Robert Zimmerman, father of George Zimmerman, spoke publicly for the first time in an exclusive interview with My Fox 35 News in Orlando, Florida. In the nineteen minute interview, Zimmerman’s father went on the defensive saying that it was Martin, not his son, who was the aggressor. In fact, papa Zimmerman says Trayvon beat his son for more than a minute before trying to defend himself.

Is Alicia Silverstone getting her parenting tips from birds? The actress' 10-month-old son, Bear Blu, is already eating solids -- as long as they've been pre-chewed. In the latest video posted on Silverstone's website, the 35-year-old feeds her baby by chewing up his food and feeding it to him mouth-to-mouth. "I just had a delicious breakfast of miso soup, collards and radish steamed and drizzled with flax oil, cast iron mochi with nori wrapped outside, and some grated daikon. Yum!" she wrote on The Kind Life, the website for her vegan cookbook, "The Kind Diet."

House Speaker John Boehner commented Thursday on the hoodie Rep. Bobby Rush (D-Ill.) was thrown off the House floor for wearing. "I think the rules are enforced evenly...We expect all members to follow the rules," he said, according to Yahoo's Chris Moody. Rush wore a hoodie under his suit to the chamber on Wednesday, then took off his suit jacket and put on sunglasses to protest the Trayvon Martin shooting.

On the "Laura Ingraham Show" on Thursday morning, Rep. Allen West (R-Fla.) attacked Rep. Bobby Rush (D-Ill.) for wearing a hooded sweatshirt on the House floor, calling the act "immature gimmickry...that does not have any place, especially on the House floor and, really, in the United States." Rush was removed from the House floor on Wednesday morning for violating the chamber's dress code. At the time, he was wearing a hoodie in support of Trayvon Martin, a teenager who was shot and killed last month in Sanford, Fla. George Zimmerman, the local resident who shot Martin, told police he was suspicious of the teen in part because he was wearing a hoodie. Zimmerman said he acted in self defense and has not been arrested.

Cleveland Police are investigating a carjacking that resulted in a shooting. Cleveland Police were called out to 14220 Edgewood Avenue around 12:30 am for shots fired. Officers arrived and found shattered glass and blood on the roadway. While investigating, officers received word that a male was shot at that location but relocated to 14201 Harvard Avenue.

LYNDHURST, OH (WOIO) - A massive fire in a Lyndhurst apartment complex Thursday afternoon. The blaze started around 1pm at the Acacia Park Apartment complex located off Cedar Road and I-271, just east of Beachwood Mall. Dominion Officials tell 19 Action News, a water-proofing contractor was working at the complex and struck a gas line. That then sparked the blaze.

OHIO (WOIO) - The Mega Millions jackpot has reached historic proportions. With no jackpot winner in Tuesday's drawing, the jackpot for March 30, 2012 is an estimated $500 million. This is the largest lottery jackpot in world history, surpassing the previous record of $390 million. If one ticket matches all six numbers for the half-billion dollar mega-jackpot, the winner would have the choice of receiving the full jackpot in 26 annual payments of about $19.2 million, or a cash option of approximately $359.4 million.

CHARDON, OH (WOIO) - A 27-year-old male was shot and killed during a police involved shooting Thursday morning. According to Geauga County Sheriff's Lt. Hiscox, Ryan Sever was shot around 4am in the area of North Street and Allynd BLVD. He died from injuries. Geauga County Sheriff's will be assisting Chardon Police with their investigation.

Yes, he’s a white dude who went to the historically black school Howard for Law School… When Kevin Cunningham read about the killing of teenager Trayvon Martin early this month, he turned to a platform he was just starting to experiment with – social media – to add his voice to the few that were […]

Oh yeah, peep her discussion with Bill O’Reilly the other night on the Trayvon Martin case as well… Jasmine Rand, an attorney representing Trayvon Martin‘s family, spoke to Fox News’ Bill O’Reilly on Tuesday night about how the case has been unfolding. O’Reilly asked about the new information about Martin’s school records, which Rand said […]

Oprah Winfrey is speaking out about the Trayvon Martin case revealing that she hopes to interview George Zimmerman.  Get the deets inside and find out what Nick Cannon said about renewing his vows to Mariah Carey. “Extra’s” AJ Calloway sat down exclusively with Oprah Winfrey in St. Louis recently where she spoke for the first […]

Outrage is growing after folks discovered someone created a “Trayvon Deserved To Be Shot” Facebook! Here’s a snippet from the page.. “Trayvon committed felony assault and inflicted serious injury before being justifiably shot. I would have shot this creep BEFORE he inflicted head injuries upon me (assuming brandishing my gun didn’t stop the aggressive actions […]