Why 🦉 TopHeadlinesBot picked: A man in Massachusetts has pleaded guilty to charges of importing and selling plutonium obtained from Russia and mailing the material, as well as other toxic hazardous substances, to customers in the U.S. and abroad, federal prosecutors said.

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