DETROIT (AP) — Eight automakers are recalling more than 12 million vehicles in the U.S. to replace Takata air bag inflators that can explode with too much force.

Documents detailing recalls by Honda, Fiat Chrysler, Toyota, Mazda, Nissan, Subaru, Ferrari and Mitsubishi were posted Friday by the government.

They’re part of a massive expansion of Takata air bag recalls announced earlier this month. Seventeen automakers are adding 35 million-to-40 million inflators to what already was the largest auto recall in U.S. history.

Friday’s recalls include passenger air bags mainly in older models in areas along the Gulf Coast with high heat and humidity.

Takata inflators can malfunction and spew shrapnel into drivers and passengers when exposed to humidity and repeated hot-and-cold cycles.

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — The Nebraska Tourism Commission has fired its executive director in the wake of a blistering state audit that found questionable spending and a lack of oversight within the agency.

Kathy McKillip had been suspended with pay before Thursday’s 8-0 vote to terminate her contract. Commissioners also voted to install deputy director Heather Hogue as a temporary director until they name a permanent replacement.

The audit highlighted numerous spending problems within the agency, such as running $4.4 million over budget with an advertising firm’s contract and paying $44,000 in speaking fees for a 90-minute speech by a corporate executive.

Commission Chairman John Chapo says members take the audit seriously and will work to resolve the issues it raised.

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — A Nebraska pig supplier is promising to investigate animal abuse allegations after an animal rights group released an undercover video showing pigs with open wounds and other health problems.

The Animal Legal Defense Fund released the footage Wednesday and sent a letter to the Nebraska and Illinois attorney general’s offices, requesting a criminal investigation. The facility is owned by The Maschhoffs, a pork producer based in Carlyle, Ill.

The company said in a statement Thursday it will take immediate action to address the allegations and will cooperate with any criminal investigation. Hormel Foods, one of its largest customers, says it has suspended all sow operations at the Nebraska plant and is sending auditors to see whether animal care requirements are being followed.

NEW YORK (AP) — Police say a 12-year-old boy suffered severe burns in New York City when he doused himself in flammable liquids, lit a match and set himself on fire as part of a social media challenge.

Fire officials say that firefighters responded to a home in the Queens neighborhood of Far Rockaway on Tuesday night and found the burned boy but no fire.

The boy was taken to a hospital in serious condition. Police say he is expected to survive.

Police tell WABC-TV the boy had been trying to perform the “fire challenge” by doused himself in rubbing alcohol before setting himself ablaze with a lighter while standing in a bathroom.

Neighbors helped extinguish the fire by throwing water on him after the boy ran out of his house.

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — The University of Nebraska Board of Regents has approved the appointment of a new chancellor for the university’s Lincoln campus.

The board voted Wednesday in favor of Ronnie Green, who had previously served as vice president for agriculture and natural resources within the university system. Green replaces Harvey Perlman, who left the office and returned to the law school faculty.

Green has said his plans as chancellor include raising the university’s academic profile, including its stature as a research university.

Green grew up in Virginia and received bachelor and master’s degrees in animal science from Virginia Tech and Colorado State University, respectively. He completed his doctorate jointly at the University of Nebraska and the USDA-ARS U.S. Meat Animal Research Center in animal breeding and genetics in 1988.