Take the school backpack, for example. Its invention can be traced to one man, Murray McCory, who died last month. McCory founded JanSport in 1967 with his future wife (Jan, the company’s namesake).

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

HAMAMATSU--An unusual collaboration between a newspaper delivery shop and an eyewear accessory company here led to the development of "randoseru" school backpacks that can be used as makeshift ...

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

At Robert Eagle Staff and Hamilton International middle schools students put their cellphones in a pouch at the start of the ...

Our youth is growing into misaligned versions of themselves and the culprit is right behind them: the schoolbag.

In an email to parents, principal Dr. Rebecca Nicolas said the gun was found through the school's weapon detection system. The student who had the gun in their backpack was arrested and will be ...

A 13-year-old has been charged with making terroristic threats after an incident at a school in Kenosha, Wisconsin Thursday.

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.

Here are picks for the best hunting backpacks from editors and their reviews. The first step in choosing the best hunting pack is to think about how much gear you need to carry. For a backcountry elk ...

Bowhunting whitetails is a game that involves a lot of moving pieces, and bowhunting backpacks keep all those pieces together. A bow, arrows, tree stand, climbing sticks, binoculars, rangefinder, ...

Murray McCory, who founded JanSport while a student at UW and whose lightweight backpack, revolutionized school life for millions of students, died Oct. 7 in Seattle.