The Ring of Fire is the volcanic zone that runs along the Pacific shelf from Indonesia up through Japan and across to South America.

It encircles the entire Pacific basin. Forty thousand kilometers. Ninety percent of the world's earthquakes occur there.

The entire basin. Flores is one of the Lesser Sunda Islands in the eastern Indonesian archipelago. Authorities say the quake was felt across multiple islands.

In the Middle East, eleven people have been killed in Israeli strikes on southern Lebanon. Eighteen others were wounded. Four of the dead are children.

Israel's military says it struck what it described as Hezbollah terror infrastructure in multiple locations. The strikes were in response to what Israel called earlier action against its soldiers.

Hezbollah operates primarily out of the border region, where they've expanded positions in recent months to increase operational range.

Two American Airlines flights were seconds from disaster this week when a Phoenix air traffic controller realized both planes were flying under the exact same flight number.

Federal authorities say the controller recognized the duplication and kept the aircraft separated.

The FAA is investigating how two passenger jets ended up with identical call signs in controlled airspace. That should not be possible.

A jury has been selected in the Tupac Shakur murder trial. Six men and ten women will hear the case against Duane Davis, the ex-gang leader accused of orchestrating the rapper's killing in nineteen ninety-six.

Opening statements are scheduled for Monday in Las Vegas. Davis has pleaded not guilty.

Card skimming is on the rise nationwide. Thieves are installing their own readers over legitimate card slots at gas pumps and ATMs to steal account information. The Secret Service says a single device can net up to one million dollars.

EBT card users are particularly vulnerable. Authorities recommend checking for loose or misaligned card readers before inserting your card.

The CEO of Flock Safety has apologized after claims the company's license plate readers were misused by police in some cases. Garrett Langley told CBS News the surveillance firm is implementing new safety measures.

The company says officers allegedly accessed the data inappropriately. No charges have been filed.

The White House has asked the Supreme Court to allow construction on a four-hundred-million-dollar ballroom to continue. Work was halted pending legal review.

The administration is seeking an emergency order to resume the project.

Scientists in the U.K. have confirmed what most dog owners already knew. Your dog can tell when you're happy or sad just by looking at your face.

Researchers tested dogs' reactions to photographs showing different human expressions. The dogs consistently responded differently to happy faces versus sad ones.

In London, a monkey found abandoned in a laundry bag on a city bus has been rehomed to a wildlife sanctuary. The animal was discovered by a driver completing his route.

The sanctuary says the monkey is in good health and adapting well to its new home.

We begin with your Ridge Hardware champions. Fourteen to six over Paulson Electric tonight at Westside Park. That's back-to-back titles for Ridge, and if you watched that game you saw a team that knew exactly what it was doing in the late innings.

The bases were not properly anchored and that was a facilities issue. Moving on. Manchester United wrapped up their pre-season tour with a four-two loss to AC Milan in Poland. Marcus Rashford returned to the lineup after missing the last two friendlies with what the club called minor fitness concerns.

Plenty of time. Elsewhere in soccer, Chelsea and Fulham played to a one-one draw in what was new manager Xabi Alonso's first match in charge at Stamford Bridge. Morgan Rogers came off the bench and scored on his very first touch for the club just four minutes after entering the match.

It's a draw, Deb. One point. You take it and you build from there. Speaking of building, English football's financial regulator is now consulting on backstop rules that could force Premier League clubs to pay more to lower league teams if the leagues can't agree on a voluntary redistribution deal.