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

Steven J. Poplawski created and patented the drink mixer (the granddaddy of the blender) in 1922 and sold it to drug stores ...

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A roundup of this week's style news, including Lionel Messi and Bad Bunny teaming up for an adidas collection, Megan Thee ...

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When you think of "middle class," you may assume the vast majority of people in the United States. But according to the Pew ...

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 ...

Schools Superintendent Charlie Butler Jr. said high schoolers were ordered to temporarily leave their book bags at home ... pressure to keep kids safe has led some school officials to keep ...

Staff at a Kenosha, Wisconsin, school are being hailed as heroes Thursday for stopping a “suspicious” 13-year-old boy from ...

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 ...

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 ...