FORMER President Donald Trump sits in the court room with his lawyers at Manhattan Criminal Court in New York, Thursday, April 25 2024. He was convicted on 34 felony counts (Mark Peterson/Pool Photo via AP)

President-elect’s Donald Trump’s request to have his “hush money” conviction dismissed was rejected on Monday. According to the Associated Press. The request was based on the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling that a president acting in his official duties could not be convicted of a crime.

But Manhattan Judge Juan Merchan – who presided over the trial in which Trump was convicted in May of 34 felony changes related to filing false financial statements – said that Trump was acting as a private individual when he made payments of $130,000 to a porn actress to not reveal alleged sexual contact with him.

The judge described Trump’s payments as “decidedly personal acts” that didn’t intrude on “the authority and function of the Executive Branch.”

Three dead in school shooting

Three persons – including the likely shooter – are dead at a small private Christian school in Wisconsin.

United Press International is reporting that the shooting suspect was a 17-year-old girl who was a student at Abundant Life Christian School in Madison and that she died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound.

Also dead were another student and a teacher. Two other students were hospitalized in critical condition, with four others recovering from wounds not considered life-threatening.

A motive for the incident has not been determined.

Sports: Clippers host the Jazz

The Los Angeles Clippers (14-12) will host the Utah Jazz (5-19) tonight in Inglewood.

Weather: A warm, then wet week?

A pretty good variety of weather is called for in our West Orange County area for the next few days. The forecast calls for a daytime high of 69 on Tuesday with an overnight low of 54 under sunny skies. The daytime high is expected to climb to 80 (low of 51) with more sun on Wednesday, but there’s a 10 percent chance of rain.

But it all gets a lot cooler on Thursday when the temps drop to 74 (48) on Thursday under partly cloudy skies and a 10 percent chance of rain. Friday should be similar with a high of 69 (47).