OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — The mother of an 11-year-old girl whose hair got caught in a spinning carnival ride says her daughter underwent surgery to repair her scalp and remains in a Nebraska hospital.

Virginia Cooksey tells the Omaha World-Herald her daughter didn’t suffer any fractures or brain trauma but could have vision problems or need more surgery.

Police say the girl was taken to Nebraska Medicine after the incident Saturday afternoon at a Cinco de Mayo festival in Omaha. Witnesses said the girl’s hair got caught in a ride called King’s Crown.

Omaha police Lt. Steve Cerveny tells TV station KETV officials are trying to determine whether there was a malfunction with the ride.

The ride vendor, Thomas D. Thomas Shows, says an investigation is underway.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Crews temporarily removed a 24,000-pound aluminum sculpture from on top of Kansas City’s Bartle Hall.

The artwork, which has been on the building along with three other pieces for more than two decades, was removed by crews in a helicopter on Sunday. The Sky Station works were installed in 1994 as part of city’s public art program.

The piece removed Sunday will undergo repairs for a lightning strike and water damage.

Dozens of spectators gathered nearby to watch the procedure, which involved closing area streets and highway ramps. Nearly all of the $1.3 million cost for repairs is covered by insurance.

Reinstallation is expected in September.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Though they acknowledge the challenge of putting such a mandate in place, Federal health experts say doctors who prescribe painkillers should be required to undergo training aimed at reducing misuse and abuse of the medications.

The group of advisers to the Food and Drug Administration voted unanimously yesterday that the agency should change its risk-management programs for opioid painkillers, highly addictive medications at the center of a national epidemic of addiction and abuse.

Panelists said the risk plans should apply to all prescription painkillers, including immediate-release drugs like Vicodin and Percocet. Currently, the measures only apply to long-acting drugs like OxyContin, which slowly release their ingredients over 12 hours or more.

It’s the second time since 2010 that an FDA panel has recommended expanding painkiller-safety measures and mandating training for doctors. But the training plans instituted about four years ago are voluntary, and FDA figures show that fewer than half of the doctors targeted by the effort have completed the training.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The additional air bag inflator recall by Takata is now raising questions about the auto industry’s ability to produce and distribute the necessary replacement parts.

Prodded by the U.S. government, Takata is adding up to 40 million air bag inflators to an already massive recall. The recall of inflators that can explode with too much force and hurt people was already the largest in U.S. history.

Now it’s become a race against time to replace the inflators before they reach six years old, when the risk of rupture increases. Even before yesterday’s expansion, it would have taken until the end of 2017.

Other inflator manufacturers which already are making replacement inflators, have agreed to join Takata to produce even more, Upham said.

Still, the government now says it will take until the end of 2019 to finish the recalls.

But two years after the big Takata recalls began, automakers have only replaced 28 percent of the recalled inflators due to a lack of replacement parts and difficulty in finding owners and persuading them to get cars repaired.

At least 11 deaths and more than 100 injuries worldwide have been blamed on the Takata parts.

BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — A fur fight could be brewing between the government and wildlife advocates.

Activists say they will seek a court order halting a United States government program that allows tens of thousands of pelts from bobcats and a small number of gray wolves to be exported annually for sale on the international fur market.

Representatives of WildEarth Guardians said the little-known program should not continue without a detailed study of its effect on wildlife populations.

Government figures show more than 57,000 bobcat pelts and a handful of wolf pelts were exported from the U.S. in 2014, the most recent year for which data was available. Exports over the past decade ranged from a low of 30,000 bobcat pelts in 2009 to almost 68,000 in 2013.

The pelts typically are used to make fur garments and accessories. Russia, China, Canada and Greece are top destinations, according to a trapping industry representative and government reports.

The group filed a lawsuit in federal court in Missoula challenging the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service program.

Bobcats are not considered an endangered species, nor are wolves in much of the Northern Rockies including Montana and Idaho.

HILLSBORO, Mo. (AP) — A citation has been issued for a suspect who shot and skinned a black bear in eastern Missouri.

The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that the bear was found dead Monday in Jefferson County. Missouri Department of Conservation spokesman Dan Zarlenga declined to name the suspect, who was issued a citation for a misdemeanor.

Black bears are a protected species making a resurgence in Missouri. Missouri’s Wildlife Code allows a black bear to be killed only with prior consent of a conservation agent if the animal is damaging property. It can be killed without permission if it is attacking a person, livestock or a domestic animal.

Agents believe the dead bear was an adult.

Missouri is home to an estimated 300 to 400 black bears.

EUREKA, Mo. (AP) — A ride at Six Flags St. Louis is shut down for inspection after four people suffered minor injuries when the ride stopped mid-point.

Officials at the amusement park say the Boomerang ride stopped suddenly around 11:30 a.m. Friday. Guests were able to safely exit, but four people were taken for medical evaluation.

The incident happened on a day that Six Flags was closed to general admission for the Six Flags Music Festival. The festival allows elementary, middle and high school choirs to participate in rides and perform at the Palace Theater in front of a panel of judges.

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon has signed a $27.3 billion budget that boosts spending for education while attempting to block money from going to Planned Parenthood.

The budget bills enacted Friday add $71 million to the nearly $3.3 billion of existing basic aid for K-12 schools. But Nixon expressed disappointment that the increase is less than he recommended.

Nixon also voiced concerns about a provision that attempts to prevent Planned Parenthood from receiving Medicaid funding for health care services. The Democratic governor said he will “analyze the legal ramifications” of the move by the Republican-led Legislature.

The budget includes a 2 percent pay hike for state employees.

Nixon signed budget bills earlier this week that increase funding for public universities by 4 percent and also provide more for mental health services.

JEFFERSON, Mo. (AP) — A Missouri bill that lowers fees for minor traffic and ordinance violations has advanced from the state Senate.

Senators voted unanimously Friday in favor of the proposal, which needs another House vote before the session ends May 13.

The proposal would lower the cap on minor traffic violation fines from $300 to $250. It also caps fines for ordinance violations ranging from $200 for the first offense to $450.

The bill addresses concerns raised after the fatal police shooting of black 18-year-old Michael Brown in Ferguson.

That 2014 incident didn’t involve a traffic stop, but protesters pointed to excessive citations as evidence of police harassment in predominantly black communities.

The bill also would make ordinance violation fines count toward a limit on revenue cities can keep from fines.

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Missouri Ethics Investigation will investigate whether state Sen. Kurt Schaefer pressured the University of Missouri to block Josh Hawley from running for Missouri attorney general.

The announcement Thursday reverses decision made last week by James Klahr, executive director of the commission. He had said the commission didn’t have the power or resources to investigate the complaint.

Schaefer is seeking the Republican nomination for attorney general.

The Foundation for Accountability and Civic Trust alleged in a complaint in April that Schaefer pressured the university to use its leave policy to prevent Hawley, an associate law professor, from also running attorney general. Hawley eventually took a leave of absence and entered the race.

Schaefer has denied the allegations and said it was a ploy by Hawley’s supporters to discredit him.