Uniondale

Three staff members at a Long Island nursing home have been acquitted of criminally negligent homicide and endangering the welfare of a vulnerable elderly person in the death of a patient who became disconnected from a ventilator and died.

Lawyers for three staff members at a Long Island nursing home say the employees may have suffered "alarm fatigue" when a patient became disconnected from a ventilator and died.

Police have arrested a 23-year-old man who allegedly kidnapping an ex-girlfriend and keeping her locked in his home for three days.

Police say a Long Island man's fingers were amputated after fireworks exploded in his hands.