News Brief: Absentee Ballot Arrests, Real Estate Theft, and Cyber Campaign Infiltration

Published on June 13, 2024

Good morning, and welcome to The Epoch Times News Brief for Thursday, June 13, 2024. I’m Bill Thomas, and we’ve got some really interesting news stories to share with you today. First up, arrests have been made in an absentee ballot case in Connecticut, the U.S. Supreme Court hands President Joe Biden a temporary win, and New York’s former governor says don’t blame him for a deadly nursing home mandate. Also, in Texas, a pastor gets sentenced for stealing, and we take a look at why we should all be worried about China-linked cyber campaigns. Our first story takes us to Bridgeport, Connecticut, where four arrests are made for mishandling absentee ballots....

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