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Heat waves are hotter and cooling costs are rising in cities such as Chicago, studies show
As the sun beat down on the Humboldt Park apartment building Thursday, Juanita Taylor and her five young children found no relief indoors. Her oldest boy, 12, played a video game while the younger children slept and watched TV. With no air conditioning, …