DETROIT (AP) — Nissan is recalling about 270,000 vehicles worldwide because the ignition start buttons can malfunction and unexpectedly shut down the engine.

The company says the recall covers certain Note, Cube, Juke, Leaf and Venucia e30 vehicles as well as the Serena, March and Micra. Also included are Latio and Versa sedans, and the Sunny, Almera, Tiida. Also the Pulsar and Sylphy sedans, and the eNV200 and NV350 vans. All are mainly from the 2013 and 2014 model years.

In the U.S., the recall affects about 14,600 Versa sedan, Cube and Juke vehicles.

Nissan says the buttons can stick inside a housing when exposed to hot temperatures. If that happens, road vibrations can cause the switches to shut off the engine.

Dealers will replace the housing for free starting in August.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Department of Agriculture says Illinois-based Aspen Foods is recalling nearly 2 million pounds of raw, frozen chicken products over concerns they might be contaminated with salmonella.

The federal agency announced the recall Thursday, saying in a news release that it determined there was a link between the products and three people in Minnesota getting infected with salmonella. The agency says the products are stuffed and breaded and may appear cooked, but they are raw.

The products were shipped nationwide and have the establishment number “P-1358” in the USDA inspection mark. Brands associated with the recall include Kirkwood, Roundy’s, Safeway Kitchens and Spartan.

The Department of Agriculture said earlier this week that Barber Foods of Maine is recalling 1.7 million pounds of frozen chicken products over salmonella concerns.

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — A Missouri Senate administration committee next week plans to release findings from an investigation into possible workplace harassment.

Senate President Pro Tem Tom Dempsey said Thursday that the committee intends to publicly release a report on Wednesday.

The Senate has been investigating why two University of Central Missouri students left early from an internship with Democratic Senator Paul LeVota of Independence.

The Senate hired an attorney in response to a “workplace harassment complaint.”

Dempsey says both the attorney’s report and a report by the Senate administrator will be made publicly available. Dempsey also says he’ll be commenting on the investigation.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Kansas City’s minimum wage would rise to $13 an hour over about four and a half years under a newly approved ordinance.

The city council voted Thursday to approve the measure. The proposal has the backing of low-wage workers, but business groups are questioning its legality. It calls for businesses with more than 15 employees to begin paying at least $8.50 an hour on August 24th. The current state minimum is $7.65.

The minimum wage would rise again on January 1st, 2017, to $9.82 an hour, and be followed by annual increases until it hits $13 an hour in 2020. Cost-of-living adjustments would be made in subsequent years.

Workers who are 17 or younger are among those who would be exempted.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Prices for the producers of goods and services rose modestly in June, a sign that broader inflation is being kept in check. But an outbreak of avian influenza caused the cost of eggs to nearly double, as prices soared at the fastest pace ever recorded.

The Labor Department says its producer price index increased 0.4 percent in June. Inflation remains tame as producer prices have fallen 0.7 percent over the past 12 months due to lower oil and gasoline costs. Gas prices rose 4.3 percent last month but are down 30.3 percent from a year ago.

Chicken egg prices jumped 84.5 percent last month, the largest increase recorded since the government began tracking producer costs in 1937.

Core prices, which exclude energy and food, rose 0.3 percent in June.

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — A circuit judge has ruled that Missouri violated open records laws by refusing to disclose the pharmacies that make the state’s execution drug.

Cole County Circuit Judge Jon Beetem ruled Wednesday that the Department of Corrections broke the Sunshine Law.

The Attorney General’s Office represents the state and says they are reviewing the ruling.

The American Civil Liberties Union, Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press and reporter Chris McDaniel of St. Louis Public Radio sued. They were denied records requests about the pharmacies and laboratories involved in making execution drugs.

The state argued the pharmacy is a part of the execution team. Those members’ identities are confidential.

Beetem said the agency overstepped its authority by naming the pharmacy a part of the execution team, so the records are open.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The U.S. Department of Agriculture says it considers many factors when determining ways to euthanize large numbers of animals during a disease outbreak.

The agency released the statement Thursday in response to a letter from an animal rights group criticizing a USDA proposal to respond to a future outbreak of bird flu.

The Humane Society of The United States’ letter focused on statements made by USDA Chief Veterinary Officer John Clifford during a Senate committee hearing last week.

Clifford said shutting off ventilation systems to barns when the highly contagious disease is found may be more humane and efficient than gassing or using foam to suffocate the birds. Those methods were used amid this year’s outbreak.

The animal rights group says the latest idea is gruesome and should be scrapped.

ST. LOUIS (AP) — Authorities say two people have been taken to the hospital in critical condition after an explosion in St. Louis leveled one house and set two others on fire.

According to St. Louis Fire Captain Garon Mosby, about 80 firefighters responded to a call from someone who heard a blast in the Baden neighborhood late Thursday. Moby said one person was rescued by firefighters and transported to the hospital.

Officials looked for more than an hour for another person believed to be in the rubble, until they learned that the victim had been taken to the hospital by a St. Ann police officer who arrived at the scene soon after the blast.

ST. LOUIS (AP) — Authorities say a man working on the Eads Bridge in St. Louis has died after a towboat ran into the bridge.

According to the St. Louis Fire Department, the man was killed around 3:15 p.m. Thursday. Fire officials say the impact from a towboat traveling southbound caused the man to fall from some scaffolding on which he was working.

The man landed on the towboat and died.  He was pronounced dead on the scene.

The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration said the victim was an employee of Thomas Industrial Coatings. The agency is investigating the incident.

ST. JAMES, Mo. (AP) — Missouri authorities who have been searching for a week in a heavily wooded area for a 13-year-old boy with autism say the teen doesn’t want to be found.

Phelps County Sheriff Department Sgt. George Arnold says Johnathan Shay left his grandmother’s home June 9 with an 11-year-old relative. The younger boy was found the next day walking along a creek, but Shay remained missing Thursday.

Crews have been searching in dangerous summer heat, using divers, search dogs and infrared devices. Arnold says the boy has “made it clear he does not want to return.” He says the boy had run away before but was always located within about 12 hours.

Arnold says the Center For Missing and Exploited Children has sent two people to help investigators and the boy’s family.