Health care stocks rose sharply after the Supreme Court upheld the Affordable Care Act's insurance subsidies.

By KEN SWEET

NEW YORK -- Stocks edged lower Thursday as talks over keeping Greece solvent stalled and got extended into the weekend.

Health care stocks rose sharply after the Supreme Court upheld the Affordable Care Act's insurance subsidies.

The Dow Jones industrial average lost 75.71 points, or 0.4 percent, to 17,890.36. The Standard & Poor's 500 index fell 6.27 points, or 0.3 percent, to 2,102.31 and the Nasdaq composite fell 10.22 points, or 0.2 percent, to 5,112.19.

Stocks had been flat to slightly higher the first half of the day. But that momentum was soon lost and Greece worries turned the market lower in the early afternoon.

The bitter standoff between Greece and its international creditors was extended into the weekend, days before Athens has to meet a crucial debt deadline which could decide whether it defaults on its debt and has to drop out of the euro.

A key meeting of eurozone finance ministers broke up Thursday without agreement on Greece's rescue package, intensifying doubts about whether Athens can make a $1.8 billion debt payment to the International Monetary Fund that is due Tuesday.

An agreement on a drastic Greek tax and austerity reform package is necessary for creditors to unfreeze $8.1 billion in bailout money.

Greece has a small economy and its debt problems have been long known by investors. However, the possibilities of destabilizing the euro and the implications of a country defaulting on its debt have weighed on investors for months now.

"It's fair to say markets have been somewhat complacent about the risk related to Greece, and it's all coming to a head now," said Ben Mandel, a global strategist at JPMorgan Multi-Asset Solutions. "It could cause some volatility next week."

Health care stocks, especially hospital operators, rose sharply after the Supreme Court upheld the nationwide tax subsidies under President Barack Obama's health care overhaul. The ruling will preserve health insurance for millions of Americans who are not covered under state-owned exchanges. Humana rose 7 percent, HCA Holdings rose 9 percent, Tenet Healthcare rose 12 percent and Cigna rose 2 percent.

U.S. government bond prices fell. The yield on the 10-year Treasury note rose to 2.40 percent from 2.37 percent the day before.

In the energy markets, the price of oil fell on continuing concerns that high supplies of gasoline and diesel will keep a lid on crude demand. Benchmark U.S. crude fell 57 cents to close at $59.70 a barrel in New York. Brent crude, a benchmark for international oils used by many U.S. refineries, fell 29 cents to close at $63.20 in London.

In other futures trading on the NYMEX, wholesale gasoline fell 1.9 cents to close at $2.037 a gallon. Heating oil fell 1.4 cents to close at $1.862 a gallon. Natural gas rose 9.1 cents to close at $2.850 per 1,000 cubic feet.

Gold fell $1.10 to $1,171.80 an ounce, silver fell four cents to $15.81 an ounce and copper was flat at $2.62 a pound.

The euro edged down to $1.1205 and the dollar weakened to 123.62 Japanese yen.

Tsarnaev is eventually expected to go to the death row unit at the U.S. Penitentiary in Terre Haute, Indiana, where Oklahoma City bomber Timothy McVeigh was put to death.

By DENISE LAVOIE

BOSTON -- Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev arrived at the U.S. Penitentiary in Florence, Colorado, on Thursday, a day after he was sentenced to death. A spokesman for the U.S. Department of Justice confirmed that Tsarnaev was being held at the high-security facility. The penitentiary is in the same prison complex as the ADX, a Supermax prison, but is a different institution.

After a judge formally imposed a jury's recommendation of the death penalty Wednesday, Assistant U.S. Attorney William Weinreb said Tsarnaev is eventually expected to go to the death row unit at the U.S. Penitentiary in Terre Haute, Indiana, where Oklahoma City bomber Timothy McVeigh was put to death and more than 50 other people are awaiting execution. Tsarnaev could spend years or even decades there as his appeal makes its way through the court system.

Here's a look at what Tsarnaev's life will be like on death row:

U.S. penitentiary in Indiana

The maximum-security prison contains a special confinement unit where death row inmates are housed. Cells in the unit contain a shower, a desk, a locker, a toilet, a sink and a 13-inch color television. Inmates in the unit are confined to their cells most of the day. They are allowed five hours of outside recreation per week. They are also given the opportunity to use the prison's law library and to participate in religious activities. Tsarnaev's communication with the outside world will be severely restricted to only immediate family members and others approved by the federal government.

Federal executions

Since the federal death penalty was reinstated in 1988, 76 inmates have been sentenced to death, according to the Death Penalty Information Center. Only three have been executed, including McVeigh; Juan Raul Garza, a drug kingpin who was convicted of killing or ordering the murders of three people; and Louis Jones Jr., a decorated soldier convicted of kidnapping, raping and killing a young female Army recruit at a base in Texas.

Other death row inmates

Fifty-nine inmates are currently under a death sentence, with 56 of them assigned to the special confinement unit at Terre Haute. These include Edward Fields, a former prison guard convicted of killing two campers while wearing a homemade sniper suit; Ronald Mikos, a Chicago podiatrist convicted of killing a former patient to stop her from testifying in an investigation of a Medicare fraud scheme; and Ronell Wilson, who was convicted of killing two undercover police officers in New York City. Gary Sampson, who was sentenced to death for carjacking and killing two men in Massachusetts in 2001 and killing a third man in New Hampshire the same week, has also been housed at Terre Haute. A judge overturned Sampson's death sentence in 2011, and his resentencing trial is set to begin in September in Boston.

Other prison assignments

Three death row inmates are assigned to other prisons the Bureau of Prisons will not name.

The City Council will meet Monday at 7 p.m. to consider any action on the proposed Fiscal 2016 city budget.

WESTFIELD - At least two City Councilors are looking for ways to restore three school resource officers in the city's proposed Fiscal 2016 budget.

Brent B. Bean II, who serves as City Council finance chairman, and Matthew T. VanHeynigen said Thursday they consider funding for the middle school and two high school police school resource officers crucial to public safety.

The full City Council will meet next week to consider action on Mayor Daniel M. Knapik's recommended $135 million budget for the new year that begins July 1. The budget calls for no layoffs on the municipal side of the ledger but it does prevent the Police Department from proceeding with plans to hire three new patrolmen.

As a result, resource officers currently assigned to the middle school system and at each high school will be reassigned, Bean said.

"These resource officers are important assignments to ensure safe and secure school facilities," Bean said.

VanHeynigen added "parents are concerned and without the assignment of these officers in the schools there is too much potential for things to happen."

Both councilors said they plan to review the entire budget before next week's meeting to find areas where some reductions can be made.

"The budget is extremely tight for the new year and it is doubtful that any substantial cuts can be made by the council," Bean said.

"But, I think we can find the $146,000 needed to bring three police officers on board and reassign the resource officers to their positions," he said.

The City Council can cut the budget recommendation but it does not have authority to add to it.

VanHeynigen and Bean said they plan to solicit help from their fellow council members in recommending that the positions be restored.

A woman walking her dog near the shoreline discovered the remains of a female toddler around 1 p.m. Thursday, according to law enforcement officials.

WINTHROP — Authorities are seeking the public's help in identifying the body of a young child that apparently washed ashore on Deer Island, just across the harbor from Boston's Logan Airport.

The female toddler's body was found around 1 p.m. Thursday by a woman walking her dog near the shoreline, according to law enforcement officials.

The child's age and ethnicity were unknown. The circumstances of her death are under investigation by State Police detectives assigned to Suffolk County District Attorney Daniel F. Conley's office. An autopsy will be conducted Friday to help determine the cause of death, officials said.

The State Police Fusion Center is sharing information on the discovery with police departments across Massachusetts and nationwide. Investigators are also notifying the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children.

Authorities are asking anyone who notices a toddler-age girl missing from their community to call Winthrop Police at 617-539-5806, or State Police at 617-727-8817 or 508-820-2121.

Deer Island is connected to Winthrop and home to a sewage treatment plant.

Preliminary construction work on the $175.8 million I-91 viaduct project is scheduled to begin in early July.

SPRINGFIELD - A guffaw of disbelief went up Thursday night as Massachusetts Department of Transportation officials experts explained that the planned reconstruction of the Interstate 91 deck through downtown Springfield will add just 10 minutes to 15 minutes to the average trip along the 2.5-mile viaduct during the construction.

Don Cooke, managing director at Vanesse Hansen Brustlin and a traffic consultant on the project admitted that traffic will be volatile once construction begins. Motorists, he said, will scurry around looking for alternate routes.

"After a few months people will understand where they need to be and the best way to get there," Cooke said.

Richard Masse, acting director for MassDOT Region 2, said traffic delays will depend on how travelers react once work begins this fall.

Cook said East and West Columbus avenues will get new signals, including one at Liberty Street, to help handle the traffic flow.

Masse said a large number of people who take I-91 now travel alone.

"So there is a large opportunity for people to carpool and take as many cars as we can out of that traffic flow," Masse said. "There is also an opportunity for people to shift their work hours off those peak times."

Contractors and MassDOT officials spoke Thursday night to more than 300 interested citizens gathered for a public hearing at the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame. The plan is to have similar public meetings once every three months with the next meeting in late September.

Preliminary construction work on the $175.8 million I-91 viaduct project is scheduled to begin in early July. Major construction begins in late fall and is expected to take as long as three years.

The Federal Highway Administration is funding 80 percent of the rehabilitation, with MassDOT providing 20 percent.

MassDOT has an extensive website for the project located here.

Construction will not be in full swing yet during this year's Big E opens Sept. 17 for its three-week run, Masse said. Lanes and exits won't closes until late fall.

That information came after a question from Gerard Kiernan, director of operations at the Eastern States Exposition.

According to the DOT, the construction schedule calls for I-91 to open for full use by August 2018. The contract also includes an incentive clause that provides for up to an additional $9 million to be paid to the contractor if the road reaches full beneficial use 180 days prior to August 2018.

Lanes, on-ramps and intersections to be closed

Two on-ramps and two off-ramps will be closed for the duration of the project, with the traffic diverted to East Columbus Avenue and West Columbus (Hall of Fame) Avenue. There will be traffic light modifications and some intersection improvements along those local roadways to reduce disruptions, according to the DOT.

On I-91 northbound, the on-ramps at Union and State streets will be closed during the duration of the project, after improvements to the local roadway.

On I-91 southbound, the off-ramp to Springfield center, the Memorial Bridge and the off-ramp to Union Street will be closed.

Plans call for a new temporary off ramp at Birnie Avenue heading to Columbus Avenue to give access to downtown.

Delays in the Interstate 91 project have already pushed back the opening of MGM Springfield's $800 million casino project on the city's south end just blocks from the construction zone. Those delays have already been announced and are figured into the current timeline.

Thursday night, Masse said he and the DOT have been coordinating with MGM since before MGM won the competition for the lone Springfield casino license.

MGM agreed with the city to have the casino completed in August 2018 and open for business in September, a seven-month delay from the original agreement.

Work will stretch about two miles in the I-91 northbound and southbound lanes beginning just south of State Street running as far north as the the I-291 interchange ramps. Rehabilitation of the various on- and off-ramps between these limits and the I-291 ramp structures is included in this project.

The elevated highway highway was built in the 1960s and the deck is showing signs of disrepair. In the last year or so, falling chunks of structure have forced the closure of parking decks under the highway.

A major north-south artery, Interstate 91 carries 75,000 cars a day through downtown Springfield.

Springfield businessman James Vinick asked about ongoing efforts to do more drastic changes to Interstate 91, perhaps by burying it in a tunnel or dropping it to surface level. He said he wouldn't want this project to move forward only to see it undone by the long-term rebuild.

"Let's get one plan," he said.

Masse replied that I-91 needs help now. Any new route might take decades to plan.

The Westfield fireworks celebration at Stanley Park, scheduled for Saturday, will be postponed until late summer of early fall due to weather.

Mark Boardman, past president of the Westfield Rotary Club, which sponsors the event, said the club's hand was forced by a high likelihood of bad weather on both Saturday and the planned rain date of Sunday.

"Just because of the out and out horrible forecast for Saturday and Sunday, we are definitely going to postpone," Boardman said. "We have not been able to come up with a new date as of yet, because we have to coordinate with the fireworks company and Stanley Park."

The National Weather Service is forecasting a high chance of rain in Westfield from Saturday through Sunday evenings.

Because of the logistics of rescheduling with Stanley Park, pyrotechnics company Atlas Fireworks and other vendors, the display is not expected to take place before late summer. The club is targeting August or early September, Boardman said.

The Rotary Club had planned on its most ambitious display ever, Boardman said, with about $20,000 in fireworks synchronized to a music show that would be broadcast on Westfield State University radio. The show will go on , he said, but not until well after Independence Day.

Stanley Park and the celebration's vendors have agreed to let the club cancel at no extra charge, Boardman said.

"I want to tip my hat to all the vendors," he said. "100 percent of the donations we have raised will go towards putting on the show in the future."

WEST SPRINGFIELD - On Thursday, June 25, the Islamic Society of Western Massachusetts held an interfaith event and dinner at their mosque on Amostown Rd. The event, held during the month-long observance of Ramadan, was attended by numerous religious leaders and interfaith organizations.

WEST SPRINGFIELD - On Thursday, June 25, the Islamic Society of Western Massachusetts held an interfaith event and dinner at their mosque on Amostown Rd.

The event, held during the month-long observance of Ramadan, was attended by numerous religious leaders and interfaith organizations.

House Speaker Mark Eves said that the board of directors of a Maine charter school told him last week that Gov. Paul LePage had threatened to yank the school's state funding unless it reconsidered its decision to hire him as its next president.

A digest of news stories from around New England.

Aaron Goodwin 

The shootings in the Tunisian resort of Sousse happened at about the same time as a bombing at a Shiite mosque in Kuwait and an attack on a U.S.-owned factory in France that included a beheading.

By BEN WIACEK
and PAUL SCHEMM

SOUSSE, Tunisia -- A young man pulled a Kalashnikov from a beach umbrella and sprayed gunfire at European sunbathers at a Tunisian resort, killing at least 37 people -- one of three deadly attacks Friday from Europe to North Africa to the Middle East that followed a call to violence by Islamic State extremists.

The shootings in the Tunisian resort of Sousse happened at about the same time as a bombing at a Shiite mosque in Kuwait and an attack on a U.S.-owned factory in France that included a beheading. It was unclear if the violence was linked but it came days after the IS militants urged their followers "to make Ramadan a month of calamities for the nonbelievers." In all, the assailants killed at least 65 people.

The attack in Tunisia, the country's worst ever, comes just months after the March 18 massacre at the national Bardo museum in Tunis that killed 22 people, again mostly tourists, and has called into question the newly elected government's ability to protect the country.

"Once again, cowardly and traitorous hands have struck Tunisia, targeting its security and that of its children and visitors," President Beji Caid Essebsi told reporters at the RIU Imperial Marhaba hotel, near the beach rampage site.

Essebsi promised "painful but necessary" measures, adding: "No country is safe from terrorism, and we need a global strategy of all democratic countries."

Rafik Chelli, the secretary of state of the Interior Ministry, said that the attack was carried out by a young student not previously known to authorities. At least 36 people were reported wounded in the shooting spree, which ended when the gunman was shot to death by police.

The Islamic State group claimed responsibility for the suicide bombing at the Shiite mosque in Kuwait City that killed at least 27 people and wounded scores of other worshippers at midday prayers -- the first such attack in the mostly quiet and relatively secure Gulf Arab nation in more than two decades.

In southeastern France, a man with ties to Islamic radicals rammed a car into a gas factory, touching off an explosion that injured two people. Authorities arriving at the site made a grisly discovery: the severed head of the driver's employer was found hanging at the plant entrance.

The suspect, Yassine Salhi, was seized by an alert firefighter, authorities said, and French President Francois Hollande said the attacker's intention had been to cause an explosion. A security alert for the southeast region was raised to its highest level for the next three days, and the U.S. Embassy in Paris warned American citizens to be vigilant.

In an audio recording released Tuesday, the Islamic State called on its supporters to increase attacks during Ramadan and "be keen on waging invasion in this eminent month and commit martyrdom."

In Britain, police said they were tightening security at major events after the attacks in France, Kuwait and Tunisia, including for the weekend events of Armed Forces Day and the Pride London gay and lesbian festival.

The attacks were condemned by the United Nations, the U.S., Israel and others.

"We stand with these nations as they respond to attacks on their soil today," the White House said. Pentagon spokesman Col. Steve Warren added it was "too soon to tell whether or not these various and far-flung attacks were coordinated centrally or whether they were coincidental."

The carnage in Tunisia began on the beach, where tourists described hearing what sounded like fireworks and then running for their lives when they realized it was gunfire. Video of the aftermath showed medics using beach chairs as stretchers to carry away people in swimsuits.

"He had a parasol in his hand. He went down to put it in the sand and then he took out his Kalashnikov and began shooting wildly," Chelli said of the gunman.

He then entered the pool area of the Imperial Marhaba hotel before moving inside, killing people as he went.

British tourist Gary Pine said he was on the beach with his wife around noon when heard the shooting. They shouted for their son to get out of the water, grabbed their bag and ran for the hotel. Their son told them he saw someone shot on the beach.

There was "sheer panic" at the hotel, Pine said. "There were a lot of concerned people, a few people in tears with panic and a few people -- older guests -- they'd turned their ankles or there was a few little minor injuries and nicks and scrapes."

Elizabeth O'Brien, an Irish tourist who was with her two sons, told Irish Radio she was on the beach when the shooting began.

"I thought, 'Oh my God. It sounds like gunfire,' so I just ran to the sea to my children and grabbed our things" before fleeing to their hotel room, she said.

The Health Ministry said the 37 dead included Tunisians, British, Germans and Belgians, without giving a breakdown.

British Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond says at least five Britons were killed but expected to toll to rise because a high proportion of the dead were believed to be British.

Since overthrowing its secular dictator in 2011, Tunisia has been plagued by terrorist attacks, although only recently have they targeted the tourism sector, which makes up nearly 15 percent of GDP.

"The Foreign Office will declare the summer effectively over for Tunisia, and it will destroy -- besides the lives taken -- the tens of thousands of livelihoods who depend on tourism for a living," said Simon Calder, a London-based travel commentator. Nearly half a million Britons visited Tunisia in 2014.

The attacks are also a blow to Tunisia's image as a stable, democratic nation emerging from its revolution in 2011, said Jonathan Hill, a professor of Defense Studies at King's College in London.

"The terrorists are attacking Tunisia's reputation," he said. "Not just as a safe and welcoming destination for Western holidaymakers, but as the one real success story to emerge out of the Arab Spring."

International police agency Interpol offered investigative help in the wake of Friday's violence. Interpol Secretary-General Juergen Stock said the attacks "show the truly global dimension to current terrorist threats."

Schemm reported from Rabat, Morocco. AP writers Bouazza Ben Bouazza in Tunis, Jill Lawless and Greg Katz in London, Shawn Pogatchnik in Dublin and Angela Charlton in Paris contributed to this report.

Police say Phyllis Stankiewicz opened her front door while wielding a knife and slapped an officer, after telling police there was no crime there and yelling at them to leave.

PITTSFIELD -- An 88-year-old woman has been charged with assaulting police who responded to her home, which turned out to be the wrong address.

The Berkshire Eagle reports that officers went to the home of Phyllis Stankiewicz on Thursday following a report of a disturbance involving someone with a baseball bat.

Police say Stankiewicz opened her front door while wielding a knife and slapped an officer, after telling police there was no crime there and yelling at them to leave. Authorities later said the disturbance report was actually for a home a block away.

Stankiewicz pleaded not guilty Friday in District Court to assault and battery on a police officer and was released on her own recognizance.

She declined to comment when reached by phone by a reporter.

Authorities said the 4-year-old girl was about 3½ feet tall and weighed just over 30 pounds.

BOSTON -- Massachusetts authorities say a girl found dead on Deer Island in Boston Harbor was about 4 years old with brown eyes and brown hair that was about 14 inches long.

Officials released a description of the girl on Friday. A woman walking her dog on the island discovered the body on Thursday.

Suffolk County District Attorney Daniel Conley, state police Col. Timothy Alben and Winthrop Police Chief Terence Delehanty made the announcement. They say the girl was about 31/2 feet tall and weighed just over 30 pounds, which was normal for her height. Her ethnicity isn't yet clear.

The girl's identity and how she died have not yet been determined. Investigators are reviewing reports of missing children and have notified police across the country.

The Dow Jones industrial average added 56 points to close the week just under 17,947.

By KEN SWEET

NEW YORK -- Stocks had a mixed day Friday, as investors waited for negotiators to finish their work on a solution to Greece's debt problems. Chinese stocks plunged 7 percent as fears spread that a yearlong bull rally there has become overheated. China's benchmark index is still up more than double over the past year.

The Dow Jones industrial average added 56.32 points, or 0.3 percent, to 17,946.68. It was largely lifted by Nike, which rose more than 4 percent after posting strong quarterly results.

The Standard & Poor's 500 index fell 0.82 of a point, or 0.04 percent, to 2,101.49 and the Nasdaq composite lost 31.68 points, or 0.6 percent, to 5,080.51. All three indexes ended the week slightly lower.

As they have done all week, global investors are watching closely as Greek debt talks go down to the wire. On Thursday, a key meeting of eurozone finance ministers broke up without an agreement. The 19 ministers are due to meet again Saturday.

Greece needs a deal in order to make a debt payment of $1.8 billion to the International Monetary Fund on Tuesday. Failing to do so would put the country on a path toward default and a possible exit from the euro.

"While these deadlines can quite often be taken with a pinch of salt, Greece has literally run out of time on this occasion," said Craig Erlam, senior market analyst at OANDA.

Investors now turn to next week, when the U.S. government will release the June jobs report. Economists forecast that U.S. employers created 237,500 jobs last month, according to FactSet.

There's been a lot of focus on when the Federal Reserve will raise its key interest rate. Recent economic data seems to show that the U.S. economic recovery is holding steady, and now many investors are expecting the Fed to raise rates in September.

"There's a premium on economic data right now. Outside of Greece, everyone will be focused on how the U.S. economy is holding up," said Quincy Krosby, a market strategist at Prudential Financial.

While Greece has been the main driver in financial markets recent weeks, worries over China have risen the list of concerns. On Friday, Chinese stocks plunged more than 7 percent. The Shanghai composite closed at 4,391.91. It reached 5,300 just two weeks ago.

"Although I continue to be optimistic about the longer-term trend of (China's) markets, it's clear that we are in a sharp correction phase," said Bernard Aw of IG Markets in Singapore.

In energy trading, the price of oil was nearly flat Friday. It finished the week little changed, and remained in a narrow range for the ninth straight week. Benchmark U.S. crude fell 7 cents to close at $59.63 a barrel in New York.

Oil finished last week at $59.61 and it has traded roughly between $57 and $61 since late April. Brent crude, a benchmark for international oils used by many U.S. refineries, rose 6 cents to close at $63.26 a barrel in London.

In other futures trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange, wholesale gasoline rose 1.2 cents to close at $2.049 a gallon. Heating oil rose 0.1 cents to close at $1.863 a gallon and natural gas fell 7.7 cents to close at $2.773 per 1,000 cubic feet.

Gold rose $1.40 to $1,173.20 an ounce. Silver fell 7 cents to $15.73 an ounce and copper rose 2 cents to $2.64 a pound.

U.S. government bond prices fell. The yield on the 10-year Treasury note rose to 2.48 percent from 2.39 percent late Thursday.

In currency trading, the euro fell to $1.1161 while the dollar rose to 123.85 Japanese yen.

Desmarais, a 28-year veteran of the Fire Department, has been tapped to succeed Stephen Burkott as the department's next chief.

CHICOPEE — Dean F. Desmarais, a deputy chief in the Chicopee Fire Department, will officially take over as provisional chief on Saturday, June 27.

Mayor Richard J. Kos appointed Desmarais to succeed retiring Chief Stephen Burkott, whose last day on the job was Friday.

"I want to thank all the deputy chiefs for their participation in the interview process," Kos said. "I congratulate Dean on this appointment and look forward to working with him throughout this transition."

Desmarais, a Chicopee resident and 28-year veteran of the department, had been deputy chief since 2010. He is currently president of the Western Massachusetts Fire Protection Association and a member of the board of directors of the Fire Prevention Association of Massachusetts. He also is a member of the National Fire Protection Association and the International Association of Fire Fighters.

Candidates vying to succeed Burkott were interviewed by a panel that included Kos, the mayor's chief of staff, Mary Moge, Chicopee Police Capt. Daniel Sullivan, Chicopee Human Resources Director Raisa Riggot, and Westover Fire Chief Charles Van Gordon.

Johnnie Ray McKnight said the city needs new leadership and new direction as he campaigns for mayor of Springfield.

SPRINGFIELD — Johnnie Ray McKnight formally announced his candidacy for mayor on Friday, saying the city needs new leadership, new direction and a commitment to public safety and youth success.

Family, friends and supporters gathered with McKnight at his campaign kickoff at Shakago Martini and Piano Bar on Hampden Street in downtown Springfield.

"We are currently standing on the precipice of a new chapter in Springfield," McKnight said in a prepared speech. "A chapter where all residents may live out the American Dream. Where every child is guaranteed a slot for pre-K. Where our children can play outside without fear. And where politicians actually fight for residents, rather than for air-time."

The city needs a new leader and reform, McKnight said.

"Our city is full of fragmented communities that feel hopeless and unheard, and this has left our economic and social crises to swell in silence," McKnight said.

Since Mayor Domenic J. Sarno was first elected as mayor in 2007, the city's unemployment rate has risen from 7 percent to 8.2 percent, according to state labor statistics, and is much higher than the state rate, McKnight said.

"We must do more," he said.

McKnight was also critical of Sarno for saying that homelessness is a "crisis situation" but then objecting to the expansion of housing for the homeless in the lower Forest Park area. Sarno has stated the concentration of apartments for the homeless was adding poverty on top of poverty and straining city services.

"I pledge to work with those in need, rather than declaring it is us or them," McKnight said.

McKnight also raised concerns about the school dropout rate in Springfield, saying the future of such students is in jeopardy in a world where youth are facing greater challenges and the need for additional skills for employment.

"The problems we face are many," McKnight said. "Yet I will not be cowed. Having built my life from next to nothing and standing here before you today, I know that people can change. Cities can change. Springfield can change."

"As mayor, I promise to reinvest our government's interest in our public school system. I will fight for guaranteed pre-K and a safe school in every neighborhood, so that our next generation may learn and grow," McKnight said.

He also called for a "transparent" police department, and said he will fight for police officers to be outfitted with body cameras and dash cameras for full accountability "so we, in turn, can give them the respect, confidence and support they deserve."

He said a successful campaign requires passion, manpower and resources, and he urged supporters to join him in the mission to make the city a better place.

"I know I have the passion – but it is not my passion alone that will make this change," McKnight said. "It is the passion of our community, the manpower and resources of a united people. Join me."

The group says in a news release that the extremist group made the claim on its Twitter account Friday and identified the gunman as Abu Yahya al-Qayrawani.

SOUSSE, Tunisia -- The SITE Intelligence Group is reporting that the Islamic State group has claimed credit for the attack at a Tunisian resort that killed at least 38 people.

The group says in a news release that the extremist group made the claim on its Twitter account Friday and identified the gunman as Abu Yahya al-Qayrawani.

Witnesses say a young man pulled a Kalashnikov from a beach umbrella and sprayed gunfire at European sunbathers at the resort town of Sousse, killing at least 38 people. The attack was one of three from Europe to North Africa to the Middle East that followed a call to violence by Islamic State extremists.

The group says in a news release that the extremist group made the claim on its Twitter account Friday and identified the gunman as Abu Yahya al-Qayrawani.

SOUSSE, Tunisia -- The SITE Intelligence Group is reporting that the Islamic State group has claimed credit for the attack at a Tunisian resort that killed at least 38 people.

The group says in a news release that the extremist group made the claim on its Twitter account Friday and identified the gunman as Abu Yahya al-Qayrawani.

Witnesses say a young man pulled a Kalashnikov from a beach umbrella and sprayed gunfire at European sunbathers at the resort town of Sousse, killing at least 38 people. The attack was one of three from Europe to North Africa to the Middle East that followed a call to violence by Islamic State extremists.

The teen, who hasn't been publicly identified by police, sustained a life-threatening injuring from a BB or pellet gun, according to police, who continue to investigate.

BILLERICA — A local teenager remained in critical condition at a Boston-area hospital Friday night after being shot by a BB or pellet gun earlier in the day, according to authorities, who continue to investigate.

"This appears to have been an incident which occurred among a group of juvenile friends using BB guns and a pellet gun. The victim sustained a life-threatening injury and is in critical condition at Lahey Hospital and Medical Center in Burlington," Billerica Deputy Police Chief Roy Frost said.

"Our thoughts are with the victim and his family in hopes he will have a full recovery," Frost said.

At about 11:30 a.m., police responded to a shooting report in the 300 block of Andover Road in Billerica. Officers used yellow crime-scene tape to block of the area as they conducted their investigation.

"This continues to be a very active investigation. However, at this point, we are satisfied this is not a random act and the public is not in danger," Alexandra Zaroulis, spokeswoman for Middlesex District Attorney Marian T. Ryan, said in a statement released around 2 p.m.

Defense attorney John Connors said at a hearing on a motion to suppress that police acted improperly when they questioned Carlos Ortiz about the 2013 shooting death of Odin Lloyd.

By AMY ANTHONY

FALL RIVER -- An attorney for a man who was charged with murder along with ex-NFL player Aaron Hernandez argued Friday that police coerced him to answer questions in the investigation and the information should not be allowed into evidence.

Aaron Hernandez 

"We believe he did ask for an attorney and that was not followed up on," Connors said. "We believe the tactics were coercive. We believe it was not a voluntary waiver. We believe he was coerced into taking a lie detector test. Pretty much on every possible way they were wrong."

Ortiz and Ernest Wallace, a third defendant, have pleaded not guilty to murder charges. Hernandez was convicted of the killing in April and sentenced to life in prison without parole. Prosecutors say Ortiz and Wallace helped Hernandez carry out the killing.

Massachusetts State Police Sgt. John Moran acknowledged in court Friday that he suggested to Ortiz during questioning that Ortiz was a "patsy" or the "throwaway guy" for Hernandez.

Judge Susan Garsh did not make a decision on the defense request. The hearing is to continue Tuesday.

Ortiz appeared in Bristol County Superior Court after an earlier appearance with Wallace for a status conference. It was their first time in court since Hernandez was convicted.

The parties discussed trial schedules for the two men, who will be tried separately.

Prosecutors said Ortiz's trial will take about four to six weeks and Wallace's trial will take about six to eight weeks.

Wallace's attorneys requested a Feb. 1 trial date. But the judge suggested pushing the date to March 1 because of her schedule. Ortiz's trial would start sometime late next spring.

Richard Matt was fatally shot by an agent from Vermont.

MALONE, N.Y. -- The odor of gunpowder helped authorities Friday to track and fatally shoot one of two convicted murderers who staged a brazen escape from an Upstate maximum-security prison three weeks ago, New York's governor said.

The inmate was killed by a Border Patrol agent in a wooded area about 30 miles from the prison on Friday, and the other is on the run, authorities said.

Authorities tracked down Richard Matt after a person towing a camper reported that there was a bullet hole through the back of it, Gov. Andrew Cuomo and state police said at a news conference. David Sweat is still missing, and authorities are hunting for him.

The shooting of the camper led officers to a cabin Friday afternoon, where they discovered the smell of gunpowder, said Cuomo and Joseph D'Amico, superintendent of New York State Police. There was an indication that someone had recently been there and fled out the back door, he said.

While searching the property, officers heard coughs and tactical teams came upon Matt in the woods.

"They verbally challenged him, told him to put up his hands. And at that time he was shot when he didn't comply," D'Amico said.

A 20-gauge shotgun was recovered from Matt, who did not fire his weapon, D'Amico said.

Authorities say it isn't clear if Matt and Sweat were together at the time of the shooting. Sweat hasn't been spotted, Cuomo said.

The pair escaped early June 6 from the prison in Dannemora, near the Canadian border.

Police blocked off roads in the area as officers hunted for Sweat. The search area for him is centered on Titusville Mountain State Forest in Malone and spans 22 square miles, down from 75 square miles earlier this week, authorities said.

Mitch Johnson said one of his best friends checked on his hunting cabin in Malone on Friday afternoon and noticed a liquor bottle that hadn't been there the day before. Johnson said his friend, correction officer Bob Willett, told him he immediately alerted police, about an hour before Matt was fatally shot.

Authorities sent a team to the camp area, and Willett and police later heard a gunshot in the woods, Johnson said.

Officers then flooded the woods, and then Willett heard more shots, Johnson said.

"He heard: 'Pop pop pop pop pop pop pop,'" Johnson said.

State Police Maj. Charles Guess said earlier Friday that the search area had shifted slightly northwest to Malone after investigators found evidence left behind by the escapees. Items were found Thursday at a cabin and Friday morning in a field, both in Malone, he said.

Matt and Sweat used power tools to saw through a steel cell wall and several steel steam pipes, bashed a hole through a 2-foot-thick brick wall, squirmed through pipes and emerged from a manhole outside the prison.

Sweat was serving a sentence of life without parole in the killing of a sheriff's deputy in Broome County in 2002. Matt was serving 25 years to life for the killing and dismembering of his former boss. They were added to the U.S. Marshals Service's 15 Most Wanted fugitives list two weeks after getting away.

The search for the escapees was initially concentrated around the prison and a rural community where search dogs had caught the scent of both men. The search had since been expanded to neighboring counties, and, while authorities said there was no evidence the men had gotten out of the general area, they conceded they could have been almost anywhere.

Vermont authorities became involved in the search early on after investigators got a tip that the inmates had talked about going there.

A pair of prison workers has been charged in connection with the inmates' escape.

Prosecutors said Joyce Mitchell, a prison tailoring shop instructor who got close to the men while working with them, had agreed to be their getaway driver but backed out because she felt guilty for participating. Authorities also said Mitchell had discussed killing her husband, Lyle Mitchell, as part of the plot.

Joyce Mitchell pleaded not guilty June 15 to charges including felony promoting prison contraband, which authorities said included hacksaw blades and chisels.

Authorities said the men had filled their beds in their adjacent cells with clothes to make it appear they were sleeping when guards made overnight rounds. On a cut steam pipe, the prisoners left a taunting note containing a crude caricature of an Asian face and the words "Have a nice day."

Clinton County District Attorney Andrew Wylie said the inmates apparently used tools stored by prison contractors, taking care to return them to their toolboxes after each night's work.

On June 24, authorities charged Clinton correction officer Gene Palmer with promoting prison contraband, tampering with physical evidence and official misconduct. Officials said he gave the two prisoners the frozen hamburger meat Joyce Mitchell had used to hide the tools she smuggled to Sweat and Matt. Palmer's attorney said he had no knowledge that the meat contained hacksaw blades, a bit and a screwdriver.

Carlos Cruz-Sanchez, 29, of the Bronx, was charged with heroin trafficking and cited for following too closely after a traffic stop on I-91 north in Springfield Thursday evening.

SPRINGFIELD — Troopers charged a New York man with heroin trafficking after they pulled him over for a traffic violation on Interstate 91 in Springfield Thursday evening, according to Massachusetts State Police officials.

At about 7 p.m., Sgt. Brendan Shugrue, a member of the B-Troop Community Action Team, stopped a 1999 Honda Odyssey that was following too closely behind another vehicle in the northbound lane of I-91, police said.

A subsequent investigation by Shugrue and Trooper Theodore Tudryn found more than 180 grams of heroin inside the minivan, police said. As a result, Bronx resident Carlos Cruz-Sanchez, 29, was charged with drug and traffic violations.

He was held on $50,000 bail pending arraignment Friday in Springfield District Court. The outcome of that hearing was not immediately known.