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

A family is looking for a missing 17-year-old girl who was last seen in east Bakersfield.Family said Chasity Gomez, or also ...

Aaliyah was reported to have taken her black Jansport branded backpack with her," the ... The Maricopa County Sheriff's Office said both girls did not say where they were going.

While we focused on styles that teen girls and college women love ... You know they never wear out if your teen (or you!) has ever owned a JanSport backpack. They’ve been making their classic backpack ...

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

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. By Amisha Padnani Amisha Padnani is ...

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

Murray McCory, a free-spirited outdoorsman who co-founded the rugged gear and pack company JanSport, designed a widely imitated dome tent, and created a durable but lightweight backpack that ...

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 ...