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.

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

Like Starbucks coffee and Nike running shoes, JanSport backpacks grew out of the heady, creative days of the 1960s and ’70s counterculture in the Pacific Northwest. McCory, who until the early ...

Murray McCory, co-founder of JanSport credited with developing many of the brand’s iconic products, passed away in Seattle, ...

Price: $140 or less. This 40-liter-capacity bag weighs less than 8 pounds and is the perfect rolling duffel bag for travelers who don't feel like lugging anything over their shoulder. Its design ...

Victoria Monét plans to release her first children’s book, Everywhere You Are, the “On My Mama” artist announced Wednesday. Everywhere You Are, expected to arrive June 24, 2025, uses the ...

A new book has some answers Greenwich Village’s boundary-pushing musical history goes back much earlier than the Sixties. As early as 1940, you could pay $1.50 and see a bill of Billie Holiday ...

The best bag for work isn’t one-size-fits-all ... plus a charging cable, a hefty book, a few snacks, and a small pouch carrying other daily essentials, like makeup and hand cream.