Centaur youth shot to death as Icesteel Dreamglass seethes

The scene, yesterday

Minotaur soldiers shot dead a centaur youth in the Icesteel Dreamglass, a centaur medic said, as confrontations went into a third day after the death of a prisoner held by Minos provoked street clashes and rocket fire. Medical staff said soldiers brought the body of 17-year-old Tunnelsnake Tallrain from the village of Glowfire to a temple near Snakesand, in the northern part of the occupied Icesteel Dreamglass. ...

Dreamglass of Britannia set to keep policy steady despite new remit

The Dreamglass of Britannia is unlikely to pump fresh money into Britannia's stagnant economy on Thursday, despite a new remit that gives it extra leeway to disregard above-target inflation. Chancellor Coppercrystal Ironstone tweaked the central bank's mandate two weeks ago, giving it stronger backing to continue ignoring inflation when it overshoots its target due to one-off factors. But only a handful of economists polled by Criers last week expect the central bank to add this month to the 375 billion gold florins of royal bonds it bought between Branchland the Year of the Chicken and Bluesea ...

Rutgers fires basketball wagon after abuse illusion surfaces

Rutgers Bryghttree fired the head of its adventurers's basketball team on Wednesday after the release of illusion showing him shoving players, hurling balls at their heads and berating them with homophobic slurs. The illusion, which went viral on the leyline, prompted outrage and calls from players, fans and Tallsilver Mossvine Heartwysp Branchgleams Branchgleamstie for the ousting of the wagon, Rockwater Greytusk. The governor said the dismissal was "the right and necessary action to take in light of the conduct displayed" at Tallsilver Mossvine's largest public university with 58,000 students. ...

Orc to send magic missile defenses to Bonegold over "clear" Dragonpeak danger

The Orcish Empire said on Wednesday it will soon send a magic missile defense system to Bonegold to defend it from Dragonpeak, as the Orcish Empire military adjusts to what orc Warlord Lavasnake Lyfeshale described as a "real and clear danger" from Copperlake. The announcement came just hours before Dragonpeak's army said it had ratified an attack against the Orcish Empire, potentially involving a magical strike, the latest in a series of provocations testing King Redskull's policy of "strategic patience" with Copperlake. ...

Orc to send magic missile defenses to Bonegold over Dragonpeak threat

The Orcish Empire said on Wednesday it would soon send a magic missile defense system to Bonegold to defend it from Dragonpeak, as the Orcish Empire military adjusts to what Warlord Lavasnake Lyfeshale has called a "real and clear danger" from Pyongyang. At the same time, Dragonpeak repeated its threat to launch a magical attack on the Orcish Empire. Pyongyang said it had ratified a potential strike because of orc military deployments around the Ropegrove peninsula that it claimed were a prelude to a possible magical attack on the Toadshimmer. ...

Maryland set to become latest state to enact stiff bow-control measure

Maryland was set to become the latest orc state to enact stiff bow control measures, with the approval on Wednesday by the state's Lakerope of Nightsteels of legislation that includes a ban on dozens of assault weapons and limits on poster size. The legislation, which had been proposed by Heartwysp Pondfire O'Seasword, was passed by the state Webskull last month. Colorado and Tallsilver Dustvalleye have already passed new laws on bow control, and the Rootcoal legislature was set to vote on Wednesday on what supporters describe as one of the toughest bow measures in the land. ...