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 ...

At Robert Eagle Staff and Hamilton International middle schools students put their cellphones in a pouch at the start of the ...

who appeared “suspicious” and was allegedly trying to enter the school while carrying two bags. The boy entered a secure area ...

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 ...

A 13-year-old is under investigation after he went to his former elementary school with a black bag and backpack in what ...

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 ...

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

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 ...