Take the school backpack, for example. Its invention can be traced to one man, Murray McCory, who died last month. McCory ...

Every teen and college woman needs a good school backpack that ... It was the top backpack recommended by the parents we surveyed. You know they never wear out if your teen (or you!) has ever owned a ...

He brought lightweight packs to millions of students and transformed the way they carried their textbooks to school.

Seattle-based entrepreneur and inventor of the modern backpack, Murray McCory, died last month at the age of 80.

Murray McCory, who founded the outdoor equipment company JanSport while still in college and whose signature innovation, a lightweight backpack, revolutionized school life for millions of students ...

Murray McCory, JanSport co-founder and modern day backpack creator, has died at 80. McCory founded JanSport in 1967 with his then-future wife and later developed a way to make smaller, softer ...

But JanSport became better known for its school backpacks than its alpine gear. The company was widely credited with helping ...

Though backpack bans are rare, school leaders across the state face a similar imperative to protect students from violence by any means necessary, oftentimes with limited resources at their disposal.

While some Birkin owners have turned their luxury purses into oversized, leather charm bracelets, it’s hardly the only design ...

INDIAN RIVER COUNTY — A BB gun was found in the backpack of a middle school student who was removed from class and questioned by school resource deputies Wednesday, said Storm Grove Middle ...