Boy reportedly falls from mom’s grip into cheetah pit

CLEVELAND — A woman was dangling her 2-year-old son over a railing at the Cleveland zoo when he fell about 10 feet into a cheetah exhibit, zoo officials said. The toddler’s parents jumped in and pulled him to safety Saturday afternoon. He was treated at a hospital for a few bumps and bruises, said Cleveland Fire Department spokesman Larry Gray.

The cheetahs didn’t go toward the boy or his parents, said Chris Kuhar, executive director of Cleveland Metroparks Zoo. Several eyewitnesses saw the woman holding the child over the railing, Kuhar said in a statement. “While this incident is disturbing to everyone, we are glad injuries were not any more severe,” he said. Cleveland Metroparks plans to seek child endangering charges against the mother today, he said.

Space station will carry espresso maker

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Aboard the SpaceX space station supply ship is an authentic espresso machine straight from Italy. SpaceX is to launch its unmanned rocket with the espresso maker today.

The machine is intended for International Space Station astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti of Italy. It was supposed to arrive in January, shortly after her arrival, so she could get some relief from the station’s instant coffee. But it ended up on the back burner after a shipment from Virginia was lost in a launch explosion.