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Photos show airship captains and Victorian inventors flocking to a New Zealand steampunk festival

● AP • 2 June 2026 • 5:22 AM

ŌAMARU, New Zealand (AP) — The small, rural town of Ōamaru, New Zealand, has become an unlikely world capital for the retro futuristic genre of steampunk.

Steampunk festival creates an unlikely capital for Victorian style and sci-fi oddity in New Zealand

● AP • 2 June 2026 • 5:13 AM

Thousands of people in New Zealand have attended one of the world’s best-known steampunk festivals. The four-day event in rural Ōamaru is a celebration of Victorian aesthetics mixed with science fiction.

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Only on AP: Under Notre Dame cathedral, a ‘dig of the century’ unearths 1,700 years of history

● AP • 2 June 2026 • 4:10 AM

Archaeologists are digging beneath Notre Dame Cathedral to explore as far back as Roman Paris from 2,000 years ago.

Peruvian shamans perform a blessing ritual ahead of a presidential runoff

● AP • 1 June 2026 • 10:13 PM

Peruvian shamans have gathered for a blessing ritual for the two candidates in the country's presidential runoff.

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Tens of thousands are making annual peony pilgrimage to University of Michigan’s garden

● AP • 1 June 2026 • 5:01 PM

Visitors are making the annual pilgrimage to the University of Michigan to see and smell one of North America's premier collections of herbaceous peonies.

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Last call? States look to extend bar and restaurant hours during the World Cup

● AP • 1 June 2026 • 4:58 PM

State leaders across the U.S. are extending bar and restaurant hours during the World Cup. They argue this will help local businesses and improve fan experiences.

Young and unemployed? Remote work, not AI, may be the problem, study finds

● AP • 1 June 2026 • 2:52 PM

The rise of remote work since the pandemic has made businesses more reluctant to hire young, inexperienced workers and is the key driver of higher unemployment rates for recent college graduates, a study released Monday has found.

Ayesha Curry’s Cast-Iron ‘Fruit Cake’ is foolproof when dessert time is tight

● AP • 1 June 2026 • 1:37 PM

Ayesha Curry's got a sweet tooth. In her cookbook "The Seasoned Life" she highlights a quick and easy cast-iron fruit cake recipe that uses a box of yellow cake mix.