Homeless men watch a movie, hydrate, and rest inside the Justa Center, a day cooling center for homeless people 55 years and older, Friday, July 14, 2023, in downtown Phoenix. (Photo by MATT YORK / Associated Press) LAS VEGAS  — Visitors to Las Vegas on Friday stepped out momentarily to snap photos and were hit by blast-furnace air. But most will spend their vacations in a vastly different climate — at casinos where the chilly air conditioning might require a light sweater. Meanwhile, emergency room doctors were witnessing another world, as dehydrated construction workers, passed-out elderly residents, and others suffered in an intense heat wave threatening to break the city's all-time record high of 117°F (47.

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