CHICAGO SUN-TIMES VIA AP
Larese Jones, 9, of East Garfield Park, plays with other children in her mother's day care in the Crown Fountain on Michigan Avenue, Tuesday afternoon, June 14, in Chicago. Much of the Midwest and a swath of the South braced for a potentially dangerous and deadly heat wave on Tuesday, with temperatures that could reach record highs in some places and combine with humidity to make it feel like it’s 100 degrees or hotter in spots.