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A teacher who was shot by the boy in Newport News is showing signs of improvement as authorities struggle to understand how a child so young could be involved in a school shooting.

Here are today's news headlines from the Associated Press as compiled by KPR staff.

Here's the latest Kansas and regional news from the Associated Press, compiled by KPR staffers.

If you're tempted to bail on potentially fun events becuase you feel awkward, read this. Level up your small talk game and practice social courage with six tips from psychologists.

Every four years, the Dole Institute of Politics at the University of Kansas gathers a group of top presidential campaign strategists, political journalists, and pollsters for its popular two-day conference on the presidential election. Join us 8:00 Sunday evening for highlights from the 2012 Dole Institute Post-Election Conference, featuring the national field director and national communications director for President Obama's campaign, and the national political director and deputy national campaign manager for Governor Romney. The conference also featured political reporters for The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, RealClearPolitics, and POLITICO.

As the U.S. Supreme Court's new term gets underway, we hear from Laurence Tribe, one of today's top constitutional law experts. Tribe teaches law at Harvard University, has argued dozens of cases before the U.S. Supreme Court, and has written extensively about the judicial system. His latest book is Uncertain Justice: The Roberts Court and the Constitution. Tribe spoke at Johnson County Community College earlier this month at the invitation of the Johnson County First Amendment Foundation.

A Nashville songwriter mashed up tunes by the likes of Blake Shelton, Florida Georgia Line and Luke Bryan so you don't have to.

A new NPR/PBS NewsHour/Marist poll finds the majority of Americans oppose the president's national emergency declaration, don't believe there is an emergency and believe Trump's misusing his power.

Human rights groups have called the trial of journalist José Rubén Zamora a politically motivated sham after his newspaper uncovered corruption in the Central American country.

Kansas officials expect that more candidates will file before the registration deadline.