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

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

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.

"I think it feels amazing," Kristin Rinker said about delivering the backpacks to staff at Old Fort Elementary in western ...

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 ...

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

Bags of rice, old copies of The Sunflower, a rendition of “The Wheels on the Bus,” and a rallying war cry. These are just ...

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 ...

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 ...

Credit card companies from big name retailers have been silently rolling out a fee of $ ... are struggling to afford back-to-school items such as backpacks, clothing and books.

Pradhan, co-founder of the Young Tinker Foundation, came up with the idea of ‘Tinker-on-Wheels’ — a mobile learning lab that ...

The Ellicott City teen, who the police did not name, was arrested at the high school at 12:45 p.m. Tuesday and charged as an adult. Police said he had a loaded gun in his backpack when he was ...