SUNRISE, Fla. (AP) — Anton Lundell scored 1:36 into overtime and the Florida Panthers beat the Ottawa Senators 3-2 on Tuesday night to jump over the idle Boston Bruins and into the top spot in the Eastern Conference. “It must have been one of the coolest moments in this building (for me) for sure,” Lundell said. “Out there in overtime, …

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — West Virginia’s Republican-controlled House of Delegates voted overwhelmingly Wednesday to allow teachers and other school staff who undergo training to carry guns in K-12 public schools. The bill, which now heads to the Senate, would allow teachers, administrators and support personnel with concealed carry permits to volunteer to bring a firearm into school with the intention …

The AP Top 25 men’s college basketball poll is back every week throughout the season! Get the poll delivered straight to your inbox with AP Top 25 Poll Alerts. Sign up here. UCSB Gauchos (14-11, 7-8 Big West) at UC Irvine Anteaters (19-7, 12-2 Big West) Irvine, California; Thursday, 11 p.m. EST BOTTOM LINE: UCSB plays the UC Irvine Anteaters …

The AP Top 25 men’s college basketball poll is back every week throughout the season! Get the poll delivered straight to your inbox with AP Top 25 Poll Alerts. Sign up here. TCU Horned Frogs (18-7, 7-5 Big 12) at Texas Tech Red Raiders (18-7, 7-5 Big 12) Lubbock, Texas; Tuesday, 9 p.m. EST FANDUEL SPORTSBOOK LINE: Red Raiders -5.5; …

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Much of saturated California faced the threat of flooding Tuesday with winter storms blowing through, but so far the state has escaped the severity of damage from mudslides, wind and rain spawned by an atmospheric river only weeks ago. While the rainfall was focused on Southern California, thunderstorms and strong winds were reported across wide swaths …

Bank of England Gov. Andrew Bailey said Tuesday that the U.K.’s economic recession that was confirmed last week is modest by historical standards and is probably over. In testimony to lawmakers, Bailey said the two successive quarters of negative growth recorded in the second half of 2023 — the standard by which the U.K. measures a recession — add up …

Jean-Louis Gasset is back in a coaching job less than a month after getting fired by Ivory Coast. The veteran Frenchman was appointed as Marseille’s new coach on Tuesday, the replacement for Gennaro Gattuso. Terms of the deal were not revealed. Looking for a jolt in the middle of a mediocre season, the 1993 European champion announced Gasset’s appointment a …

Minnesota Wild (26-23-6, sixth in the Central Division) vs. Winnipeg Jets (33-15-5, third in the Central Division) Winnipeg, Manitoba; Tuesday, 8 p.m. EST FANDUEL SPORTSBOOK NHL LINE: Jets -157, Wild +132; over/under is 6 BOTTOM LINE: The Minnesota Wild visit the Winnipeg Jets after Kirill Kaprizov recorded a hat trick in the Wild’s 10-7 win against the Vancouver Canucks. Winnipeg …

The AP Top 25 men’s college basketball poll is back every week throughout the season! Get the poll delivered straight to your inbox with AP Top 25 Poll Alerts. Sign up here. Kent State Golden Flashes (13-12, 6-6 MAC) at Ohio Bobcats (13-12, 7-5 MAC) Athens, Ohio; Tuesday, 7 p.m. EST FANDUEL SPORTSBOOK LINE: Bobcats -3.5; over/under is 148 BOTTOM …

DUNEDIN, Fla. (AP) — Vladimir Guerrero Jr. was the big winner earlier this month in salary arbitration. Now the Toronto Blue Jays slugger feels that his hard work during the offseason will propel him to big season on the field. “I believe I had a great offseason,” Guerrero said through an interpreter after the Blue Jays’ first full-squad workout on …