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PITTSFIELD — Prosecutors say a Massachusetts man fatally shot his ex-girlfriend during an argument when she came to his home to pick up their children.Michael Boulais was held without bail after pleading not guilty Tuesday in district court in Pittsfield to a murder charge in the death last week of Kassedi Clark.Authorities say the 32-year-old Boulais shot the 24-year-old Clark multiple times with a 9 mm handgun in her car when she came to his Hinsdale home on Friday. An autopsy determined she suffered gunshot wounds to her head, torso and upper extremities.

Foul play is not suspected in last night's drowning of a 3-year-old child in a swimming pool in Woburn, authorities say.Middlesex District Attorney Marian T. Ryan and Woburn Police Chief Robert Ferullo said in a joint statement the child was discovered in an in-ground pool on Marlborough Road at approximately 6 p.m. and was pronounced dead three hours later."The preliminary investigation suggests the child had been submerged ... for an extended period of time," the statement said.

BOSTON — Another previously hidden perk for Massachusetts State Police troopers has been revealed.The Boston Globe reports that state officials last week released information about more than $3.4 million in additional payouts over four years, most of which went to the unit that patrols Logan International Airport, in the form of $40-per-day payouts for troopers who drive personal vehicles to work.Some troopers earned up to $13,000 each year in per diems, adding to salaries that included five- and six-figure overtime payouts.

SPRINGFIELD  — The parents of a slain Parkland student will be in Springfield Friday to take part in a community conversation about gun violence.Organizers from the local chapter of March for Our Lives will host Manuel and Patricia Oliver, whose son Joaquin was killed during the mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida in February.

Massive chunks of concrete falling from a state bridge onto commuter rail tracks outside South Station are putting the public at risk — as well as the state’s economy, as another sign that Massachusetts needs to make heavy investments in its infrastructure, transit advocates said.The facade under the Albany Street bridge partially collapsed yesterday, dropping huge concrete blocks onto the commuter rail tracks below and delaying trains for hours. Officials blamed the weather for wrecking the wall, but said neither the bridge or tracks had structural damage.

If you didn’t file your taxes yesterday, don’t worry.The IRS has granted all Americans an extra day, until midnight tonight, in the wake of an online system breakdown that made it impossible for millions of tax-payers, and preparers, to file on time.

A Weymouth woman called an Uber driver who fled the country after allegedly raping her a “coward” in a case that has led to a dramatic change in the way courts will handle defendants who are ordered to turn over their passports.Frederick Q. Amfo, 30, a Ghanian national who lived in Quincy, posted $10,000 bail, but police told the alleged victim they suspected he had boarded a plane to Ghana over the weekend.

A Boston cop’s law enforcement career is likely over, but he won’t spend a day in jail for assaulting an Uber driver three years ago in a racially charged attack on a defenseless, terrified victim.

WASHINGTON — Stormy Daniels injected fresh drama yesterday into the sensational story of a president, a fixer and a porn star, releasing an artist’s sketch of a man she says threatened her in a Las Vegas parking lot to stay quiet about her sexual tryst with Donald Trump.The adult film actress unveiled the image on ABC’s “The View,” immediately prompting online speculation about the identity of the even-featured young man in a hoodie. Daniels says she was threatened by the man in 2011 to keep quiet about a 2006 tryst with Trump.

Horror struck a commercial jet more than 5 miles off the ground as shrapnel from an apparent blown engine smashed a window, damaged the fuselage and left passengers praying for their lives — a lethal mid-flight accident that left one dead and seven others injured, according to authorities.The woman who was killed was identified last night as Jennifer Riordan, 43, of Albuquerque, N.M., a banking executive with Wells Fargo and a married mother of two.