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 ...

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

AlwaysWithYou #JanSport "RIP Murray McCory" I still own a bunch of JanSport backpacks and they were the inspiration for ...

After the death of Murray McCory, a founder of the outdoors equipment company JanSport, readers recalled how their backpacks served them on life’s journeys.

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 ...

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

Though backpack bans are rare ... Beyond seeking to prevent school shootings like the one that took place in Georgia earlier this year — where a 14-year-old student killed two of his classmates ...

A loaded gun was discovered in a student's backpack at Mt. Healthy Jr./Sr. High School Thursday, school officials said. It was found when school officials were doing a routine check.In a statement ...

Authorities said a 16-year-old at Pearl Cohn High School had a loaded handgun in his backpack. The 11th grader was taken into custody by school resource officers. He is charged in Juvenile Court ...

This comes after an 8-year-old was charged with having a gun on a Dickinson County school bus on Oct. 18 and a week later, a 9-year-old was charged with threatening Ridgeview Elementary School.