DC to vote on foie gras ban in November

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Washington, D.C., voters will decide in November whether to ban the sale of foie gras, setting up a fight between animal welfare advocates and the city’s fine-dining industry over the controversial delicacy. The D.C. Board of Elections on Wednesday certified Initiative 86, also known as the Prohibiting the Force-Feeding of Birds Act, officially placing the…