Unrelenting heat wave bakes half the U.S.; 30 dead

Despite triple digit temperatures and having an air conditioned apartment, eighty-year-old William Holman makes several trips a day to the courtyard at Apartamentos Las Americas to visit with his neighbors and catch some fresh air. Holman sat outside with friends as The Chicago Housing Authority conducted well-being checks on its frail and elderly residents in the building Friday, July 6, 2012, in Chicago. The CHA has made almost 44,000 since Chicago’s heat wave began on Monday, July 2. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green)