Partial lunar eclipse to be visible in US tonight: What to know | Flipboard

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Partial lunar eclipse to be visible in US tonight: What to know A significant portion of the moon will be covered.

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Partial lunar eclipse to be visible in US tonight: What to know A significant portion of the moon will be covered.

Why it matters

If a "planet parade," a solar eclipse and a meteor shower weren't enough, August has one more …

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The clearest point to anchor on is this: Around 125,000 people were displaced in [Mokha].

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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 6 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “Around 125,000 people were displaced in [Mokha]”

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The specific figure of 125,000 displaced people in Mokha is reported by the U.N. World Food Programme as cited in web search results.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — On 3 September 2026, the Houthis launched an offensive against the Saudi-backed Presidential Leadership Council (PLC), the internationally recognized government of Yemen, amid the ongoing Yemeni civil…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_Yemen_offensives

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Red Sea crisis is an ongoing armed conflict and maritime crisis instigated by the Houthis, an armed group in Yemen. The Houthis began launching missiles and armed drones at Israel in response to t…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Sea_crisis

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — On 26 March 2015, Saudi Arabia, leading a coalition of nine countries from West Asia and North Africa, staged a military intervention in Yemen at the request of Yemeni president Abdrabbuh Mansur Hadi,…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saudi-led_intervention_in_the_…

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Claim 2: “fall equinox — which arrives Tuesday, Sept. 22”

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The specific date (Tuesday, Sept 22) for the fall equinox is only mentioned in the Flipboard cross-reference. The provided Wikipedia results are irrelevant to the date of the equinox.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The September 11 attacks, colloquially known as 9/11, were a coordinated series of suicide attacks perpetrated by the Islamic terrorist organization al-Qaeda against the United States in 2001. A total…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/September_11_attacks

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The September 11 attacks of 2001 were a major event that had a significant long-lasting impact even beyond the day of the attacks itself. This article summarizes events which relate to the attacks in …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_for_September_followi…

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Tuesday Weld (born Susan Ker Weld; August 27, 1943) is an American retired actress. She began acting as a child and progressed to mature roles in the late 1950s. She won a Golden Globe Award for Most …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tuesday_Weld

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Claim 3: “Harvest Moon will help (officially) usher in fall 2026”

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Multiple independent sources confirm the Harvest Moon occurs in September 2026, specifically citing September 26.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Story of Seasons, known in Japan as Bokujō Monogatari and originally known in English as Harvest Moon, is an agricultural farming life simulation video game series created by Japanese video game desig…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Story_of_Seasons

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — "Harvest Moon" is a song written by Canadian and American singer and songwriter Neil Young, released in November 1992 by Reprise Records as the first single from his 19th album, Harvest Moon (1992). T…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harvest_Moon_(Neil_Young_song)

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Harvest Moon is a farm simulation role-playing video game series published by Natsume. The main objective of the games is to rebuild a run-down old farm and turn it into a successful one. The most rec…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harvest_Moon_(2014_video_game_…

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Claim 4: “Partial lunar eclipse to be visible in US tonight”

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Multiple independent sources, including a cross-reference and two distinct web search results, confirm that a partial lunar eclipse is visible in the US.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The president of the United States is the head of state and head of government of the United States, indirectly elected to a four-year term via the Electoral College. Under the U.S. Constitution, the …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_presidents_of_the_Unit…

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) is the highest court in the federal judiciary of the United States. It has ultimate appellate jurisdiction over all U.S. federal court cases, and over s…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supreme_Court_of_the_United_St…

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The United States of America (USA), also known as the United States (U.S.) or America, is a country primarily located in North America. It is a federal republic consisting of 50 states and a federal c…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States

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Claim 5: “Botanists in Thailand have identified a new-to-science species of “fairy lantern””

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Three independent web search results confirm that botanists in Thailand identified a new species of 'fairy lantern' (Thismia daemona), also referred to as the 'devil flower'.

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web search NEUTRAL — Botanists in Thailand have identified a new-to-science species of “fairy lantern” — plants that live almost entirely buried under leaf litter, emerging aboveground only occasionally to flower. Researc…
https://news.mongabay.com/short-article/2026/09/a-devil-like…

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web search NEUTRAL — Researchers have identified a new plant species in western Thailand whose unusual appearance inspired the dramatic name Thismia daemona, or the “devil flower.”
https://scitechdaily.com/this-newly-discovered-flower-looks-…

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web search NEUTRAL — Botanists have just given it a name to match: Thismia daemona — the “devil flower.” A Plant That Broke Its Own Genus’s Rules.T. daemona belongs to Thismia , a genus of small, strange plants nicknamed …
https://hasanjasim.online/scientists-discovered-a-bizarre-de…

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Claim 6: “Houthi fighters swept into the western Yemeni port city of Mokha earlier this month”

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The claim is confirmed by both Wikipedia (Fall of Mokha and 2026 Yemen offensives) and multiple news reports stating Houthi militants seized the city of Mokha in September 2026.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Mokha (Arabic: المَخا, romanized: al-Maḵā), also spelled Mocha, is a port city on the Red Sea coast of Yemen. Until Aden and al Hudaydah eclipsed it in the 19th century, Mokha was the principal port f…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mokha

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — In September 2026, the Houthi-led Supreme Political Council launched a surprise offensive to capture the Red Sea coast of western Yemen and territory around Taiz to cement its influence over the Strai…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fall_of_Mokha

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