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. By Amisha Padnani Amisha Padnani is ...

Murray McCory, a free-spirited outdoorsman who co-founded the rugged gear and pack company JanSport, designed a widely imitated dome tent, and created a durable but lightweight backpack that ...

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 ...

Murray McCory, who founded the outdoor equipment company JanSport while still in college and whose signature innovation, a lightweight backpack, revolutionized school life for millions of students ...

In the late 1960s, Murray and his girlfriend Jan Lewis founded JanSport (see what they did there?), a local manufacturer of recreation equipment such as backpacks, tents and sleeping bags.

Take the defeat of the Liberal Party candidate Georgia Ryburn in last Saturday’s Pittwater byelection by the teal candidate Jacqui Scruby. Suddenly, a relatively inconsequential byelection ...

Independent Jacqui Scruby is set to become the first teal MP in the NSW parliament, with the candidate on track to snatch the Sydney Northern Beaches seat of Pittwater. The by-election was ...

About half a dozen political aspirants nominated to face off against teal MP Sophie Scamps, who won a shock victory in 2022, wresting the seat from the Liberal Party for the first time in 75 years.

Murray McCory, co-founder of JanSport credited with developing many of the brand’s iconic products, passed away in Seattle, WA, at 80. His daughter, Heidi Van Brost, confirmed his death to the New ...

What If You Couldn’t? What if you had a food allergy, and your body’s immune system overreacts to what should be a harmless food protein? A reaction can be as bad as life-threatening anaphylaxis. This ...