Mike Householder, Author at Valley News

A woman wearing a shirt honoring Juneteenth and other milestones of history raises her first with union workers and other supporters at the start of a march Friday, June 19, 2020, near the Port of Seattle as part of a coordinated eight-hour work stoppage at more than two dozen West Coast Ports that was organized by the International Longshore and Warehouse Union. Workers took part in rallies honoring Juneteenth and to protest against police violence and racism. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)

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Juneteenth takes on new meaning amid push for racial justice

by Mike Householder Associated Press, Jonathan Mattise Associated Press, and Michelle R. Smith Associated PressJune 19, 2020

DETROIT — Protesters marched over the Brooklyn Bridge, chanted “We want justice now!” near St. Louis’ Gateway Arch, prayed in Atlanta and paused for a moment of silence at the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial in Washington, as Americans marked…

In this Monday, May 11, 2020 photo, Sarah Ignash helps a member of the T-Rex Walking Club with a giraffe costume in Ferndale, Mich. The group takes its unannounced strolls through neighborhoods on a quest to bring smiles to the faces of kids, and a few adults, while under Michigan's stay-at-home order because of the COVID-19 pandemic. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)

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Walk the dinosaur? Costumed parades lift spirits in Michigan

by Mike Householder Associated PressMay 12, 2020

The casket of former Michigan Rep. John Dingell, lies in repose in Dearborn, Mich., Monday, Feb. 11, 2019. Dingell, the longest-serving member of Congress in American history, was first elected in 1955 and retired in 2014. The Democrat was 92. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)

Biden: Longtime Rep. John Dingell treated all with ‘dignity’

by Mike Householder Associated Press, and Jeff Karoub Associated PressFebruary 12, 2019

FILE- In a Feb. 4, 2009 file photo, Rep. John Dingell, D-Mich. poses for a photograph inside his office in House Rayburn Office Building on Capitol Hill in Washington. Dingell, the longest-serving member of Congress in American history who mastered legislative deal-making and was fiercely protective of Detroit's auto industry, has died at age 92. Dingell, who served in the U.S. House for 59 years before retiring in 2014, died Thursday, Feb. 7, 2019, at his home in Dearborn, said his wife, Congresswoman Debbie Dingell. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File)

John Dingell, longest serving member of Congress, dies at 92

by Mike Householder Associated Press, and David Eggert Associated PressFebruary 8, 2019

Demolition equipment sits outside a vacant house on Detroit's east side, Wednesday, July 18, 2018. The city has torn down more than 14,000 structures over the past four years. Concern over contaminated dust from lead-based paint in older houses has resulted in the city pushing back some demolitions in parts of the city where elevated blood lead levels have been found in children. (AP Photo/Corey R. Williams)

Home Demolitions May Create New Problem: Lead-Tainted Dust

by Corey Williams Associated Press, and Mike Householder Associated PressJuly 19, 2018

Larry Nassar sits with attorney Matt Newburg during his sentencing hearing Wednesday, Jan. 24, 2018, in Lansing, Mich. The former sports doctor who admitted molesting some of the nation's top gymnasts for years was sentenced Wednesday to 40 to 175 years in prison as the judge declared: "I just signed your death warrant." The sentence capped a remarkable seven-day hearing in which scores of Nassar's victims were able to confront him face to face in the Michigan courtroom. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)

Gymnastics Doctor Sentenced for Sexual Assaults

by David Eggert Associated Press, and Mike Householder Associated PressJanuary 24, 2018

Abe Noe-Hays, director of research at the Vermont-based Rich Earth Institute, left, and Nancy Love, professor of civil and environmental engineering at the University of Michigan cut the ribbon to a men's bathroom with a special toilet at the University of Michigan engineering building, Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2017, in Ann Arbor, Mich. The toilet is part of a multi-state project researching the conversion of human urine into fertilizer. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)

Call It ‘Pee-Cycling’

by Mike Householder Associated PressJanuary 28, 2017