Although gambling was legalized in Mississippi more than 30 years ago, illegal gambling and underground casinos were prevalent as far back as the early 1900s - but what was the first “casino” in ...

Anthony Broadwater spent 16 years in prison for a crime someone else committed Chris Harris has been a senior true crime reporter for PEOPLE since late 2015. An award-winning journalist who has worked ...

Anthony J. Broadwater, 62, served 16 years behind bars after being wrongfully accused of raping author Alice Sebold A New York man who was wrongly convicted of the rape of award-winning author Alice ...

Syracuse, N.Y. — "I kept fighting for the court to do the right thing," Anthony Broadwater says, sitting in his lawyer's office Wednesday, a box of tissues set before him. His life has been marked by ...

Eight days after Anthony Broadwater was exonerated in the 1981 rape of Alice Sebold, the best-selling author has apologized and called the Syracuse resident an “innocent man.” Before releasing her ...

When Alice Sebold, acclaimed author of the novel The Lovely Bones and bestselling memoir Lucky, published a statement addressing the recent exoneration of 61-year-old Anthony Broadwater, the Black man ...

Syracuse, NY ― Anthony Broadwater is suing New York state, seeking $50 million for unjust imprisonment after spending 16 1/2 years in prison and decades on the sex offender registry in the 1981 rape ...

BILOXI, Miss. (WLOX) - For months, some Biloxi residents have complained about the number of homeless people living on the derelict Broadwater golf course off Iris Street. In September, the property ...

It’s uncertain when a casino might be built at the Broadwater site in Biloxi, but work is under way to restore the Broadwater Marina for public use and future economic development. The marina south of ...

SYRACUSE, N.Y. — The attorney for Anthony Broadwater confirmed Tuesday that New York State has reached a settlement with the wrongfully convicted suspect in a 1981 rape case. The state will be paying ...

A man who spent years in prison for a bestselling author’s 1981 rape, as featured in her memoir, has had his case overturned. Anthony Broadwater fell into his chair and cried when a Syracuse, New York ...

The Tangipahoa Parish Council has appointed Chris Broadwater to the Board of Commissioners for North Oaks Health System. The council made the appointment during its Sept. 23 meeting in response to the ...