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The Supreme Court ultimately denied his stay requests in orders released by the court just before 11 30 p.m. at the Arkansas prison, following an hours-long delay imposed by Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr. so the high court could review the inmate's appeals.

What prompted the hours-long delay was uncertainty over whether the fire was extinguished.

Not wanting to be caught on the "wrong" side of the security wall, many Arab families have sought homes on the Israeli side of the barrier, in order to ensure their Israeli IDs aren't revoked, as well as to avoid hours-long delays at checkpoints as they commute to and from work.

The voluminous report found that a combination of safety violations — including lack of critical personnel, incomplete analysis and hours-long delays — took place during the fire, which burned more than 8,000 acres of wild land and destroyed over 100 structures.

Gov. Jerry Brown on Friday ordered a performance audit of the state Department of Motor Vehicles in response to the public outcry over hours-long wait times and repeated computer crashes that delayed serving customers.

The leader of the state Department of Motor Vehicles apologized on Tuesday for a recent steep increase in hours-long wait times at the agency's locations across California, as complaints over excessive delays sparked new scrutiny from legislators.

Consumers have described hours-long wait times with CareFirst's customer-service staff.

The delay would also give the state time to complete an audit that was launched last month amid complaints of hours-long wait times for licenses and repeated computer crashes, in addition to the botched motor voter rollout.

Sep. 5, 2018, 3 35 p.m. Two months after the California Department of Motor Vehicles came under scrutiny for hours-long wait times, the agency said Wednesday that it has reduced lines by flooding offices with new workers but that continued delays are not acceptable.

The crush of people racing to visit the park was causing hours-long traffic delays, in part because some travelers were stopping in the middle of roadways to look at the bloom, the alert said.

Few things in life are more unpleasant than waiting in long security lines or dealing with hours-long flight delays in an airport that hasn't been remodeled since the early '70s, where the only food options are Big Macs and candy bars from Hudson News.