School is back in full swing, and your pile of textbooks is sure to be growing. Do you have the right backpack to support your learning - and your back? What makes a good backpack anyway?

Even though much of my job as a travel writer involves testing suitcases, I usually prefer to fly with a carry-on backpack when I have the choice. You just can’t beat the sense of freedom that ...

Take the school backpack, for example. Its invention can be traced to one man, Murray McCory, who died last month. McCory founded JanSport in 1967 with his future wife (Jan, the company’s namesake).

They temporarily banned middle and high school students from bringing backpacks to school. The weeklong book-bag ban in Madison Parish followed a recent spate of shootings in Tallulah, the parish ...

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

with the collaboration of Clemens High School administrators, and were able to locate the suspects. Authorities say officers ...

A gun was found in a student's backpack at a Louisville school Wednesday morning.The gun was found at Fern Creek High School through its weapons detection system, according to a letter sent to ...

In an email to parents, principal Dr. Rebecca Nicolas said the gun was found through the school's weapon detection system. The student who had the gun in their backpack was arrested and will be ...

Dr. Rebecca Nicolas, principal of Fern Creek High School, said the gun was found through the school’s weapon detection system. The student accused of bringing the gun inside their backpack was ...