Charlie De Mar

Mar 11, 2024 | cbsnews.com | Charlie De Mar

CHICAGO (CBS) -- Shalev Biton survived a music festival targeted by Hamas in the attacks on Oct. 7 of last year that led to the Israel-Hamas War – now in its fifth month. Biton said he is not out to change anyone's mind or talk politics, but rather to share with the world his experience of surviving the Oct. 7 attack. Biton took video at the Nova Music Festival in Israel on Oct. 7. Hours later, he woke up to a sound he said that he will never forget.

Feb 29, 2024 | cbsnews.com | Charlie De Mar

CHICAGO (CBS) -- A hack at the company Change Healthcare has crippled pharmacies across the country – in just the latest in a troubling trend in which cyberattacks have affected people's health across the country. A Naperville man has been left pleading for help from his hospital bed. He said when he went to the pharmacy, he was told he would need to pay out of pocket for medicine on which he depends. "They said, 'There's nothing we can do for you,'" said Alan Townsend.

Feb 28, 2024 | cbsnews.com | Charlie De Mar

AT&T cellphone outage has some thinking about future of landlines CHICAGO (CBS) -- Could Illinois soon hang up on the landline? State legislation was passed to pave the way for providers like AT&T to end servicing traditional copper landlines. But with a major cellphone outage last week impacting thousands of AT&T users, some are ringing the alarm on the future use of the landline. Nearly three quarters of adults now live in households without a landline.

Feb 22, 2024 | newspub.live | Charlie De Mar

WHITING, Ind. (CBS) — A series of mishaps at the BP Refinery in Whiting, Indiana brought hundreds of people to a contentious meeting with state regulators Thursday night. This came as the company’s air permit is set to be renewed. Residents and environmental activists have raised a number of concerns about the new permit. They want to know what will be done to prevent future incidents, and are calling for tighter emission limits.

Feb 22, 2024 | cbsnews.com | Charlie De Mar

WHITING, Ind. (CBS) -- A series of mishaps at the BP Refinery in Whiting, Indiana brought hundreds of people to a contentious meeting with state regulators Thursday night. This came as the company's air permit is set to be renewed. Residents and environmental activists have raised a number of concerns about the new permit. They want to know what will be done to prevent future incidents, and are calling for tighter emission limits.