The 20-YEAR-OLD Irish student who drowned in a Toronto lake in a tragic accident has been named as Paraic McKeown from Co Louth.

Several more bodies remain in the wreckage of a crashed commuter train, in addition to the 18 confirmed deaths already announced, a Los Angeles County coroner’s official said today.

As acrid smoke from more than 18,000 acres of charred brush curled skyward today, California officials feared the earlier-than-usual start of the summer wildfires season could make it the most dangerous ever.

A postal sorting office was evacuated in Washington state today after white powder was found at the building.