LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Prisons officials say staff members at the Nebraska State Penitentiary have regained control of a group of inmates who refused orders to return to their living quarters.

A statement from the Nebraska Department of Correctional Services says the prison is on lockdown status after the incident Tuesday evening.

According to the statement, a group of inmates who had been ordered to return to their housing unit from the dining hall refused to leave a yard. A group of inmates “converged on staff” and inmates throughout the facility “became defiant” and “verbally aggressive.”

Warden Rich Cruickshank says staff regained control and secured the facility. The statement says no staff or inmates were injured.

The facility will be on lockdown status while the incident is investigated.

• Zane Drake Valdimar Boot, 20, Maxwell and Elizabeth Annalan Baker, 24, Maxwell

• Christopher James Cumbie, 32, North Platte and Kari Ann Gregory,38, North Platte

• Riley Dean Cochran, 27, North Platte and Annette Marie Reed, 25, North Platte

• Ryan Allen Thompson, 32, North Platte and Staci Lynn Snell, 30, North Platte

• Robert LeRoy Barnhill, 43, North Platte and Pamala Marie Ebert, 46, North Platte

• Jay A Peterson, 59, Dunning NE and Jane Ilene Gracey, 61, Dunning NE

• Jacob Lane Spies, 23, Seguin TX and Breighana Lanae Jahnke, 22, North Platte

• Maximillan Marcelo Isenbart, 26, North Platte and Mary Katherine West, 24, North Platte

• Russell Frank Mavis, 34, North Platte and Shayna Marie Dunn, 35, North Platte

• Christopher Carl Berglund, 29, North Platte and Lori Ann Gilland, 29, North Platte

• Toby Lynn Robinson, 40, North Platte and Melissa Lynn Foote, 35, North Platte

• Daniel Alexander Graves, 20, North Platte and Chyanna Rae Bryant, 19, North Platte

• Michael Edward Jagodzinski, 37, Sutherland and Maria Gabrielle Venzor, 34, Sutherland

DETROIT (AP) — U.S. auto sales were expected to drop slightly in July as unusually hot weather kept buyers indoors.

Kelley Blue Book predicted a 1 percent decline from last July to about 1.5 million vehicles, while auto pricing site TrueCar.com expected sales to be flat for the month. TrueCar said some automakers offered big discounts to help beat the heat.

General Motors’ sales fell 2 percent while Ford’s U.S. sales fell 3 percent. Both automakers reported declines in pickup truck sales, their best-sellers, but strong sales of big SUVs. Sales of the Ford Expedition more than doubled, while sales of the GMC Yukon were up 32 percent.

Other automakers will report sales later Tuesday.

SEATTLE (AP) — Starbucks is recalling stainless-steel straws it sold in its stores and online after three reports of children suffering “mouth lacerations” while using them.

The Seattle-based company says about 2.5 million of the straw sets were sold in the U.S., and 301,000 were sold in Canada. The straws have a ridge at the bottom that keeps them attached to beverage lids.

Starbucks says people should not let children use the straws, which are rigid and can pose an injury risk.

The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission says the straws were sold between June 2012 and this past June. They cost about $6 for a set of three straws. Cups for the straws were sold for between $11 and $30. The straws were made in China and imported by Starbucks Corp.